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Parties Involved:
Kevin Burris
Plaintiff
City of Petaluma
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER 1 BURRIS v. CITY OF PETALUMA

Case No. 4:18-cv-02102-HSG

DAVID E. MASTAGNI (SBN 204244)

ISAAC S. STEVENS (SBN 251245)

IAN B. SANGSTER (SBN 287963)

MASTAGNI HOLSTEDT

A Professional Corporation

1912 I Street

Sacramento, California 95811-3151

Telephone: (916) 446-4692

Facsimile: (916) 447-4614

davidm@mastagni.com

istevens@mastagni.com

isangster@mastagni.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

MORIN I. JACOB (SBN 204598)

RICHARD C. BOLANOS (SBN 111343)

LISA S. CHARBONNEAU (SBN 245906)

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 512-3000

Facsimile: (415) 856-0306

mjacob@lcwlegal.com

rbolanos@lcwlegal.com

lcharbonneau@lcwlegal.com

Attorneys for Defendant

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN BURRIS, on behalf of himself and 

all similarly situated individuals,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF PETALUMA,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:18-cv-02102-HSG

 Complaint Filed: April 6, 2018

COLLECTIVE ACTION - 29 U.S.C. 216(b)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: EXTENDING PARTIES’ 

TIME TO SUBMIT SETTLEMENT TO 

COURT FOR APPROVAL AND 

RESETTING CMC DATE

TO THE COURT AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF 

RECORD: 

WHEREAS, this putative collective action was filed on April 6, 2018, asserting the City 

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of Petaluma, the named Defendant in this action, violated the overtime payment provisions of the 

Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”); 

WHEREAS, the City was served the Summons and Complaint on April 16, 2018; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to stipulation and order, the City’s deadline for the City to respond 

to the Complaint has been vacated (see Dkt. No. 38);

WHEREAS, the Parties have been engaged in substantive settlement discussions in an 

effort to resolve this action, including the City providing Plaintiffs with payroll records and other 

information pertinent to their claims, and attending an informal settlement conference on July 17, 

2018; 

WHEREAS, this Court issued an order referring this case to Magistrate Judge Jacqueline 

Scott Corley for settlement proceedings on October 22, 2018 (see Dkt. No. 29);

WHEREAS, the Parties attended a full-day of settlement negotiations on January 31, 2019 

with the assistance of Judge Corley (see Dkt. No. 36);

WHEREAS, tentative settlement was reached at the January 31, 2019 settlement 

conference, but the Parties need additional time to finalize settlement terms, draft the settlement 

agreement, obtain approval from all Parties, and prepare briefing for this court in order to secure 

its approval of the settlement;

WHEREAS, the Parties have been negotiating the material terms of settlement and have 

entered into an agreement on or about April 11, 2019;

WHEREAS, individualized, per-Plaintiff back pay calculations were completed on May 

21, 209;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree they need additional time to finalize the long-form 

settlement agreement, obtain signatures from all plaintiffs, and to draft their settlement-related 

submissions for the Court;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the Parties’ deadline to submit their settlement 

agreement to the Court should be extended to June 26, 2019; and

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the Case Management Conference currently set for 

June 11, 2019, should be reset for July 2, 2019 or a later date convenient for the Court.

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the Parties:

1) The Case Management Conference currently set for June 11, 2019 be reset to July 2, 

2019, or later date convenient for the Court; 

2) The Parties must submit their settlement agreement to this Court for approval no later 

than June 26, 2019.

Respectfully Submitted:

Dated: May 28, 2019 MASTAGNI HOLSTEDT, APC

By: /s/David E. Mastagni 

DAVID E. MASTAGNI

ISAAC S. STEVENS

IAN B. SANGSTER

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: May 28, 2019 LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

By: /s/Morin I. Jacob

MORIN I. JACOB

RICHARD C. BOLANOS

LISA S. CHARBONNEAU

Attorneys for Defendant

DECLARATION OF DAVID E. MASTAGNI

I, DAVID E. MASTAGNI, declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney at law duly licensed to practice in the State of California and am 

specifically admitted to practice before the Northern District of California. 

2. I am an attorney of record for Plaintiff in this action and make this declaration within 

my personal knowledge. If called upon to testify, I could and would testify competently with 

respect thereto.

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3. Since June 2018, the Parties in this case have begun meaningful and concrete 

settlement discussions.

4. In furtherance of settlement discussions, Defendant has provided Plaintiffs with 

payroll records and other requested information pertinent to Plaintiffs’ claims in the hopes of 

settling this matter without further litigation. 

5. On July 17, 2018, the Parties met at Petaluma City Hall to discuss settlement of 

this case. The discussions were productive and the Parties continue to engage in meaningful and 

concrete settlement negotiations.

6. The Parties participated in a full-day settlement conference supervised by 

Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on January 31, 2019. Prior to the settlement 

conference, the Parties submitted two rounds of briefing to Judge Corley. 

7. Toward the end of the settlement conference, the Parties reached a tentative 

agreement on material terms of settlement of this matter. 

8. The Parties agreed on the material terms of settlement on or around April 11, 2019. 

The Parties now seek additional time to finalize a long-form settlement agreement, obtain 

necessary signatures, and draft and submit settlement-related papers to the Court. For this reason, 

the Parties seek to extend their deadline to submit their settlement agreement to the Court and 

reset the currently-scheduled case management conference.

9. Prior to this, the Parties stipulated to extend the Defendant’s time to respond to 

Plaintiffs’ Complaint from May 7, 2018 to July 6, 2018, again stipulated to extend the 

Defendant’s time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint from July 6, 2018 to August 10, 2018, again 

stipulated to extend Defendant’s time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint from August 10, 2018 to 

October 26, 2018, again stipulated to extend Defendant’s time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint 

from October 26, 2018 to December 21, 2018, and again stipulated to extend Defendant’s time to 

respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint from December 21, 2018 to February 21, 2018. After attending 

the January 31, 2019 settlement conference, the Parties stipulated to vacate Defendant’s deadline 

to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint and to vacate the initial case management conference then-set 

for March 20, 2019, as well as stipulated that the Parties must submit their settlement agreement 

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to this Court for approval no later than May 1, 2019. The Parties subsequently stipulated to 

extend the Parties’ time to submit their settlement agreement to this Court for approval no later 

than June 5, 2019 and to reset the case management conference for June 11, 2019.

9. Our request if granted, will impact the currently scheduled Case Management 

Conference, and related deadlines, set by the Court. 

10. I do not believe any party will be prejudiced by vacating the existing Court dates 

and setting a new deadline for submission of the Parties’ anticipated settlement to the Court and 

related case management conference. 

/s/David E. Mastagni 

DAVID E. MASTAGNI

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED THAT:

1) The Case Management Conference currently set for June 11, 2019 is reset for July 2, 

2019; 

2) The Parties must submit their settlement agreement to this Court for approval no later 

than June 26, 2019;

3) If a motion for approval of settlement is filed on or before June 26, 2019, the case 

management conference will be vacated.

Dated: __________________ _____________________________________

HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

 July 16, 5/29/2019

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