Becky Greer et al v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Filing 121

STIPULATION AND ORDER to DISMISS with Prejudice, Plaintiff: Monica Muldrow, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 12/20/2016. Monica Muldrow terminated. (Martin-Gill, S)

WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC
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Fresno, California 93720
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Patrick D. Toole #19011
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5 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Joshua D. Kienitz #244903
6 Aurelio J. Perez #282135
650 California Street, 20th Floor
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LEONARD CARDER, LLP
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1330 Broadway, Suite 1450
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IBEW LOCAL UNION 1245
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30 Orange Tree Circle
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Telephone: [phone]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

17 BECKY GREER; TIMOTHY C. BUDNIK;
ROSARIO SAENZ; IAN CARTY, HALEY
18 MARKWITH, MARIA GARCIA PESINA,
and MONICA MULDROW, Individually and
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Plaintiffs,
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GAS
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY, IBEW LOCAL 1245, and
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Defendants.

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RECITALS
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ filed their Third Amended Complaint on November 2,

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3 2016, adding Plaintiffs Maria Garcia Pesina and Monica Muldrow as proposed class
4 representatives, adding a cause of action against Defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company
5 (“PG&E”) pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 17500, and adding a cause of action
6 against Defendant IBEW Local 1245 (“IBEW”) for a Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation;
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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have learned through discovery that Plaintiff Monica

8 Muldrow was not hired by PG&E as a Service Representative I (“SR I”) employee, but entered
9 the SR I classification through a separate process that rendered the Clerical Hiring Rate Guidelines
10 inapplicable to her;
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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have determined Business and Professions Code § 17500

12 claim is incorporated or subsumed within Plaintiffs existing Business and Professions Code §
13 17200 claim, and;
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BE IT RESOLVED that the Parties desire to avoid unnecessary motion practice or

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STIPULATION

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs Becky Greer, Timothy

18 C. Budnik, Rosario Saenz, Haley Markwith, Ian Carty, Maria Garcia Pesina and Monica Muldrow,
19 on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated (“PLAINTIFFS”), Defendants PG&E and
20 IBEW Local 1245 (collectively “DEFENDANTS), (collectively, “the PARTIES”) who have
21 appeared in this action, by and through their respective designated counsel, that, in accordance
22 with Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the individual claims of Plaintiff
23 Monica Muldrow against DEFENDANTS shall be dismissed with prejudice and with each party
24 bearing its own costs.
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IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that PLAINTIFFS’ Seventh Cause of Action for a

4 Violation of Business and Professions Code § 17500 et seq. against Defendant PG&E shall be
5 dismissed with prejudice and with each party bearing its own costs.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
DATED: December 20, 2016

WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC

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By:
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/s/ Patrick D. Toole
Patrick D. Toole,
Dylan J. Crosby,
Erin T. Huntington
Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS on behalf
themselves and all others similarly situated

of

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DATED: December 20, 2016

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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/s/ Joshua D. Kienitz
Robert G. Hulteng
Joshua D. Kienitz
Aurelio J. Perez
Attorneys for Defendant, Pacific Gas & Electric
Company

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

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By:

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/s/ Philip C. Monrad
Philip C. Monrad
Attorney for Defendant, IBEW Local 1245

IBEW LOCAL 1245

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/s/ Alex J. Pacheco
Alex J. Pacheco
Attorney for Defendant, IBEW Local 1245

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ORDER

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Based on the Parties’ Stipulation and good cause:

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Plaintiff Monica Muldrow, and any and all claims alleged on her behalf, is,

4 and are hereby dismissed with prejudice in exchange for a waiver of costs.
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Plaintiffs’ Seventh Cause of Action for a Violation of Business and

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6 Professions Code § 17500 et seq. against Defendant PG&E is hereby dismissed with prejudice in
7 exchange for a waiver of costs.
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Given the above dismissal, Paragraphs 17 and 179-188 of the Third

9 Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 105), and all references therein to Ms. Muldrow, are deemed
10 stricken. Plaintiffs shall not be required to file, nor shall either Defendant be required to answer,
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The Clerk is directed to terminate Ms. Muldrow as a party on the docket.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

December 20, 2016

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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