Flores v. Point Pickup Technologies, Inc. ( 2022 )

Carolyn Hunt Cottrell (SBN 166977) 1 Ori Edelstein (SBN 268145) Eugene Zinovyev (SBN 267245) 2 Andrew Weaver (SBN 318935) Philippe M. Gaudard (SBN 331744) 3 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL KONECKY LLP 4 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400 Emeryville, California 94608 5 Tel: (415) 421-7100; Fax: (415) 421-7105 ccottrell@schneiderwallace.com 6 oedelstein@schneiderwallace.com ezinovyev@schneiderwallace.com 7 aweaver@schneiderwallace.com pgaudard@schneiderwallace.com 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff, on behalf of the putative Class 9 [Additional Counsel Listed Next Page] 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 Case No. 22-cv-00193-JLT-SKO 14 JEAN FLORES, on behalf of the Class and Class Members, JOINT STIPULATION TO DISMISS 15 DEFENDANT POINT PICKUP ENTERPRISES Plaintiff, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 16 vs. 17 POINT PICKUP TECHNOLOGIES, 18 INC., POINT PICKUP ENTERPRISES, INC. 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Cary G. Palmer (SBN 186601) 1 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 2 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600 Sacramento, California 95814 3 Telephone: (916) 341-0404 Facsimile: (916) 341-0141 4 E-mail: Cary.Palmer@jacksonlewis.com 5 Jamielee F. Martinez (SBN 303927) 6 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 333 West San Carlos St., Suite 1625 7 San Jose, California 95110 Telephone: (408) 579-0404 8 Facsimile: (408) 454-0290 E-mail: Jamie.Martinez@jacksonlewis.com 9 10 Attorney for Defendants POINT PICKUP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 and POINT PICKUP ENTERPRISES, INC. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and consistent with Pedrina 2 v. Han Kuk Chun, 987 F.2d 608, 609 (9th Cir. 1993), Plaintiff JEAN FLORES, on behalf of herself 3 and Class members (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants POINT PICKUP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and 4 POINT PICKUP ENTERPRISES, INC., by and through their counsel of record herein, stipulate and 5 agree to dismiss, without prejudice, POINT PICKUP ENTERPRISES, INC, from this action as 6 follows: 7 WHEREAS, on February 15, 2022, Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint against 8 Defendants alleging violations of the (1) Failure to Properly Compensate for Rest and Recover 9 Periods; (2) failure to pay for all hours worked; (3) failure to pay minimum wage; (4) failure to pay 10 overtime wages; (5) failure to pay all gratuities; (6) intentional interference with advantageous 11 relations; (7) conversion; (8) unjust enrichment; (9) failure to authorize meal and rest periods; (10) 12 failure to reimburse business expenditures; (11) failure to provide timely and accurate itemized wage 13 statements; and (12) unlawful business practices; 14 WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred regarding the propriety of Point Pickup 15 Enterprises, Inc. as named defendants in this action with Defendant Point Pickup Enterprises objecting 16 to this Court’s personal jurisdiction on the basis that it has never done business nor had any employees 17 in California; 18 WHEREAS, by entering into this Stipulation, Plaintiff does not in any way acknowledge the 19 accuracy or truthfulness of Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc.’s objections or representations herein; 20 WHEREAS, by entering into this Stipulation, Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. does not in any 21 way acknowledge the accuracy or truthfulness of Plaintiff’s representations as alleged herein or in the 22 Complaint and maintains its objection to the Court’s jurisdiction over the company; 23 WHEREAS, in light of Defendants’ representations Plaintiff has agreed to dismiss Point 24 Pickup Enterprises, Inc. from this action, without prejudice; 25 WHEREAS, Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. are not providing direct or indirect consideration 26 for their dismissal; 27 WHEREAS, the Parties seek to dismiss only Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. from this action, 1 WHEREAS, if Plaintiff determines through discovery that dismissed Defendant Point Pickup 2 Enterprises, Inc. should be made a party to this case, Plaintiff may file a motion to amend the 3 complaint; 4 WHEREAS, if Plaintiff successfully moves to add dismissed Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. 5 as a party to this case, Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. agrees that the claims of Plaintiff and any non- 6 exempt hourly employees of Point Pick up Enterprises shall relate back to the filing of the original 7 complaint in this case and be deemed filed as of the original filing date; 8 WHEREAS, Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. and Plaintiff agree that each shall bear their own 9 fees and costs. 10 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby 11 stipulate and agree to the following: 12 1. Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. shall be dismissed from this action, without prejudice, 13 subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Stipulation. 14 15 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 16 Respectfully Submitted, 17 Date: April 21, 2022 18 /s/ Eugene Zinovyev Carolyn H. Cottrell 19 Ori Edelstein Eugene Zinovyev 20 Andrew D. Weaver Philippe M. Gaudard 21 SCHNEIDER WALLACE 22 COTTRELL KONECKY LLP 23 Attorneys for Plaintiff, on behalf of the putative Class 24 25 26 27 1 2 3 Dated: April 21, 2022 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 4 5 6 By: /s/ Cary G. Palmer 7 (as authorized on April 20, 2022, L.R. 131(e)) Cary G. Palmer 8 Jamielee F. Martinez Attorneys for Defendants, 9 POINT PICKUP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and POINT PICKUP ENTERPRISES, INC. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 ORDER 2 Pursuant to the Parties’ Joint Stipulation to Dismiss Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. Without 3 | Prejudice, and for good cause shown, Defendant Point Pickup Enterprises, Inc. is hereby DISMISSED 4 | WITHOUT PREJUDICE from the above-entitled action. The case shall remain open. 5 | ITIS SO ORDERED. ©) Dated: _ April 21, 2022 Charis [Tourn 7 TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28