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1 Timothy J. Long (SBN 137591) Fi LEO/EI^OOeSiED
Samuel S. Hyde (SBN 327065)
2 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1201 K Street, Suite 1100 OCT 0 6 2020
3 Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: 916.442.1111 By:. T. Crowther
4 Facsimile: 916.448.1709 Deputy Clerk
longt@gtlaw.com
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Rowena Santos (SBN 210185)
6 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 500
7 Irvine, CA 92612
Telephone: 949.732.6500
8 Facsimile: 949.732.6501
9 Attomeys for Defendant
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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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 (Consolidated with Case No.
similarly situated. 34-2017-00216685-CU-OE-GDS)
14 Plaintiff,
15 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J.
LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO
16 MOTION TO STRIKE ANDREA
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a
Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through SPEARS' REPRESENTATTVE PAGA
17 CLAIMS
50, inclusive,
18 Date: October 16, 2020 CQ
Defendants. Time: 11:00 a.m.
19 Dept: 41
Judge: Hon. David De Alba
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Complaint Filed: April 5, 2017
21 FAC Filed: June 29, 2017
22 TOMAS R. ARANA, on behalf of himself all
others similarly situated. Complaint Filed: August 1,2017
23 Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21, 2017
Plaintiff,
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v.
25 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a
Califomia corporation; and DOES 1-50,
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DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE
ANDREA SPEARS' REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS
1 I, Timothy J. Long, hereby declare as follows:
2 1. I am an attomey duly admitted to practice before the courts of the State of
3 Califomia and a shareholder in the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, attomeys of record for
4 Defendant Health Net of Califomia, Inc. ("HNCA"). I make this declaration on personal
5 knowledge and, if swom as a witness, could competently testify to the following facts except
6 where otherwise indicated.
7 2. On December 5, 2018,1 deposed Plaintiff Andrea Spears. A tme and correct copy
8 of the relevant portions of Ms. Spears' deposition transcript is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
9 3. On April 4, 2017, Ms. Spears provided notice to the Califomia Labor and
10 Workforce Development Agency of alleged violations ofthe Califomia Labor Code. A tme and
11 correct copy of the relevant portion of that notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
12 4. On March 12, 2020, the parties in Heredia v. Eddie Bauer LLC, No. 5:16-cv-
13 06236-BLF (N.D. Cal.)fileda joint pretrial statement and order. A tme and correct copy ofthe
14 relevant portion of that joint pretrial statement and order is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
15 I declare under the penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of Califomia that the
16 foregoing is tme and correct. Executed this 1st day of May, 2020, in Sacramento, Califomia.
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DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE
ANDREA SPEARS' REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS
1 Andrea Spears, et al. vs. Health Net ofCalifomia. Inc.
Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2017-00210560
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DECLARATION OF SERVICE
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I am a citizen of the United States, over the age of 18 years, and not a party to or
4 interested in this action. I am employed in the County of Sacramento, State of Califomia and my
business address is Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 1201 K Street, Suite 1100, Sacramento, CA 95814.
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On this day, I caused to be served the following document(s):
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DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION
7 TO STRIKE ANDREA SPEARS' REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS
8 By placing O the original | ^ a tme copy into sealed envelopes addressed and served as
follows:
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Norman Blumenthal
10 Aparajit Bhowmik Attorneys for PlaintiffAndrea Spears
Piya Mukherjee
11 Victoria B. Rivapalacio
BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG «&
12 BHOWMIK LLP
2255 Calle Clara
13 La Jolla, CA 92037
Email: norm@bamlawca.com
14 Telephone: (858) 551-1223
Facsimile: (858) 551-1232
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Shaun Setareh
16 William Pao Attorneys for Plaintiff Tomas R. Arana
Alex Mcintosh
17 SETAREH LAW GROUP
315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315
18 Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Email: shaun(3),setarehlaw.com
19 william(a),setarehlaw.com
alex(a),setarehlaw.com
20 Telephone: (310)888-7771
Facsimile: (310)888-0109
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El BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: By transmitting a tme and a correct copy
22 thereof attached to the electronic email address(es) as set forth above.
23 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the
24 foregoing is tme and correct.
Executed on October 6, 2020, at Sacramento, Califomia.
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PROOF OF SERVICE
EXHIBIT A
1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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4 ANDREA SPEARS, an
i n d i v i d u a l , on b e h a l f o f
h e r s e l f and on b e h a l f o f
a l l persons s i m i l a r l y
situated.
Plaintiff(s), Consolidated Case No.
