Garrison et al v. Whole Foods Market California, Inc. et al

Filing 41

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 40 STIPULATION Re Initial Schedule filed by Mrs. Gooch's Natural Foods Market, Inc., Whole Foods Market California, Inc. Mediation shall be completed 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 8/1/2015. (knm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/6/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 Defendants WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC., and MRS. GOOCH’S NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC. 9 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 14 15 MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 16 Plaintiffs, 17 18 19 20 Case No. 4:14-CV-00334 VC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC., MRS. GOOCH’S NATURAL FOODS MARKET, INC., WHOLE FOODS MARKET ROCKY MOUNTAIN/SOUTHWEST, L.P., and WHOLE FOODS MARKET PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INC., 21 Defendants. 22 23 Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON, 24 individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated (collectively “Plaintiffs”), on the one 25 hand, and Defendants WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC. and MRS. GOOCH’S 26 NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC. (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their 27 undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 28 /// Stipulation and [Proposed] Initial Scheduling Order / Case No. 4:14-CV-00334 VC 1 2 WHEREAS, on July 29, 2014, the Parties appeared for a case management conference before the Court. 3 WHEREAS, at the case management conference, the Parties discussed with the Court an 4 updated proposed initial litigation schedule to include an initial phase of fact discovery directed 5 to information necessary to prepare for a private mediation. 6 7 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. 8 IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED that: 9 1. The Parties shall exchange initial disclosures on or before August 18, 2014; 10 2. The Parties shall have until December 15, 2014 to engage in an initial phase of 11 written fact and document discovery focused on information necessary to prepare for mediation 12 and complete the deposition of Plaintiffs; 13 14 15 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 on and 16 February 10, 2015 or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the Court, with a Joint Case 17 Management Conference Statement due no later than one week before the Conference. 18 19 IT IS SO STIPULATED. DATED: August 1, 2014 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 20 By: 21 Jay W. Connolly Giovanna A. Ferrari Joseph J. Orzano 22 23 Attorneys for Defendant WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC. and MRS. GOOCH’S NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC. 24 25 26 27 28 2 Stipulation and [Proposed] Initial Scheduling Order / Case No. 4:14-CV-00334 VC 1 DATED: August 1, 2014 SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 2 By: Matthew R. Bainer Molly a. DeSario Courtland W. Creekmore 3 4 Attorneys for Plaintiffs MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated 5 6 7 [PROPOSED] ORDER 8 9 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 1. The Parties shall exchange initial disclosures on or before August 18, 2014; 11 2. The Parties shall have until December 15, 2014 to engage in an initial phase of 12 written fact and document discovery targeted to information necessary to prepare for mediation 13 and complete the depositions of Plaintiffs; 14 15 16 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 17 on February 10, 2015 or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the Court. An updated Joint Case 18 Management Statement shall be due no later than one week before the Conference. 19 20 August 1, 2014 DATED: _________________ _____________________________ HON. VINCE CHHABRIA United States District Court Judge 21 17675995v.2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 Stipulation and [Proposed] Initial Scheduling Order / Case No. 4:14-CV-00334 VC

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