Opinion
2:24-cv-597 WJ/KRS
11-05-2024
DEENAY OCHOA, ADRIAN ORONA, JUAN VILLAGOMEZ, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. RUBEN ISRAEL AGUILAR, HIGH HORSE INVESTMENT, LLC, and HH ADMINISTRATION, LLC, Defendants.
ORDER SETTING PRETRIAL DEADLINES AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE
KEVIN R. SWEAZEA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court following a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference held on November 5, 2024. At the hearing, the Court adopted the parties' proposed Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan, with modifications, as reflected below.
The deadline for Plaintiffs to move to amend pleadings and/or join additional parties if conditional certification of a collective action is granted is thirty (30) days after the expiration of the opt-in period set forth in the order granting certification. The deadline for Defendants to move to amend pleadings and/or join additional parties is November 29, 2024.
Plaintiffs filed their motion for conditional certification of a collective action on October 29, 2024 (Doc. 24). Briefing of the motion shall be governed by the local rules of civil procedure. Considering the nature of this case, and pursuant to the parties' Joint Status Report (Doc. 23), the parties shall file an Amended Discovery Plan either fourteen (14) days after the date on which the motion for conditional certification of a collective action is denied, or, if conditional certification is granted, fourteen (14) days after the expiration of the opt-in period specified in the order granting conditional certification. Thereafter, the Court will set a new scheduling conference by separate order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.