Smith et al v. Apple, Inc., No. 4:2021cv09527 - Document 121 (N.D. Cal. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER GRANTING 120 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION to vacate deadlines re 78 Case Management Scheduling Order. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 8/24/2023. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/24/2023)

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Smith et al v. Apple, Inc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Doc. 121 MICHAEL F. RAM (SBN 104805) mram@forthepeople.com MARIE N. APPEL (SBN 187483) mappel@forthepeople.com MORGAN & MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP 711 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 500 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 358-6913 Facsimile: (415) 358-6293 RA O. AMEN (pro hac vice) Ramen@forthepeople.com MORGAN & MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP 201 N. Franklin Street, 7th Floor Tampa, Florida 33602 Telephone: (813) 223-5505 Facsimile: (813) 223-5402 15 STEVEN L. NICHOLAS (pro hac vice) sln@cunninghambounds.com LUCY E. TUFTS (pro hac vice) let@cunninghambounds.com CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC 1601 Dauphin Street Mobile, Alabama 36604 Telephone: (251) 471-6191 Facsimile: (251) 479-1031 16 [Additional Counsel on Signature Page] 17 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Putative Class 11 12 13 14 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PENELOPE A. PREOVOLOS (CA SBN 87607) PPreovolos@mofo.com CLAUDIA M. VETESI (CA SBN 233485) CVetesi@mofo.com ALEXIS A. AMEZCUA (CA SBN 247507) AAmezcua@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: 415.268.7000 Facsimile: 415.268.7522 Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 18 20 ERIN M. BOSMAN (CA SBN 204987) EBosman@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 12531 High Bluff Drive Suite 100 San Diego, California 92130-2040 Telephone: 858.720.5100 Facsimile: 858.720.5125 CHRIS SMITH, CHERYL SMITH, KAREN SMITHSON, FRANK ORTEGA, ALBERTO CORNEA, MICHELLE ROGERS, DEBORAH CLASS, AMBER JONES, ALEXIS KEISER, LOORN SAELEE, THOMAS PEAR and TANNAISHA SMALLWOOD, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals, v. Plaintiffs, Case No. 4:21-cv-09527 HSG JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND ORDER Dept.: Courtroom 2 – 4th Floor Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Second Am. Compl. Filed: March 17, 2023 APPLE INC., Defendant. 28 JOINT ADMIN MTN TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND ORDER CASE NO. 4:21-CV-09527 HSG Dockets.Justia.com 1 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-11, Plaintiffs in the above-captioned action Smith v. Apple, 2 Inc., No. 4:21-cv-09527 HSG (N.D. Cal.) and Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”), by and through 3 their undersigned counsel, file this joint motion for administrative relief in which Plaintiffs 4 request, and Apple does not oppose, that the Court vacate the deadlines set forth in the February 5 8, 2023 Amended Scheduling Order (ECF No. 78). 6 Plaintiffs’ Statement. Plaintiffs have filed a Motion to Modify the Case Management 7 Order and Motion to Amend Pleadings (ECF 116, the “Motion”), which Apple opposes. The 8 briefing on Plaintiffs’ Motion is scheduled to be completed on September 12, 2023 and the 9 hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion is scheduled for November 16, 2023. The current deadline for the 10 close of fact discovery is September 8, 2023 and the Class Certification Filing deadline is 11 September 22, 2023 – both before Plaintiffs’ Motion is set to be heard. Accordingly, Plaintiffs 12 request that the following deadlines in the Court’s February 8, 2023 Amended Scheduling Order 13 (ECF No. 78) be vacated pending the resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Event Close of Fact Discovery Class Certification Filing Deadline (including expert disclosures and expert reports) Opposition to Class Certification (including Daubert motions and expert reports) Reply to Class Certification (including Daubert motions and rebuttal expert reports) Class Certification Hearing Current Deadline September 8, 2023 September 22, 2023 Proposed New Deadline Vacated pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion Vacated pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion November 17, 2023 Vacated pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion December 15, 2023 Vacated pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion January 18, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Vacated pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion 26 27 Apple’s Statement. As discussed