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Superi(&i- Cmift Of Csliffemis,
SBcmmttutti
1 Alejandro P. Gutierrez, SBN 107688 09/29/2021
agutierrez(a),hathaway lawfirm. com 3fursiBr4
2 HATHAWAY, PERRETT, WEBSTER, POWERS,
CHRISMAN & GUTIERREZ, APC ^ , Depuly
3 5450 Telegraph Road, Suite 200 Case Numben
Ventura, CA 93006-3577
4 Telephone: (805) 644-7111 34-2018-00247272
Facsimile: (805) 644-8296
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Daniel J. Palay, SBN 159348
6 djp@calemploymentcounsel.com
Brian D. Hefelfinger, SBN 253054
7 bdh(a),calemploynientcounsel.com
PALAY HEFELFINGER, APC
8 1746 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 230
Ventura, Califomia 93001
9 Tel: (805) 628-8220
Fax: (805) 765-8600
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Attorneys for Plaintiff John Boudreau and the certified
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FOLLOWING PAGE]
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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JOHN BOUDREAU, an individual, on behalf Case No. 34-2018-00247272
17 of himself and all others similarly situated,
Assigned to Department 41, Hon. David De Alba
18 Plaintiff,
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
19 CONFERENCE STATEMENT
20 PRIMERITUS FINANCIAL SERVICES, Date: Oct. 15, 2021
INC., A Delaware corporation; CHRIS Time: 9:30 am
21 McGINNESS, an individual; and DOES 1 Dept.: 37 [Via Zoom-Including telephonic and
through 10, inclusive. teleconferencing options]
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Go to: https://saccourt.zoom.us/my/dept37a ,
23 Zoom ID is: 713 594 6086, CALL in (888) 475-
4499
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Complaint filed: December 27, 2018
25 FAC filed: April 12, 2019
Trial Date: Not Set
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LITTLER MENDELSON F
500 Capitol Mali
Suite 2000
Sacramento, CA 95614
916 B30 7200
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
1 KEITH A. JACOBY, Bar No. 150233
kiacobv@littler.com
2 BRADLEY E. SCHWAN, Bar No. 246457
bschwan@littler.com
3 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
2049 Century Park East
4 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067.3107.
5 Telephone: 310.553.0308
Fax No.: 310.553.5583
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NATHANIEL H. JENKINS, Bar No. 312067
7 nienkins@littler.com
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
8 500 Capitol Mall
Suite 2000
9 Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: 916.830.7200
10 Fax No.: 916.561.0828
11 Attomeys for Defendants
Primeritus Financial Services, Inc., and Chris McGinness
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LITTLER MENDELSON F
500 Capllol Mall
Sulls 2000
Sacrem.nlo, CA SSfll'
916 S30 7200
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
1 Plaintiff JOHN BOUDREAU ("Plaintiff) and Defendant PRIMERITUS FINANCIAL
2 SERVICES, INC. ("Defendant") (together, the "Parties") hereby submit the following Joint Case
3 Management Conference Statement for the Case Management Conference on July 29, 2021, at 1:30
4 p.m. in Department 41.
5 I. STATUS OF THE CASE
6 Plaintiff filed this Class Action matter on December 27, 2018. Plaintiffs First
7 Amended Complaint (filed April 12,2019) alleges seven causes of action: (1) Failure to Pay Minimum
8 Wage; (2) Failure to Timely Pay Wages (Waiting Time Penalities); (3) Failm-e to Provide Rest
9 Periods; (4) Failure to Provide Meal Periods; (5) Failure to Provide Accurate Wage Statements; (6)
10 Violation of the Unfair Competition Law; and (7) Civil Penalites under PAGA. Defendant seeks to
11 represent himself and other similarly situated employees of Defendant Primeritus.'
12 The parties reached a tentative settlement of the action on April 6, 2021, and thereafter
13 formalized and signed a long form settlement agreement.
14 Plaintiff filed the Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement ("Motion") and
15 the hearing the Motion was held on July 29, 2021. The Court granted Plaintiffs Motion on July 29,
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17 The Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement has been mailed to Class Members
18 and the last date to submit opt-outs and to submit objections is October 12, 2021.
19 The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for December 3, 2021, at 9:30a.m. in
20 Department 41.
21 II. SUGGESTIONS FOR CASE MANANAGEMENT
22 Continue or vacate the Case Management Conference and set a further Case
23 Management Conference, if necessary, for a date after the Final Approval Hearing.
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LITTLER MENDELSON q j :
SOO Capllel Mali
Suil« 2000
Sacramenlo. CA 9S61i
91S 830 7200
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
1 Dated: September 27, 2021 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.
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Bradley E. Schwan, Esq.
