Syed, et al. v. M-I, L.L.C.

Filing 60

Order Denying Request To Extend The Class And Collective Certification Briefing Schedule, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 2/22/2016. (Yu, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SARMAD SYED, individually, and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
ASHLEY BALFOUR, individually, and
on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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vs.

Case No.: 1:12-cv-01718-AWI-MJS
ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO
EXTEND THE CLASS AND
COLLECTIVE CERTIFICATION
BRIEFING SCHEDULE

M-I, L.L.C., a Delaware Limited Liability
Company, doing business as M-I
SWACO; and, DOES 1 through 10,
inclusive,
Defendants.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING THE CLASS AND COLLECTIVE CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

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Before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Stipulation For Sixty (60) Days

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Continuance Re: Motion For Conditional Collective And Class Action

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Certification Deadlines (“Joint Stipulation”) seeking to amend the operative class

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and collective certification briefing schedule. Good cause having been shown,

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said application is GRANTED, and the following class certification and/or

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collective action deadlines are extended as follow:

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(1) the deadline for filing a motion for class certification and, if

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applicable, motion for collective certification be continued from

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March 8, 2016 to May 6, 2016;

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(2) the deadline for Defendant’s opposition to any motion for class

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certification and, if applicable, motion for collective certification be

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continued from May 11, 2016 to July 11, 2016;

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(3) the deadline for Plaintiffs to file any reply in support of their

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motion for class certification and, if applicable, motion for collective

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certification be continued from May 23, 2016 to July 22, 2016; and

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(4) the hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and, if

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applicable, collective certification be continued from June 10, 2016

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to August 12, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.

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ORDER

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Having reviewed the parties’ Stipulation to extend the class and

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collective certification briefing schedule in Case No. 1:12-cv-01718-AWI-MJS,

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the seven previous such Stipulations and Orders approving them, and the

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language of the most recent of those seven, signed November 18, 2015, which

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states:

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ORDER EXTENDING THE CLASS AND COLLECTIVE CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

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“There have been several successive extensions in this case.

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No further extensions will be granted absent new, unforeseen

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and unforeseeable facts and circumstances establishing good

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cause for same.” (ECF No. 56. Emphasis in original.)

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and the absence of any good cause having been shown, the Stipulation to again

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modify the schedule in this case is DENIED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

February 22, 2016

/s/

Michael J. Seng

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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ORDER EXTENDING THE CLASS AND COLLECTIVE CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE