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Parties Involved:
David Krueger
Plaintiff
Mistras Group, Inc.
Defendant
Edgar Viceral
Plaintiff

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JOINT STATUS REPORT, NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT, AND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

VACATE ALL PENDING DATES AND SET PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SCHEDULE 

Case No. 3:15-CV-02198-EMC 

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 STANLEY D. SALTZMAN, Bar No. 090058 

 CHRISTINA HUMPHREY, Bar No. 226326 

 TINA MEHR, Bar No. 275659 

 MARLIN & SALTZMAN 

 29229 Canwood Street, Suite 208 

 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 

 Telephone: 818.991.8080 

 Facsimile: 818.991.8081 

 ssaltzman@marlinsaltzman.com 

 chumphrey@marlinsaltzman.com 

 tmehr@marlinsaltzman.com 

 CAROLYN HUNT COTTRELL, Bar No. 166977 

 NICOLE N. COON, Bar No. 286283 

 SCHNEIDER WALLACE 

 COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP 

 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400 

 Emeryville, CA 94608 

 Telephone: 415.421.7100 

 Facsimile: 415.421.7105 

 ccottrell@schneiderwallace.com 

 ncoon@schneiderwallace.com 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Settlement California 

 Class and FLSA Collective 

 (Counsel continued on next page) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EDGAR VICERAL and DAVID KRUEGER,

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

 MISTRAS GROUP, INC. 

 Defendant. 

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Case Number: 3:15-CV-02198-EMC 

JOINT STATUS REPORT, NOTICE OF 

SETTLEMENT, AND STIPULATION 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE 

ALL PENDING DATES AND SET 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SCHEDULE

Date: May 12, 2016 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Courtroom: 5 

Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen 

[ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL AND 

DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL ON FOLLOWING PAGE] 

(Revised)

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 Additional Plaintiffs’ Counsel 

 UNITED EMPLOYEES LAW GROUP, P.C. 

 Walter Haines, Esq., SBN 71075 

 5500 Bolsa Ave., Suite 201 

 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 

 Phone: (888) 474-7242 | Fax: (562) 256-1006 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Settlement California 

 Class and FLSA Collective 

 Defendant’s Counsel 

 LITTLER MENDLESON, P.C 

 Joseph A. Schwachter (SBN 108124) 

 R. Keith Chapman (SBN 282331) 

 Angela J. Rafoth (SBN 241966) 

 333 Bush Street, 34th Floor 

 San Francisco, CA 94108.2693 

 Telephone: 415.399.8490 

 Fax No.: 415.399.8490 

 Attorneys for Defendant MISTRAS GROUP, Inc. 

 

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Plaintiffs Edgar Viceral and David Kruger, on behalf of themselves and all other 

similarly situated, (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Mistras Group, Inc. (“Defendant”), Parties to the 

above-entitled action, jointly submit this JOINT STATUS REPORT, NOTICE OF 

SETTLEMENT, AND STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL 

PENDING DATES AND SET PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SCHEDULE. The Parties submit 

this joint report pursuant to the Court’s December 30, 2015 Case Management and Pretrial Order 

for Jury Trial (Dkt. No. 43) and the Clerk’s January 13, 2016 Notice (Dkt. No. 46). The Parties 

further submit this stipulation to vacate all pending dates and set preliminary approval schedule 

pursuant to this Court’s Standing Order No. 4. 

 The Parties hereby inform the Court that they have reached agreement on the material 

terms of a settlement of this action. Accordingly, the Parties intend to cease all litigation 

activities and prepare a formal settlement agreement and motion for preliminary approval of 

settlement for the Court’s consideration. The Parties estimate that the motion for preliminary 

approval will be filed within 30 days. In light of the above, the Parties jointly request that the 

Court vacate all pending dates, including those set forth in the Court’s December 30, 2015 Case 

Management and Pretrial Order for Jury Trial (Dkt. No. 43) and the Clerk’s January 13, 2016 

Notice (Dkt. No. 46). The Parties also request that the Court set a briefing and hearing schedule 

for the preliminary approval motion. 

