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

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 1. SUPPLEMENTAL STIPULATION TOCONTINUE DEADLINE 

TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES; ORDER THEREON

CAROLYN HUNT COTTRELL, Bar No. 166977

NICOLE N. COON, Bar No. 286283

SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL 

KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400

Emeryville, CA 94608

Telephone: 415.421.7100

Facsimile: 415.421.7105

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOSEPH A. SCHWACHTER, Bar No. 108124

R. KEITH CHAPMAN, Bar No. 282331

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

650 California Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693

Telephone: 415.433.1940

Facsimile: 415.399.8490

Attorneys for Defendant

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID KRUEGER,

Plaintiff,

v.

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.; and DOES 1- 50, inclusive.

Defendant.

Case No. 2:15-cv-01069-MCE-DAD

SUPPLEMENTAL STIPULATION TO 

CONTINUE DEADLINE TO FILE JOINT 

STATUS REPORT AND 

CORRESPONDING DEADLINES; ORDER 

THEREON

Complaint Filed: April 10, 2015

Removed: May 18, 2015

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 2. SUPPLEMENTAL STIPULATION TOCONTINUE DEADLINE 

TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES; ORDER THEREON

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

Plaintiff DAVID KRUEGER, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 

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

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

On April 10, 2015, Plaintiff filed in the California Superior Court for Kern County 

the above-captioned lawsuit (ECF Doc. No. 1-2).

On May 18, 2015, Defendant removed this case to U.S. District Court, Eastern 

District of California (ECF Doc. No. 1).

On the same day, the Court issued an Order Requiring Joint Status Report. Pursuant 

to this order, the deadline for the Parties to file a joint status report addressing the topics listed in 

said order, including a Rule 26(f) discovery plan, was July 17, 2015 (ECF Doc. No. 2). 

On May 27, 2015, Defendant filed a Notice of Related Case identifying the following 

action filed in the California Superior Court for San Francisco County on April 13, 2015, and 

removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on May 15, 2015: 

Edgar Viceral v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-02198-EDL (“Viceral”), currently pending 

before the Honorable Edward M. Chen (ECF Doc. No. 4).

The Parties agree that the parties and some of the substantive claims in this matter 

overlap with the parties and substantive claims in the Viceral case, and that transfer, consolidation,

and/or coordination of the two matters before a single Court is appropriate. The Parties are working 

diligently to address this issue and are negotiating regarding how to proceed.

In order to have sufficient time to negotiate the coordination of Viceral and Krueger, 

on July 13, 2015 the Krueger Parties filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Continue Deadline 

to File Joint Status Report and Corresponding Deadlines to extend the July 17, 2015 deadline for 

thirty (30) days until August 17, 2015. (ECF Doc. No. 9). The Parties explained that they needed 

additional time to allow for transfer and/or consolidation or coordination of Krueger with the Viceral

action. Moreover, extending the deadlines would preserve both the Parties’ and the Court’s resources 

and promotes efficiency. The Parties would have a greater ability to fully discuss ADR options and 

to adequately conduct a Rule 26(f) conference after the cases are transferred and/or consolidated or 

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 3. SUPPLEMENTAL STIPULATION TOCONTINUE DEADLINE 

TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES; ORDER THEREON

coordinated.

On July 20, 2015, this Court granted the Parties’ request for an extension of the July 

17, 2015 Joint Status Report deadline (ECF Doc. No. 10). The Court extended the deadline to 

August 17, 2015. 

Since the Court’s order, the Parties have been working diligently to coordinate 

Krueger with the Viceral action. Counsel for Parties in both actions have met and conferred on 

numerous occasions. Ultimately, the Parties have agreed that Krueger will be combined with Viceral 

before the Northern District of California by way of filing an amended complaint in Viceral and 

adding the Krueger parties and claims to the complaint. Thereafter, the Krueger Plaintiffs will 

request dismissal of this action before this Court. This agreed-upon coordination of the two cases 

implicates several procedural steps including, but not limited to: coordinating Plaintiffs’ Counsel in 

both matters; drafting an agreed upon amended complaint; and drafting an agreed upon request for 

dismissal. The Parties have been working to complete all the necessary steps for coordination; 

however, they require additional time to finalize all procedural filings and pleadings. The Parties 

project that all steps for the complete coordination of Krueger and Viceral will be completed in the 

next three (3) weeks. Accordingly, the Parties submit this supplemental stipulation to extend the 

deadlines.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Parties hereto, through their 

respective counsel of record, as follows:

The Joint Status Report and corresponding meet and confer and other related

deadlines should be continued from the August 17, 2015 Joint Status Report deadline, until 

September 4, 2015, or as soon thereafter as practicable to allow for coordination with the Viceral

action and dismissal of Krueger. 

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 4. SUPPLEMENTAL STIPULATION TOCONTINUE DEADLINE 

TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES; ORDER THEREON

Dated: August 14, 2015 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL 

KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

By: /s/ Carolyn Hunt Cottrell

CAROLYN HUNT COTTRELL

NICOLE N. COON 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: August 14, 2015 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

By: /s/ R. Keith Chapman

JOSEPH A. SCHWACHTER

R. KEITH CHAPMAN

Attorneys for Defendant

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.

ORDER ON STIPULATION

Having reviewed the foregoing stipulation and for good cause appearing, the Joint 

Status Report and corresponding meet and confer and other related deadlines shall be continued from 

the August 17, 2015 Joint Status Report deadline, until September 4, 2015, or as soon thereafter as 

practicable to allow for coordination with Edgar Viceral v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv02198-EDL and dismissal of the pending matter, David Krueger v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 

2:15-cv-01069-MCE-DAD. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 19, 2015

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