Medrano et al v. Party City Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

Filing 32

CONSOLIDATED CASE ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 9/7/2017 CONSOLIDATING this case with the case denominated 2:17-cv-00962 WBS EFB for all purposes; ORDERING that all pleadings, motions, and other papers be filed in this case with th e caption designating case no. 2:16-cv-02996 WBS EFB as the lead case and containing the name, Pasini v. Party City Corporation, and the case no. 2:17-cv-00962 WBS EFB of the member case thereunder; ORDERING the parties to disclose experts by 3/7/2018 and to disclose rebuttal experts by 4/9/2018; ORDERING that discovery be completed by 5/8/2018; ORDERING that all motions be filed by 6/6/2018; CONTINUING the Final Pretrial Conference to 8/27/2018 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb; CONTINUING the Jury Trial to 10/10/2018 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. Shubb. (Michel, G.)

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1 DAVID F. FAUSTMAN, SBN 81862 L. PETER RYAN, SBN 134291 2 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 345 California Street, Suite 2200 3 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 364-5546 4 Facsimile: (415) 391-4436 Email: dfaustman@foxrothschild.com 5 pryan@foxrothschild.com 6 ANDREW W. RUSSELL, SBN 280669 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 7 1800 Century Park East, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90067 8 Telephone: (310) 598-4150 Facsimile: (310) 556-9828 9 Email: arussell@foxrothschild.com 10 Attorneys for Defendant PARTY CITY CORPORATION 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ANTHONY MEDRANO and NICOLA GALASSI, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated individuals, Case No.: 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES Plaintiffs, v. PARTY CITY CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Trial Date: April 10, 2018 Defendants. JOAN PASINI, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Case No.: 2:17-CV-962-WBS-EFB STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES Plaintiffs, v. PARTY CITY CORPORATION; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Trial Date: Defendants. 27 28 1 STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES Not Set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 WHEREAS, on November 17, 2016, Plaintiffs Anthony Medrano (“Medrano”) and Nicola Galassi (“Galissi”) filed a Class Action Complaint entitled Anthony Medrano et al. v. Party City Corporation, Case No. STK-CV-UBT-2016-11712 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Joaquin, alleging a single cause of action for violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 against Defendant Party City Corporation (“Party City”); WHEREAS, on December 2, 2016, Party City removed the state court action to this Court, where the case has been assigned Case No. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB; WHEREAS, on May 7, 2017, Plaintiff Joan Pasini (“Pasini”) filed a Class Action Complaint in this Court entitled Joan Pasini v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:17-CV-962-WBS-EFB, alleging the same single cause of action for violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq. against Defendant Party City. WHEREAS, on May 9, 2017, this Court deemed Anthony Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB, and Joan Pasini v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:17-CV-962-WBS-EFB, to be related. WHEREAS, given the common issues of fact and law, Medrano, Galassi, Pasini, and Party City (collectively the “Parties”) have hereto worked collaboratively on this matter including jointly attending a mediation with Hon. Michael Latin (Ret.) on July 6, 2017 and participating in Party City’s Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 30(b) deposition on August 29, 2017. WHEREAS, Fed. R. Civ. P. 42 allows this Court consolidate “actions involving a common question of law or fact”; WHEREAS, the actions pending before this Court both involve common questions of law and facts and consolidation would help avoid unnecessary cost and delay; WHEREAS, the current deadline to disclose experts and produce reports in Anthony Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB is September 8, 2017 and other deadlines will be coming up shortly; WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14, Party City now intends to seek leave of the Court to file a third-party complaint against third-parties to be joined in this lawsuit 28 2 STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 within the next week; THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and request that: 1. The Court consolidate the two pending actions for all purposes; 2. The Court order that all pleadings, motions, and other papers be filed in the Lead Case, Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB, with the caption designating Case No. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB as the Lead Case, and containing the name and number for the remaining case Pasini v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:17-CV-962-WBS-EFB thereunder, with any such filing deemed to have been filed in all such cases; and 3. All pending deadlines previously set in Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB shall apply to the consolidated case and such dates shall be continued by 180 days. SO STIPULATED DATED: September 7, 2017 14 Respectfully submitted, FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 15 By: /s/ Andrew W. Russell DAVID F. FAUSTMAN L. PETER RYAN ANDREW W. RUSSELL Attorneys for Defendant PARTY CITY CORPORATION 16 17 18 19 DATED: September 7, 2017 20 GAINES & GAINES, APLC 21 By: /s/ Daniel Gaines (per confirming email of 9/6/17) DANIEL F. GAINES ALEX P. KATOFSKY Attorneys for Plaintiffs ANTHONY MEDRANO and NICOLA GALASSI 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Respectfully submitted, DATED: September 7, 2017 Respectfully submitted, CHANT & COMPANY A Professional Law Corporation By: /s/ Chant Yedalian (per confirming email of 9/6/17) 3 STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES 1 CHANT YEDALIAN Attorneys for Plaintiff JOAN PASANI 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ORDER HAVING CONSIDERED THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, THE COURT ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: 1. WBS-EFB and Joan Pasini v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:17-CV-962-WBS-EFB are hereby consolidated for all purposes; 2. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB as the Lead Case, and containing the name and number for the remaining case Pasini v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:17-CV-962-WBS-EFB thereunder, with any such filing deemed to have been filed in all such cases; and 3. 180 days. The new deadlines shall be as follows: Deadline to Disclose Experts: 26 August 27, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. Jury Trial Start Date: 4. June 6, 2018 Final Pretrial Conference: 22 May 8, 2018 Deadline for Filing of All Motions: 21 April 9, 2018 Discovery Completion Date: 20 March 7, 2018 Deadline to Disclose Rebuttal Expert Witnesses: 19 25 All pending deadlines previously set in Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB shall apply to the consolidated case and such dates shall be continued by 18 24 All pleadings, motions, and other papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No. 2:16-cv-02996-WBS-EFB, with the caption designating Case No. 17 23 The cases Anthony Medrano v. Party City Corporation, Case No 2:16-cv-02996- October 10, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. The September 11, 2017 Scheduling Conference now set in Case No. 2:17-CV-962- WBS-EFB is vacated. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: September 7, 2017 27 28 4 STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES

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