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1 TIMOTHY J. LONG (STATE BAR NO. 137591)
tj long@orrick.com
2 NICHOLAS J. HORTON (STATE BAR NO. 289417)
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nhorton@orrick.com
AVALON J. FITZGERALD (STATE BAR NO. 288167)
FILED/ENDORSED
afitzgerald@orrick.com
4 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP APR 29 2019
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000
5 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 H. Portalan7a
Telephone: +1 916 447 8299 By: Deputy Clerk
6 Facsimile: +1 916 329 4900
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7 Attomeys for Defendant
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
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9 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
11 ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-00210560-
bf herself and on behalf of all persons similarly CU-OE-GDS
12 situated,
• Plaintiff, NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER ISSUED
13 BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF
V. APPEAL, THIRD APPELLATE
14 DISTRICT, DENYING WRIT AND
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a VACATING ITS PRIOR STAY ORDER
15 Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through 50,
inclusive.
16 Complaint Filed: April 5, 2017
Defendants. FAC Filed: June 29, 2017
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18 I I ^ M A S R. A R A N A , on behalf of himself all Complaint Filed: August 1,2017
others similarly situated. Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21, 2017
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20, Plaintiff,
pCed 5y p^c
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22 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a
Califomia corporation; and DOES 1-50,
23 incliJsive,
24 Defendant.
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NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER
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1 TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES THROUGH THEIR
2 COUNSEL OF RECORD:
3 ;;: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 25, 2019, the Califomia Court of Appeal, Third
4 Appellate District issued an order denying Defendant Health Net of Califomia's Writ Petition and
5 vacating its prior order staying further proceedings in Sacramento County Superior Court case
6 number 34201700210560, Spears, et al v. Health Net of California, Inc. A tme and correct copy
i i ' •
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of the order is attached as Exhibit A. As a result of this order, the following fully briefed
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motions pending before Department 35 may be set for hearing:
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• Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification
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• Defendant's Motion As To Why Spears' Case Cannot Proceed As A PAGA
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Representative Action
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• Defendant's Motion As To Why Arana's Case Cannot Proceed As A PAGA
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Representative Action
14 bated: April 29, 2019 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
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16 By:,
NICHOLAS J. HORTON
17 Attomeys for Defendant
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
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NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER
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EXHIBIT A
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Court of Appeal. Third Appellate Disirict
Andrea K. Wallin-Rohmann. Clerk
INTHE Electronically FILED on 4/25/2019 by G. Williams, Deputy Clerk
Court of appeal of t^e £>tate of California
IN AND FOR THE
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA. INC.,
Petitioner,
V.
THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY,
Respondent;
ANDREA SPEARS et al.,
Real Parties in Interest.
C089121
Sacramento County
No. 34201700210560
BY THE COURT:
. The petition for writ of mandate, prohibition, or certiorari with request for stay
is denied. The stay previously issued by this court on April 4, 2019, is vacated.
HULL, Actii
ting P.J.
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cc: See l\/lailing List
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EXHIBIT A
IN THE
' Court of appeal of tiie &tate of Caitfomia
IN AND FOR THE
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
' MAILING LIST
Re: Health Net of California, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Sacramento County
C089121
Sacramento County Super. Ct. No. 34201700210560
Copies of this document have been sent by mail to the parties checked below unless they were
noticed electronically. If a party does not appear on the TrueFlling Servicing Notification and is
not checked below, sen/ice was not required.
