De La Torre et al v. GNC Holdings, Inc. et al

Filing 16

ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (granting in part 15 ). Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/20/2015 01:30 PM in Courtroom 3, 5th Floor, San Jose. (blflc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/20/2015)

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Ben F. Pierce Gore (SBN 128515)
PRATT & ASSOCIATES
1871 The Alameda, Suite 425
San Jose, CA 95126
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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[Additional counsel listed on
signature page]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and all others
similarly situated

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Robert D. Phillips, Jr.
Thomas A. Evans
REED SMITH LLP
101 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Counsel for Defendants

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
PAUL DE LA TORRE and
JOSHUA OGDEN, an individual, on
Case No. 5:15-cv-00561-BLF
behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated,
ORDER CONTINUING CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Plaintiffs,
PENDING DETERMINATION BY
THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON
v.
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION TO
TRANSFER CASE PURSUANT TO
GNC HOLDINGS, INC.,
28 U.S.C. § 1407
GENERAL NUTRITION
CORPORATION, GENERAL
NUTRITION CENTERS, INC.,
Defendants.

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On March 27, 2015, the Court entered an order extending Defendants’ time

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to respond to the Complaint in this matter until after the resolution of a motion to

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create a Multi-District Litigation (“MDL”) pending before the Judicial Panel on

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Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) that, if granted, would transfer this action and

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related actions to a single court as part of MDL No. 2621 for consolidated pretrial

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proceedings, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Since the entry of the order, the JPML

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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has set a hearing on the Motion to Transfer for May 28, 2015.

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On April 4, the clerk issued a notice setting a Case Management Conference

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for June 4, 2015, and setting the deadline for CMC Statements on May 28, 2015.

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Because the JPML will not hear the motion until May 28, the Motion to Transfer

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will likely not be resolved as of the June 4, CMC date. If the motion is granted, it

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will moot the need for further proceedings in this Court. If the motion is denied,

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Defendants’ time to respond to the Complaint will likely not expire until some time

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in July 2015.

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In light of the foregoing the undersigned parties stipulate and request that the

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Court vacate the Case Management Conference currently set for June 4, 2015 in

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this matter, subject to being reset, if necessary, after the JPML has ruled on the

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pending Motion to Transfer.

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Dated:

April 17, 2015

PRATT & ASSOCIATES

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By: /s/ Ben F. Pierce Gore__________

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Ben F. Pierce Gore (SBN 128515)
1871 The Alameda, Suite 425
San Jose, CA 95126
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Kenneth R. Shemin, ABA No. 78138
SHEMIN LAW FIRM, PLLC
3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 603
Rogers, AR 72758
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Thomas P. Thrash (ABA No. 80147)
Marcus N. Bozeman (ABA No. 95287)
THRASH LAW FIRM, P.A.
1101 Garland Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Dewitt M. Lovelace
Valerie Lauro Nettles
LOVELACE AND ASSOCIATES, PA
12870 U.S. Hwy 98 West, Suite 200
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Charles J. LaDuca
CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP
8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 810
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Taylor Asen
CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP
16 Court Street, Suite 1012
Brooklyn, NY 11241
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Richard R. Barrett
Law Office of Richard R. Barrett, PLLC
2086 Old Taylor Road, Suite 1011
Oxford, Mississippi 38655
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and all others
similarly situated

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REED SMITH LLP

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By: /s/_Thomas A. Evans______
Robert D. Phillips, Jr.
Thomas A. Evans
101 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants

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The Case Management Conference set for June 4, 2015 in this matter is
CONTINUED to August 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 20, 2015
______________________________
THE HON. BETH LABSON
FREEMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT JUDGE

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE