Haro et al v. Walmart Inc.

Filing 146

ORDER GRANTING JOINT STIPULATION FOR A ONE-WEEK EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS TO FILE THEIR MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 7/22/2024. (Kusamura, W)

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Matthew S. Parmet (SBN 296742)
PARMET PC
340 South Lemon Avenue, #1228
Walnut, California 91789
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Don J. Foty (Pro Hac Vice)
HODGES & FOTY, LLP
2 Greenway Plaza, Suite 250
Houston, Texas 77046
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
Gregory W. Knopp (SBN 237615)
Jonathan P. Slowik (SBN 287635)
Laura L. Vaughn (SBN 329470)
2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400
Los Angeles, California 90067
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Counsel for Defendant

Counsel for Plaintiff and Putative Class
Members

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
FRESNO DIVISION

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AMADO HARO and ROCHELLE
ORTEGA, On Behalf of Themselves and
All Others Similarly Situated,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
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WALMART, INC.,
Defendant.

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Case No.

1:21-CV-00239-KES-SKO

ORDER GRANTING JOINT
STIPULATION FOR A ONE-WEEK
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR
PLAINTIFFS TO FILE THEIR
MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL
OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Complaint Filed: Feb. 23, 2021
Trial Date: None

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs Amado Haro and Rochelle Ortega
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(“Plaintiffs”), by and through their counsel of record, and Defendant Walmart Inc. (“Defendant”), by
and through its counsel of record, as follows:
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2021, Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of all others
similarly situated, filed a wage-and-hour class and collective action lawsuit against Defendant (see

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Dkt. 1); WHEREAS, on December 15, 2023, Plaintiffs filed their Motion for Preliminary Approval

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of Class Action Settlement (Dkt. 127);

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WHEREAS, on March 18, 2024, the Court granted the Motion for Preliminary Approval
(Dkt. 135);

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WHEREAS, in the Order Granting Preliminary Approval, the Court set a deadline of July
20, 2024 for the Plaintiffs to file their Motion for Final Approval Settlement (id.);

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WHEREAS, on July 8, 2024 Hurricane Beryl struck Houston, Texas, causing severe flooding

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and wind damage, and leaving close to 3 million people without electricity. Plaintiffs’ Counsel resides

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in Houston, Texas. Plaintiffs’ Counsel was without electricity for nearly one week as a result of the

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storm. Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s office also lost access to its server and the internet. Given the storm,
Plaintiffs’ Counsel was unable to work on this matter, and
WHEREAS, the Parties have discussed a short extension of time for Plaintiffs to file their
Motion for Final Approval of Settlement in light of the hurricane. The Parties have conferred and
have agreed to a one week extension of time. The Parties do not believe that this one week extension

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will affect any of the deadlines in the Preliminary Approval Order of March 18, 2024;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the Parties, by and through their respective attorneys
of record, as follows: That Plaintiffs shall have until July 26, 2024 to file their Motion for Final
Approval of Settlement.

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Date: July 19, 2024

HODGES & FOTY, LLP
/s/ Don J. Foty
Don J. Foty (Pro Hac Vice)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Date: July 19, 2024

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
/s/_Jonathan P. Slowik
Gregory W. Knopp
Jonathan P. Slowik
Laura L. Vaughn
Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER
The Court having considered the Parties’ Joint Stipulation (Doc. 145) for a one-week
extension of time for Plaintiffs to file their Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement
finds that the Stipulation should be GRANTED. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’

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Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement shall be due July 26, 2024.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Sheila K. Oberto

July 22, 2024

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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