Free Motion to Amend/Correct - District Court of California - California

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BLUMENTHAL & NORDREHAUG Norman B. Blumenthal (State Bar #068687) Kyle R. Nordrehaug (State Bar #205975) Aparajit Bhowmik (State Bar #248066) 2255 Calle Clara La Jolla, CA 92037 Telephone: (858)551-1223 Facsimile: (858) 551-1232 UNITED EMPLOYEES LAW GROUP Walter Haines, Esq. (State Bar #71075) 65 Pine Ave, #312 Long Beach, CA 90802 Telephone: (562) 256-1047 Facsimile: (562) 256-1006 Attorneys for Plaintiff

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Thomas R. Kaufman (State Bar #177936) Jyan Ferng (State Bar #209249) Los Angeles, California 90067-3063 Telephone: (310) 277-7200 Facsimile: (310) 201-5219 Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER PASQUALE, an individual, on behalf CASE No. 08 CV -785 - JLS (NLS) of himself, and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, JOINT MOTION FOR AN ORDER TO ALLOW PLAINTIFF TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Plaintiffs, vs. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., a California Corporation, and Does 1 to 10, Judge: Honorable Janis L. Sammartino Courtroom: 6, 3rd Floor Magistrate Judge: Honorable Nita L. Stormes Courtroom: F, 1st Floor

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff Peter Pasquale filed suit against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. on April 29, 2008; WHEREAS, Plaintiff Peter Pasquale filed a first amended complaint ("FAC") on June 19, 2008 to add allegations pursuant to the Private Attorney General Act of 2004, Cal. Labor Code § 2699, et seq. ("PAGA") allegations on June 19, 2008 [Docket No. 6]; WHEREAS, Plaintiff seeks to name the proper Defendant, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc., refine the factual allegations of the FAC, and add Plaintiff Sonia Gerberding as an additional class representative; WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Defendant is not waiving any arguments or defenses it may have to the claims made in the action, including but not limited to the statute of limitations, or Defendant's arguments that the claims stated do not "relate back" for putative class members outside the originally proposed class NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant, through their respective counsel of record, jointly move and request that: 1. The order, e-mailed to Judge Sammartino pursuant to Section 2(h) of the Electronic

Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, be entered to allow Plaintiff to file the Second Amended Complaint (the "SAC") attached hereto as Exhibit #1, as the operative complaint. Dated: August 4, 2008 BLUMENTHAL & NORDREHAUG By:___s/Aparajit Bhowmik________ Aparajit Bhowmik Dated: August 4, 2008 SEYFARTH & SHAW By:___s/Jyan Ferng______________ Jyan Ferng

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