UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

MARK HANSEN, and JASON BUFFER 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:20-cv-02142

Hon. Thomas M. Durkin

Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert

EIGHTH JOINT REPORT ON THE STATUS OF DISCOVERY

Pursuant to the Court’s July 11, 2022 Order, ECF 130, Plaintiffs Mark Hansen and Jason 

Buffer (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant United Airlines, Inc. (“Defendant” or “United”) submit this 

eighth joint report on the status of discovery.

I. Production of ESI and Other Documents

Since the last joint status report, United made its production of the revised omnibus dataset 

referenced in the parties’ Joint Motion to Modify Case Management Schedule, ECF 127, on 

August 4, 2022. United is continuing to collect and review additional documents responsive to 

Plaintiffs’ Requests and expects to make an additional production on or before August 16, 2022. 

Among other things, United expects that production may consist of additional raw data, emails, 

attachments, and other ESI.

II. Progress on Depositions

The parties completed the depositions of both Plaintiffs Buffer and Hansen, on June 10, 

2022, and June 17, 2022, respectively. With respect to United’s depositions, on April 27, 2022, 

Plaintiffs served United with a Notice of 30(b)(6) Deposition Notice. United served objections to 

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the Notice on Plaintiffs’ counsel on May 16, 2022. The parties subsequently met and conferred 

regarding those objections on June 27, 2022. Since then, the parties have resolved the majority of 

those objections and expect to resolve the remaining objection, concerning a single deposition 

topic, before the next status hearing. Because the parties expect United’s depositions to involve 

questioning regarding the recently revised omnibus dataset production, the parties are still working 

together to schedule specific dates. 

III. Proposed Date for Next Joint Report on the Status of Discovery

This case is set for a status hearing on August 11, 2022. The parties propose that the next 

status hearing be set for September 12, 2022, with the parties’ ninth joint report on the status of 

discovery to be submitted to the Court on September 8, 2022. 

Dated: August 9, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

By: Daniel J. Kurowski

Steve W. Berman

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000

Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 623-7292

steve@hbsslaw.com

Daniel J. Kurowski

Whitney K. Siehl

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

455 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr., Suite 2410

Chicago, IL 60611

(708) 628-4949

dank@hbsslaw.com

whitneys@hbsslaw.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel

By: Nickolas J. Hagman

Daniel O. Herrera 

Nickolas J. Hagman 

CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER &

SPRENGEL LLP

135 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 3210

Chicago, Illinois 60603

T: (312) 782-4880 

F: (318) 782-4485 

dherrera@caffertyclobes.com 

nhagman@caffertyclobes.com 

Bryan L. Clobes

CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER &

SPRENGEL LLP

205 N. Monroe St. 

Media, Pennsylvania 19063 

T: (215) 864-2800

bclobes@caffertyclobes.com

Interim Co-Lead Counsel

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Joseph G. Sauder

Joseph B. Kenney

SAUDER SCHELKOPF LLC

1109 Lancaster Ave.

Berwyn, PA 19312

Telephone: (888)-711-9975

Facsimile: (610) 421-1326

jgs@sstriallawyers.com

jbk@sstriallawyers.com

Additional Counsel for Plaintiffs

By: Sondra A. Hemeryck

Patricia Brown Holmes

Sondra A. Hemeryck

Valerie H. Brummel

Brendan J. Gerdes

RILEY SAFER HOLMES & CANCILA LLP

70 W. Madison St., Suite 2900

(312) 471-8700

pholmes@rshc-law.com

shemeryck@rsch-law.com

vbrummel@rsch-law.com

bgerdes@rshc-law.com

Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.

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