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Parties Involved:
Paula Donald
Plaintiff
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Defendant
Xanitos, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stip. and ORDER To Continue Certification Deadlines to Complete Mediation

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HOFFMAN EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

MICHAEL HOFFMAN (SBN 154481)

LEONARD EMMA (SBN 224483)

STEPHEN NOEL ILG (SBN 275599)

580 California Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel (415) 362-1111

Fax (415) 362-1112

Email: mhoffman@employment-lawyers.com

Email: lemma@employment-lawyers.com

Email: silg@employment-lawyers.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff PAULA DONALD

MARK POSARD (SBN: 208790)

mposard@gordonrees.com

MOLLIE BURKS (SBN: 222112) 

mburks@gordonrees.com

SARA A. MOORE (SBN: 294255)

smoore@gordonrees.com

GORDON & REES LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-5900

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

Attorneys for Defendant

XANITOS, INC.

Attorneys for Defendant XANITOS, INC.

and KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAULA DONALD, on behalf of herself, 

all others similarly situated, and the general 

public,

Plaintiff,

vs.

XANITOS, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, a 

California corporation, and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05416-WHO

PUTATIVE CLASS ACTION

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE CERTIFICATION TO 

COMPLETE MEDIATION

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12 of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, the Parties to the above entitled action, Plaintiff PAULA DONALD 

(“Plaintiff,”), Defendant XANITOS, INC. (“Xanitos”), and Defendant KAISER FOUNDATION 

HOSPITALS (“Kaiser”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties”), by and through their 

undersigned counsel, enter into the following Stipulation:

WHEREAS, the Plaintiff and Defendant Xanitos have each diligently propounded and 

responded to a first set of written discovery and are presently meeting and conferring regarding 

responses as well as scheduling pre-certification depositions;

WHEREAS, the Parties met in person in San Francisco on October 12, 2015 and 

successfully resolved all outstanding discovery disputes; 

WHEREAS, as part of the negotiated resolution of the discovery disputes, the Parties 

agreed to schedule a mediation by late 2015 or early 2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties were not able to secure a date with a mutually acceptable 

mediator until March 2016; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to mediation with well-known and respected 

mediator Mark Rudy; 

WHEREAS the earliest available date that Mr. Rudy had availability was March 24, 2016

and Defendant Xanitos’ key decision-maker is not available on that date; 

WHEREAS Mr. Rudy’s next available dates include: March 30, April 5, 6, 7, 19, 20 and 

21, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are currently working to confirm both client and counsel’s 

availability and intend to schedule mediation with Mr. Rudy on a mutually-agreeable date 

between March 30 and April 21, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree it would be preferable to attempt to mediate before 

expending the majority of resources involved in preparing the Motion for Class Certification and 

related papers and, accordingly, the Parties would need to select a different mediator if the 

current certification deadlines are maintained;

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WHEREAS, the Parties represent that the prospect of mediating with an excellent, 

experienced mediator and Mr. Rudy’s reputation was instrumental in helping the parties resolve

several multifaceted discovery disputes;

WHEREAS, the Parties are working in good faith to resolve other outstanding issues and 

anticipate that they will be able to reach a similar compromise with respect to more recent 

discovery requests;

WHEREAS the Parties have met and conferred regarding a stipulation to modify the 

schedule in light of the availability of their preferred mediators; 

WHEREAS the only other modification to the case schedule thus far was a six (6) month 

continuance of the certification deadlines (Dkt. 52) as a result of the delay in adding Defendant 

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS which required litigation of an opposed Motion for 

Leave to Amend; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree it would be appropriate to continue the deadlines for 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification and Defendant’s Opposition thereto for approximately 

four (4) months to complete mediation and all necessary discovery prior to filing the Motion for 

Class Certification;

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate to continue, for four (4) months, the deadlines 

for Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification and Defendant’s Opposition thereto:

1. Plaintiff’s deadline to file a Motion for Class Certification is continued for 

approximately four (4) months, to July 15, 2016.

2. Deadline to file an Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification is 

continued for approximately four (4) months, to August 1, 2016.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: October 19, 2015 GORDON & REES LLP

 /s/ Sara A. Moore

By

Mark Posard

Mollie Burks

Sara Moore

Attorneys for Defendant

XANITOS, INC. AND KAISER FOUNDATION 

HOSPITALS, INC.

DATED: October 19, 2015 HOFFMAN EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

 /s/ Stephen Noel Ilg

BY

Michael Hoffman

Leonard Emma

Stephen Noel Ilg

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PAULA DONALD et al.

I, Sara A. Moore, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), that 

concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory.

By: /s/ Sara A. Moore

Attorneys for Defendant

XANITOS, INC. AND KAISER FOUNDATION 

HOSPITALS, INC.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Plaintiff’s deadline to file a Motion for Class Certification is continued for 

approximately four (4) months, to July 15, 2016.

2. Deadline to file an Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification is 

continued for approximately four (4) months, to August 1, 2016.

3. Any reply shall be filed by August 15, 2016.

4. The hearing is set for August 31, 2016 at 2 p.m.

5. A further Case Management Conference is set for May 10, 2016 at 2 p.m. A Joint 

Case Management Statement shall be filed on May 3, 2016.

I am concerned about the length of this delay, but am cognizant of the benefit that the

mediation scheduled with Mr. Rudy may bring. I should emphasize that I expect all of the 

discovery necessary to have an effective mediation to have been completed prior to mediation 

and that, given the lengthy extensions already granted, I do not foresee any further extension of 

the class certification schedule.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 21, 2015 ____________________________________

United States District Judge

1102475/25439104v.1

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