UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

JULIA ROSSI, DELILAH PARKER and 

KELVIN HOLMES, Individually and on 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

 

CLAIRE’S STORES, INC.; CLAIRE’S 

BOUTIQUES, INC.; and CBI 

DISTRIBUTING CORP., 

Defendants. 

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Case No.: 1:20-cv-05090 

Hon. Andrea R. Wood, presiding 

Hon. Magistrate Heather K. McShain 

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT IN PRINCIPLE 

Plaintiffs Julia Rossi, Delilah Parker, and Kevin Holmes (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and 

Defendants Claire’s Stores, Inc., Claire’s Boutiques, Inc., and CBI Distributing Corp. (collectively, 

“Defendants,” and, collectively with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned 

counsel, hereby submit this joint status report. 

Pursuant to the Court’s order staying Defendants’ motion to dismiss briefing and 

substantive discovery pending mediation (ECF No. 39), the Parties participated in a private 

mediation with an experienced mediator, Bennett G. Picker, Esq., on March 23, 2021. After a 

lengthy, full-day mediation session of hard fought, arm’s-length negotiations, the Parties reached 

a settlement in principle to resolve this class action on a nationwide basis. 

The Parties anticipate that they will need approximately 45 days to draft and finalize the 

terms of their settlement agreement and exhibits, and for Plaintiffs to prepare their motion for 

preliminary approval of settlement. Therefore, the Parties respectfully request that the Court vacate 

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the remaining briefing deadlines for Defendants’ motion to dismiss and set May 17, 2021 as the 

deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for preliminary approval of settlement, including the Parties’ 

executed settlement agreement and related exhibits. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: March 30, 2021 /s/ Bradley K. King 

Tina Wolfson 

twolfson@ahdootwolfson.com 

Bradley K. King 

bking@ahdootwolfson.com 

Theodore W. Maya 

tmaya@ahdootwolfson.com 

Henry Kelston 

hkelston@ahdootwolfson.com 

AHDOOT & WOLFSON, PC 

2600 West Olive Avenue, Suite 500 

Burbank, California 91505 

Tel: (310) 474-9111 

Fax: (310) 474-8585 

M. Anderson Berry 

aberry@justice4you.com 

Leslie Guillon 

lguillon@justice4you.com 

CLAYEO C. ARNOLD, 

A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORP. 

865 Howe Avenue 

Sacramento, California 95825 

Tel: (916) 777-7777 

Fax: (916) 924-1829 

Katrina Carroll 

kcarroll@carlsonlynch.com 

Kyle A. Shamberg 

kshamberg@carlsonlynch.com 

CARLSON LYNCH LLP 

111 West Washington Street, Suite 1240 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Tel: (312) 750-1265 

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Rachele R. Byrd 

byrd@whafh.com 

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER 

 FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 

750 B Street, Suite 1820 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Tel: (619) 239-4599 

Fax: (619) 234-4599 

Carl V. Malmstrom 

malmstrom@whafh.com 

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER 

 FREEMAN & HERZ LLC 

111 W. Jackson Blvd., 

Suite 1700 Chicago, Illinois 60604 

Tel: 312/984-0000 

Fax: 212/545-4653 

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

 

DATED: March 30, 2021 /s/ Gilbert S. Keteltas 

John S. Letchinger 

Maria Boelen 

Baker Hostetler LLP 

One North Wacker Drive 

Suite 4500 

Chicago, IL 60606 

jletchinger@bakerlaw.com 

mboelen@bakerlaw.com 

Ph: 312.416.6200 

Fax: 312.416.6200 

Gilbert S. Keteltas (admitted pro hac vice) 

Carey S. Busen (admitted pro hac vice) 

BakerHostetler LLP 

1050 Connecticut Ave., NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20036 

gketeltas@bakerlaw.com 

cbusen@bakerlaw.com 

Ph: 202.861.1500 

Fax: 202.861.1783 

Counsel for Defendants 

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ATTESTATION OF FILER 

I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the 

above signatories. 

/s/ Bradley K. King 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on March 30, 2021, the foregoing Joint Status Report and Notice of 

Settlement in Principle was electronically filed with the Clerk of the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Illinois, using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of the 

filing to all attorneys of record. 

/s/ Bradley K. King 

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