O’SEAN HEAD, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v....

1 Jonah D. Mitchell (SBN: 203511) Quynh La (SBN: 341162) REED SMITH LLP Second Street Suite 1800 San Francisco, CA 94105-3659 Telephone: 415-543-8700 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Samuel N. Rudman (pro hac vice) John C. Calhoun (pro hac vice) CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP Two International Place Boston, MA 02110 Telephone: 617-248-4034 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA O’SEAN HEAD, individually and on behalf Case No. 3:25-cv-05542-CRB of others similarly situated, 16 JOINT STATUS REPORT, Plaintiff, STIPULATION, AND PROPOSED ORDER 17 FOR STAY vs. 18 Date: January 12, 2026 UNDERDOG SPORTS, LLC d/b/a UNDERDOG FANTASY, AND DOES 1- Complaint Filed: July 1, 2025 10, 20 Judge Charles R. Breyer Defendants.

1 Pursuant to the Court’s December 16, 2025 Order (ECF 48) and Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiff O’Sean Head (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, respectfully submit this joint status report, stipulation, and proposed order. In light of continued progress in settlement negotiations, the Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request that the Court order, a stay of proceedings for an additional thirty (30) days to allow the Parties to finalize a settlement.

8 WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his Complaint (ECF 1) on July 1, 2025; 9 WHEREAS, Defendant is also the defendant in a separate putative class action in the Eastern District of New York, Ballentine v. Underdog Sports, LLC, No. 1:25-cv-01106-NRM-MMH (E.D.N.Y.); 12 WHEREAS, on December 12, 2025, the Parties stipulated to (ECF 47) and on December 16 the Court ordered (ECF 48) a stay of proceedings in this action for thirty (30) days to allow the parties to finalize settlement negotiations to resolve both this action and the Ballentine action, which had also been stayed; 16 WHEREAS, the Court ordered the parties to submit a joint status report by January 12, 2026 (ECF 48); 18 WHEREAS, since the stay was entered, the Parties have continued to negotiate; 19 WHEREAS, since the stay was entered, the Parties have made substantial progress in settlement negotiations; 21 WHEREAS, the Ballentine action has been stayed for an additional thirty (30) days to allow the parties to continue negotiations (Ballentine January 5, 2026 Order); 23 WHEREAS, an additional stay of thirty (30) days in this action may allow the Parties to finalize settlement terms, avoid potentially unnecessary further litigation, and conserve judicial resources; 25 WHEREAS, courts in this District regularly stay cases to allow parties to finalize settlement negotiations, see, e.g., Juarez v. Soc. Fin., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215027, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2021), or in light of “advanced settlement negotiations” in separate related actions, see, e.g., In re JPMorgan Chase LPI Hazard Litig., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103007, at *14 (N.D. Cal. July 23, 2013); and 3 WHEREAS, the Parties affirm that no party will be prejudiced by this stipulation, nor will the requested stay unduly delay the case; 5 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request the Court order, a stay of proceedings for thirty (30) days. On or before February 11, 2026, the Parties agree to submit a joint status report regarding settlement status.

9 IT IS SO STIPULATED.

1 Respectfully submitted, Dated: January 12, 2026 By: /s/ Wesley M. Griffith________ Wesley M. Griffith, SBN 286390 3 ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC W. Ocean Blvd, Suite 426 Long Beach, CA 90802 5 Telephone: 310-896-5813 E-mail: [email protected] Margot Cutter, SBN 306789 7 Charles Blake Stevens CUTTER LAW P.C.

401 Watt Avenue 9 Sacramento, CA 95864 Telephone: 916-290-9400 10 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail:[email protected] 12 F. Peter Silva II, SBN 348070 TYCKO & ZAVAREEI LLP 13 333 H Street, Suite 5000 Chula Vista, CA 91911 14 Telephone: 510-588-5299 E-mail: [email protected] 16 Katherine M. Aizpuru (pro hac vice) Robert M. Devling (pro hac vice) 17 TYCKO & ZAVAREEI LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1010 18 Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Telephone: 202-973-0900 E-mail: [email protected] 20 E-mail: [email protected] 21 James Bisborrow (pro hac vice) WEITZ & LUXENBERG PC 22 700 Broadway New York, NY 10003 Telephone: 212-344-5461 24 E-mail: [email protected] 25 Michael Piggins, pro hac vice to be filed WEITZ & LUXENBERG PC 26 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Fl. 24 Detroit, MI 48202 Telephone: 231-366-3108 E-mail: [email protected] Christopher Nienhaus (pro hac vice) 2 ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC W. Webster Ave Chicago, IL 60614 4 Telephone: 708-529-5418 E-mail: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff and the Proposed Class Dated: January 12, 2026 9 By: /s/ Jonah D. Mitchell ________ Jonah D. Mitchell (SBN: 203511) 10 Quynh La (SBN: 341162) REED SMITH LLP 11 101 Second Street Suite 1800 12 San Francisco, CA 94105-3659 Telephone: 415-543-8700 13 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Samuel N. Rudman (pro hac vice) 15 John C. Calhoun, (pro hac vice) CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP 16 Two International Place Boston, MA 02110 17 Telephone: 617-248-4034 Email: [email protected] 18 E-mail: [email protected] 19 Attorneys for Defendant Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy

1 ORDER 2! PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. ; DATED: January _14 , 2026 ofa Hon. Charles D. Breyer 6 United States District Judge 1] > A 14 #15 _6—