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Parties Involved:
Nabors Drilling USA, L.P.
Defendant
Jeremy Porter
Plaintiff

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT

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HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP

Tamara I. Devitt (Bar No. 209683)

 tamara.devitt@haynesboone.com

Matthew E. Costello (Bar No. 295062)

 matthew.costello@haynesboone.com

600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 700

Costa Mesa, California 92626

T: (949) 202-3000 | F: (949) 202-3001

Attorneys for Defendant

NABORS DRILLING USA, LP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEREMY PORTER, an individual

Plaintiff,

v.

NABORS DRILLING USA, L.P., a Limited 

Partnership organized under the laws of the 

State of Delaware; and DOES 1 through 50,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00805-MCE-JLT

Assigned to:

Chief U.S. District Judge

Morrison C. England, Jr.

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME 

TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT

Complaint Filed: April 9, 2015

Date Removed: May 26, 2015

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order Requiring Joint Status Report (ECF No. 18), the 

Joint Status Report of Plaintiff Jeremy Porter (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Nabors Drilling USA, 

LP (“Defendant”) (the “Parties”) is due on or before September 14, 2015.

WHEREAS, on August 17, 2015, on its own motion and pursuant to Local Rule 230(g), 

the Court ordered that Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Dismiss Claims (ECF 

Nos. 9-11) (“Motion”) be submitted without oral argument and vacated the August 20, 2015 

hearing on the Motion.

WHEREAS, Defendant’s Motion requests either: (1) that the Court require Plaintiff to 

arbitrate his individual claims, and dismiss Plaintiff’s individual claims and representative 

action claim under California’s Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”); or (2) if the Court 

were to grant Defendant’s Motion only as to Plaintiff’s individual claims but not as to Plaintiff’s 

representative action claim under PAGA, that the Court stay the PAGA claim during the 

pendency of the arbitration.

WHEREAS, as of the date of this Joint Stipulation, the Court has not yet ruled on 

Defendant’s Motion.

WHEREAS, the Parties believe that it is necessary for the Court to rule on Defendant’s

Motion prior to the Parties’ drafting of a Joint Status Report. Without a ruling on Defendant’s 

Motion to determine which of Plaintiff’s claims are compelled to arbitration, remain in the 

Court’s jurisdiction, and/or are stayed by the Court, the Parties cannot provide the Court with an 

accurate depiction of the matters requested to be incorporated into the Joint Status Report, 

including, without limitation: (1) a summary of the claims and defenses; (2) anticipated 

exchange of initial disclosures; (3) a discovery plan, including whether discovery should be 

conducted in phases, and discovery cutoffs; (4) anticipated expert discovery; (5) pretrial 

procedures; and (6) prospects for settlements.

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their counsel of record, hereby 

stipulate as follows:

In light of the foregoing difficulties in drafting a Joint Status Report without the benefit 

of a ruling on Defendant’s Motion, the Parties request that the Court extend the deadline to file 

a Joint Status Report, from September 14, 2015, to either September 30, 2015 or twenty-one (21) 

days after the Court’s forthcoming order on Defendant’s Motion, whichever is later.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Date: September 2, 2015 PETER LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Arnold P. Peter 

Arnold P. Peter

Attorneys for Plaintiff JEREMY PORTER

*as authorized on September 2, 2015

per Local Rule 131(e)*

Date: September 2, 2015 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP

By: /s/ Matthew E. Costello

Matthew E. Costello

Attorneys for Defendant

NABORS DRILLING USA, LP

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ signed stipulation, the deadline to file a Joint Status Report is 

extended from September 14, 2015 to September 30, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 8, 2015

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