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Parties Involved:
Carlos Batres
Plaintiff
CNH America, LLC
Defendant

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KENNETH C. ABSALOM (SBN 114607)

kenabsalom@333law.com

GEORGE R. NEMIROFF (SBN 262058)

nemiroff@333law.com

LAW OFFICE OF KENNETH C. ABSALOM

220 Montgomery Street, Suite 905

San Francisco, Ca. 94104

Tel: 415-392-5040

Fax: 415-392-3729

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CARLOS BATRES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS BATRES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CNH AMERICA LLC; and Does 1 to 20, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

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STIPULATION TO ALLOW CERTAIN 

DISCOVERY AFTER DISCOVERY-CUTOFF

Complaint Filed: February 11, 2015

TO THE COURT, TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

This Stipulation is submitted pursuant to Local Rule 6-2 and the Court’s Standing Order, 

and is entered into by and between Plaintiff Carlos Batres (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant CNH

Industrial America LLC (“Defendant”) for the purposes of efficiently managing this litigation. No 

prior continuances or extension of the discovery cut-off date has been requested. 

1. The original complaint in this action was filed on February 11, 2015 in Alameda 

County Superior Court. 

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2. Defendant thereafter removed this action to the Northern District based on grounds 

of diversity jurisdiction. (Docket No. 1 (“Dkt No. 1”).) 

3. On or about May 22, 2015, the parties conducted their Rule 26(f) conference. 

4. The Court and parties held an initial CMC on June 12, 2015. At the conference, the 

Court issued its scheduling order, imposing an accelerated discovery schedule with a discovery 

cut-off date of September 28, 2015. (Dkt. No. 17.) The order reflected the parties’ willingness to 

engage one another in a settlement conference before Magistrate Jacqueline Scott Corley in late 

August 2015, which has since been moved by stipulation of the parties and request of this Court to 

September 30, 2015. 

5. On August 10, 2015, Plaintiff issued a PMK Notice of Deposition to Defendant 

CNH identifying eight categories for a company-designated PMK to testify to. Defendant 

promptly informed Plaintiff that three separate individuals would be identified as PMKs, two of 

which would require out-of-state travel for depositions in Wisconsin and Oregon, which 

depositions occurred on September 11 and 14, 2015, respectively. 

6. One PMK, Jan Breitzman, was set to be deposed on September 16, 2015 in San

Francisco, California. 

7. Plaintiff Carlos Batres was deposed on September 17, 2015. 

8. Due to Plaintiff’s counsel’s schedule, Plaintiff was unable to go forward with the 

deposition of Jan Breitzman as originally planned on September 16, 2015. Moreover, the parties 

were unable to schedule a mutually-agreeable alternate date prior to the September 28, 2015 

discovery cut-off. Mr. Breitzman is a CNH employee and a critical witness who had interactions 

with Plaintiff concerning his workplace injury and his modified duty as a result. 

9. The parties thereafter compared their respective schedules and arrived at a mutually 

agreeable date of October 12, 2015 on which Mr. Breitzman’s deposition can go forward –

contingent on the Court’s approval of this one deposition being conducted after the cut-off.

10. On June 30, 2015, Defendant served requests for production of documents. 

Document Request No. 4 sought all documents “reflecting any employment benefits Plaintiff has 

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received for any employment, including self-employment, at any time since October 1, 2013, 

including but not limited to summary plan descriptions of any such benefits.” 

11. After Defendant granted Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time to respond, 

Plaintiff responded to the document requests stating he would produce responsive documents. 

However, Plaintiff’s counsel asserted by letter dated September 15, 2015, that Plaintiff does not 

have any documents responsive to Document Request No. 4.

12. Because this information is critical to Defendant’s ability to calculate damages for 

trial purposes, Defendant needs to subpoena Plaintiff’s current employer, Guittard Chocolate 

Company in Burlingame, California, to obtain this employment benefits information. Defendant 

plans to subpoena the information prior to the discovery cut-off, but the information would not be 

due to be disclosed from Guittard until after close of discovery.

13. This Stipulation is not offered for any dilatory or improper purpose, but rather 

solely to effectively manage the scheduling of case events, and to ensure the most efficient use of 

resources by the Court, the parties, and their counsel. 

WHEREFORE, subject to the Court’s approval, Plaintiff and Defendant, desiring to 

efficiently manage this action, hereby stipulate and request a variance to the discovery cut-off date 

as follows:

1. The deposition of PMK Jan Breitzman shall occur on October 12, 2015, at 10:00 

a.m. at the San Leandro Distribution Center, 1919 Williams Street, San Leandro, California, 

94577;

2. Defendant may obtain employment benefits information from Plaintiff’s current 

employer after the discovery cut-off date.

DATED: September 18, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF KENNETH C. ABSALOM

By: /s/ George R. Nemiroff_________ 

George R. Nemiroff

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Carlos Batres

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DATED: September 18, 2015 WILEY PRICE AND RADULOVICH LLP

By: /s/ Joan Pugh Newman______ 

Joan Pugh Newman

Attorneys for Defendant

CNH America, LLC

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ECF CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filing attorney attests that he has obtained 

concurrence regarding the filing of this document from the signatories to the document. 

Dated: September 18, 2015 By: /s/ George R. Nemiroff 

George R. Nemiroff

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Carlos Batres

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[Proposed] ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation of counsel and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

1. The deposition of PMK Jan Brietzman shall occur on October 12, 2015, at 10:00 

a.m. at the San Leandro Distribution Center, 1919 Williams Street, San Leandro, California, 

94577;

2. Defendant may obtain employment benefits information from Plaintiff’s current 

employer after the discovery cut-off date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________, 2015 __________________________

HON. MAXINE CHESNEY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

September 25

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