Otey v. Crowdflower, Inc. et al

Filing 55

ORDER re 52 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: HEARING AND BRIEFING DATES FOR PENDING MOTIONS filed by Christopher Otey. Reset Deadlines as to 44 MOTION to Bifurcate Defendants' Motio n and Memorandum of Law to Bifurcate Discovery and to Stay Merits/Class Certification Discovery and Motions. Responses to motion to bifurcate due by 2/7/2013. Replies due by 2/14/2013. Motion Hearing set for 3/29/2013 10:00 AM in Courtroom 6, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Charles R. Breyer. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 2/1/2013. (beS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/1/2013)

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ARTHUR M. EIDELHOCH, Bar No. 168096
[e-mail]
GALEN M. LICHTENSTEIN, Bar No. 251274
[e-mail]
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
650 California Street
20th Floor
San Francisco, California 94108.2693
Telephone:
415.433.1940
Facsimile:
415.399.8490

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JACQUELINE E. KALK (Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
80 South 8th Street, Suite 1300
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2136
Telephone:
612.313.7645
Facsimile:
612.677.3139

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Attorneys for Defendants
CROWDFLOWER, INC., LUKAS BIEWALD
AND CHRIS VAN PELT

William T. Payne (SBN 90988)
Ellen M. Doyle (Pro Hac Vice)
Edward J. Feinstein (Pro Hac Vice)
STEMBER FEINSTEIN DOYLE
PAYNE & KRAVEC, LLC
429 Forbes Avenue, 17th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-281-8400 (T), 412-281-1007 (F)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Mark A. Potashnick (Pro Hac Vice)
WEINHAUS & POTASHNICK
11500 Olive Blvd., Suite 133
St. Louis, MO 63141
314-997-9150 (T), 314-997-9170 (F)
[e-mail]
Ira Spiro (SBN 67641)
Jennifer Connor (SBN 241480)
Spiro Moore, LLP
11377 W. Olympic Blvd., 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 89064
310-235-2468 (T), 310-235-2456 (F)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHRISTOPHER OTEY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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CHRISTOPHER OTEY, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated,

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Case No. 3:12-cv-05524-CRB
STIPULATION AND ORDER RE:
HEARING AND BRIEFING DATES FOR
PENDING MOTIONS

Plaintiff,
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CROWDFLOWER, INC., LUKAS
BIEWALD and CHRIS VAN PELT,

Civil Local Rule 6-2

Defendants.

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
650 California Street
20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108.2693
415.433.1940

STIP/[PROPOSED]
ORDER
HEARING/BRIEFING FOR MOTIONS

RE:

Case No. 3:12-cv-05524-CRB

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, the undersigned, counsel of record for Plaintiff Christopher
Otey (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants CrowdFlower, Inc., Lukas Biewald, and Chris Van Pelt
(collectively “Defendants”), do hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

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1. That the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate Discovery and to Stay Merits/Class

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Certification Discovery and Motions, currently scheduled for February 22, 2013 at 10:00

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a.m., be continued to March 29, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

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2. That Plaintiff be provided a one-week extension, until February 7, 2013, to file an Opposition
to Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate.
3. That Defendants’ deadline to file a Reply in support of their Motion to Bifurcate be extended
until February 14, 2013.

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4. Should the Court grant Defendant’ Motion to Bifurcate, the pending Motion for Conditional

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Collective Action Certification and Dissemination of Notice Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 216(b)

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will be taken off the calendar pending a ruling on the employer status issue. Should the

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Court instead decide to allow Defendants 90 days to conduct discovery prior to responding to

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the Motion for Conditional Collective Action Certification and Dissemination of Notice

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Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 216(b), Defendant’s response will be set for May 31, 2013 and a

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hearing scheduled for June 29, 2013. Finally, should the Court deny Defendants’ Motion to

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Bifurcate and the alternative relief requested, Defendants’ response to the pending Motion

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for Conditional Collective Action Certification and Dissemination of Notice Pursuant to 29

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U.S.C. § 216(b) be set for 21 days following such ruling.

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5. That the Fair Labor Standards Act statute of limitations be tolled as to the putative collective

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action class members (namely: “all persons who, at any time in the last three years performed

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“crowdsourced” work in the United States, its territories, and all other places where the

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FLSA applies in response to any online request by CrowdFlower for “crowdsourced” work,

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or any online notification by CrowdFlower that “crowdsourced” work was available”)

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until three weeks after the Court issues a ruling on Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate.

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
650 California Street
20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108.2693
415.433.1940

STIP/[PROPOSED]
ORDER
HEARING/BRIEFING FOR MOTIONS

RE:

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No. 3:12-cv-05524-CRB

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IT IS SO STIPULATED

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Dated: January 30, 2013

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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/s/ Jacqueline E. Kalk
JACQUELINE E. KALK
ARTHUR M. EIDELHOCH
GALEN M. LICHTENSTEIN
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
Attorneys for Defendants
CROWDFLOWER, INC., LUKAS BIEWALD
AND CHRIS VAN PELT

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Dated: January , 2013
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WEINHAUS & POTASHNICK

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/s/ Mark A. Potashnick
MARK A. POTASHNICK
Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHRISTOPHER OTEY

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED
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Dated: February 1, 2013

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
650 California Street
20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108.2693
415.433.1940

STIP/[PROPOSED]
ORDER
HEARING/BRIEFING FOR MOTIONS

RE:

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