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Parties Involved:
Hilti, Inc.
Defendant
S & J Rentals
Plaintiff
Twin Cities Equipment Rentals
Plaintiff

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STIP. & JOINT OBJECTION RE: PRETRIAL SCHEDULING CASE NO. 2:16-CV-00879-MCE-KJN

William Kershaw (State Bar No. 057486)

Stuart C. Talley (State Bar No. 180374)

Ian J. Barlow (State Bar No. 262213)

KERSHAW, COOK & TALLEY PC

401 Watt Avenue

Sacramento, California 95864

Telephone: (916) 779-7000

Facsimile: (916) 721-2501

Email: bill@kctlegal.com 

Email: stuart@kctlegal.com

Email: ian@kctlegal.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Class

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

S & J RENTALS, INC. d/b/a TWIN 

CITIES EQUIPMENT RENTALS, a 

California corporation, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

HILTI, INC., an Oklahoma corporation,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:16-cv-00879-MCE-KJN

STIPULATION AND JOINT OBJECTION 

RE: INITIAL PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER; ORDER THEREON

Assigned to Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

Trial Date: None Set

Pursuant to this Court’s Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 3) and Eastern District 

of California Local Rule 143, Plaintiff S & J Rentals, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Hilti, Inc. 

(“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its original Complaint on April 27, 2016 (Dkt. No. 1);

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its First Amended Class Action Complaint on May 9, 2016 

(Dkt. No. 4);

WHEREAS, service was completed on Defendant as of May 11, 2016;

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WHEREAS, the parties entered into and filed a Stipulation Extending Time for Defendant 

Hilti, Inc. to Respond to Complaint on June 1, 2016 (Dkt. No. 6);

WHEREAS, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike Jury Demand 

(Dkt. No. 8) and a Motion to Transfer (Dkt. No. 9) (together, “Motions”) on June 21, 2016;

WHEREAS, briefing on those Motions is not yet complete and the Motions have not yet 

been decided by the Court;

WHEREAS, the Court’s decision on Defendant’s Motions will determine whether this 

case can proceed in this Court and which state’s law applies to this case;

WHEREAS, the parties have not yet met and conferred pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure (“Rule”) 26(f) nor have they prepared and submitted a proposed discovery plan 

pursuant to Rule 26(f)(3);

WHEREAS, as part of their meet and confer process, and because this case is pending as a 

putative class action, the parties will discuss the extent to which Rule 23 requirements may 

impact the case schedule, including as it relates to the deadline by which Plaintiff will file its

motion for class certification; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists to refrain from entering a case schedule until jurisdictional 

and choice of law matters have been decided and until the parties have had an opportunity to meet 

and confer and submit a proposed case schedule that accounts for class certification issues; and

WHEREAS, the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order will become final without further order 

of the Court unless objections are filed within sixty (60) days of service on all defendants.

NOW, THEREFORE, undersigned counsel for the parties, having met and conferred, 

stipulate and agree as follows:

1. The deadlines set forth in the Court’s Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order will not 

become final at this time;

2. The Court will set a status conference pursuant to Rule 16 and Eastern District of 

California Local Rule 240 after the pending Motions have been decided; and

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3. Any Rule 26(f)(3) discovery plan shall be submitted by the parties at least fourteen 

(14) days prior to the status conference.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED.

Dated: July 7, 2016. KERSHAW, COOK & TALLEY PC

By: /s/ Stuart C. Talley 

Stuart C. Talley

William A. Kershaw

Ian J. Barlow

401 Watt Avenue

Sacramento, California 95864

Telephone: (916) 779-7000

Facsimile: (916) 721-2501

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Class

Dated: July 7, 2016. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

By: /s/ John S. Poulos 

John S. Poulos

Caitlin A. Colman

2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 700

Sacramento, California 95833

Telephone: (916) 564-5400

Facsimile: (916) 564-5444

Attorneys for Defendant Hilti, Inc.

ORDER

Having reviewed the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court’s Initial 

Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 3) is hereby vacated. The parties are directed to file a Joint 

Request for Status Conference not later than fourteen (14) days after the date on which the 

Court’s rulings on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 8) and Motion to Transfer (ECF No. 

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have been electronically filed. That conference will establish a schedule for adjudicating the case 

depending on the status of the matter at that time.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 12, 2016

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