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Parties Involved:
Paula Donald
Plaintiff
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Defendant
Xanitos, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stip. and ORDER To Continue Certification Deadlines

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HOFFMAN EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

MICHAEL HOFFMAN (SBN 154481)

LEONARD EMMA (SBN 224483)

STEPHEN NOEL ILG (SBN 275599)

580 California Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel (415) 362-1111

Fax (415) 362-1112

Email: mhoffman@employment-lawyers.com

Email: lemma@employment-lawyers.com

Email: silg@employment-lawyers.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff PAULA DONALD

MARK POSARD (SBN: 208790)

mposard@gordonrees.com

MOLLIE BURKS (SBN: 222112) 

mburks@gordonrees.com

SARA A. MOORE (SBN: 294255)

smoore@gordonrees.com

GORDON & REES LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-5900

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

Attorneys for Defendant

XANITOS, INC.

Attorneys for Defendant XANITOS, INC.

and KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAULA DONALD, on behalf of herself, 

all others similarly situated, and the general 

public,

Plaintiff,

vs.

XANITOS, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, a 

California corporation, and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05416-WHO

PUTATIVE CLASS ACTION

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE CERTIFICATION 

DEADLINES

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12 of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, the Parties to the above entitled action, Plaintiff PAULA DONALD 

(“Plaintiff,”), Defendant XANITOS, INC. (“Xanitos”), and Defendant KAISER FOUNDATION 

HOSPITALS (“Kaiser”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties”), by and through their 

undersigned counsel, enter into the following Stipulation:

WHEREAS, the Plaintiff and Defendant Xanitos have each diligently propounded and 

responded to a first set of written discovery and are presently meeting and conferring regarding 

responses as well as scheduling pre-certification depositions;

WHEREAS, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to amend to add a new claim 

and a new Defendant, KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS (“Kaiser”) as an alleged joint 

employer; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint adding Kaiser on April 23, 2015;

WHEREAS, the addition of Kaiser as a party has caused delays due to the volume of 

discovery, the amount of time required for Kaiser to compile responsive information, and the 

time required for the Parties to meet and confer regarding the same; 

WHEREAS the Parties have met and conferred regarding a stipulation to modify the 

schedule in light of the delays caused by the addition of Kaiser as a new Defendant; 

WHEREAS no other modifications to the case schedule have been made in this matter;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree it would be appropriate to continue the deadlines for 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification and Defendant’s Opposition thereto for approximately 

six (6) months to complete necessary pre-certification discovery;

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate to continue, for six (6) months, the deadlines 

for Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification and Defendant’s Opposition thereto:

1. Plaintiff’s deadline to file a Motion for Class Certification is continued for 

approximately six (6) months, to March 15, 2016.

2. Deadline to file an Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification is 

continued for approximately six (6) months, to April 1, 2016.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: July 29, 2015 GORDON REES LLP

 /s/ Sara Moore

By

Mark Posard

Sara Moore

Attorneys for Defendant

XANITOS, INC. AND KAISER FOUNDATION 

HOSPITALS, INC.

DATED: July 29, 2015 HOFFMAN EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

 /s/ Stephen Noel Ilg

BY

Michael Hoffman

Leonard Emma

Stephen Noel Ilg

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PAULA DONALD et al.

I, Stephen Noel Ilg, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), that 

concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory.

By: /s/ Stephen Noel Ilg

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PAULA DONALD et al.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, as modified, IT IS ORDERED AS 

FOLLOWS:

1. Plaintiff’s deadline to file a Motion for Class Certification is continued for 

approximately six (6) months, to March 15, 2016. 

2. Defendant’s deadline to file an Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class 

Certification is continued for approximately six (6) months, to April 1, 2016.

3. Plaintiff’s deadline to file a Reply to the Opposition is April 15, 2016.

4. Hearing on the motion for class certification is set for 2 pm on May 4, 2016, in 

Courtroom 2, 17th floor.

Given that this is a lengthy continuance from a schedule initially proposed by the 

parties, no further extensions to this schedule are contemplated.

A further Case Management Conference is set for January 5, 2016 at 2 pm in 

Courtroom 2, 17th floor. The Joint Statement is due no later than December 29, 

2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 3, 2015 ____________________________________

United States District Judge

1102475/24472381v.1

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