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Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion and Daubert Motion to Exclude Certain Testimony of Victor Stango
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Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion and Daubert Motion to Exclude Certain Testimony of Victor Stango, filed 10/17/25 as Document 571 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation, Case No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB in the Southern District of California, set for hearing on April 17, 2026 before Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel. Plaintiffs ask the Court to exclude listed paragraphs of the Expert Report of Victor Stango and any testimony based on them under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. They argue the challenged testimony offers a legal conclusion contrary to Ninth Circuit precedent and to the Court's class certification ruling, and is not supported by the sources Stango cites.
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“Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion and Daubert Motion to Exclude Certain Testimony of Victor Stango.”
Original at ecf.casd.uscourts.gov, No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB, Doc. 571. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/full-docket-bofa-ca-unemployment-casd-709615/2025-10-17-gov-uscourts-casd-709615-571-0-gov-uscourts-casd-709615-571-0/
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Case 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB Document 571 Filed 10/17/25 PageID.34421 Page
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1 JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) MICHAEL RUBIN (SBN 80618)
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jcotchett@cpmlegal.com mrubin@altber.com
BRIAN DANITZ (SBN 247403) STACEY M. LEYTON (SBN 203827)
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4 KARIN B. SWOPE (Pro Hac Vice) CONNIE K. CHAN (SBN 284230)
kswope@cpmlegal.com cchan@altber.com
5 VASTI S. MONTIEL (SBN 346409) JAMES BALTZER (SBN 332232)
6 vmontiel@cpmlegal.com jbaltzer@altber.com
CAROLINE A. YUEN (SBN 354388) ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
7 cyuen@cpmlegal.com 177 Post Street, Suite 300
8 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP San Francisco, CA 94108
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 Telephone: (415) 421-7151
9 Burlingame, CA 94010 Fax: (415) 362-8064
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Fax: (650) 697-0577
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Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Class
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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16 IN RE BANK OF AMERICA Case No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT
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BENEFITS LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF
18 MOTION AND DAUBERT
MOTION TO EXCLUDE
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CERTAIN TESTIMONY OF
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This document relates to All Actions Judge: Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel
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Time: 1:30 pm
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PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND DAUBERT MOTION TO Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB
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1 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION
2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 17, 2025 at 1:30 pm, in Courtroom 2D,
3 2nd Floor, of the United States Courthouse located at 333 West Broadway, San Diego,
4 CA 92101, Plaintiffs will and hereby do move this Court for an Order excluding
5 paragraphs 31-35, 71-74, 82-83, 85-86, 89-90, 95-96 of the April 4, 2025Expert
6 Report of Victor Stango and any testimony based on those paragraphs.
7 The motion is made on the ground that the testimony identified above does not
8 meet the requirements of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 under Daubert v. Merrell Dow
9 Pharm, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). As explained in the attached memorandum of
10 points and authorities, the challenged testimony does not draw upon any economic or
11 financial expertise but instead impermissibly offers a legal conclusion that is contrary
12 both to Ninth Circuit precedent and to this Court’s ruling on class certification.
13 Further, the challenged testimony is not supported by the sources Dr. Stango cites and
14 is not based on a reliable application of reliable principles to the facts of this case.
15 Plaintiffs’ motion is based upon this notice of motion, the accompanying
16 memorandum of points and authorities, the supporting declaration of James Baltzer
17 and all exhibits thereto, any reply memorandum or other memorandum Plaintiffs may
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20 Respectfully submitted,
21 Dated: October 17, 2025 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP
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By: /s/ Brian Danitz
23 JOSEPH W. COTCHETT
24 BRIAN DANITZ
KARIN B. SWOPE
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1 Dated: October 17, 2025 ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 I hereby certify that I electronically filed the foregoing with the clerk of the
3 court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California by
4 using the CM/ECF system on October 17, 2025. I further certify that all participants in
5 the case are registered CM/ECF users and that service will be accomplished by the
6 CM/ECF system. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
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9 Executed: October 17, 2025 /s/ Brian Danitz
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