Timothy J. Long
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Cynthia J; Larsen
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000
Sacramento, CA 95814-4497
Nicholas James Horton
Orrick,: Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000
Sacrarnentp, CA 95814
Norman Blumenthal
Blumenth'al, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik
2255 Calle Clara
La JQlla, eA 92037
Kyle Roald Nordrehaug
Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik
2255rCalle Clara
La JOliii,:eA 92037
Aparajlt Bhowmik
Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik
2255. Calle Clara
La Jolla, CA 92037
Victoria Bree Rivapalacio
Biumenthai, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik
2255 Calle Clara
La Jolla, CA 92037-3107
Chairn-Sl^aun Setareh
Setafejifliaw Group
315 S B'eVerly Drive, Suite 315 EXHIBIT A
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Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2911
Sacrarhento County Superior Court
^ 720 Ninth; Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
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EXHIBIT A
1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL
2; ' I am a citizen of the United States, more than eighteen years old and not a party to this
3 action. My place of employment and business address is 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000,
4 Sacramento, Califomia 95814.
5 j . ; ^ . On April 29,2019,1 served the following document:
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6 ;3 NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF
APPEAL, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, DENYING WRIT AND VACATING
7 ITS PRIOR STAY ORDER
8 on the interested parties in this action by placing a tme and correct copy thereof in sealed
9;. envelopes addressed as follows:
• ' Norman B. Blumenthal Attorneys for Plaintiff
Kyle R. Nordrehaug Andrea Spears
Aparajit Bhowmik
. —; Victoria B. Rivapalacio
12 . =; , BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & BHOMIK
,- ^, ; 2255 Calle Clara
.^^ : La Jolla, CA 92037
14 Shaun Setareh Attorneys for Plaintiff
SETAREH LAW GROUP Tomas R. Arana
15 315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
17 ir i I am employed in the county from which the mailing occurred. On the date indicated
1g above, I placed the sealed envelope(s) for collection and mailing at this finn's office business
19 address indicated above. I am readily familiar with this firm's practice for the collection and
20 processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. Under that
21 practice, the firm's correspondence would be deposited with the United States Postal Service on
22 this same date with postage thereon fully prepaid in the ordinary course of business.
23 1 ; I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the
24 foregoing is tme and correct.
25 ' Executed on April 29, 2019, at Sacramento, Califomia.
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27 '' Jeanette Ponce
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' NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER
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1 TIMOTHY J. LONG (STATE BAR NO. 137591) tj long@orrick.com 2 NICHOLAS J. HORTON (STATE BAR NO. 289417) 3 nhorton@orrick.com AVALON J. FITZGERALD (STATE BAR NO. 288167) FILED/ENDORSED afitzgerald@orrick.com 4 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP APR 29 2019 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 5 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 H. Portalan7a Telephone: +1 916 447 8299 By: Deputy Clerk 6 Facsimile: +1 916 329 4900 ' 7 Attomeys for Defendant HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 8 9 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 11 ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-00210560- bf herself and on behalf of all persons similarly CU-OE-GDS 12 situated, • Plaintiff, NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER ISSUED 13 BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF V. APPEAL, THIRD APPELLATE 14 DISTRICT, DENYING WRIT AND HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a VACATING ITS PRIOR STAY ORDER 15 Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through 50, inclusive. 16 Complaint Filed: April 5, 2017 Defendants. FAC Filed: June 29, 2017 17 18 I I ^ M A S R. A R A N A , on behalf of himself all Complaint Filed: August 1,2017 others similarly situated. Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21, 2017 19 20, Plaintiff, pCed 5y p^c 21 22 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a Califomia corporation; and DOES 1-50, 23 incliJsive, 24 Defendant. 