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

Filing 122

ORDER GRanting re 121 Stipulation EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORT TO DIVERSITY MONITOR AND CLASS COUNSEL. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 11/15/2010. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/15/2010)

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

Doc. 122

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Gilmore F. Diekmann (SBN 50400) 560 Mission Street, 31st Floor San Francisco, California 94105 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] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and proposed Classes Additional Counsel on the signature page UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JUANITA WYNNE and DANTE BYRD, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND CLASSES OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S ) SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC. and ) ) MCCORMICK & SCHMICK ) RESTAURANT CORP., ) ) Defendants. ) /// /// ///
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO PRODUCE REPORT

Case No. C-06-3153 CW JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORT TO DIVERSITY MONITOR AND CLASS COUNSEL

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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 report, among other things, whether certain hiring benchmarks for the hiring of African-American job applicants are met in a given reporting year; WHEREAS, this Court entered an Order dated October 1, 2009, amending Section XVIII(C) of the Consent Decree to give Defendants 90 days after the close of the designated reporting periods to submit the Annual Progress Report; WHEREAS, for the second Annual Progress Report, Defendants require an additional extension through December 10, 2010, to ensure the accuracy and integrity of applicant flow data used to analyze hiring benchmarks required by the Consent Decree; WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred on this issue, and Class Counsel does not oppose Defendants' proposal that Defendants be provided an extension of time to submit the second Annual Progress Report for the 2010 reporting year; and WHEREAS, the Parties agree that this stipulated extension of time to extend the date for submission of the second Progress Report to the Diversity Monitor and Class Counsel does not materially alter Defendants' obligations under the Consent Decree. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES that Defendants shall have through December 10, 2010 to submit the second annual /// /// 1
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Progress Report as set forth in Section XVIII(C) of the Consent Decree, as previously amended by Court Order.

DATED: November 10, 2010

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] 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]

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Thomas A. Warren THOMAS A. WARREN LAW OFFICES 2032 Thomasville Rd #D Tallahassee, FL 32308-0734 telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] 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 3
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12874671O1 N35250-000ULATION Jv. I / T STIP 137

DATED: November 10, 2010

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

By

/s/ Gilmore F. Diekmann Gilmore F. Diekmann 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:
November 15

, 2010 HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN Judge, United States District Court

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO PRODUCE REPORT