34-2017-0 021056 0-CU-OE-GDS
vs
HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA,
INC., a C a l i f o r n i a
Corporation, e t a l . ,
10 Defendant(s).
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12 . VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF ANDREA SPEARS
13 Sacramento, California
14 Wednesday, December 5, 2 018
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22 C a r r i e Pederson
CSR No. 4373, RMR, CRR
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1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 - COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO
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4 ANDREA SPEARS, an
5 individual, on. b e h a l f o f
6 h e r s e l f a n d on b e h a l f o f
all persons similarly
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8 Plaintiff(s), Consolidated Case No.
9 34-2017-00210560-CU-OE-GDS
10 vs
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12 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA,
13 INC., a C a l i f o r n i a
14 Corporation, e t a l . ,
15 Defendant(s).
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18 Videotaped D e p o s i t i o n o f ANDREA SPEARS,
19 Volume I , t a k e n on b e h a l f o f t h e d e f e n d a n t s , a t
20 400 C a p i t o l M a l l , S u i t e 3000, Sacramento, California,
21 b e g i n n i n g a t 9:59 a.m. a n d e n d i n g a t 4:23 p.m. o n
22 Wednesday, December 5, 2018, b e f o r e C a r r i e Pederson,
23 • C e r t i f i e d Shorthand Reporter No. 4373.
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1 Q. I f you don't know one way o r t h e o t h e r , why 10:37:21
2 a r e you b r i n g i n g t h i s l a w s u i t ? 10:37:25
3 MS. MENHENNET: Objection. Misstates 10:37:26
4 t e s t i m o n y , and t h i s has been asked and answered t h r e e 10:37:27
5 o r f o u r times now. 10:37:29
6 BY MR. LONG: 10:37:34
7 Q. Let's go t h r o u g h i t again. You never worked 10:37:34
8 b e f o r e you c l o c k e d i n i n t h e morning? 10:37:39
9 A. No. 10:37:42
10 Q. Correct? 10:37:42
11 A. Correct. 10:37:43
12 Q. Okay. You never worked a f t e r you c l o c k e d 10:37:45
13 o u t i n t h e a f t e r n o o n -- 10:37:47
14 A. Correct. 10:37:48
15 Q. -- o r evening; correct? 10:37:49
16 A. Correct. 10:37:50
17 Q. And by c l o c k i n g o u t , do you understand me 10:37:50
18 t h a t ' s when you s i g n o f f f o r p a y r o l l purposes; 10:37:53
19 correct? 10:37:56
20 A. Correct. 10:37:56
21 .^Q^ Qkay." rSo. t h e r e wasn' t any g r ^ - s h i f t wpirk) 10:37:57
22 ,'that_you weren' t p a i d f o r ; . c o r r e c t ? ) 10:37:59
23 (A.; CorrecVT^ 10:38:01
24 ,Q.j ;And th'ejre w^^ 10:38:01
25 fyou weren' t paid" f o r ? 10:38:03
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1 A.; ^Correct. 10:38:05
2 Q. Okay. You a r e a l l e g i n g t h a t you were n o t 10:38:08
3 a b l e t o take your r e q u i r e d meal and r e s t breaks; 10:38:11
4 correct?
5 A. Correct. 10:38:15
6 Q. Okay. Now you would agree, wouldn't you, 10:38:17
7 t h a t d u r i n g t h e t i m e t h a t you were employed by H e a l t h 10:38:19
8 Net, under company p o l i c y , you were p r o v i d e d r e s t 10:38:22
9 breaks o f a t l e a s t 15 minutes every f o u r hours o f 10:38:26
10 your s h i f t o r p o r t i o n t h e r e o f ? Correct? 10:38:30
11 A. Yeah. We were supposed t o , yes. 10:38:33
12 Q. A l l I'm s a y i n g i s t h a t ' s your u n d e r s t a n d i n g 10:38:34
13 of the p o l i c y ; correct? 10:38:37
14 A. Correct. Yes. 10:38:38
15 Q. So t h a t as a nonexempt employee, you're 10:38:39
16 p r o v i d e d w i t h a r e s t break o f 15 minutes every f o u r 10:38': 41
17 hours o f . y o u r s h i f t o r p o r t i o n t h e r e o f ; c o r r e c t ? 10:38:47
18 MS. MENHENNET: O b j e c t i o n t o t h e form o f t h e 10:38:49
19 question. 10:38:50
20 BY MR. LONG: 10:38:54
21 Q. You agree t h a t ' s t h e p o l i c y ; c o r r e c t ? 10:38:54
22 A. I t h o u g h t t h e p o l i c y was every two hours, 10:38:57
23 b u t i f i t ' s f o u r hours, t h e n yeah. 10:38:59
