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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER POSTPONING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

CASE NO. 3:08-CV-05221-SI

Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher LLP 

WAGNER, JONES, KOPFMAN, 

& ARTENIAN LLP 

NICHOLAS J.P. WAGNER, SBN 109455 

ANDREW B. JONES, SBN 076915 

DANIEL M. KOPFMAN, SBN 192191 

LAWRENCE M. ARTENIAN, SBN 103367 

1111 E. Herndon, Ste. 317 

Fresno, CA 93720 

Telephone: 559.449.1800 

Facsimile: 559.449.0749 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

CATHERINE A. CONWAY, SBN 98366 

 cconway@gibsondunn.com 

JESSE A. CRIPPS, SBN 222285 

 jcripps@gibsondunn.com 

333 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 

Telephone: 213.229.7000 

Facsimile: 213.229.7520 

SCOPELITIS, GARVIN, LIGHT,

 HANSON & FEARY, PC 

JAMES H. HANSON (admitted pro hac vice) 

jhanson@scopelitis.com 

10 West Market Street, Suite 1500 

Indianapolis, IN 46204 

Telephone: 317.492.9205 

Facsimile: 317.687.2414 

Attorneys for Defendant WAL-MART STORES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHARLES RIDGEWAY, JAIME FAMOSO,

JOSHUA HAROLD, RICHARD BYERS, DAN 

THATCHER, NINO PAGTAMA, WILLIE 

FRANKLIN, TIM OPITZ, FARRIS DAY, 

KARL MERHOFF, and MICHAEL KROHN, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware 

corporation d/b/a WAL-MART 

TRANSPORTATION LLC, and Does One 

through and including Doe Fifty, 

Defendants. 

[Previously captioned as Bryan et al. v. WalMart Stores, Inc.] 

CASE NO. 3:08-cv-05221-SI 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO REMOVE 

APRIL 19 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

FROM CALENDAR 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER POSTPONING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

CASE NO. 3:08-CV-05221-SI

Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher LLP 

The undersigned counsel, on behalf of Plaintiffs Charles Ridgeway, Jaime Famoso, Joshua 

Harold, Richard Byers, Dan Thatcher, Nino Pagtama, Willie Franklin, Tim Opitz, Farris Day, Karl 

Merhoff, and Micheal Krohn (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart,” and 

collectively, with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate as follows, subject to the Court's 

approval: 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS, at the request of the Parties who voluntarily agreed to proceed to a mediation 

with a federal magistrate, the Court scheduled a settlement conference before Chief Magistrate Judge 

Spero which is currently set for April 19, 2016 (ECF 250); 

WHEREAS the Parties have met and conferred and through that meet and confer process 

have elected to use a private mediator in lieu of a federal magistrate judge, and the parties are in the 

process of selecting and scheduling a mediation with that mediator. 

STIPULATION 

Accordingly, the Parties now jointly stipulate and respectfully request that this Court remove 

the currently scheduled settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Spero from the Court's calendar. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2(a), the declaration of Jesse A. Cripps in support of this stipulation 

is filed herewith. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 15, 2016 

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STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER POSTPONING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

CASE NO. 3:08-CV-05221-SI

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Crutcher LLP 

By: __/s/ Jesse A. Cripps_______________ 

Jesse A. Cripps 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

Attorneys for Defendant 

I, Jesse A. Cripps, attest that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained from the 

other signatory. 

By: /s/ Daniel Kopfman___________ 

Daniel Kopfman 

WAGNER, JONES, KOPFMAN, & 

ARTENIAN LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER POSTPONING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

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Crutcher LLP 

[PROPOSED] Order 

Pursuant to the above stipulation, the Stipulation and Order regarding the settlement 

conference postponement is approved. 

 DATE: 

 THE HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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4/18/16

By April 25, 2016, counsel shall report to the Court the name 

of the private mediator and the scheduled date of the mediation 

session.

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