25 .J. 26 27 28 NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER 4165-6446-1340 1 TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES THROUGH THEIR 2 COUNSEL OF RECORD: 3 ;;: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 25, 2019, the Califomia Court of Appeal, Third 4 Appellate District issued an order denying Defendant Health Net of Califomia's Writ Petition and 5 vacating its prior order staying further proceedings in Sacramento County Superior Court case 6 number 34201700210560, Spears, et al v. Health Net of California, Inc. A tme and correct copy i i ' • 7 of the order is attached as Exhibit A. As a result of this order, the following fully briefed 8 motions pending before Department 35 may be set for hearing: 9 • Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification 10, • Defendant's Motion As To Why Spears' Case Cannot Proceed As A PAGA 11 Representative Action 12 • Defendant's Motion As To Why Arana's Case Cannot Proceed As A PAGA 13 Representative Action 14 bated: April 29, 2019 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 15 16 By:, NICHOLAS J. HORTON 17 Attomeys for Defendant HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -1- NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER 4165-6446-1340 EXHIBIT A ' 1 -"• Court of Appeal. Third Appellate Disirict Andrea K. Wallin-Rohmann. Clerk INTHE Electronically FILED on 4/25/2019 by G. Williams, Deputy Clerk Court of appeal of t^e £>tate of California IN AND FOR THE THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA. INC., Petitioner, V. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; ANDREA SPEARS et al., Real Parties in Interest. C089121 Sacramento County No. 34201700210560 BY THE COURT: . The petition for writ of mandate, prohibition, or certiorari with request for stay is denied. The stay previously issued by this court on April 4, 2019, is vacated. HULL, Actii ting P.J. •1 ^ '\ cc: See l\/lailing List I nil • EXHIBIT A IN THE ' Court of appeal of tiie &tate of Caitfomia IN AND FOR THE THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT ' MAILING LIST Re: Health Net of California, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Sacramento County C089121 Sacramento County Super. Ct. No. 34201700210560 Copies of this document have been sent by mail to the parties checked below unless they were noticed electronically. If a party does not appear on the TrueFlling Servicing Notification and is not checked below, sen/ice was not required. Timothy J. Long Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 Sacramento, CA 95814 Cynthia J; Larsen Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 Nicholas James Horton Orrick,: Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 Sacrarnentp, CA 95814 Norman Blumenthal Blumenth'al, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik 2255 Calle Clara La JQlla, eA 92037 Kyle Roald Nordrehaug Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik 2255rCalle Clara La JOliii,:eA 92037 Aparajlt Bhowmik Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik 2255. Calle Clara La Jolla, CA 92037 Victoria Bree Rivapalacio Biumenthai, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik 2255 Calle Clara La Jolla, CA 92037-3107 Chairn-Sl^aun Setareh Setafejifliaw Group 315 S B'eVerly Drive, Suite 315 EXHIBIT A • :: . • H ^ ^ Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2911 Sacrarhento County Superior Court ^ 720 Ninth; Street Sacramento, CA 95814 •t . . ,1 EXHIBIT A 1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL 2; ' I am a citizen of the United States, more than eighteen years old and not a party to this 3 action. My place of employment and business address is 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000, 4 Sacramento, Califomia 95814. 5 j . ; ^ . On April 29,2019,1 served the following document: •A : 7 6 ;3 NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, DENYING WRIT AND VACATING 7 ITS PRIOR STAY ORDER 8 on the interested parties in this action by placing a tme and correct copy thereof in sealed 9;. envelopes addressed as follows: • ' Norman B. Blumenthal Attorneys for Plaintiff Kyle R. Nordrehaug Andrea Spears Aparajit Bhowmik . —; Victoria B. Rivapalacio 12 . =; , BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & BHOMIK ,- ^, ; 2255 Calle Clara .^^ : La Jolla, CA 92037 14 Shaun Setareh Attorneys for Plaintiff SETAREH LAW GROUP Tomas R. Arana 15 315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 17 ir i I am employed in the county from which the mailing occurred. On the date indicated 1g above, I placed the sealed envelope(s) for collection and mailing at this finn's office business 19 address indicated above. I am readily familiar with this firm's practice for the collection and 20 processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. Under that 21 practice, the firm's correspondence would be deposited with the United States Postal Service on 22 this same date with postage thereon fully prepaid in the ordinary course of business. 23 1 ; I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the 24 foregoing is tme and correct. 25 ' Executed on April 29, 2019, at Sacramento, Califomia. 26 27 '' Jeanette Ponce 28 ' NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER - ; \' • 4165-6446-1340