24 Q. Okay. So o t h e r t h a n whether i t ' s f o u r o r 10:39:04
25 two, d i d I a c c u r a t e l y s t a t e your u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e 10:39:05
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1 t h e s o l u t i o n s team; okay? So i s i t your t e s t i m o n y 01:31:37
2 t h a t you were n o t a l l o w e d t o t a k e your meal breaks by 01:31:45
3 t h e f i f t h hour as r e q u i r e d by law? 01:31:50
4 A. Correct. 01:31:51
5 Q: -.Who preiyented you from . t a k i n g your meal 01:31:52
6 breaks by^ t f i f t h JioUr.? 01:31:56
7 ;Aj iWork t h a t was provided- t o m e 0 1 : 3 1 : 5 8
8 .Q. ;Were you p r e v e n t e d . f r o m t a k i n g your me^ 01:32:00
9 (breaks before'^^ 'for •any - o t h e r reason?) .01:32:11
10 (A.'- •NoF'thalJT 01:32:14
11 Q. Okay. D i d any manager t e l l you, "Andrea, 01:32:20
12 you cannot t a k e your meal break by t h e f i f t h hour" o r 01:32:24
13 words t o t h a t e f f e c t ? 01:32:28
14 'A. I was 'told- th^^ finish 01:32:30
15 lading--as-.far,'a^ - f o r me t a take'^m^^ 01:32:35
16 l u n c h V: 0,1:32:3 9
17 Q.- Pkay.; ''AnC who" t o l d 01:32:40
18 !A... I d o n ' t x e c a . l l t h e per^^^ 01:32:44
19 (Q;. D i d .Alma Morefio "ever. t e l l you that?} 0 1 : 3 2 :46
20 IA. J- don ! x ^ c a l l .•; it,'wa"sT"oth"er supes\ aiid.i 01:32:51
21 'J_e^ds^_there ,^ too,^^ a'ajwel.,!,_ ; Sq;_ - - } 01:32:56
22 Q. Well, Ms. Moreno was y o u r s u p e r v i s o r , you 01:32:58
23 said. 01:33:01
24 A. Correct. 01:33:02
25 Q. Okay. 01:33:03
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1 I , t h e undersigned, a Certified Shorthand
2 Reporter o f t h e State o f C a l i f o r n i a , do h e r e b y
3 certify:
4 That t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o c e e d i n g s were t a k e n
5 b e f o r e me a t t h e t i m e a n d p l a c e h e r e i n s e t f o r t h ;
t h a t any w i t n e s s e s i n t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o c e e d i n g s ,
6 prior t otestifying, were d u l y sworn;, t h a t a r e c o r d
7 o f t h e proceedings was made b y me u s i n g machine
8 s h o r t h a n d w h i c h was t h e r e a f t e r t r a n s c r i b e d u n d e r my
9 direction; that the foregoing transcript i s a true
record o f the testimony given.
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12 Case, b e f o r e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s , review o f
13 the transcript [ ] was [ ] was n o t r e q u e s t e d .
I f u r t h e r c e r t i f y I am n e i t h e r financially
14 i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e a c t i o n n o r a r e l a t i v e o r employee
15 o f any a t t o r n e y o r p a r t y t o t h i s action,
16 I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have t h i s date
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EXHIBIT B
CT Corporation Service of Process
Transmittal
04/10/2017
CT Log Number 531027529
TO: Juliet Grimson
Health Net, Inc.
21650 OxnardStSte1560
Woodland Hills, CA 91367-7803
RE: Process Served in California
FOR; Health Net Of California, Inc. (Domestic State: CA)
ENCLOSED ARE COPIES OF LEGAL PROCESS RECEIVED BY THE STATUTORY AGENT OF THE ABOVE COMPANY AS FOLLOWS:
TITLE OF ACTION: Andrea Spears, Pltf. vs. Health Net of California, Inc., Dft.
DOCUMENT(S) SERVED: Letter, Complaint, Attachment(s)
COURT/AGENCY: Sacramento County - Superior Court - Sacramento, CA
Case # None Specified
NATURE OF ACTION: Employee Litigation
ON WHOM PROCESS WAS SERVED: C T Corporation System, Los Angeles, CA
DATE AND HOUR OF SERVICE: By Certified Mail on 04/10/2017 postmarked on 04/04/2017
JURISDICTION SERVED : California
APPEARANCE OR ANSWER DUE: None Specified
ArrORNEY(S) / SENbER(S): Norman B. Blumenthal
BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & BHOWMIK LLP
2255 Calle Clara
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858)551-1223
ACTION ITEMS: CT has retained the current log. Retain Date: 04/11/2017, Expected Purge Date:
04/16/2017
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Email Notification, Juliet Grimson Juliet.L.Grimson@healthnet.com
