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Parties Involved:
Performant Recovery, Inc.
Defendant
Andrea Christine Smith
Plaintiff

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1476651.1 12344-076 1 Case No. 3:16-cv-00179-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO CONDUCT CLASS DISCOVERY 

AND DEADLINES FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION

JUNE D. COLEMAN, State Bar No. 191890 

jcoleman@kmtg.com

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

A Professional Corporation 

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 321-4500 

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 

Attorneys for Defendant PERFORMANT 

RECOVERY, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ANDREA CHRISTINE SMITH, an 

individual, on behalf of herself and those 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PERFORMANT RECOVERY, INC., a 

California corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:16-cv-00179-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO 

CONDUCT CLASS DISCOVERY AND 

DEADLINES FOR CLASS 

CERTIFICATION MOTION

The Hon. William H. Orrick

Trial Date: TBD

The parties jointly apply for an order modifying the April 12, 2016 Scheduling Order in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4). It is hereby stipulated by both Plaintiff 

ANDREA CHRISTINE SMITH and Defendant PERFORMANT RECOVERY, INC., through 

their respective counsel of record, the following: 

1) The parties are conducting a private mediation on August 9, 2016, and want to 

delay depositions related to class discovery until after the mediation is conducted.

2) If the parties fail to reach a settlement during the August 9, 2016 mediation, 

Plaintiff's counsel intends to associate in another counsel to address class issues. 

3) If the parties fail to reach a settlement during the August 9, 2016 mediation, 

Plaintiff will be deposed on August 10, 2016.

4) Good cause exists to extend the Deadline to conduct class discovery from August 

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1476651.1 12344-076 2 Case No. 3:16-cv-00179-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO CONDUCT CLASS DISCOVERY 

AND DEADLINES FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION

7, 2016, to August 22, 2016. 

5) Good cause exists to extend the deadline to file and respond to a Motion for Class 

Certification as follows:

 Deadline to File Motion for Class Certification moves from September 7, 2016, to 

September 21, 2016 

 Deadline to File Opposition to Motion for Class Certification moves from 

September 28, 2016, to October 12, 2016 

 Deadline to File Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Class Certification moves 

from October 5, 2016, to October 19, 2016 

 Hearing Date for Motion for Class Certification and Subsequent Case Management 

Conference moves from October 19, 2016, to November 2, 2016 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) provides that a court may modify a scheduling 

order for good cause. Here, the parties have agreed to extend class discovery by two weeks to 

allow the parties to mediate prior to the expense of depositions. The mediator's earliest 

availability was in August, and therefore, the mediation could not have been scheduled earlier, 

especially given defense counsel's health issues. Incurring the expense of further discovery prior 

to the mediation to meet the class discovery deadline could inhibit the ability of the parties to 

settle this matter. Discovery has been slower than anticipated, in part because of defense counsel's 

health issues. The dates associated with the Motion for Class Certification should also be 

extended an additional 2 weeks to reflect the additional time extended for class discovery. 

This Court has granted one other request for continuance to extend the deadline to conduct 

the mediation to accommodate the health issues of defense counsel. The parties have not delayed 

in seeking this extension, especially since the Court's Order was issued a few days before defense 

counsel's emergency surgery and defense counsel recently returned to her office from disability 

leave. 

For these reasons, the parties jointly request that the Court adopt the following deadlines: 

 Close of Class Discovery August 22, 2016 

 Deadline to File Motion for Class Certification September 21, 2016 

 Deadline to File Opposition to Motion for Class Certification October 12, 2016 

 Deadline to File Reply Brief for Motion for Class Certification October 19, 2016 

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1476651.1 12344-076 3 Case No. 3:16-cv-00179-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO CONDUCT CLASS DISCOVERY 

AND DEADLINES FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION

 Hearing Date for Motion for Class Certification November 2, 2016 

 and Subsequent Case Management Conference November 2, 2016 

Dated: July 25, 2016 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ June D. Coleman

June D. Coleman

Attorneys for Defendant PERFORMANT 

RECOVERY, INC.

Dated: July 26, 2016 GESUND & PAILET, LLC

By: /s/ Keren E. Gesund

Keren E. Gesund

Attorneys for Plaintiff ANDREA CHRISTINE 

SMITH

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT the scheduling order 

be amended as follows: 

 Close of Class Discovery August 22, 2016 

 Deadline to File Motion for Class Certification September 21, 2016 

 Deadline to File Opposition to Motion for Class Certification October 12, 2016 

 Deadline to File Reply Brief for Motion for Class Certification October 19, 2016 

 Hearing Date for Motion for Class Certification November 2, 2016 

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1476651.1 12344-076 4 Case No. 3:16-cv-00179-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO CONDUCT CLASS DISCOVERY 

AND DEADLINES FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION

 and Subsequent Case Management Conference November 2, 2016 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _______________, 2016

HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK

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