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Parties Involved:
Daniel Ghyczy
Plaintiff
Anniya Louis
Plaintiff
Makaela O'Connell
Plaintiff
Peak Campus Management, LLC
Defendant
Nicholas Selbe
Plaintiff

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JOINT STIPULATION AND 

CASE STATUS REPORT

(CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-3238-MMC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

NICHOLAS SELBE, DANIEL GHYCZY, 

MAKAELA O'CONNELL, and ANNIYA 

LOUIS on behalf of themselves and others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PEAK CAMPUS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:14-cv-3238-MMC

JOINT STIPULATION TO CANCEL 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND CASE STATUS REPORT

Date: December 18, 2015

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney

Location: Courtroom 7 (Telephonic)

Complaint filed: July 17, 2014

Trial date: Not set

Plaintiffs Nicholas Selbe, Daniel Ghyczy, Makaela O'Connell, and Anniya Louis 

(“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant Peak Campus Management, LLC (“Defendant”) (collectively, the 

“Parties”), by and through their respective counsel, submit this Joint Stipulation to Cancel Case 

Management Conference and Case Status Report.

BACKGROUND

The original Complaint in this matter was filed on July 17, 2014. The Complaint alleges 

violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as well as California state wage and hour law. 

The Defendant, Peak Campus Management, LLC, manages apartments that are intended for and 

marketed as housing for college and university students. The Plaintiffs were employed at these 

properties managed by the Defendant in a position called an “All-Star.” For a specified number 

of hours worked, All-Stars were compensated through the provision of lodging. The Complaint 

alleges that pursuant to the FLSA, this lodging cannot be credited towards the payment of 

minimum wages at all and that under California wage and hour law, if the lodging may be 

credited at all, the permissible maximum is substantially less than the credit taken by the 

Defendant. The Defendant has denied that its employment or pay practices violated either the 

FLSA or California state wage and hour law.

ORDER APPROVING

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JOINT STIPULATION AND 

CASE STATUS REPORT

(CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-3238-MMC)

On January 21, 2015, the Court conditionally certified this action as an FLSA collective 

action (the “Consent Order”). The Consent Order approved the notice plan agreed upon by the 

parties. Through the notice plan and opt-in process, 165 people filed a Consent to Join Collective 

Action form to join the FLSA portion of the lawsuit as opt-in plaintiffs. An additional number of 

people are putative plaintiffs pursuant to the California state law portion of the lawsuit resulting 

in a total class size of approximately 204 class members.

On July 30, 2015, the Parties attended a full day private mediation session in Los Angeles, 

California with experienced wage and hour mediator Michael E. Dickstein, Esq. at which the 

Parties agreed to a settlement of this case. At the conclusion of mediation, the Parties entered into 

a Memorandum of Understanding, which, subject to Court approval, is intended to be a full and 

final resolution of this case.

CASE STATUS

The Parties have now entered into a formal settlement agreement, and on

November 20, 2015, Plaintiffs filed an unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class and 

Collective Action Settlement. That motion is scheduled to be heard at 9:00 a.m. on 

December 18, 2015, the same day on which a Case Management Conference is scheduled for 

10:30 a.m. Given the pendency of the motion for preliminary approval and the hearing set for 

December 18, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., the Parties submit that there is no need for a Case Management 

Conference on December 18, 2015. As such, the Parties respectfully request that the 

Case Management Conference scheduled for December 18, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. be cancelled.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND 

CASE STATUS REPORT

(CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-3238-MMC)

Dated: December 11, 2015 KINGSLEY & KINGSLEY

/s/ Eric B. Kingsley

ERIC B. KINGSLEY

LIANE KATZENSTEIN LY

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NICHOLAS SELBE, DANIEL GHYCZY, 

MAKAELA O’CONNELL, AND ANNIYA 

LOUIS

Dated: December 11, 2015

DAVID, KAMP & FRANK, L.L.C.

/s/ Joshua M. David

JOSHUA M. DAVID

NICHOLAS A. NUNES

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NICHOLAS SELBE, DANIEL GHYCZY, 

MAKAELA O’CONNELL, AND ANNIYA 

LOUIS

Dated: December 11, 2015 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

/s/ Elizabeth Staggs Wilson

ELIZABETH STAGGS WILSON

FATEMEH MASHOUF

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Attorneys for Defendant

PEAK CAMPUS MANAGEMENT, LLC

I, Joshua M. David, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to 

file this Joint Stipulation and Case Status Report. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), 

I hereby attest that all signatories hereto concurred in and authorized this filing.

By: /s/ Joshua M. David

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Maxine M. Chesney

Dated: December 15, 2015

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