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1 TIMOTHY J. LONG (STATE BAR NO. 137591)
tiloni>@orrick.com
2 NICHOLAS J. HORTON (STATE BAR NO. 289417)
nhorton@,o rrick.com
3 AVALON JOHNSON FITZGERALD (STATE BAR NO. 288167)
at1tzgei-ald@.oiTick.com
4 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000
5 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 .
Telephone: +1 916 447 8299
6 Facsimile: +1 916 329 4900
Attomeys for Defendant
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
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COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS ON NEXT PAGE
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10 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
11 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-00210560-
13 of herself and on behalf of all persons CU-OE-GDS
similarly situated.
14 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
Plaintiff, ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE
15 V. DECLARATIONS OF TOBY ALFRED,
JAMES BJORSETH, SHANEL ALLEN,
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a VERONICA PEREZ, AND PATRICIA
16 Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through GONZALES
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Defendants. Date: April 11,2019
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Courtroom: DeptrOSl)
19 Judge: Hon.^lan G. Perkins
20 Complaint Filed: April 5,2017
FAC Filed: June 29,2017
21 Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21,2017
22 TOMAS R. ARANA, on behalf of himself, all Complaint Filed: August 1, 2017
others similarly situated,
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2 H. Scott Leviant (State Bar No. 200834)
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3 William Pao (State Bar No. 219846)
william@.setarehlaw.com
4 SETAREH LAW GROUP
315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315
5 Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Telephone: (310) 888-7771
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1 RECITALS & STIPULATION
2 1. On December 21, 2018, Plaintiff Tomas Arana filed Plaintiffs' Motion for Class
3 Certification. Attached as evidence in support of this Motion are the declarations of 15 putative
4 class members.
5 2. Defendant Health Net of Califomia, Inc. ("Health Net") acted promptly and with
6 reasonable diligence to subpoena these 15 individuals to be deposed. Despite multiple attempts,
7... Health Net has encountered difficulties in arranging and conducting numerous depositions for each
8 of these declarants, specifically including Neyvan Aleman, Toby Alfred, James Bjorseth, Shanel
9 Allen, Veronica Perez, and Patricia Gonzales.
10 3. Through meet and confer efforts. Health Net informed counsel for Tomas Arana that
11 it was in the process of preparing a Motion to Compel and that it filed Ex Parte Applications For
12 An Order To Show Cause Re Contempt against Toby Alfred and James Bjorseth for their failure to
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14 4. In lieu of the impending costly motion practice related to securing depositions of
15 these non-party declarants, Arana agreed to withdraw the declarations of Toby Alfred, James
16 Bjorseth, Shanel Allen, Veronica Perez, and Patricia Gonzales from consideration as part of his
17 Motion for Class Certification currently pending in this Department, and Health Net agreed to
18 withdraw its pending Ex Parte Applications for an Order to Show Cause Re Contempt against Toby
19 Alfred and James Bjorseth set for hearing on February 7, 2019 at 1:45 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. in
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21 IT IS SO STIPULATED.