SIGNED: C T Corporation System
ADDRESS: 818 West Seventh Street
Los Angeles, CA90017
TELEPHONE: 213-337-4615
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EXHIBIT C
Case 5:16-cv-06236-BLF Document 98 Filed 03/12/20 Page 1 of 57
1 DIVERSITY LAW GROUP, P.C.
Larry W. Lee (SBN 228175)
2 Nick Rosenthal (SBN 268297)
Kristen M. Agnew (SBN 247656)
3 Max W. Gavron (SBN 291697)
515 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1250
4 Los Angeles, Califomia 90071
Telephone: (213) 488-6555
5 Facsimile: (213) 488-6554
6 POLARIS LAW GROUP LLP
William L. Marder (SBN 170131)
7 501 San Benito Street, Suite 200
Hollister, Califomia 95023
8 Telephone: (831)531-4214
Facsimile: (831)634-0333
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Attomeys for Plaintiff
10 STEPHANIE HEREDIA
11 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Jon D. Meer(SBN 144389)
12 jmeer@seyfarth.com
Michael Afar (SBN 298990)
13 mafar@seyfarth.com
2029 Century Park East, Suite 3500
14 Los Angeles, CaUfornia 90067-3021
Telephone: (310)277-7200
15 Facsimile: (310)201-5219
16 Attomeys for Defendant
EDDIE BAUER LLC
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18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
19 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
20 STEPHANIE HEREDIA, as an individual and on Case No. 5:16-cv-06236-BLF
behalf of all others similarly situated,
21 JOINT PRETRIAL STATEMENT AND
Plaintiff, ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF'S
22 REPRESENTATTVE PAGA BENCH
v. TRIAL
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EDDIE BAUER LLC, a Delaware limited liability Final Pretrial Date: March 26, 2020
24 company; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive. Time: 1:30 p.m.
Courtroom: Courtroom 3 - 5th
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26 Complaint Filed: September 28, 2016
Trial Date: April 20, 2020
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JOINT PRETRIAL STATEMENT AND ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF'S REPRESENTATIVE PAGA BENCH TRL\L
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1 1. Eddie Bauer is a global active outdoor lifestyle brand that has retail outlets throughout the
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United States, including retail stores that are located in various places throughout Califomia.
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2. From September 2012 through the present, Eddie Bauer has operated 13 stores in
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4. Eddie Bauer has a written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks," regarding
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exit inspections or bag checks. The written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks" is silent
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as to whether exit inspections or bag checks are required to be conducted on the clock or off the clock.
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,5. Eddie Bauer's written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks," states, in
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relevant part, that: "[a]ll associates must have their handbags, packages, briefcases, backpacks and other
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parcels^ inspected by a member of store management whenever they leave the store."
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6. Eddie Bauer's written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks" specifies that
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it is the employee's "responsibility to seek store management and have his/her package or personal
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items checked."
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7. As for the inspection itself, uponfindingan available manager, an employee is to open
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his/her bag for the manager to see inside, and may be asked to move items around in the bag to allow the
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manager to better see what is in the bag.
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8. The "Package/Personal Property Checks" policy is designed to reduce/prevent
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shrinkage/intemal theft.
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9. The PAGA period commences on July 5, 2015.
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10. During Plaintiffs employment with Eddie Bauer, she worked 64 total shifts.
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11. During Plaintiffs employment with Defendant, her last hourly rate of pay was $10.00.
