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Parties Involved:
Laurie Bueche
Plaintiff
Fidelity National Management Services, LLC
Defendant

Document Text:

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

633 West 5th Street 

63rd Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

213.443.4300 

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CASE NO: 2:12-CV-01114-JAM-EFB 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re: Amend Complaint and Reset Class Certification Deadlines

CURTIS A. GRAHAM, Bar No. 215745

cagraham@littler.com 

MICHELLE RAPOPORT, Bar No. 247459 

mrapoport@littler.com 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

633 West 5th Street 

63rd Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: 213.443.4300 

Facsimile: 213.443.4299 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FIDELITY NATIONAL MANAGEMENT 

SERVICES, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

LAURIE BUECHE, an individual, 

on behalf of herself, and on behalf of 

all persons similarly situated,, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FIDELITY NATIONAL 

MANAGEMENT SERVICES, 

LLC., a Delaware limited liability 

company, and DOES 1 through 50, 

inclusive,, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:12-CV-01114-JAM-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT 

AND TO RESET DEADLINES FOR 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

CLASS CERTIFICATION 

(AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT) 

Complaint Filed: February 6, 2012 

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

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CASE NO: 2:12-CV-01114-JAM-EFB 1. Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re: Amend Complaint and Reset Class Certification Deadlines

Plaintiff LAURIE BUECHE ("Plaintiff') and Defendant FIDELITY 

NATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC ("Defendant"), by and through their 

respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on April 11, 2013, Defendant filed a motion to compel the 

arbitration of Plaintiff’s individual wage-and-hour employment claims, and to dismiss 

Plaintiff’s class allegations. 

WHEREAS, while the motion was pending, and to facilitate the parties’ 

settlement discussions, the Court on June 27, 2013, by stipulation of the parties, 

vacated the deadline for Plaintiff to file her class certification motion. (Docket No. 27) 

WHEREAS, on June 27, 2013, the Court also entered its Order Denying 

Fidelity’s Motion to Compel Arbitration, and on July 22, 2013, Defendant filed an 

appeal of the Order Denying Fidelity’s Motion to Compel Arbitration. 

WHEREAS, on November 1, 2013, Plaintiff’s counsel, who represent another 

former employee of Defendant, Linda Collier (“Collier”), served a separate class 

action complaint for damages on behalf of Collier. The complaint was filed on 

October 11, 2013, in the Orange County Superior Court of the State of California, and 

pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, counsel for Collier shall dismiss without prejudice 

the Collier complaint within 14 days of the filing of the attached Order by the Court. 

WHEREAS, the individual wage-and-hour employment claims and class 

allegations asserted by Collier are the same or similar to those of Plaintiff. Collier, 

however, did not execute an arbitration agreement regarding her employment with 

Defendant. As a result, the class allegations of Collier, which are the same or similar 

to the class allegations of Plaintiff, will be litigated regardless of the outcome of 

Defendant’s appeal of the Order Denying Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration. 

WHEREAS, in the interest of conserving judicial resources and the parties’ 

resources, and without waiving any substantive rights or defenses, the parties have 

agreed to resume the litigation of Plaintiff’s individual and class allegations in this 

district court, and on November 21, 2013, pursuant to the stipulated motion of the 

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

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parties, the Ninth Circuit dismissed the appeal. 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that this stipulation is only for the purpose of 

conserving resources, and Defendant expressly reserves all rights to challenge in this 

litigation, both substantively and procedurally, the individual allegations of Plaintiff 

and Collier and the class allegations of Plaintiff and Collier, including but not limited 

to any factors analyzed by the Court for determining the suitability of class 

certification or classwide treatment of their claims. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree, and respectfully 

request the Court to grant leave to Plaintiff to amend her complaint to add Collier as a 

Plaintiff. Plaintiff shall file the amended complaint within 14 days of the filing of the 

attached Order by the Court, and Defendant shall file its responsive pleading within 14 

days of the filing of the amended complaint. 

In addition, the parties hereby stipulate and agree, and respectfully request the 

Court to order that the briefing schedule for the anticipated motion for class 

certification be reset, such that the motion for class certification shall be filed on or 

before May 30, 2014, and noticed for hearing on September 17, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.; 

Defendant’s opposition shall be filed on or before July 31, 2014; and Plaintiff’s reply, 

if any, shall be filed on or before August 29, 2014. 

 

Dated: December 2, 2013 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

By: /s/ Curtis A. Graham

CURTIS A. GRAHAM 

MICHELLE RAPOPORT 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FIDELITY NATIONAL 

MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC 

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

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CASE NO. 2:12-CV-01114-JAM-EFB 3. Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re: Amend Complaint and Reset Class Certification Deadlines

Dated: December 2, 2013 BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & 

BHOWMIK 

By: /s/ Kyle R. Nordrehaug (as authorized on December 2, 2013 )

KYLE R. NORDREHAUG 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LAURIE BUECHE 

IT IS SO ORDERED: (AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT) 

Dated: December 2, 2013 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

 

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