5 Nathaniel H. Jenkins, Esq.
Attomeys for Defendants PRIMERITUS
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FESIANCIAL SERVICES, INC., AND CHRIS
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Dated: September 28 ,2021 HATHAWAY PERRETT WEBSTER
9 POWERS CHRISMAN & GUTIERREZ, APC
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PALAY HEFELFINGER
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Alejandro P. Gutierrez, Esq.
13 Daniel J. Palay, Esq.
14 Brian D. Hefelfinger, Esq.
15 Attomeys for Plaintiff, JOHN BOUDREAU
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LITTLER MENDELSON F
SOO Capitol Uall
Sulla 2000
Sacramanle. CA 95614
916 830 7200
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
I am employed in the County of Ventura, State of Califomia. I am over the age of eighteen
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(18) years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 5450 Telegraph Road, Suite
3 200, Ventura, Califomia 93003.
4 On the date below, I caused to be served, the foregoing documents: JOINT CASE
MANAGEMENT STATEMENT on the interested parties in said action by placing the tme copies
5 thereof enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed as follows:
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Keith A. Jacoby Attorneys for Defendants, Primeritus
7 Littler Mendelson, PC
2049 Century Park East, 5"' Floor Financial Services, et ai
8 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3107
Tel: (310) 553-0308 / Fax: (310) 553-5583
9 kjacoby@littler.com/bschwan@littler.com
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Nathaniel H. Jenkins
11 Littler Mendelson, PC
500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2000
12 Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 830-7200 / Fax: (916) 561-0828
13 njenkins@littler.com
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[ ] BY MAIL: By placing a tme copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to
15 the addressee(s) listed above. I am "readily familiar" with the fum's practice of collection and
processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice, it would be deposited with the U.S.
16 Postal Service on that same date with postage thereon fiilly prepaid at Ventura, Califomia, in the
ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed
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invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after date of deposit
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to the addressee(s) listed above. The envelope was deposited in or with a facility regularly
20 maintained by the ovemight carrier with delivery fees paid or provided for.
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[X ] ELECTRONIC MAIL: By electronically mailing the document(s) listed above to the e-mail
22 address(es) set forth below, or as stated on the attached service list per agreement.
23 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the
foregoing is tme and correct. Executed on Sept. 29, 2021 atVentura, Califomia.
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DECLARATION RE PROOF OF SERVICE OF 2-26-21 TENTATIVE RULING CONTINUING CMC
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FILED Superi(&i- Cmift Of Csliffemis, SBcmmttutti 1 Alejandro P. Gutierrez, SBN 107688 09/29/2021 agutierrez(a),hathaway lawfirm. com 3fursiBr4 2 HATHAWAY, PERRETT, WEBSTER, POWERS, CHRISMAN & GUTIERREZ, APC ^ , Depuly 3 5450 Telegraph Road, Suite 200 Case Numben Ventura, CA 93006-3577 4 Telephone: (805) 644-7111 34-2018-00247272 Facsimile: (805) 644-8296 5 Daniel J. Palay, SBN 159348 6 djp@calemploymentcounsel.com Brian D. Hefelfinger, SBN 253054 7 bdh(a),calemploynientcounsel.com PALAY HEFELFINGER, APC 8 1746 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 230 Ventura, Califomia 93001 9 Tel: (805) 628-8220 Fax: (805) 765-8600 10 Attorneys for Plaintiff John Boudreau and the certified 11 class 12 [ADDITIONAL COUNSEL LISTED ON FOLLOWING PAGE] 13 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 14 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 15 16 JOHN BOUDREAU, an individual, on behalf Case No. 34-2018-00247272 17 of himself and all others similarly situated, Assigned to Department 41, Hon. David De Alba 18 Plaintiff, JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT 19 CONFERENCE STATEMENT 20 PRIMERITUS FINANCIAL SERVICES, Date: Oct. 15, 2021 INC., A Delaware corporation; CHRIS Time: 9:30 am 21 McGINNESS, an individual; and DOES 1 Dept.: 37 [Via Zoom-Including telephonic and through 10, inclusive. teleconferencing options] 22 Go to: https://saccourt.zoom.us/my/dept37a , 23 Zoom ID is: 713 594 6086, CALL in (888) 475- 4499 24 Defendants. Complaint filed: December 27, 2018 25 FAC filed: April 12, 2019 Trial Date: Not Set 26 27 28 LITTLER MENDELSON F 500 Capitol Mali Suite 2000 Sacramento, CA 95614 916 B30 7200 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 1 KEITH A. JACOBY, Bar No. 150233 kiacobv@littler.com 2 BRADLEY E. SCHWAN, Bar No. 246457 bschwan@littler.com 3 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 2049 Century Park East 4 5th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067.3107. 