Intriago v. Premiere Credit of North America, LLC

Filing 25

ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO STAY CASE PENDING COMPLETION OF MEDIATION re 24 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER RE: STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST OF ALL PARTIES FOR ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING COMPLETION OF SCHEDULED MEDIATION OF CLASS ACTION filed by Premiere Credit of North America, LLC. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on December 19, 2014. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/19/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LESLIE INTRIAGO,

Case No. 14-cv-02631-JST

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO
STAY CASE PENDING COMPLETION
OF MEDIATION

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PREMIERE CREDIT OF NORTH
AMERICA, LLC,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Re: Dkt. No. 24

Defendant.

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The Court has received the parties' stipulation requesting a stay of the case pending

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completion of mediation on January 30, 2015. ECF No. 24. While there are no Court deadlines

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between today's date and that one, the parties acknowledge that, if the case does not settle at

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mediation, they will ask to continue the deadlines in the Court's prior scheduling order.

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The proposed stipulation does not demonstrate either that the Court's prior class

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certification deadline was unreasonable, or that in the exercise of due diligence the parties cannot

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complete their discovery in time to meet it. Also, while the parties state that fact discovery

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regarding the merits will be time-consuming and resource-intensive, it seems likely that such

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discovery will enable both the parties and the Court better to evaluate the merits of any proposed

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settlement, if the parties reach one. In any event, the parties have not demonstrated that that the

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burden of such discovery outweighs those benefits.
Accordingly, the Court concludes that the stipulation does not demonstrate good cause,
and is denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 19, 2014
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge