Party Statement: Andrea Spears vs. Health Net of California Inc

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                                1     SHAUN SETAREH (SBN 204514)
        shaun@setarehlaw.com                                          FlLEO/ENDORS!:D
 2     WILLIAM M. PAO (SBN 219846)
        william@setarehlaw.com
 3     JOSE MARIA D. PATINO, JR. (SBN 270194)                                 NOV 04 2020
        jose@setarehlaw.com
 4     SETAREH LAW GROUP                                             By:.      K. Soichka
                                                                                Deputy Clertt
       315 South Beverly Drive, Suite 315
 5     Beverly Hills, Califomia 90212
       Telephone: (310) 888-7771
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       Attomeys for Plaintiff
 7     TOMAS R. ARANA
 8     (Additional counsel on next page)
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10                           SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
11                                  FOR THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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13 ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf              Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-00210560-
   of herself and on behalf of all persons              CU-OE-GDS
14 similarly situated.
                                                        PLAINTIFFS' CASE MANAGEMENT
15                     Plaintiff,                       STATEMENT
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      HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a                 Date:           November 13, 2020
17 Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through            Time:           1:30 p.m.
      50, inclusive.                                    Courtroom:      Dept. 41
18                                                      Judge:          Hon. David De.Alba
19                     Defendants
                                                        Original Complaint Filed:   April 5, 2017
                                                        FAC Filed: June 29, 2017
20                                                      Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21, 2017
21 TOMAS R. ARANA, on behalf of himself, all
      others similarly situated,
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                       Plaintiff,
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      HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a
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      inclusive,
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                       Defendant.
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                                      PLAINTIFFS' CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
 1 NORMAN B. BLUMENTHAL (SBN 068687)
   APARAJIT BHOWMIK (SBN 248066)
 2 PIYA MUKHERJEE (SBN 274217)
   BLUMENTHAL NORDREHAUG BHOWMIK DE BLOUW LLP
 3 2255 Calle Clara
   La Jolla, CA 92037
 4 Tel: 858.551.1223
   Fax: 858.551.1232
 5 norm@bamlawca.com
 6 Attomeys for Plaintiff
   ANDREA SPEARS
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                            PLAINTIFFS' CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
 1                        PLAINTIFFS' CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
 2          At a hearing in this matter on October 16, 2020, the Court scheduled a case management
 3 conference for November 13, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. in Department 41. The Courtfiartherdirected the
 4 parties to submit a joint case management statement within 10 days prior to that case management
 5 conference, and specifically instructed the parties to include a detailed discussion of the procedural
 6 history of this case. Although the Parties attempted to submit a joint case management statement,
 7 due to timing, the Parties were unable to do so. The Parties are, therefore, submitting separate case
 8 management statements.
 9                                       PROCEDURAL HISTORY
10          Plaintiffs Andrea Spears and Tomas Arana ("Plaintiffs"), for the sake of efficiency,
11 incorporate by reference the Procedural History outlined in Defendant's Case Management
12 Conference Statement filed and served on November 3, 2020.
13                                      PLAINTIFFS' STATEMENT
14          Plaintiffs respectfially request that a trial date is set in this matter as Plaintiffs' deadline to
15 complete the trial in this matter is April 5, 2022. In order to ensure the timely completion of the trial.
16 Plaintiffs request that the Court set a trial date in this matter for October 2021. An October 2021 trial
17 date will provide Defendant a sufficient amount of time to file any contemplated motions. Further,
18 considering the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Court-and litigants and the uncertainties the
19 pandemic has created. Plaintiffs believe it is in the best interest of the Parties to set a trial date
20 forthwith to ensure that the trial will be completed well before the deadline to complete the trial, April
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22          Additionally, Plaintiffs are amenable to participating in private mediation and are in the
23 process of scheduling a mediation with agreed-upon mediator Tripper Ortman. Plaintiffs have placed
24 a temporary hold on April 30, 2021 for the mediation while the Parties confirm whether this date will
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 2 DATED: November 3, 2020              SETAREH LAW GROUP

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                                                    SETAREH
 5                                               XIAM M. PAO
                                             JOSE MARIA D. PATINO, JR.
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                                             TOMAS R. ARANA
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 8 DATED: November 3, 2020              BLUMENTHAL NORDREHAUG BHOWMIK DE
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