Garrison et al v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Filing 50

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 49 STIPULATION Re Initial Schedule filed by Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. Mediation shall be completed by no later than February 2, 2015. Case Management Statement due by 2/3/2015. Further Case Management Conference set for 2/10/2015 10:00 AM in Courtroom 4, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 8/1/2014. (knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/6/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Jay W. Connolly (SBN 114725) jconnolly@seyfarth.com Giovanna A. Ferrari (SBN 229871) gferrari@seyfarth.com Joseph J. Orzano (SBN 262040) jorzano@seyfarth.com 560 Mission Street, 31st Floor San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 397-2823 Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 Attorneys for Defendant WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC. 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 14 MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 15 Plaintiffs, 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC., 18 19 Case No. 4:13-CV-05222-VC Defendant. Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated (collectively “Plaintiffs”), on the one hand, and Defendant WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC. (“Defendant”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: WHEREAS, on July 29, 2014, the Parties appeared for a case management conference before the Court. WHEREAS, at the case management conference, the Parties discussed with the Court an updated proposed initial litigation schedule to include an initial phase of fact discovery directed to information necessary to prepare for a private mediation. 28 Stipulation and [Proposed] Initial Scheduling Order / Case No. 4:13-cv-05222-VC 1 2 WHEREAS, after hearing from the Parties, the Court requested that the Parties submit a stipulation and proposed initial scheduling order consistent with the Parties’ proposal. 3 IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED that: 4 1. The Parties shall exchange initial disclosures on or before August 18, 2014; 5 2. The Parties shall have until December 15, 2014 to engage in an initial phase of 6 written fact and document discovery targeted to information necessary to prepare for mediation 7 and complete the depositions of Plaintiffs; 8 9 10 3. The Parties shall participate in a private mediation on or before February 2, 2015; 4. The Parties shall appear for a Further Case Management Conference if necessary and 11 on February 10, 2015 or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the Court, with a Joint Case 12 Management Conference Statement due no later than one week before the Conference. 13 14 IT IS SO STIPULATED. DATED: August 1, 2014 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 15 16 By: Jay W. Connolly Giovanna A. Ferrari Joseph J. Orzano 17 18 Attorneys for Defendant WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC. 19 20 DATED: August 1, 2014 SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 21 22 By: Matthew R. Bainer Molly a. DeSario Courtland W. Creekmore 23 24 Attorneys for Plaintiffs MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated 25 26 27 28 2 Stipulation and [Proposed] Initial Scheduling Order / Case No. 4:13-cv-05222-VC 1 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 1 The Parties shall exchange initial disclosures on or before August 18, 2014; 4 2. The Parties shall have until December 15, 2014 to engage in an initial phase of 5 written fact and document discovery targeted to information necessary to prepare for mediation 6 and complete the depositions of Plaintiffs; 7 8 9 3. The Parties shall participate in a private mediation on or before February 2, 2015; 4. The Parties shall appear for a Further Case Management Conference if necessary and 10 on February 10, 2015 or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the Court. An updated Joint Case 11 Management Statement shall be due no later than one week before the Conference. 12 13 DATED: August 1, 2014 _________________ _____________________________ HON. VINCE CHHABRIA United States District Court Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17675550v.2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 Stipulation and [Proposed] Initial Scheduling Order / Case No. 4:13-cv-05222-VC

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