Kozlow v. Hangtime, Inc.

Filing 35

ORDER IN ADVANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge Westmore for Discovery purposes, ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge Spero for mandatory Settlement Conference to be held 3/19/15. Order to Show Cause re failure to comply with Court's Case Management and Pretrial Order to be heard 2/9/2015 at 2:00pm at Case Management Conference. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 2/3/15. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/3/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EMILY KOZLOW,

Case No. 14-cv-02249-YGR

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER IN ADVANCE OF CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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HANGTIME, INC.,
Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Having reviewed the parties’ Joint Case Management Conference Statement (Dkt. No. 34),

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and time being of the essence as non-expert discovery closes on February 13, 2015, the Court

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hereby issues the following orders and responses to an informal request set forth therein:

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1. Class Certification: The Court declines to entertain an oral motion as to the adequacy

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of a class certification motion and declines to find that the class allegations should be

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stricken for failure of the plaintiff to bring a class certification motion last fall. The

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parties jointly advised the Court that they believed this case would be resolved as part

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of a multi-district litigation (Dkt. No. 29), which apparently did not happen (Dkt. No.

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34). Given that the Court did not impose a hard deadline for the motion in its

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scheduling order (Dkt. No. 32), the defendant could have sought the Court’s assistance

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last fall and did not.

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2. Settlement Conference: The parties are hereby REFERRED to Magistrate Judge

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Joseph Spero for a mandatory settlement conference to be held on March 19, 2015.

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Magistrate Judge Spero will contact the parties directly.

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3. Order to Show Cause: An Order to Show Cause hereby issues as to why each party
should not be sanctioned for failing to comply with this Court’s Case Management and

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Pretrial Order (Dkt. No. 32) requiring that private mediation be completed by January

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16, 2015. The parties will be allowed to address the issue orally at the case

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management conference on February 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1 of the United

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States District Court in Oakland, California.

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4. Referral to Magistrate Judge for All Discovery: The parties are hereby REFERRED
to Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore for all discovery matters.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 3, 2015
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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cc: MagRef Email; Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero
Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore

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