5 Telephone: 310.553.0308 Fax No.: 310.553.5583 6 NATHANIEL H. JENKINS, Bar No. 312067 7 nienkins@littler.com LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 8 500 Capitol Mall Suite 2000 9 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: 916.830.7200 10 Fax No.: 916.561.0828 11 Attomeys for Defendants Primeritus Financial Services, Inc., and Chris McGinness 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LITTLER MENDELSON F 500 Capllol Mall Sulls 2000 Sacrem.nlo, CA SSfll' 916 S30 7200 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 1 Plaintiff JOHN BOUDREAU ("Plaintiff) and Defendant PRIMERITUS FINANCIAL 2 SERVICES, INC. ("Defendant") (together, the "Parties") hereby submit the following Joint Case 3 Management Conference Statement for the Case Management Conference on July 29, 2021, at 1:30 4 p.m. in Department 41. 5 I. STATUS OF THE CASE 6 Plaintiff filed this Class Action matter on December 27, 2018. Plaintiffs First 7 Amended Complaint (filed April 12,2019) alleges seven causes of action: (1) Failure to Pay Minimum 8 Wage; (2) Failure to Timely Pay Wages (Waiting Time Penalities); (3) Failm-e to Provide Rest 9 Periods; (4) Failure to Provide Meal Periods; (5) Failure to Provide Accurate Wage Statements; (6) 10 Violation of the Unfair Competition Law; and (7) Civil Penalites under PAGA. Defendant seeks to 11 represent himself and other similarly situated employees of Defendant Primeritus.' 12 The parties reached a tentative settlement of the action on April 6, 2021, and thereafter 13 formalized and signed a long form settlement agreement. 14 Plaintiff filed the Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement ("Motion") and 15 the hearing the Motion was held on July 29, 2021. The Court granted Plaintiffs Motion on July 29, 16 2021. 17 The Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement has been mailed to Class Members 18 and the last date to submit opt-outs and to submit objections is October 12, 2021. 19 The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for December 3, 2021, at 9:30a.m. in 20 Department 41. 21 II. SUGGESTIONS FOR CASE MANANAGEMENT 22 Continue or vacate the Case Management Conference and set a further Case 23 Management Conference, if necessary, for a date after the Final Approval Hearing. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 28 LITTLER MENDELSON q j : SOO Capllel Mali Suil« 2000 Sacramenlo. CA 9S61i 91S 830 7200 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 1 Dated: September 27, 2021 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 2 3 By: 4 Keith A. Jacoby, Esq. Bradley E. Schwan, Esq. 5 Nathaniel H. Jenkins, Esq. Attomeys for Defendants PRIMERITUS 6 FESIANCIAL SERVICES, INC., AND CHRIS 7 MCGINNESS 8 Dated: September 28 ,2021 HATHAWAY PERRETT WEBSTER 9 POWERS CHRISMAN & GUTIERREZ, APC 10 PALAY HEFELFINGER 11 12 By: Alejandro P. Gutierrez, Esq. 13 Daniel J. Palay, Esq. 14 Brian D. Hefelfinger, Esq. 15 Attomeys for Plaintiff, JOHN BOUDREAU 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LITTLER MENDELSON F SOO Capitol Uall Sulla 2000 Sacramanle. CA 95614 916 830 7200 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 1 PROOF OF SERVICE I am employed in the County of Ventura, State of Califomia. I am over the age of eighteen 2 (18) years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 5450 Telegraph Road, Suite 3 200, Ventura, Califomia 93003. 4 On the date below, I caused to be served, the foregoing documents: JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT on the interested parties in said action by placing the tme copies 5 thereof enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed as follows: 6 Keith A. Jacoby Attorneys for Defendants, Primeritus 7 Littler Mendelson, PC 2049 Century Park East, 5"' Floor Financial Services, et ai 8 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3107 Tel: (310) 553-0308 / Fax: (310) 553-5583 9 kjacoby@littler.com/bschwan@littler.com 10 Nathaniel H. Jenkins 11 Littler Mendelson, PC 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2000 12 Sacramento, CA 95814 Tel: (916) 830-7200 / Fax: (916) 561-0828 13 njenkins@littler.com 14 [ ] BY MAIL: By placing a tme copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to 15 the addressee(s) listed above. I am "readily familiar" with the fum's practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice, it would be deposited with the U.S. 16 Postal Service on that same date with postage thereon fiilly prepaid at Ventura, Califomia, in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed 17 invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after date of deposit 18 for mailing in affidavit. 19 [ ] BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: By sending a tme copy thereof by ovemight delivery service to the addressee(s) listed above. The envelope was deposited in or with a facility regularly 20 maintained by the ovemight carrier with delivery fees paid or provided for. 21 [X ] ELECTRONIC MAIL: By electronically mailing the document(s) listed above to the e-mail 22 address(es) set forth below, or as stated on the attached service list per agreement. 23 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the foregoing is tme and correct. Executed on Sept. 29, 2021 atVentura, Califomia. 24 25 Edna Byerly Edna Byerly 26 27 28 1 DECLARATION RE PROOF OF SERVICE OF 2-26-21 TENTATIVE RULING CONTINUING CMC