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1. Eddie Bauer requires all of its retail employees to submit to a security inspection before
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retail PRETRIAL
employeesSTATEMENT
who carry aAND
bag ORDER
or container that could beREPRESENTATIVE
FOR PLAINTIFF'S used to conceal company merchandise
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1 Timothy J. Long (SBN 137591) Fi LEO/EI^OOeSiED Samuel S. Hyde (SBN 327065) 2 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 1201 K Street, Suite 1100 OCT 0 6 2020 3 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: 916.442.1111 By:. T. Crowther 4 Facsimile: 916.448.1709 Deputy Clerk longt@gtlaw.com 5 Rowena Santos (SBN 210185) 6 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 18565 Jamboree Road, Suite 500 7 Irvine, CA 92612 Telephone: 949.732.6500 8 Facsimile: 949.732.6501 9 Attomeys for Defendant HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 10 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 11 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 12 13 ANDREA SPEARS, an individual, on behalf Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-00210560- of herself and on behalf of all persons CU-OE-GDS (Consolidated with Case No. similarly situated. 34-2017-00216685-CU-OE-GDS) 14 Plaintiff, 15 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO 16 MOTION TO STRIKE ANDREA HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a Califomia Corporation; and Does 1 through SPEARS' REPRESENTATTVE PAGA 17 CLAIMS 50, inclusive, 18 Date: October 16, 2020 CQ Defendants. Time: 11:00 a.m. 19 Dept: 41 Judge: Hon. David De Alba 20 Complaint Filed: April 5, 2017 21 FAC Filed: June 29, 2017 22 TOMAS R. ARANA, on behalf of himself all others similarly situated. Complaint Filed: August 1,2017 23 Consolidated Complaint Filed: Dec. 21, 2017 Plaintiff, 24 v. 25 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a Califomia corporation; and DOES 1-50, 26 inclusive. 27 Defendant. 28 1 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE ANDREA SPEARS' REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS 1 I, Timothy J. Long, hereby declare as follows: 2 1. I am an attomey duly admitted to practice before the courts of the State of 3 Califomia and a shareholder in the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, attomeys of record for 4 Defendant Health Net of Califomia, Inc. ("HNCA"). I make this declaration on personal 5 knowledge and, if swom as a witness, could competently testify to the following facts except 6 where otherwise indicated. 7 2. On December 5, 2018,1 deposed Plaintiff Andrea Spears. A tme and correct copy 8 of the relevant portions of Ms. Spears' deposition transcript is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 9 3. On April 4, 2017, Ms. Spears provided notice to the Califomia Labor and 10 Workforce Development Agency of alleged violations ofthe Califomia Labor Code. A tme and 11 correct copy of the relevant portion of that notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 12 4. On March 12, 2020, the parties in Heredia v. Eddie Bauer LLC, No. 5:16-cv- 13 06236-BLF (N.D. Cal.)fileda joint pretrial statement and order. A tme and correct copy ofthe 14 relevant portion of that joint pretrial statement and order is attached hereto as Exhibit C. 15 I declare under the penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of Califomia that the 16 foregoing is tme and correct. Executed this 1st day of May, 2020, in Sacramento, Califomia. 17 18 Timothy J. Long 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE ANDREA SPEARS' REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS 1 Andrea Spears, et al. vs. Health Net ofCalifomia. Inc. Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 34-2017-00210560 2 DECLARATION OF SERVICE 3 I am a citizen of the United States, over the age of 18 years, and not a party to or 4 interested in this action. I am employed in the County of Sacramento, State of Califomia and my business address is Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 1201 K Street, Suite 1100, Sacramento, CA 95814. 