IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA
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`Laura Lee Peterson, et al. v. Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc., et al.
`Case No. 3:12-cv-00090-TMB-MMS
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`ORDER FROM CHAMBERS
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`THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY M. BURGESS
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`By:
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`PROCEEDINGS:
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`Before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Status Report and Stipulation seeking to stay all scheduled
`deadlines and hearings in this matter (“Joint Stipulation).1 For the following reasons, the Court
`GRANTS in part the Joint Stipulation and STAYS the deadlines and hearings scheduled in this
`matter for 60 days. In light of the stay, the Court DENIES Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate2
`without prejudice. The Parties are ORDERED to submit a status report 30 days from the date of
`this order.
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`In the Joint Stipulation, the Parties report that on May 4–5, 2021, they engaged in a mediation and
`“reached a settlement in principle on behalf of all Rule 23 Class Members and FLSA Collective
`Action Members.”3 The Parties report this settlement “will resolve all claims pending before the
`Court” and that they are “working expeditiously to prepare a long-form Class Settlement
`Agreement.4 The Parties ask that the scheduled deadlines and hearings in this case “be held in
`abeyance while the Parties negotiate and draft the Class Settlement Agreement and seek
`preliminary and final approval of the class settlement.”5
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`Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS in part the request in the Joint Stipulation and stays
`the deadlines and hearings in this matter for 60 days. The Parties are ORDERED to submit a
`status report 30 days from the date of this order. In light of the stay of deadlines, the Court
`DENIES Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate at Docket 450 without prejudice.
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`Because the scheduled deadlines and hearings in this matter will be stayed for 60 days, the
`October 4, 2021 trial date remains the same.6
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Entered at the direction of the Honorable Timothy M. Burgess, United States District Judge.
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`DATE: May 21, 2021.
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`1 Dkts. 469; 469-1 (Proposed Order).
`2 Dkt. 450 (Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate).
`3 Dkt. 469 at 1.
`4 Id.
`5 Id. at 2.
`6 See Dkts. 396 at 2 (Scheduling Order); 443 (Minute Entry).
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`Case 3:12-cv-00090-TMB-MMS Document 470 Filed 05/21/21 Page 1 of 1
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