Amans v. Tesla, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California·Decided May 2, 2023·No. 3:21-cv-03577·Unknown

Opinion

Eve-Lynn Rapp (SBN 342892) David C. Marcus (SBN 158704) erapp@edelson.com david.marcus@wilmerhale.com Edelson PC Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 2101 Pearl Street 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2400 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Los Angeles, California 90071 Tel: 720.741.0076 Tel.: (213) 443-5312 Fax: 720.741.0081 Allison Bingxue Que (SBN 324044) Justin T. Berger (SBN 250346) allison.que@wilmerhale.com jberger@cpmlegal.com Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Saravenaz “Nazy” J. Fahimi (SBN 226148) 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400 sfahimi@cpmlegal.com Palo Alto, California 94306 Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP Tel.: (650) 858-6000 San Francisco Airport Office Center 840 Malcolm Road Alan Schoenfeld (pro hac vice) Burlingame, CA 94010 alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com Telephone: (650) 697-6000 Ryan Chabot (pro hac vice) Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 ryan.chabot@wilmerhale.com Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Peter A. Muhic (pro hac vice) 7 World Trade Center pm@millerlawpc.com 250 Greenwich Street The Miller Law Firm, P.C. New York, New York 10007 950 W. University Dr., Suite 300 Tel.: (212) 937-7294 Rochester, MI 48307 Tel: 248-841-2200 Attorneys for Defendant Tesla, Inc. Facsimile: 248.652.2852 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW AMANS and BABEK MALEK, Case No. 3:21-cv-03577-VC individually and on behalf of all similarly situated individuals, NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT IN Plaintiffs, STIPULATION TO STAY CASE PENDING FILING OF MOTION FOR v. PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT TESLA, INC., a Delaware corporation, AGREEMENT

Defendant. Hon. Vince Chhabria Plaintiffs Matthew Amans and Babek Malek and Defendant Tesla, Inc. (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, respectfully provide notice to the Court that the Parties have reached an agreement in principle to resolve the above-captioned matter on a class-wide basis. Therefore, pursuant to the Civil Local Rules and Your Honor’s Standing Orders, the Parties respectfully move the Court to stay all deadlines in this case pending preliminary and final approval of the forthcoming settlement. In support of the joint motion, the Parties state as follows: 1. Following over a year of discussions and the engagement of mediator Robert A. Meyer, Esq. of JAMS, the Parties have reached an agreement in principle to resolve this litigation on a class-wide basis that will provide meaningful relief to the class. 2. Because the Parties are now working diligently to draft, finalize, and execute a written settlement agreement reflecting that agreement, the Parties respectfully request that the Court stay all case deadlines pending preliminary and final approval of the forthcoming settlement. This includes Plaintiffs’ May 8, 2023 deadline to move for class certification, and the related class certification briefing deadlines. (See generally, Dkt. 87.) 3. Plaintiffs anticipate that they will move for preliminary approval of the forthcoming settlement agreement no later than June 12, 2023. 4. The relief requested herein will not unduly delay this case or prejudice any party, nor is it made for any improper purpose. Rather, the request is made jointly by the Parties and in a timely manner. For this reason, good cause exists to grant the requested stay. See Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259 (9th Cir. 2010) (“requests for extensions of time made before the applicable deadline has passed should ‘normally . . . be granted in the absence of bad faith on the part of the party seeking relief or prejudice to the adverse party.’”) (quoting 4B Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1165 (3d ed. 2004)). WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully and jointly request that the Court enter an order (i) staying the current case schedule and all related deadlines and (ii) setting the deadline for Plaintiffs to move for preliminary approval of the forthcoming class action settlement on June 12, 2023. Dated: May 1, 2023 Dated: May 1, 2023

/s/ Eve-Lynn J. Rapp /s/ Alan Schoenfeld

Eve-Lynn Rapp (SBN 342892) David C. Marcus (SBN 158704) erapp@edelson.com david.marcus@wilmerhale.com Edelson PC Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 2101 Pearl Street 350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2400 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Los Angeles, California 90071 Tel: 720.741.0076 Tel.: (213) 443-5312 Fax: 720.741.0081

Rafey S. Balabanian (SBN 315962) Allison Bingxue Que (SBN 324044) rbalabanian@edelson.com allison.que@wilmerhale.com J. Aaron Lawson (SBN 319306) Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP alawson@edelson.com 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400 Yaman Salahi SBN 288752) Palo Alto, California 94306 ysalahi@edelson.com Tel.: (650) 858-6000 Edelson PC 150 California Street, 18th Floor Alan Schoenfeld (pro hac vice) San Francisco, California 94111 alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com Tel: 415.212.9300 Ryan Chabot (pro hac vice) Fax: 415.373.9435 ryan.chabot@wilmerhale.com Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Justin T. Berger (SBN 250346) 7 World Trade Center jberger@cpmlegal.com 250 Greenwich Street Saravenaz “Nazy” J. Fahimi (SBN 226148) New York, New York 10007 sfahimi@cpmlegal.com Tel.: (212) 937-7294 Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP San Francisco Airport Office Center Attorneys for Defendant Tesla, Inc. 840 Malcolm Road Burlingame, CA 94010 Telephone: (650) 697-6000 Facsimile: (650) 697-0577

Peter A. Muhic (pro hac vice) pm@millerlawpc.com The Miller Law Firm, P.C. 950 W. University Dr., Suite 300 Rochester, MI 48307 Tel: 248-841-2200 Facsimile: 248.652.2852 Attorneys for Plaintiffs ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(h)(3) I, Eve-Lynn Rapp, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 1st day of May, 2023 at Boulder, Colorado. /s/ Eve-Lynn J. Rapp 1 {PROPOSED} ORDER 2 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 3 The case is hereby stayed. Plaintiffs’ deadline to file their motion for preliminary approval 4 is June 12, 2023. 5 6 DATED: May 2, 2023 7

The Honorable Vince Chhabria 9 United States District Court Judge 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ® _4-

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