Blair v. Rent-A-Center, Inc. et al

Filing 57

ORDER GRANTING CONTINUANCE by Hon. William Alsup granting #56 Stipulation. Case Management Conference set for 9/28/2017 08:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, San Francisco. Motion Hearing set for 9/28/2017 08:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William Alsup.(whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/6/2017)

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WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP
VICKIE E. TURNER (106431)
ROBERT K. DIXON (262252)
KIRSTEN F. GALLACHER (286137)
550 West C Street, Suite 1050
San Diego, California 92101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
RENT-A-CENTER, INC. and RENT-A-CENTER
WEST, INC.

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JAMES T. HANNINK (131747)
[e-mail]
ZACH P. DOSTART (255071)
[e-mail]
DOSTART HANNINK & COVENEY LLP
4180 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 530
La Jolla, California 92037-1474
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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[Additional Counsel for the Parties Listed on Next Page]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PAULA L. BLAIR, ANDREA ROBINSON,
and FALECHIA A. HARRIS, individually and
on behalf of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 3:17-cv-02335-WHA
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND
THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO PARTIALLY COMPEL
ARBITRATION

RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a Delaware
corporation; RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC., a
District Judge:
Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-50,
Courtroom.:
inclusive,
Complaint Filed:
Defendants.
Trial Date:

Hon. William H. Alsup
8- 19th Floor
March 13, 2017
June 11, 2018

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-1Case No. 3:17-cv-02335-WHA
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE AND THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO PARTIALLY
COMPEL ARBITRATION

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STIPULATION

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WHEREAS, the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Partially Compel Arbitration, Strike Class

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Action Claims, and Stay Proceedings (Dkt. No. 22) (“Motion”) and a Case Management Conference

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is presently on calendar for September 7, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., respectively;

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WHEREAS, the wife of Robert Friedman—a member of the Texas bar and the attorney who

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will argue the Motion to Compel Arbitration on behalf of Defendants—is hospitalized and had

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unexpected surgery yesterday. For that reason, Defendants’ counsel has requested that Plaintiffs’

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counsel agree to continue the Motion hearing and Case Management Conference to next week; and

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WHEREAS, in consideration of Mr. Friedman’s personal situation, counsel for the parties’

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respective calendars, and in view of the Court’s calendar, the parties have agreed to continue the

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Motion hearing as well as the Case Management Conference, as specified herein;

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NOW, THEREFORE, through their respective counsel, subject to Court approval, Plaintiffs

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and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree that, while the Court typically hears such matters on

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Thursdays, the Motion Hearing and Case Management Conference should be continued to

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September 19, 20, or 22, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., respectively. Alternatively, the parties

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hereby stipulate and agree that the Motion hearing and Case Management Conference should be

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continued to September 28, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., respectively.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated:

September 6, 2017

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WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP
By:

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Dated:

September 6, 2017

/s/ Robert K. Dixon
VICKIE E. TURNER
ROBERT K. DIXON
KIRSTEN F. GALLACHER
Attorneys for Defendants
RENT-A-CENTER, INC.
and RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC.

DOSTART HANNINK & COVENEY LLP
By:

/s/ Zach P. Dostart
JAMES T. HANNINK
ZACH P. DOSTART
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE AND THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO PARTIALLY
COMPEL ARBITRATION

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ORDER

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Having reviewed and considered the foregoing Stipulation, and finding good cause,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Partially Compel

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Arbitration, Strike Class Action Claims, and Stay Proceedings (Dkt. No. 22) and the Case

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September 28 at 8:00 A.M.
Management Conference are continued to _____________________________________________.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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September 6
Dated:___________________, 2017 .

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WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ATTESTATION

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Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document

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has been obtained from Zach P. Dostart, counsel for Plaintiffs Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Rent-A-

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Center West, Inc.

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Dated: September 6, 2017

WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP

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/s/ Robert K. Dixon
ROBERT K. DIXON
Attorneys for Defendants RENT-A-CENTER, INC. and
RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE AND THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO PARTIALLY
COMPEL ARBITRATION