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Joint Motion for Extension of Time — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 413, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

Filed February 7, 2025 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation; one of 1415 filings from this case.

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Filed2025-02-07

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 413 · 2025-02-07 · Docket on CourtListener

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JOINT MTN TO EXTEND TIME RE: EXPERT DISCLOSURES & PRETRIAL MOTIONS 
Case No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
 
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JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) 
jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 
BRIAN DANITZ (SBN 247403) 
bdanitz@cpmlegal.com 
KARIN B. SWOPE (Pro Hac Vice) 
kswope@cpmlegal.com 
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 
Burlingame, CA 94010 
Telephone: (650) 697-6000 
Fax: (650) 697-0577 
 
MICHAEL RUBIN (SBN 80618) 
mrubin@altber.com 
STACEY M. LEYTON (SBN 203827) 
sleyton@altber.com 
CONNIE K. CHAN (SBN 284230) 
cchan@altber.com 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
177 Post Street, Suite 300 
San Francisco, CA 94108 
Telephone: (415) 421-7151 
Fax: (415) 362-8064 
 
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the 
Proposed Class 
JAMES W. McGARRY (pro hac vice) 
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
MICHELLE T. BRIGGS (pro hac vice) 
MBriggs@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA 02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
 
 
 
SABRINA M. ROSE-SMITH  
(pro hac vice) 
SRoseSmith@goodwinlaw.com 
MATTHEW L. RIFFEE (pro hac vice) 
MRiffee@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
1900 N Street NW 
Washington, DC 20036 
Tel.: +1 202 346 4000 
Fax: +1 202 346 4444 
 
 
Attorneys for Defendant 
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATION 
Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
 
JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND  
TIME RE: EXPERT DISCLOSURES 
AND PRETRIAL MOTIONS 
 
This Document Relates to All Actions 
  
Judge:   Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 
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JOINT MTN TO EXTEND TIME RE: EXPERT DISCLOSURES & PRETRIAL MOTIONS
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Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(b) and 16(b)(4), Civil Local 
Rule 7.2, and this Court’s Civil Chambers Rules and Civil Pretrial and Trial 
Procedures, Plaintiffs and Defendant Bank of America, N.A. (the “parties”) jointly 
request that the schedule be extended as set forth in the parties’ proposed modified 
case schedule below. 
The Parties believe that good cause exists to grant the parties’ joint request.   
Pursuant to the December 24, 2024 Order Modifying Case Schedule (Dkt. No. 401), 
on January 27, 2025, the Parties exchanged summary expert designations. Plaintiffs 
subsequently learned of the availability of an additional expert, Prof. Chloe East of 
the University of Colorado, a labor economist whom Plaintiffs would like to 
designate as an expert for their case-in-chief.  
On February 3, 2025, the parties met and conferred and Plaintiffs informed 
Defendant that they wished to disclose Prof. East.  Plaintiffs served Defendant with 
a Supplemental Expert Designation for Prof. East that same day.  On February 6, 
2025, Defendant stated it would not contest Plaintiffs’ designation of Prof. East on 
timeliness grounds provided the Parties jointly request a 14-day extension of existing 
expert and pretrial motion deadlines to allow sufficient time to locate or identify 
additional experts and prepare reports. 
Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that the Court extend the expert 
and pretrial motion deadlines as follows: 
Event
Current Date
Proposed Date
Expert Designation 
January 27, 2025 
February 10, 2025 
Rebuttal Expert Designation  
February 3, 2025  
February 17, 2025  
Expert Disclosures 
February 18, 2025 
March 4, 2025 
Rebuttal Expert Disclosures  
March 14, 2025  
March 28, 2025  
Expert Discovery Cutoff 
April 11, 2025 
April 25, 2025 
Pretrial Motions Cutoff 
May 14, 2025 
May 28, 2025 
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Respectfully submitted, 
Dated:  February 7, 2025  
 
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 
 
By:  /s/ Brian Danitz 
 
 
 
JOSEPH W. COTCHETT  
BRIAN DANITZ  
KARIN B. SWOPE  
BLAIR V. KITTLE 
VASTI S. MONTIEL 
 
Dated:  February 7, 2025 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
 
By:  /s/ Michael Rubin  
 
 
MICHAEL RUBIN  
STACEY M. LEYTON  
CONNIE K. CHAN 
KATHERINE G. BASS 
COLIN C. JONES 
 
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the 
Proposed Class 
 
Dated:  February 7, 2025 
 
By:   /s/ Matthew L. Riffee 
 
 
MATTHEW L. RIFFEE (pro hac vice) 
MRiffee@goodwinlaw.com 
SABRINA M. ROSE-SMITH  
(pro hac vice) 
SRoseSmith@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
1900 N Street NW 
Washington, DC 20036 
Tel.: +1 202 346 4000 
Fax: +1 202 346 4444 
 
JAMES McGARRY (pro hac vice) 
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
MICHELLE T. BRIGGS (pro hac vice) 
MBriggs@goodwinlaw.com 
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GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA 02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
 
YVONNE W. CHAN (pro hac vice) 
YChan@jonesday.com 
JONES DAY 
100 High Street 
Boston, MA 02210 
Tel.: +1 617 960 3939 
Fax: +1 617 449 6999 
 
Counsel for Defendant  
Bank of America, N.A. 
 
 
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SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION 
Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of this Court’s Electronic Case Filing 
Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual, I, Brian Danitz, hereby certify 
that the content of this document is acceptable to all the signatories herein and that 
I have obtained counsel’s authorization to affix their electronic signatures to this 
document. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Brian Danitz 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
BRIAN DANITZ 
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