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Parties Involved:
David Krueger
Plaintiff
Mistras Group, Inc.
Defendant
Edgar Viceral
Plaintiff

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(NO. 3:15-CV-02198-EMC) JOINT STIPULATION & REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONF. 

Christina Humphrey, Esq., SBN 226326 

MARLIN & SALTZMAN, LLP 

29229 Canwood Street, Suite 208 

Agoura Hills, California 91301 

Phone: (818) 991-8080 

Fax: (818) 991-8081 

Carolyn Hunt Cottrell (SBN 166977) 

Nicole N. Coon (SBN 286283) 

SCHNEIDER WALLACE 

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP 

2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400 

Emeryville, California 94608 

Telephone: (415) 421-7100 

Facsimile: (415) 421-7105 

ccottrell@schneiderwallace.com 

ncoon@schneiderwallace.com 

Walter Haines, Esq., SBN 71075 

UNITED EMPLOYEES LAW GROUP, 

P.C. 

5500 Bolsa Ave., Suite 201

Huntington Beach, California 92649 

Phone: (888) 474-7242 

Fax: (562) 256-1006 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and 

the Proposed Class and Collective

Joseph A. Schwachter, SBN 108124

R. Keith Chapman, SBN 282331 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

650 California Street, 

20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693 

Telephone: 415.433.1940 

Fax No.: 415.399.8490 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MISTRAS GROUP, INC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EDGAR VICERAL, an individual, on 

behalf of himself and all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MISTRAS GROUP, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, and DOES 1 through 100, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-02198-EMC 

JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Current Hearing Date: 

Date: November 24, 2015 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Courtroom: 5 

Complaint Filed: April 13, 2015 

Case Removed: May 15, 2015 

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(NO. 3:15-CV-02198-EMC) JOINT STIPULATION & REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONF. 

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

Plaintiffs EDGAR VICERAL (“Viceral”) and DAVID KRUEGER (“Krueger”) 

(collectively “Plaintiffs”), on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and Defendant 

MISTRAS GROUP, INC. (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their 

respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

WHEREAS, on April 10, 2015, Plaintiff Krueger filed in the Superior Court of 

California, County of Kern, a class action complaint entitled David Krueger, et al. v. Mistras Group, 

Inc., et al., No. S-1500-CV-284570 (“Krueger”); 

WHEREAS, on April 13, 2015, Plaintiff Viceral filed in the California Superior 

Court for San Francisco County the above-captioned lawsuit (Dkt. No. 1-2). 

WHEREAS, on May 15, 2015, Defendant removed this case to the U.S. District 

Court, Northern District of California (Dkt. No. 1), and on May 18, 2015, Defendant removed the 

Krueger matter to the federal district court of the Eastern District of California, before the Honorable 

Morrison C. England, Jr.; 

WHEREAS, on September 9, 2015, Judge England Ordered the Krueger matter 

dismissed without prejudice pursuant to a stipulation between the Parties agreeing to (1) add David 

Krueger as a Named Plaintiff; (2) add Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP as Class 

Counsel; and (3) add the claims asserted in the Krueger action, all of which shall relate back to the 

date of filing the original complaint, to this Matter; 

WHEREAS, on October 2, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Filing Consent To Join 

Krueger to this Action; 

WHEREAS, on October 5, 2015, Plaintiffs provided to Defendant a proposed 

Consolidated Amended Complaint on behalf of Plaintiffs Viceral and Krueger; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have not yet filed the proposed Consolidated Amended 

Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have been working to complete all the necessary steps for 

coordination and filing of the Consolidated Amended Complaint; 

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(NO. 3:15-CV-02198-EMC) JOINT STIPULATION & REQUEST TO 

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONF. 

WHEREAS, the Parties seek to avoid unnecessary motion practice related to the 

coordination and consolidation of the Krueger matter with this matter; 

IT IS THEREFORE FURTHER STIPULATED BY COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS 

AND COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THIS HONORABLE 

COURT, AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The November 17, 2015 initial case management conference will be 

continued one week to November 24, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable; and 

2. All deadlines associated with the initial case management conference 

be continued in accordance with the new date.

Dated: October 20, 2015 MARLIN & SALTZMAN, LLP 

UNITED EMPLOYEES LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Christina Humphrey 

CHRISTINA HUMPHREY 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

EDGAR VICERAL 

Dated: October 20, 2015 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL 

KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP 

By: /s/ Carolyn H. Cottrell 

CAROLYN H. COTTRELL 

NICOLE N. COON 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DAVID KRUEGER

Dated: October 20, 2015 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

By: /s/ R. Keith Chapman 

JOSEPH A. SCHWACHTER 

R. KEITH CHAPMAN 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MISTRAS GROUP, INC. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Upon stipulation of the Parties and upon good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

1. The November 17, 2015 initial case management conference will be 

continued until November 24, 2015 at 9:30 am., or __________, and all associated deadlines will be 

continued in accordance with this new date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October__, 2015 ___________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

 DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES 

Firmwide:136354251.1 063130.1054 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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