Opinion
Case No. 2:11-cv-00644-GLL
12-13-2011
DENNIS THIERET, RONALD L. BUCKNER, DAVID S. BENGEL, DAVID D. MCDONALD, MICHAEL CALLAHAN, MICHAEL D. DRAZICH, JOHN FARR, CHARLES LEGEZA, RONALD PERRIS, ERIC DEFAZIO, JOHN BRADFORD, RONALD LAWRENCE, DAVID M. NELSON, DAVE SIMPSON, FRANK CINICOLA, SCOTT URQUAHANT, DAVID CORNELIUS, DALTON MINERD, JEFFREY B. WHITFORD, MARK A. SUTHERIN, JR., RANDY DEVER, ROBERT THOMAS, MATTHEW RALSTON, PAT GOLDEN, DAVID H. HANEY, ERIC L. GROH, DAVID M. STITT, ROBERT SMITH, BRIAN GEISER, MICHAEL SCHUBERT, KEVIN E. SWEENEY, CHRISTIAN MARINI, THOMAS L. HANDERHAN, MICHAEL HARTLE AND ARTHUR GOLDBERG, Plaintiffs, v. BOTTLING GROUP, LLC, Defendant.
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP SAMANTHA D. HARDY Attorneys for Defendant BOTTLING GROUP, LLC dba PBC. JUBELIRER, PASS & INTRIERI, P.C. Ernest B. Orsatti Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
Assigned to: Hon. Gary L. Lancaster
STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE
AMENDED PLEADINGS AND/OR TO JOIN PARTIES
Plaintiffs and Defendant Bottling Group, LLC, collectively the "Parties," hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS, on November 18, 2011, the Court issued an Initial SchedulingOrder setting the deadline for filing amended pleadings and/or to join parties as December 14, 2011 (Doc. 31);
WHEREAS, the Parties are scheduled to attend mediation in this matter on January 4, 2012 with Louis B. Kushner (Doc. 28);
WHEREAS, if the matter does not settle at mediation, Defendant may need to join in this action the union representing the Plaintiffs - the General Teamsters, Chauffeurs, and Helpers Local 249;
WHEREAS, the Parties request that the deadline for filing amended pleadings and/or to join parties be extended to a time after the January 4, 2012 mediation;
WHEREAS, the Parties request that the deadline for filing amended pleadings and/or to join parties be extended 30 days, or until January 13, 2012, in order to provide the Parties sufficient time to add parties and/or amend pleadings should the settlement process break down after the January 4, 2012 mediation;
WHEREAS, the Parties believe no other deadines in the Court's November 18, 2011 Scheduling Order will be impacted by the requested 30 day extension;
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree and stipulate that the deadline for filing amended pleadings and/or to join parties should be extended 30 days, or until January 13, 2012.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Respectfully submitted,
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP
By ____________
SAMANTHA D. HARDY
Attorneys for Defendant BOTTLING GROUP, LLC
dba PBC.
JUBELIRER, PASS & INTRIERI, P.C.
By ____________
Ernest B. Orsatti
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
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Hon. Gary L. Lancaster
Chief United States District Judge