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Parties Involved:
Hyatt Corporation
Defendant
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
Defendant
Janice Insixiengmay
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY DISCOVERY 

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J. Scott Carr (SBN 136706) 

scarr@kcozlaw.com 

Abigail Stecker Romero (SBN 284534) 

aromero@kcozlaw.com

KABAT CHAPMAN & OZMER LLP 

333 S. Grand Ave, Suite 2225 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 493-3980 

Facsimile: (404) 400-7333 

Attorneys for Defendant HYATT CORPORATION d/b/a HYATT REGENCY SACRAMENTO 

(erroneously sued as both “Hyatt Corporation” and “Hyatt Corporation d/b/a Hyatt Regency 

Sacramento) 

Galen T. Shimoda (SBN 226752) 

attorney@shimodalaw.com 

Justin P. Rodriguez (SBN 278275) 

jrodriguez@shimodalaw.com 

Brittany V. Berzin (SBN 325121) 

bberzin@shimodalaw.com. 

Shimoda Law Corp. 

9401 E. Stockton Blvd., Suite 120, 

Elk Grove, CA 95624 

Telephone: (916) 525-0716 

Facsimile: (916) 760-3733 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Janice Insixiengmay, individually and on behalf of all others similarly 

situated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JANICE INSIXIENGMAY, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

HYATT CORPORATION, a Delaware 

Corporation; HYATT CORPORATION 

DBA HYATT REGENCY SACRAMENTO, 

an unknown association; and 

DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:18-cv-02993-TLN-DB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

STAY DISCOVERY DUE TO COVID-19 

PANDEMIC 

Complaint Removed: Nov. 15, 2018 

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Defendant Hyatt Corporation d/b/a Hyatt Regency Sacramento (“Hyatt”) and Plaintiff 

Janice Insixiengmay (“Plaintiff”) hereby stipulate to a stay of the discovery period for 

approximately 90 days in light of the unique and unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 

pandemic, and state as follows: 

STIPULATION 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a Complaint against Defendant in the 

Sacramento Superior Court on October 4, 2018 (D.E. 1-1); 

WHEREAS, Defendant timely removed this action to this Court on November 15, 2018 

(D.E. 1); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff moved to remand this action back to Sacramento Superior Court on 

December 13, 2018 (D.E. 4); 

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization classified the virus 

outbreak commonly known as “Coronavirus” or “COVID-19” as a pandemic;1

WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, this Court recognized the COVID-19 virus outbreak in 

General Order No. 610; 

WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a “stay at home order” 

to slow the spread of COVID-19;2 

WHEREAS, this Court recognized the increasing severity of the COVID-19 pandemic on 

March 17, 2020 (General Order 611), March 18, 2020 (General Order 612), March 25, 2020 

(General Order 613), and March 30, 2020 (General Order 614); 

WHEREAS, this Court denied Plaintiff’s remand motion on March 27, 2020 and ordered 

the Parties to conduct a Rule 26(f) conference and submit a scheduling report no later than April 

29, 2020 (D.E. 17); 

1 See Basank v. Decker, --- F. Supp. 3d ----, 2020 WL 1481503, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. 2020) (“On 

March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (‘WHO’) declared COVID-19 a global 

pandemic.”). 

2 See General Order 611 (Mar. 17, 2020) (“the Governor of the State of California has declared a 

public health emergency throughout the State in response to the spread of COVID-19, and 

strongly encouraged certain segments of the population to remain at home at the current time”).

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WHEREAS, on April 1, 2020, the Parties conducted a Rule 26(f) conference; 

WHEREAS, during the Rule 26(f) conference, the Parties discussed the specific and 

severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hyatt’s operations, including that: (1) the Hyatt 

Regency Sacramento Hotel where Plaintiff was employed is currently closed and will be closed 

at least through May 15, 2020 and potentially longer; and (2) Hyatt’s corporate operations have 

been drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; 

WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing an extreme and undue hardship on 

Hyatt and will make it exceedingly difficult for Hyatt to further investigate Plaintiff’s claims, 

prepare written discovery, prepare initial disclosures, respond to written discovery and identify 

and gather documents for production, and/or produce witnesses for deposition in the foreseeable 

future; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that a stay of the discovery period for 90 days is reasonably 

necessary given the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have not requested any prior stays or extensions in this action; 

 NOW THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate to a 90-day stay of the discovery period 

through and including July 2, 2020, subject to this Court’s approval. The Parties further stipulate 

to provide the Court a status update by June 26, 2020 regarding whether they believe a further 

stay is necessary and, if not, a proposed scheduling order. 

 KABAT CHAPMAN & OZMER LLP 

Dated: April 6, 2020 By: /s/ Abigail Stecker Romero 

 J. Scott Carr 

 Abigail Stecker Romero 

 

Attorneys for Defendant 

 SHIMODA LAW CORP. 

Dated: April 6, 2020 By: /s/ Justin P. Rodríguez (as authorized on April 

6, 2020) 

Galen T. Shimoda 

Justin P. Rodríguez 

Brittany V. Berzin 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

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ORDER

 The COURT, having considered the above stipulation, HEREBY ORDERS that: 

1. Discovery is stayed for 90 days, through and including July 2, 2020; and 

2. The Parties must submit to the Court a report no later than June 26, 2020 

regarding whether any further stay of discovery is necessary and, if not, a proposed scheduling 

order. 

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 7, 2020 

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