Luque et al v. AT&T Corp. et al

Filing 26

ORDER to Adopt Revised ICMC schedule re 25 Stipulation, filed by AT&T Communications of California, Inc., AT&T Corp., Pacific Bell Telephone Company. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 3/5/2010. (be, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/8/2010)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOE LEWIS LUQUE AND HERMAN RICHARDSON, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Plaintiffs, vs. AT&T CORP., PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE CO. d/b/a AT&T CALIFORNIA, AND AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC., Defendants.

No. C-09-5885-CRB STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ADOPT REVISED INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE

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Counsel for Plaintiff Joe Lewis Luque and Herman Richardson: THOMAS MARC LITTON (Cal. State Bar No. 119985) SANFORD WITTELS & HEISLER, LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: [phone] [e-mail] STEVEN L. WITTELS (N.Y. State Bar No. 2004635) DAVID W. SANFORD (N.Y. State Bar No. 457933) ANDREW MELZER (N.Y. State Bar No. 4270682) STANFORD WITTELS & HEISLER, LLP 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor New York, New York 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] MICHAEL RAM (Cal. State Bar No. 104805) KARL OLSON (Cal. State Bar No. 104760) RAM & OLSON LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] EDMOND CLARK (Conn. State Bar No. 418915) LAW OFFICE OF EDMOND CLARK 83 Scotland Avenue Madison, Connecticut 06443 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail]

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Counsel for Defendants AT&T Corp., Pacific Bell Telephone Company, and AT&T Communications of California, Inc.: J. AL LATHAM, JR. (Cal. State Bar No. 071605) PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] JEFFREY D. WOHL (Cal. State Bar No. 096838) JEFFREY P. MICHALOWSKI (Cal. State Bar No. 248073) PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 55 Second Street, 24th Floor San Francisco, California 94105-3441 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] WILLIAM CORY BARKER (Georgia State Bar No. 037727) PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 600 Peachtree Street, N.E., 24th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail]

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STIPULATION Plaintiffs Joe Lewis Luque and Herman Richardson and defendants AT&T Corp., Pacific Bell Telephone Company (named in the complaint as "Pacific Bell Telephone Co."), and AT&T Communications of California, Inc., acting through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 1. This case has been brought as a collective action/class action under the Fair Labor

Standards Act and California wage-and-hour law, and was commenced on December 16, 2009. (See Docket No. 1.) 2. 3. Plaintiffs effected service of process on defendants on February 1, 2010. The parties have stipulated that defendants' response to plaintiffs' complaint is due on

March 24, 2010. (See Docket No. 16.) 4. When the action was commenced, the Court automatically set the following initial case

management dates: Event Date 03/03/10

o meet and confer re: initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan o file ADR Certification signed by parties and counsel o file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference Last day to: o file Rule 26(f) report, complete initial disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) report o file case management statement Initial case management conference 03/24/10 03/17/10

Thereafter, in connection with the reassignment of the case from U.S. Magistrate Judge

James Larson (to whom it originally had been assigned) to U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, the
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initial case management conference was rescheduled to March 26, 2010. (See Docket No. 21.) 6. After conferring about scheduling and defendants' need for additional time to prepare

adequately for the initial disclosures, discovery plan, Rule 26(f) report, and initial case management statement, the parties have agreed upon and request the Court to adopt a revised initial case management schedule as follows: Event Last day to: o meet and confer re: initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan o file ADR Certification signed by parties and counsel o file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference Last day to: o file Rule 26(f) report, complete initial disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) report o file case management statement Initial case management conference 7. 05/12/10 05/04/10 Date 04/20/10

By entering into this stipulation, plaintiffs are not obligated to defer the timing of a

motion for conditional collective action certification. 8. Based on the foregoing, the parties believe there is good cause and respectfully request

the Court to adopt this revised case management schedule. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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Dated: March 3, 2010.

THOMAS MARC LITTON STEVEN L. WITTELS DAVID W. SANFORD ANDREW MELZER SANFORD WITTELS & HEISLER, LLP MICHAEL RAM KARL OLSON RAM & OLSON LLP EDMOND CLARK LAW OFFICE OF EDMOND CLARK By: __/s/ Steven L. Wittels_________________________ Steven L. Wittels Attorneys for Plaintiffs Joe Lewis Luque and Herman Richardson

Dated: March 3, 2010.

J. AL LATHAM, JR. JEFFREY D. WOHL JEFFREY P. MICHALOWSKI WILLIAM CORY BARKER PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP By: __/s/ Jeffrey D. Wohl__________________________ Jeffrey D. Wohl Attorneys for Defendants AT&T Corp., Pacific Bell Telephone Company, and AT&T Communications of California, Inc.

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ORDER On the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS ORDERED that the initial case management schedule previously ordered by the Court be and is hereby revised as follows: Event Last day to: o meet and confer re: initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan o file ADR Certification signed by parties and counsel o file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference Last day to: o file Rule 26(f) report, complete initial disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) report 03/17/10 05/04/10 Current Date 03/03/10 New Date 04/20/10

o file case management statement Initial case management conference 03/26/10 05/12/10 (at 8:30 a.m.)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that nothing in this initial case management schedule will preclude plaintiffs from filing a motion for conditional collective action certification prior to the initial case management conference. 5 Dated: March __, 2010.

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