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Parties Involved:
Bill Chivers
Plaintiff
Darren Fedorff
Plaintiff
Jaime Guido
Plaintiff
Reliable Trucking, Inc.
Defendant
Jesse Ybarra
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation to Continue Deadline to File Final Approval Papers 050708 stipulation.doc 

Case No. C 06-05206 MHP (ADR)

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JASON RABINOWITZ, SBN 183822 

COSTA KERESTENZIS, SBN 186125 

BEESON, TAYER & BODINE, APC 

520 Capitol Mall, Suite 300 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: 916.325.2100 

Facsimile: 916.325.2120 

Email: jrabinowitz@beesontayer.com; ckerestenzis@beesontayer.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

JESSE YBARRA, JAIME GUIDO, 

BILL CHIVERS, and DARREN FEDORFF 

R. BRIAN DIXON, Bar No. 076247 

JOHN C. KLOOSTERMAN, Bar No. 182625 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

650 California Street 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693 

Telephone: 415.433.1940 

Facsimile: 415.399.8490 

Email: bdixon@littler.com; jkloosterman@littler.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RELIABLE TRUCKING, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JESSE YBARRA, JAIME GUIDO, BILL 

CHIVERS, and DARREN FEDORFF, on their 

own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly 

situated persons pursuant to F.R.C.P. 23 and 

29 U.S.C. § 216, and on behalf of the General 

Public, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RELIABLE TRUCKING, INC., a California 

corporation, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C 06-05206 MHP (ADR) 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES TO 

CONTINUE DEADLINE TO FILE FINAL 

APPROVAL PAPERS; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Hearing Date: May 19, 2008 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Courtroom: 15 

Judge: Hon. Marilyn H. Patel 

Complaint Filed: August 24, 2006 

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 SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THIS COURT, the parties to the above-referenced action, 

by and through their undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate and respectfully request that the Court 

continue the deadline to file the final class action approval papers by three court days to May 7, 

2008. The parties contend there is good cause for this request as follows: 

This is a class action based on alleged wage and hour violations by Reliable Trucking, Inc. 

(“Reliable Trucking” or “Defendant”), and was asserted on behalf of all persons employed as Truck 

Drivers (“Drivers” or “Class Members”) during the class period. After lengthy settlement 

discussions and discovery, a settlement was reached. 

A Preliminary Order Granting Approval of Settlement was entered on January 10, 2008. 

Since then the parties have complied with the time limits established in the Preliminary Order 

Granting Approval of Settlement. Notice and exclusion forms were mailed to over 450 Class 

Members on or before the January 28, 2008 deadline. 

Only four (4) exclusion forms were received from Class Members by the April 22, 2008 

deadline. Additionally, the deadline for receipt of objections, April 22, 2008, has passed and no 

objections have been filed or received. Based on these facts, the parties are seeking final approval of 

the settlement, and approval of the agreed upon attorney fees and class representative enhancements. 

However, prior to finalizing the Joint Motion for Approval and Motion for Attorney Fees and 

Class Representative Enhancements, the parties have been working on finalizing a spreadsheet setting 

forth each Class member who is entitled to a payout/ratification bonus per the parties’ agreement and 

the amount of the payout, so that the Court can review that information, and additionally, so that 

there are no issues following final approval. 

Accordingly, based on the above, the parties are seeking a short continuance to May 7, 2008 

in order to finalize the spreadsheet and related final approval papers. 

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Dated: May 2, 2008 BEESON, TAYER & BODINE, APC 

By: /s/ 

 COSTA KERESTENZIS 

Attorneys for JESSE YBARRA, JAIME 

GUIDO, BILL CHIVERS, and DARREN 

FEDORFF 

 

Dated: May 2, 2008 LITTLER MENDELSON, APC 

By: /s/ 

 JOHN C. KLOOSTERMAN 

 Attorneys for Defendant RELIABLE 

 TRUCKING, INC. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated:_________________________ _______________________________________ 

 Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel 

 United States District Judge 

5/5/2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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