5 On this day, I caused to be served the following document(s): 6 DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. LONG IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO MOTION 7 TO STRIKE ANDREA SPEARS' REPRESENTATIVE PAGA CLAIMS 8 By placing O the original | ^ a tme copy into sealed envelopes addressed and served as follows: 9 Norman Blumenthal 10 Aparajit Bhowmik Attorneys for PlaintiffAndrea Spears Piya Mukherjee 11 Victoria B. Rivapalacio BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG «& 12 BHOWMIK LLP 2255 Calle Clara 13 La Jolla, CA 92037 Email: norm@bamlawca.com 14 Telephone: (858) 551-1223 Facsimile: (858) 551-1232 15 Shaun Setareh 16 William Pao Attorneys for Plaintiff Tomas R. Arana Alex Mcintosh 17 SETAREH LAW GROUP 315 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 315 18 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Email: shaun(3),setarehlaw.com 19 william(a),setarehlaw.com alex(a),setarehlaw.com 20 Telephone: (310)888-7771 Facsimile: (310)888-0109 21 El BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: By transmitting a tme and a correct copy 22 thereof attached to the electronic email address(es) as set forth above. 23 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Califomia that the 24 foregoing is tme and correct. Executed on October 6, 2020, at Sacramento, Califomia. 25 26 Marlene Celis 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE EXHIBIT A 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 4 ANDREA SPEARS, an i n d i v i d u a l , on b e h a l f o f h e r s e l f and on b e h a l f o f a l l persons s i m i l a r l y situated. Plaintiff(s), Consolidated Case No. 34-2017-0 021056 0-CU-OE-GDS vs HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a C a l i f o r n i a Corporation, e t a l . , 10 Defendant(s). 11 12 . VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF ANDREA SPEARS 13 Sacramento, California 14 Wednesday, December 5, 2 018 15 Volume I 16 17 18 19 20 21 Reported by: 22 C a r r i e Pederson CSR No. 4373, RMR, CRR 23 J o b No. 3123366 24 25 Pages 1 - 247 Page 1 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 - COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 3 4 ANDREA SPEARS, an 5 individual, on. b e h a l f o f 6 h e r s e l f a n d on b e h a l f o f all persons similarly 7 situated, 8 Plaintiff(s), Consolidated Case No. 9 34-2017-00210560-CU-OE-GDS 10 vs 11 12 HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, 13 INC., a C a l i f o r n i a 14 Corporation, e t a l . , 15 Defendant(s). 16 17 18 Videotaped D e p o s i t i o n o f ANDREA SPEARS, 19 Volume I , t a k e n on b e h a l f o f t h e d e f e n d a n t s , a t 20 400 C a p i t o l M a l l , S u i t e 3000, Sacramento, California, 21 b e g i n n i n g a t 9:59 a.m. a n d e n d i n g a t 4:23 p.m. o n 22 Wednesday, December 5, 2018, b e f o r e C a r r i e Pederson, 23 • C e r t i f i e d Shorthand Reporter No. 4373. 24 25 Page 2 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q. I f you don't know one way o r t h e o t h e r , why 10:37:21 2 a r e you b r i n g i n g t h i s l a w s u i t ? 10:37:25 3 MS. MENHENNET: Objection. Misstates 10:37:26 4 t e s t i m o n y , and t h i s has been asked and answered t h r e e 10:37:27 5 o r f o u r times now. 10:37:29 6 BY MR. LONG: 10:37:34 7 Q. Let's go t h r o u g h i t again. You never worked 10:37:34 8 b e f o r e you c l o c k e d i n i n t h e morning? 10:37:39 9 A. No. 10:37:42 10 Q. Correct? 10:37:42 11 A. Correct. 10:37:43 12 Q. Okay. You never worked a f t e r you c l o c k e d 10:37:45 13 o u t i n t h e a f t e r n o o n -- 10:37:47 14 A. Correct. 10:37:48 15 Q. -- o r evening; correct? 10:37:49 16 A. Correct. 10:37:50 17 Q. And by c l o c k i n g o u t , do you understand me 10:37:50 18 t h a t ' s when you s i g n o f f f o r p a y r o l l purposes; 10:37:53 19 correct? 10:37:56 20 A. Correct. 10:37:56 21 .^Q^ Qkay." rSo. t h e r e wasn' t any g r ^ - s h i f t wpirk) 10:37:57 22 ,'that_you weren' t p a i d f o r ; . c o r r e c t ? ) 10:37:59 23 (A.; CorrecVT^ 10:38:01 24 ,Q.j ;And th'ejre w^^ 10:38:01 25 fyou weren' t paid" f o r ? 10:38:03 Page 3 9 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A.; ^Correct. 10:38:05 2 Q. Okay. You a r e a l l e g i n g t h a t you were n o t 10:38:08 3 a b l e t o take your r e q u i r e d meal and r e s t breaks; 10:38:11 4 correct? 5 A. Correct. 10:38:15 6 Q. Okay. Now you would agree, wouldn't you, 10:38:17 7 t h a t d u r i n g t h e t i m e t h a t you were employed by H e a l t h 10:38:19 8 Net, under company p o l i c y , you were p r o v i d e d r e s t 10:38:22 9 breaks o f a t l e a s t 15 minutes every f o u r hours o f 10:38:26 10 your s h i f t o r p o r t i o n t h e r e o f ? Correct? 10:38:30 11 A. Yeah. We were supposed t o , yes. 10:38:33 12 Q. A l l I'm s a y i n g i s t h a t ' s your u n d e r s t a n d i n g 10:38:34 13 of the p o l i c y ; correct? 