in Apple’s Request for a Case Management 28 Conference seeking guidance from the Court on a case schedule (ECF 118), and as Apple will JOINT ADMIN MTN TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND ORDER CASE NO. 4:21-CV-09527 HSG 1 1 detail in its opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion (which, pursuant to the deadlines set by the Court, 2 will be filed by September 5, 2023), Apple’s position is that amendment of the pleadings at this 3 late stage is past the deadline and otherwise improper, and that Plaintiffs cannot show good cause 4 to do so. The parties had previously agreed to seek a four-month case extension to the current 5 case schedule, before Plaintiffs informed Apple of their intent to seek leave to amend. Apple 6 believes that the four-month case extension the parties had negotiated would be appropriate 7 should the case remain governed by the current pleadings. However, because Plaintiffs have now 8 filed a Motion to Amend Pleadings that is set for hearing on November 16, 2023, and because the 9 deadlines for the close of fact discovery and Plaintiffs’ class certification motion are currently set 10 for September 8, 2023, and September 22, 2023, respectively, Apple does not oppose Plaintiffs’ 11 request to vacate the current case deadlines while Plaintiffs’ Motion is pending. 12 13 14 15 16 Dated: August 24, 2023 17 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP By: 18 19 /s/ Claudia M. Vesti CLAUDIA M. VETESI Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC. 20 21 Dated: August 24, 2023 CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC 22 23 By: 24 /s/ Lucy E. Tufts LUCY E. TUFTS (pro hac vice) STEVEN L. NICHOLAS (pro hac vice) sln@cunninghambounds.com LUCY E. TUFTS (pro hac vice) let@cunninghambounds.com CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC 1601 Dauphin Street Mobile, Alabama 36604 Telephone: (251) 471-6191 Facsimile: (251) 479-1031 25 26 27 28 JOINT ADMIN MTN TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND CASE NO. 4:21-CV-09527 HSG ORDER 2 1 MICHAEL F. RAM (SBN 104805) mram@forthepeople.com MARIE N. APPEL (SBN 187483) mappel@forthepeople.com MORGAN & MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP 711 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 500 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 358-6913 Facsimile: (415) 358-6293 2 3 4 5 6 RA O. AMEN (pro hac vice) Ramen@forthepeople.com MORGAN & MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP 201 N. Franklin Street, 7th Floor Tampa, Florida 33602 Telephone: (813) 223-5505 Facsimile: (813) 223-5402 7 8 9 10 11 BENJAMIN H. KILBORN, JR. (pro hac vice) benk@kilbornlaw.com KILBORN LAW, LLC P.O. Box 2164 Fairhope, Alabama 36533 Telephone: (251) 929-4620 12 13 14 15 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Chris Smith, Cheryl Smith, Karen Smithson, Frank Ortega, Alberto Cornea, Michelle Rogers, Deborah Class, Amber Jones, Alexis Keiser, Loorn Saelee, Thomas Pear, and Tannaisha Smallwood 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT ADMIN MTN TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND ORDER CASE NO. 4:21-CV-09527 HSG 3 1 2 ECF ATTESTATION I, Lucy E. Tufts, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 3 document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Claudia Vertesi has 4 concurred in this filing. 5 6 7 8 Dated: August 24, 2023 CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC By: 9 /s/ Lucy E. Tufts Lucy E. Tufts Attorneys for Plaintiffs 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT ADMIN MTN TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND ORDER CASE NO. 4:21-CV-09527 HSG 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ORDER The Court hereby GRANTS the Parties’ Administrative Motion. Plaintiffs’ unopposed request to vacate the following deadlines pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion to Modify Case Management Order and Amend Pleadings (ECF 116) is granted: 1. The September 8, 2023 fact discovery deadline; 2. The September 22, 2023 Class Certification filing deadline; 3. The November 17, 2023 Opposition to Class Certification (including Daubert motions and expert reports) filing deadline; 4. The December 15, 2023 Reply to Class Certification (including Daubert motions and expert reports) filing deadline; and 5. The January 18, 2024 Class Certification Hearing. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 8/24/2023 15 16 Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. United States District Judge 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT ADMIN MTN TO VACATE CASE SCHEDULE AND ORDER CASE NO. 4:21-CV-09527 HSG 5

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