Sciortino et al v. Pepsico, Inc.

Filing 40

STIPULATION AND ORDER re (39 in 3:14-cv-00478-EMC and all related cases) STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER to Continue Case Management Conference filed by Stacy Sciortino, Arielle Weinstock Case Management Statement due by 7/3/2014. Case Management Conference set for 7/10/2014 01:29 PM in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor, San Francisco.. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 5/27/14. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/27/2014)

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1 MARLIN & SALTZMAN, LLP Stanley D. Saltzman, Esq. (SBN 90058) 2 Marcus J. Bradley, Esq. (SBN 174156) William A. Baird, Esq. (SBN 192675) 3 Kiley L. Grombacher, Esq. (SBN 245960) 29229 Canwood Street, Suite 208 4 Agoura Hills, California 91301 Telephone: (818) 991-8080 5 Facsimile: (818) 991-8081 ssaltzman@marlinsaltzman.com 6 mbradley@marlinsaltzman.com tbaird@marlinsaltzman.com 7 kgrombacher@marlinsaltzman.com 8 Counsel for Plaintiffs Stacy Sciortino and Arielle Weinstock 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 STACY SCIORTINO and ARIELLE 13 WEINSTOCK, CASE NO. 3:14-CV-00478 (EMC) CLASS ACTION 14 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 15 v. 16 17 PEPSICO, INC., Defendant. 18 Current CMC Date: Proposed New Date: May 29, 2014 July 10, 2014 AND RELATED CASES: Cortina v. PepsiCo, Case No. 14-2023-EMC Granados v. PepsiCo, Case No. 14-1316-EMC Ibusuki v. PepsiCo, Case No. 14-1193-EMC Ree v. PepsiCo, Case No. 14-1192-EMC Aourout v. PepsiCo, Case No. 14-1105-EMC Hall v. PepsiCo, Case, No. 14-01099-EMC Langley v. PepsiCo, Case No. 14-713-EMC 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 859519.2 3:14-CV-00478 1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WHEREAS, the following cases have been filed against Defendant PepsiCo, Inc. 1 2 (“Defendant”), involving common questions of fact and law regarding the alleged presence of 43 Methylimidazole in certain of Defendant’s products: 4 1. Cortina v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-2023-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Jan. 23, 2014); 5 2. Sciortino v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-478-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Jan. 31, 2014); 6 3. Riva v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-2020-RS (N.D. Cal., filed Feb. 13, 2014);1 7 4. Langley v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-713-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Feb. 14, 2014); 8 5. Aourout v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-1105-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Feb. 14, 2014); 9 6. Ree v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-1192-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Mar. 4, 2014); 10 7. Hall v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-1099-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Mar. 7, 2014); 11 8. Ibusuki v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-1193-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Mar. 7, 2014); and 12 9. Granados v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-1316-EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Mar. 14, 2014). 13 WHEREAS, a Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for May 29, 2014, in 14 all of the above cases except the Cortina and Riva actions; WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to file the instant stipulation in lieu of a Case 15 16 Management Statement; WHEREAS, Defendant has filed a Motion to Relate Cases in order to relate the Riva 17 18 action to the actions already pending before the Honorable Edward M. Chen; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs in a majority of the above actions intend to file a Motion to 19 20 Consolidate and a Motion for Appointment of Interim Co-Lead Counsel with a noticed hearing 21 date of July 10, 2014; WHEREAS, mindful of the Court’s normal calendar schedule for hearing Civil Motions 22 23 and Case Management Conferences, the parties propose, in the interests of efficiency and judicial 24 25 1 The Riva action was originally filed in the Southern District of California, but was transferred to the Northern District upon a Motion to Transfer filed by Defendant. Riva v. 26 PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-2020-RS (N.D. Cal., filed Feb. 13, 2014) Order [ECF 20]. Defendant has 27 filed a motion to relate this case before this Court. See Sciortino v. PepsiCo, Inc., No. 14-478EMC (N.D. Cal., filed Jan. 31, 2014) Motions to Relate [ECF 36]. 28 859519.2 3:14-CV-00478 2 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 economy, that the Court hear Plaintiffs’ Motion for Appointment of Interim Co-Lead Counsel and 2 the Case Management Conference on July 10, 2014, at 1:30 p.m.; WHEREAS, the parties have stipulated that Defendant has until 45 days from the date 3 4 Plaintiffs file a Consolidated Amended Complaint, or such other date that this Court may order, to 5 respond to the complaint. [ECF 31.] NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the 6 7 undersigned parties that: 1. 8 The Court shall continue the Case Management Conference currently scheduled for 9 May 29, 2014, and hear both Plaintiffs’ Motion for Appointment of Interim Co-Lead Counsel and 10 the Case Management Conference on July 10, 2014, at 1:30 p.m.; and 11 2. The Parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement by July 3, 2014. 12 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 13 DATED: May 23, 2014 MARLIN & SALTZMAN 14 15 By: 17 /s/ Willaim A. Baird WILLIAM A. BAIRD Attorneys for Plaintiffs Stacy Sciortino and Arielle Weinstock 18 DATED: May 23, 2014 LAW OFFICE OF JACK FITZGERALD PC 16 19 20 By: /s/ John J. Fitzgerald JOHN J. FITZGERALD Attorneys for Plaintiff Thamar Santisteban Cortina 21 22 23 DATED: May 23, 2014 TOSTRUD LAW GROUP, PC 24 By: /s/ Jon Tostrud JON TOSTRUD Attorneys for Plaintiff Williamson Granados 25 26 27 28 859519.2 3:14-CV-00478 3 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 DATED: May 23, 2014 KIRTLAND & PACKARD LLP 2 By: 4 /s/ Michael Louis Kelly MICHAEL LOUIS KELLY Attorneys for Plaintiff Kent Ibusuki 5 DATED: May 23, 2014 GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP 3 6 7 By: /s/ Marc L. Godino MARC L. GODINO Attorneys for Plaintiff Kelly Ree 8 9 DATED: May 23, 2014 SEEGER WEISS LLP 10 11 By: /s/ Jonathan Shub JONATHAN SHUB Attorneys for Plaintiff Souzan Aourout 12 13 14 DATED: May 23, 2014 PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP 15 By: 16 17 /s/ Daniel L. Warshaw DANIEL L. WARSHAW -and- 18 HALUNEN & ASSOCIATES Melissa Wolchansky 19 20 Attorneys for Plaintiff Mary Hall, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated 21 22 DATED: May 23, 2014 THE MEHDI FIRM, PC 23 24 By: /s/ Azra Mehdi AZRA MEHDI Attorneys for Plaintiff Regina Langley 25 26 27 28 859519.2 3:14-CV-00478 4 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 DATED: May 23, 2014 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 2 By: /s/ Christopher Chorba CHRISTOPHER CHORBA Attorneys for Defendant PepsiCo, Inc. 3 4 5 6 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. RT U O UNIT ED 5/27/14 8 Dated: _____________________ S DISTRICT TE C TA __________________________________________ S 7 OO IT IS S 11 12 RT ER 14 A H 13 n M. Che LI NO dward Judge E FO 10 R NIA Honorable Edward M. Chen United States District CourtD RDERE Judge 9 N D IS T IC T R OF C 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 859519.2 3:14-CV-00478 5 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 1 FILER’S ATTESTATION I, William A. Baird, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to 2 3 file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE 4 MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. I hereby attest that the counsel listed above concur in this 5 filing. 6 7 DATED: May 23, 2014 8 /s/ William A. Baird WILLIAM A. BAIRD 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 859519.2 3:14-CV-00478 6 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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