10:38:37 14 A. Correct. Yes. 10:38:38 15 Q. So t h a t as a nonexempt employee, you're 10:38:39 16 p r o v i d e d w i t h a r e s t break o f 15 minutes every f o u r 10:38': 41 17 hours o f . y o u r s h i f t o r p o r t i o n t h e r e o f ; c o r r e c t ? 10:38:47 18 MS. MENHENNET: O b j e c t i o n t o t h e form o f t h e 10:38:49 19 question. 10:38:50 20 BY MR. LONG: 10:38:54 21 Q. You agree t h a t ' s t h e p o l i c y ; c o r r e c t ? 10:38:54 22 A. I t h o u g h t t h e p o l i c y was every two hours, 10:38:57 23 b u t i f i t ' s f o u r hours, t h e n yeah. 10:38:59 24 Q. Okay. So o t h e r t h a n whether i t ' s f o u r o r 10:39:04 25 two, d i d I a c c u r a t e l y s t a t e your u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e 10:39:05 Page 4 0 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 t h e s o l u t i o n s team; okay? So i s i t your t e s t i m o n y 01:31:37 2 t h a t you were n o t a l l o w e d t o t a k e your meal breaks by 01:31:45 3 t h e f i f t h hour as r e q u i r e d by law? 01:31:50 4 A. Correct. 01:31:51 5 Q: -.Who preiyented you from . t a k i n g your meal 01:31:52 6 breaks by^ t f i f t h JioUr.? 01:31:56 7 ;Aj iWork t h a t was provided- t o m e 0 1 : 3 1 : 5 8 8 .Q. ;Were you p r e v e n t e d . f r o m t a k i n g your me^ 01:32:00 9 (breaks before'^^ 'for •any - o t h e r reason?) .01:32:11 10 (A.'- •NoF'thalJT 01:32:14 11 Q. Okay. D i d any manager t e l l you, "Andrea, 01:32:20 12 you cannot t a k e your meal break by t h e f i f t h hour" o r 01:32:24 13 words t o t h a t e f f e c t ? 01:32:28 14 'A. I was 'told- th^^ finish 01:32:30 15 lading--as-.far,'a^ - f o r me t a take'^m^^ 01:32:35 16 l u n c h V: 0,1:32:3 9 17 Q.- Pkay.; ''AnC who" t o l d 01:32:40 18 !A... I d o n ' t x e c a . l l t h e per^^^ 01:32:44 19 (Q;. D i d .Alma Morefio "ever. t e l l you that?} 0 1 : 3 2 :46 20 IA. J- don ! x ^ c a l l .•; it,'wa"sT"oth"er supes\ aiid.i 01:32:51 21 'J_e^ds^_there ,^ too,^^ a'ajwel.,!,_ ; Sq;_ - - } 01:32:56 22 Q. Well, Ms. Moreno was y o u r s u p e r v i s o r , you 01:32:58 23 said. 01:33:01 24 A. Correct. 01:33:02 25 Q. Okay. 01:33:03 Page 133 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 I , t h e undersigned, a Certified Shorthand 2 Reporter o f t h e State o f C a l i f o r n i a , do h e r e b y 3 certify: 4 That t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o c e e d i n g s were t a k e n 5 b e f o r e me a t t h e t i m e a n d p l a c e h e r e i n s e t f o r t h ; t h a t any w i t n e s s e s i n t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o c e e d i n g s , 6 prior t otestifying, were d u l y sworn;, t h a t a r e c o r d 7 o f t h e proceedings was made b y me u s i n g machine 8 s h o r t h a n d w h i c h was t h e r e a f t e r t r a n s c r i b e d u n d e r my 9 direction; that the foregoing transcript i s a true record o f the testimony given. 10 Further, that i f the foregoing pertains t o 11 t h e o r i g i n a l t r a n s c r i p t o f a d e p o s i t i o n i n a Federal 12 Case, b e f o r e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e p r o c e e d i n g s , review o f 13 the transcript [ ] was [ ] was n o t r e q u e s t e d . I f u r t h e r c e r t i f y I am n e i t h e r financially 14 i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e a c t i o n n o r a r e l a t i v e o r employee 15 o f any a t t o r n e y o r p a r t y t o t h i s action, 16 I N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have t h i s date 17 s u b s c r i b e d my name 18 19 D a t e d : December 7, 2018 20 21 22 23 24 CARRIE PEDERSON 25 CSR No. 4373 ' Page 247 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 EXHIBIT B CT Corporation Service of Process Transmittal 04/10/2017 CT Log Number 531027529 TO: Juliet Grimson Health Net, Inc. 21650 OxnardStSte1560 Woodland Hills, CA 91367-7803 RE: Process Served in California FOR; Health Net Of California, Inc. (Domestic State: CA) ENCLOSED ARE COPIES OF LEGAL PROCESS RECEIVED BY THE STATUTORY AGENT OF THE ABOVE COMPANY AS FOLLOWS: TITLE OF ACTION: Andrea Spears, Pltf. vs. Health Net of California, Inc., Dft. DOCUMENT(S) SERVED: Letter, Complaint, Attachment(s) COURT/AGENCY: Sacramento County - Superior Court - Sacramento, CA Case # None Specified NATURE OF ACTION: Employee Litigation ON WHOM PROCESS WAS SERVED: C T Corporation System, Los Angeles, CA DATE AND HOUR OF SERVICE: By Certified Mail on 04/10/2017 postmarked on 04/04/2017 JURISDICTION SERVED : California APPEARANCE OR ANSWER DUE: None Specified ArrORNEY(S) / SENbER(S): Norman B. Blumenthal BLUMENTHAL, NORDREHAUG & BHOWMIK