Opinion
Case No. 3:11-cv-02869-CRB
05-02-2013
LUCRESIA CISNEROS, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. dba AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE, INC.; HISPANIC EDUCATIONAL, INC.; LOGIC'S CONSULTING, INC.; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants.
KEMNITZER, BARRON, & KRIEG, LLP BRYAN KEMNITZER Bar No. 066401 WILLIAM KRIEG Bar No. 066485 AMY TAY Bar No. 252600 Attorneys for Plaintiff Lucresia Cisneros and the potential class JULIA B. STRICKLAND Bar No. 083013 STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP Attorneys for Defendant Springleaf Financial Services, Inc. fka American General Financial Services, Inc.
KEMNITZER, BARRON, & KRIEG, LLP
BRYAN KEMNITZER Bar No. 066401
WILLIAM KRIEG Bar No. 066485
AMY TAY Bar No. 252600
Attorneys for Plaintiff Lucresia Cisneros and the potential class
JULIA B. STRICKLAND Bar No. 083013
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
Attorneys for Defendant Springleaf Financial Services, Inc. fka American General Financial
Services, Inc.
CLASS ACTION
AMENDED ORDER VACATING
DEADLINE TO FILE MOTION FOR
CLASS CERTIFICATION AND
SETTING STATUS CONFERENCE
Plaintiff LUCRESIA CISNEROS ("Plaintiff") and defendant SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., formerly known as American General Financial Services, Inc. ("Defendant"), by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2012, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification on or before April 5, 2013;
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2013, the Court entered a stipulated order extending the time for Plaintiff to file a class certification motion until May 6, 2013 so that the parties could discuss mediation and a possible settlement;
WHEREAS, the parties have now agreed to mediate this case and have scheduled mediation before the Hon. Edward Infante (Ret.) of JAMS on June 25, 2013;
WHEREAS, to avoid unnecessary law and motion practice and its attendant costs to the Court and the parties, the parties agree that the May 6, 2013 deadline for Plaintiff to file the class certification motion should be vacated and that a Status Conference should be scheduled for some time approximately two weeks after the parties' mediation to inform the Court of the status of mediation and settlement and discuss a briefing schedule for either preliminary approval or class certification, as applicable.
Based upon the foregoing, the parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
1. The May 6, 2013 deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification shall be vacated.
2. The parties shall appear for a case management conference on July12, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. or such other date and time as the Court decides that is approximately two weeks following the parties' mediation on June 25, 2013 to apprise the Court of the status of mediation and settlement and to determine a briefing schedule for either preliminary approval or class certification.
KEMNITZER, BARRON & KRIEG, LLP
By: _____________
BRYAN KEMNITZER
Attorneys for Plaintiff
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
By: _____________
JULIA STRICKLAND
Attorneys for Defendant SPRINGLEAF
FINANCIAL, INC. fka AMERICAN GENERAL
FINANCIAL, INC.
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Hon. Charles R. Breyer