 The Parties submit the following stipulation in support of their requests: 

 WHEREAS, on April 10, 2015, Plaintiff Krueger filed in the Superior Court of 

California, County of Kern, a class action complaint entitled David Krueger, et al. v. Mistras 

Group, Inc., et al., No. S-1500-CV-284570 (“Krueger”); 

 WHEREAS, on April 13, 2015, Plaintiff Viceral filed in the California Superior Court 

for San Francisco County the above-captioned lawsuit (Dkt. No. 1-2); 

 WHEREAS, on May 15, 2015, Defendant removed this case to the U.S. District Court, 

Northern District of California (Dkt. No. 1), and on May 18, 2015, Defendant removed the 

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Krueger matter to the federal district court of the Eastern District of California, before the 

Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.; 

 WHEREAS, on September 9, 2015, Judge England Ordered the Krueger matter 

dismissed without prejudice pursuant to a stipulation between the Parties agreeing to (1) add 

David Krueger as a Named Plaintiff; (2) add Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns 

LLP as Class Counsel; and (3) add the claims asserted in the Krueger action, all of which shall 

relate back to the date of filing the original complaint, to this Matter; 

 WHEREAS, on October 2, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Filing Consent To Join 

Krueger to this Action; 

 WHEREAS, on November 24, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended 

Complaint on behalf of Plaintiffs Viceral and Krueger (Dkt. No. 38); 

 WHEREAS, on November 25, 2015, the Court held the Initial Case Management 

Conference, at which the Court instructed the Parties to submit a proposed case schedule to the 

Court (Dkt. No. 39); 

 WHEREAS, on December 4, 2015, the Parties filed their Joint Proposed Schedule 

Pursuant to November 24, 2015 CMC and Minute Order (Dkt. No. 41), in which the Parties 

noted that they would participate in private mediation before mediator Mark Rudy on April 5, 

2016; 

 WHEREAS, on December 30, 2015, the Court issued a Case Management Scheduling 

Order, setting forth the schedule for this matter (Dkt. No. 43); 

 WHEREAS, on January 11, 2016, the Court issued an order pursuant to a stipulation 

filed by the Parties, modifying its December 30, 2015 order to allow the Parties to participate in 

mediation on April 5, 2016 (Dkt. No. 45); 

 WHEREAS, the Parties participated in mediation on April 5, 2016 before mediator 

Mark Rudy and thereafter continued settlement negotiations facilitated by the mediator, 

ultimately culminating in a settlement; 

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 WHEREAS, the Parties intend to cease all litigation activities and prepare a formal 

settlement agreement and motion for preliminary approval of settlement for the Court’s 

consideration and accordingly jointly request that the Court vacate all pending dates, including 

those set forth in the Court’s December 30, 2015 Case Management and Pretrial Order for Jury 

Trial (Dkt. No. 43) and the Clerk’s January 13, 2016 Notice (Dkt. No. 46); 

 WHEREAS, the Parties estimate that the motion for preliminary approval will be filed 

within 30 days and accordingly also request that the Court set a briefing and hearing schedule 

for the preliminary approval motion. 

 IT IS THEREFORE FURTHER STIPULATED BY COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS

AND COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THIS 

HONORABLE COURT, AS FOLLOWS:

 1. All pending dates, including those set forth in the Court’s December 30, 2015 Case 

Management and Pretrial Order for Jury Trial (Dkt. No. 43) and the Clerk’s January 13, 2016 

Notice (Dkt. No. 46), are vacated; 

 2. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval shall be filed by June 2, 2016; and 

 3. The hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval shall take place 

before this Court on June 23, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. 

Dated: May 4, 2016 MARLIN & SALTZMAN, LLP 

UNITED EMPLOYEES LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Christina Humphrey

CHRISTINA HUMPHREY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff EDGAR VICERAL 

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Dated: May 4, 2016 SCHNEIDER WALLACE 

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP 

By: /s/ Carolyn H. Cottrell 

CAROLYN H. COTTRELL 

Attorneys for Plaintiff DAVID KRUEGER 

Dated: May 4, 2016 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

By: /s/ Joseph A. Schwachter 

JOSEPH A. SCHWACHTER 

R. KEITH CHAPMAN 

Attorneys for Defendant MISTRAS GROUP, 

INC.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER VACATING ALL PENDING DATES AND SETTING 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SCHEDULE 

Having considered the stipulation between counsel for Plaintiffs Edgar Viceral and David 

Kruger, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

Mistras Group, Inc. (“Defendant”) (collectively “the Parties”) to vacate all pending dates in this 

matter as a result of the Notice of Settlement, and good cause appearing therefore, the Court 

hereby ORDERS all pending dates vacated, including the Status Conference set for May 12, 

2016. 

 In addition, pursuant to the Parties’ stipulation to set a preliminary approval schedule, the 

Court hereby ORDERS the following briefing and hearing schedule for the preliminary approval 

of the class and collective-wide Settlement reached between the Parties in this matter: 

 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval shall be filed by June 2, 2016. 

 The hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Approval shall take place before this 

Court on June 23, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May ___, 2016 ___________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

 DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES 

Firmwide:140286281.1 063130.1061 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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