Bueche v. Fidelity National Management Services, LLC

Filing 76

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 11/13/2014 GRANTING the parties stipulation and request for the Court to vacate the class certification briefing schedule and hearing date so that a Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement can be filed and scheduled to be heard. (Reader, L)

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BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & BHOWMIK
Norman B. Blumenthal (SBN 068687)
Kyle R. Nordrehaug (SBN 205975)
Aparajit Bhowmik (SBN 248066)
Piya Mukherjee (SBN 274217)
2255 Calle Clara
La Jolla, CA 92037
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Curtis A. Graham (SBN 215745)
Michelle Rapoport (SBN 247459)
633 West 5th Street, 63rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: (213) 43-4299

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Attorneys for Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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LAURIE BUECHE and KELLY COLLIER,
individually, on behalf of themselves, and all
persons similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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FIDELITY NATIONAL MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:12-cv-01114-JAM-EFB
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
VACATE CLASS CERTIFICATION
FILING DATES

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Plaintiffs LAURIE BUECHE and KELLY COLLIER (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant

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FIDELITY NATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC (“Defendant”), by and through

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their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

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Stipulation to Continue Dates
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WHEREAS, the Parties have propounded and responded to several sets of discovery and

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have engaged in discovery related motion practice regarding their respective prosecution and

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defense of this litigation;

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WHEREAS, the Court, by stipulation of the parties, continued the deadline for Plaintiffs

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to file their class certification motion to November 10, 2014, so that the parties could explore

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resolution through private mediation [Doc. No. 70];

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WHEREAS, the Court set the following schedule: “Plaintiffs shall file their Motion for

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Class Certification on or before December 15, 2014; Defendant shall file its Opposition on or

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before March 2, 2015 (the lengthy time period is to account for intervening holidays); Plaintiffs

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shall file their Reply brief on or before March 27, 2015; the Court’s hearing on the Motion for

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Class Certification shall be on April 15, 2015 at 9:30 a.m., or on a date thereafter convenient for
the Court.”

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WHEREAS, following a private mediation held before Deborah Rothman, Esq.,
the parties have reached a settlement of the class claims asserted in this action;

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WHEREAS, the parties anticipate a motion for preliminary approval of class
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settlement to be filed in the next sixty (60) days;

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Stipulation to Continue Dates
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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and request the Court to vacate
the class certification briefing schedule and hearing date so that a Motion for Preliminary

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Approval of Class Action Settlement can be filed and scheduled to be heard.
Respectfully submitted,
DATED: November 13, 2014

BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & BHOWMIK

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By __

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DATED: November 13, 2014

/s/
Aparajit Bhowmik
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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By __

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/s/
Curtis A. Graham
Attorneys for Defendant

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IT IS SO ORDERED

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Dated: ___11/13/2014
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/s/ John A. Mendez____________
HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ
United States District Court Judge

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Stipulation to Continue Dates
Case No. 2:12-cv-01114-JAM-EFB