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pCed 5L) Pd/: 1 TIMOTHY J. LONG (STATE BAR NO. 137591) tiloni>@orrick.com 2 NICHOLAS J. HORTON (STATE BAR NO. 289417) nhorton@,o rrick.com 3 AVALON JOHNSON FITZGERALD (STATE BAR NO. 288167) at1tzgei-ald@.oiTick.com 4 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 5 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 . Telephone: +1 916 447 8299 6 Facsimile: +1 916 329 4900 Attomeys for Defendant HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 8 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS ON NEXT PAGE 9 10 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 11 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 12 ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-00210560- 13 of herself and on behalf of all persons CU-OE-GDS similarly situated. 14 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] Plaintiff, ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE 15 V. DECLARATIONS OF TOBY ALFRED, JAMES BJORSETH, SHANEL ALLEN, HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a VERONICA PEREZ, AND PATRICIA 16 Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through GONZALES 50, inclusive. 17 Defendants. Date: April 11,2019 18 Time: 10:00.^m. Courtroom: DeptrOSl) 19 Judge: Hon.^lan G. Perkins 20 Complaint Filed: April 5,2017 FAC Filed: June 29,2017 21 Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21,2017 22 TOMAS R. ARANA, on behalf of himself, all Complaint Filed: August 1, 2017 others similarly situated, 23 Plaintiffs, 24 25 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a Califomia corporation; and DOES 1-50, 26 inclusive. 27 Defendants. 28 % ''^^^l^llA^'teW 'AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE DECLARATIONS OF TOBY ALFRED, JAMES BJORSETH. SHANEL Wo ALLEN, VERONICA PEREZ, AND PATRICIA GONZALES P - 1 Shaiin Setareh (State Bar No. 204514) shaun@setai-ehlaw.com 2 H. Scott Leviant (State Bar No. 200834) scott(5).setarehlaw.com 3 William Pao (State Bar No. 219846) william@.setarehlaw.com 4 SETAREH LAW GROUP 315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315 5 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Telephone: (310) 888-7771 6 Facsimile: (310)888-0109 7 Attomeys for Plaintiff TOMAS R.ARAN A 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 'yWpOllAT'ieHl 'AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE DECLARATIONS OF TOBY ALFRED, JAMES BJORSETH, SHANEL ALLEN, VERONICA PEREZ, AND PATRICIA GONZALES 1 RECITALS & STIPULATION 2 1. On December 21, 2018, Plaintiff Tomas Arana filed Plaintiffs' Motion for Class 3 Certification. Attached as evidence in support of this Motion are the declarations of 15 putative 4 class members. 5 2. Defendant Health Net of Califomia, Inc. ("Health Net") acted promptly and with 6 reasonable diligence to subpoena these 15 individuals to be deposed. Despite multiple attempts, 7... Health Net has encountered difficulties in arranging and conducting numerous depositions for each 8 of these declarants, specifically including Neyvan Aleman, Toby Alfred, James Bjorseth, Shanel 9 Allen, Veronica Perez, and Patricia Gonzales. 10 3. Through meet and confer efforts. Health Net informed counsel for Tomas Arana that 11 it was in the process of preparing a Motion to Compel and that it filed Ex Parte Applications For 12 An Order To Show Cause Re Contempt against Toby Alfred and James Bjorseth for their failure to 13 appear for their depositions. 14 4. In lieu of the impending costly motion practice related to securing depositions of 15 these non-party declarants, Arana agreed to withdraw the declarations of Toby Alfred, James 16 Bjorseth, Shanel Allen, Veronica Perez, and Patricia Gonzales from consideration as part of his 17 Motion for Class Certification currently pending in this Department, and Health Net agreed to 18 withdraw its pending Ex Parte Applications for an Order to Show Cause Re Contempt against Toby 19 Alfred and James Bjorseth set for hearing on February 7, 2019 at 1:45 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. in 20 Department 54. 21 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 22 Dated: February 7 ,2019 ORRIQIA HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 23 24 25 'NICHOLAS J. HORTON Attomeys for Defendant 26 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 27 28 -3- ''3tfp(AlAl'ft3W 'AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE DECLARATIONS OF TOBY ALFRED, JAMES BJORSETH, SHANEL • ALLEN, VERONICA PEREZ, AND PATRICIA GONZALES 1 Dated: Febmary~7 , 2019 SETAREH LAW GROUP 2 3 SHAUN SETAREH 4 Attomeys for Plaintiff TOMAS R. ARANA 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -_±^ 'ytfrOllA-yiQW 'AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE DECLAJIATIONS OF TOBY ALFR£D, JAMES BJORSETH, SHANEL ALLEN, VERONICA PEREZ, AND PATRICIA GONZALES 1 ^jPRQEOSfiftfORDER 2 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby approves the Parties' Stipulation. 3 The declarations of Toby Alfred, James Bjorseth, Shanel Allen, Veronica Perez, and 4 Patricia Gonzales in support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification are hereby withdrawn 5 and will not be considered as evidence in support of said motion. 6 7 8 9 Dated: ,2019 10 Judge of the Superio Alan G. Perl 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ^5^ 'ytfrOliA-YISHl 'AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO WITHDRAW THE DECLARATIONS OF TOBY ALFRED, JAMES BJORSETH, SHANEL ALLEN, VERONICA PEREZ. AND PATRICIA GONZALES