LLP 2255 Calle Clara La Jolla, CA 92037 (858)551-1223 ACTION ITEMS: CT has retained the current log. Retain Date: 04/11/2017, Expected Purge Date: 04/16/2017 Image SOP Email Notification, Juliet Grimson Juliet.L.Grimson@healthnet.com SIGNED: C T Corporation System ADDRESS: 818 West Seventh Street Los Angeles, CA90017 TELEPHONE: 213-337-4615 Page 1 of 1 / MB Information displayed on this transmittal is for CT Cofporation's record liiiid 16 17 18 19 20 21 "22 23 24 25 26 27 28 EXHIBIT C Case 5:16-cv-06236-BLF Document 98 Filed 03/12/20 Page 1 of 57 1 DIVERSITY LAW GROUP, P.C. Larry W. Lee (SBN 228175) 2 Nick Rosenthal (SBN 268297) Kristen M. Agnew (SBN 247656) 3 Max W. Gavron (SBN 291697) 515 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1250 4 Los Angeles, Califomia 90071 Telephone: (213) 488-6555 5 Facsimile: (213) 488-6554 6 POLARIS LAW GROUP LLP William L. Marder (SBN 170131) 7 501 San Benito Street, Suite 200 Hollister, Califomia 95023 8 Telephone: (831)531-4214 Facsimile: (831)634-0333 9 Attomeys for Plaintiff 10 STEPHANIE HEREDIA 11 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Jon D. Meer(SBN 144389) 12 jmeer@seyfarth.com Michael Afar (SBN 298990) 13 mafar@seyfarth.com 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3500 14 Los Angeles, CaUfornia 90067-3021 Telephone: (310)277-7200 15 Facsimile: (310)201-5219 16 Attomeys for Defendant EDDIE BAUER LLC 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 19 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 20 STEPHANIE HEREDIA, as an individual and on Case No. 5:16-cv-06236-BLF behalf of all others similarly situated, 21 JOINT PRETRIAL STATEMENT AND Plaintiff, ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF'S 22 REPRESENTATTVE PAGA BENCH v. TRIAL 23 EDDIE BAUER LLC, a Delaware limited liability Final Pretrial Date: March 26, 2020 24 company; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive. Time: 1:30 p.m. Courtroom: Courtroom 3 - 5th 25 Defendant. Floor 26 Complaint Filed: September 28, 2016 Trial Date: April 20, 2020 27 28 JOINT PRETRIAL STATEMENT AND ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF'S REPRESENTATIVE PAGA BENCH TRL\L 62473877V. 1 Case 5:16-cv-06236-BLF Document 98 Filed 03/12/20 Page 6 of 57 I I I 1 1. Eddie Bauer is a global active outdoor lifestyle brand that has retail outlets throughout the 2 I United States, including retail stores that are located in various places throughout Califomia. 3 2. From September 2012 through the present, Eddie Bauer has operated 13 stores in 4 Califomia. I 5 i 6 3. Plaintiff worked for Eddie Bauer as a sales associatefromon or about November 15, j 7 2013, to on or about March 26, 2016. 8 4. Eddie Bauer has a written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks," regarding 9 exit inspections or bag checks. The written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks" is silent 10 as to whether exit inspections or bag checks are required to be conducted on the clock or off the clock. 11 ,5. Eddie Bauer's written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks," states, in 12 relevant part, that: "[a]ll associates must have their handbags, packages, briefcases, backpacks and other 13 parcels^ inspected by a member of store management whenever they leave the store." 14 6. Eddie Bauer's written policy entitled "Package/Personal Property Checks" specifies that 15 it is the employee's "responsibility to seek store management and have his/her package or personal 16 items checked." 17 7. As for the inspection itself, uponfindingan available manager, an employee is to open 18 his/her bag for the manager to see inside, and may be asked to move items around in the bag to allow the 19 manager to better see what is in the bag. 20 8. The "Package/Personal Property Checks" policy is designed to reduce/prevent 21 shrinkage/intemal theft. 22 9. The PAGA period commences on July 5, 2015. 23 10. During Plaintiffs employment with Eddie Bauer, she worked 64 total shifts. 24 11. During Plaintiffs employment with Defendant, her last hourly rate of pay was $10.00. 25 B. Disputed Facts 26 1. Eddie Bauer requires all of its retail employees to submit to a security inspection before 27 exiting the store at the end of a shift, regardless of whether they have a bag or not. 28 2. This security inspection is known as "Personal Property Inspection Policy," and applies to allJOINT retail PRETRIAL employeesSTATEMENT who carry aAND bag ORDER or container that could beREPRESENTATIVE FOR PLAINTIFF'S used to conceal company merchandise PAGA BENCH TRIAL 62473877V. 1 5