Nadeau et al v. Wealth Counsel LLC et al

Filing 25

ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 11/28/2017 ORDERING that: The stay should be lifted as of 11/15/2017; Plaintiffs will file their Opposition to Defendants Motion to Transfer (ECF No. 21) by 12/1/2017; Defendants will file the ir Answer to Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint within 15 days after service of the First Amended Complaint; The Parties will be deemed to have conferred with respect to discovery on 11/15/2017; The Parties will exchange their initial disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a) on 12/11/2017. (Hunt, G)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Alan J. Reinach, State Bar No. 196899 Email: ajreinach@churchstate.org CHURCH STATE COUNCIL 2686 Townsgate Road Westlake Village, CA 91361 Telephone (805) 413-7398 Joseph E. Maloney, State Bar No. 95458 Email: joseph.maloney@jmaloneylaw.com 12005 Peregrine Way Auburn, CA 95603 Telephone (530) 885-7787 Attorneys for Plaintiffs LAURIE NADEAU, ROBYN COFFIN and DAGNY MAGELSSEN Mark J. Jacobs, State Bar No. 208945 Email: mjacobs@fisherphillips.com Christopher S. Alvarez, State Bar No. 294795 Email: calvarez@fisherphillips.com FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1400 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone (916) 210-0400 Facsimile (916) 210-0401 Attorneys for Defendants WEALTH COUNSEL, LLC and INSPERITY, INC. 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 18 19 20 LAURIE NADEAU; ROBYN COFFIN; and DAGNY MAGELSSEN, 21 22 Case No. 2:17-cv-00561-MCE-AC Plaintiffs, JOINT STATEMENT OF THE CASE v. 23 24 25 WEALTH COUNSEL, LLC; INSPERITY, INC., Complaint Filed: March 15, 2017 Trial Date: None Set Defendants. 26 27 28 1 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE CASE FPDOCS 33444316.1 1 Plaintiffs Laurie Nadeau; Robyn Coffin; and Dagny Magelssen 2 (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants WealthCounsel, LLC and Insperity, Inc. 3 (“Defendants,” together with Plaintiffs referred to as the “Parties”) hereby submit 4 this Joint Statement of the Case. 5 1. The parties were unable to resolve the matter at the mediation. 6 2. The stay should be lifted as of November 15, 2017. 7 3. As provided in the Order filed September 13, 2017 (ECF No. 20), 8 the case shall be deemed opened for purposes of this Court’s Initial Scheduling 9 Order (ECF No. 3) as of November 15, 2017. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 4. (ECF No. 21) by December 1, 2017. 5. Plaintiffs will file their First Amended Complaint to include federal claims under Title VII. 6. Defendants will file their Answer to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint within fifteen (15) days after service of the First Amended Complaint. 7. The Parties have conferred regarding discovery matters pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and agreed as follows: a. 18 19 Plaintiffs will file their Opposition to Defendants Motion to Transfer discovery on November 15, 2017; b. 20 The Parties will exchange their initial disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a) on December 11, 2017; ii. 23 24 The discovery plan is as follows: i. 21 22 The Parties will be deemed to have conferred with respect to Discovery will be needed on all the issues of liability and damages and should not be limited or phased; iii. 25 Electronically stored documents will be produced in 26 PDF format, if practical, and other documents will be produced in a convenient 27 format; 28 2 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE CASE FPDOCS 33444316.1 iv. 1 The Parties do not anticipate issues about claims of privilege 2 or protection of trial preparation materials, and any such issues that arise will be 3 addressed on an ad hoc basis; v. 4 Because there are three Plaintiffs and two Defendants, 5 the limitations on discovery will be doubled, except that depositions will be 6 limited to 10 hours on the record spread over two days unless extended pursuant 7 to the Parties agreement or Court order; vi. 8 Depositions will not be noticed until after January 8, 9 2018, so that the parties will, in the interim, concentrate on written discovery. 10 Any deposition of Karl Clegg or Brett Pinegar will take place in Salt Lake City. 11 Any depositions of the plaintiffs will take place in Sacramento. Any deposition of 12 Tamira Ryan will take place in Sacramento, and Defendants will produce her so 13 long as she is employed. Any depositions of the owners will take place in the 14 cities in which they practice. 15 7. Aside from documents filed through the Court’s electronic service, 16 the Parties agree to electronic service of documents, including, among other 17 things, documents produced during discovery. For purposes of calculating 18 respective deadlines, documents initially served electronically will be treated as if 19 they were served by mail adding three additional days, and responses thereto 20 electronically served will be treated as if they were served by personal service. 21 Electronic service will include service to the following individuals and addresses: 22  Alan Reinach: MisterLiberty@churchstate.org; 23  Jonathon Cherne: attorneycherne@gmail.com 24  Joseph Maloney: Joseph.maloney@jmaloneylaw.com, and 25 26 27 Joseph.maloney@sbcglobal.net;  Mark Jacobs: mjacobs@fisherphillips.com, and ecamanag@fisherphillips.com; and 28 3 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE CASE FPDOCS 33444316.1 1 2  Christopher Alvarez: calvarez@fisherphillips.com; and amalerbi@fisherphillips.com. 3 4 DATE: November 15, 2017 CHURCH STATE COUNCIL 5 6 By: /s/ Joseph E. Maloney_______ Joseph E. Maloney 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs LAURIE NADEAU, ROBYN COFFIN and DAGNY MAGELSSEN 8 9 10 11 DATE: November 15, 2017 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 12 13 By: _/s/ Christopher S. Alvarez_____ Mark J. Jacobs Christopher S. Alvarez 14 15 Attorneys for Defendants WEALTH COUNSEL, LLC and INSPERITY, INC. 16 17 18 ORDER 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 22 Dated: November 28, 2017 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE CASE FPDOCS 33444316.1

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