Wynne et al v. McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. et al

Filing 116

ORDER re 115 granting JOINT STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORT TO DIVERSITY MONITOR AND CLASS COUNSEL. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 10/1/09. (scc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/1/2009)

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP William C. Thomas (SBN 241789) 2029 Century Park East #3300 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3063 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC. and MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S RESTAURANT CORP. James M. Finberg (SBN 114850) Eve H. Cervantez (SBN 164709) ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 177 Post Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] E-Mail: [e-mail] Kelly M. Dermody (SBN 171716) Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887) LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 30th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] E-Mail: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and proposed Classes Additional Counsel on the signature page UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JUANITA WYNNE and DANTE BYRD, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND CLASSES OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED, Plaintiffs, v. MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C-06-3153 CW JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORT TO DIVERSITY MONITOR AND CLASS COUNSEL

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO PRODUCE REPORT

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SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC. and ) ) MCCORMICK & SCHMICK ) RESTAURANT CORP., ) ) Defendants. ) WHEREAS, this Court entered final approval of the Consent Decree on August 6, 2008; WHEREAS, Section XVIII(C) of the Consent Decree requires Defendants to submit an annual Progress Report to the Diversity Monitor and Class Counsel on an annual basis and provides that the reports are due 30 days after the close of designated reporting periods; WHEREAS the Consent Decree requires that Defendants analyze hiring and applicant flow data to determine whether Defendants have met certain hiring benchmarks as set forth in the Consent Decree; WHEREAS, to be able report on whether Defendants have met the hiring benchmarks, Defendants must necessarily gather hiring and applicant flow data from each of its restaurant locations to be analyzed to be able to determine whether the hiring benchmarks have been met for that reporting year; WHEREAS, Defendants now recognize that additional time is required to gather and analyze the hiring and applicant flow data to determine whether Defendants have met the hiring benchmarks and to submit its Progress Report to the Diversity Monitor and Class Counsel; WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred on this issue, and Class Counsel does not oppose Defendants' proposal that the Consent Decree be amended to provide Defendants with additional time (from 30 days to 90 days) to submit the annual Progress Report; and WHEREAS, the Parties agree that this proposed amendment to extend the due date for submission of the Progress Report to the Diversity Monitor and Class Counsel does not materially alter Defendants' obligations under the Consent Decree. 1

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO PRODUCE REPORT

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES that Section XVIII(C) of the Consent Decree will be amended as follows: C. Reporting Schedule. The Company shall provide Progress Reports to the Diversity Monitor and Class Counsel regarding the Company's compliance with the Decree's requirements 90 days after the close of the following reporting periods: 1) Months 1-12 after the Final Approval Date; 2) Months 13-24 after the Final Approval Date; 3) Months 25-36 after the Final Approval Date; Months 3748 after the Final Approval Date; and, if the Consent Decree has not been terminated pursuant to Section V(B), 5) Months 49-56 after the Final Approval Date. I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. DATED: September___, 2009 By: /s/ James M. Finberg James M. Finberg James M. Finberg (SBN 114850) Eve H. Cervantez (SB 164709) ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 177 Post Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] E-Mail: [e-mail]

Kelly M. Dermody (SBN 171716) Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887) LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 30th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] E-Mail: [e-mail] 2
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Robert Rubin (SBN 085084) Diana C. Tate (SBN 232264 THE LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] E-Mail: [e-mail] Thomas A. Warren THOMAS A. WARREN LAW OFFICES 2032 Thomasville Rd #D Tallahassee, FL 32308-0734 telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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Bill Lann Lee (SBN 108452) Todd F. Jackson (SBN 202598) Vincent Cheng (SBN 230827) Lindsay Nako (SBN 239090) LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 1300 Broadway, Suite 1800 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Gary Lafayette (SBN 08866) LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI 100 Spear Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Eric Kingsley (SBN 185123) KINGSLEY & KINSGSLEY 16133 Venture Blvd., Suite 1200 Encino, CA 91436 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the proposed Class Members JUANITA WYNNE and DANTE BYRD, on behalf of themselves and classes of those similarly situated

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DATED: September 28, 2009

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP By /s/ William C. Thomas III William C. Thomas III One of the Attorneys for Defendants MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC. AND MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S RESTAURANT CORP.

ORDER The foregoing stipulation is approved, and IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: 10/1 , 2009 HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN Judge, United States District Court

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