1 Jonah D. Mitchell (SBN: 203511) Quynh La (SBN: 341162) 2 REED SMITH LLP 101 Second Street 3 Suite 1800 San Francisco, CA 94105-3659 4 Telephone: 415-543-8700 E-mail: jmitchell@reedsmith.com 5 E-mail: qla@reedsmith.com

6 Samuel N. Rudman (pro hac vice) John C. Calhoun (pro hac vice) 7 CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP Two International Place 8 Boston, MA 02110 Telephone: 617-248-4034 9 E-mail: srudman@choate.com E-mail: jcalhoun@choate.com 10

11 Attorneys for Defendant Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy 12

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14

15 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 19 UNDERDOG FANTASY, AND DOES 1- Complaint Filed: July 1, 2025 10, 20 Judge Charles R. Breyer Defendants. 21 22

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24 25 26 27 1 Pursuant to the Court’s December 16, 2025 Order (ECF 48) and Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiff 2 O’Sean Head (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy 3 (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, 4 respectfully submit this joint status report, stipulation, and proposed order. In light of continued 5 progress in settlement negotiations, the Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request that the 6 Court order, a stay of proceedings for an additional thirty (30) days to allow the Parties to finalize a 7 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 10 District of New York, Ballentine v. Underdog Sports, LLC, No. 1:25-cv-01106-NRM-MMH 11 (E.D.N.Y.); 12 WHEREAS, on December 12, 2025, the Parties stipulated to (ECF 47) and on December 16 13 the Court ordered (ECF 48) a stay of proceedings in this action for thirty (30) days to allow the parties 14 to finalize settlement negotiations to resolve both this action and the Ballentine action, which had also 15 been stayed; 16 WHEREAS, the Court ordered the parties to submit a joint status report by January 12, 2026 17 (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 20 settlement negotiations; 21 WHEREAS, the Ballentine action has been stayed for an additional thirty (30) days to allow 22 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 24 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 26 negotiations, see, e.g., Juarez v. Soc. Fin., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215027, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 27 2021), or in light of “advanced settlement negotiations” in separate related actions, see, e.g., In re 1 JPMorgan Chase LPI Hazard Litig., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103007, at *14 (N.D. Cal. July 23, 2013); 2 and 3 WHEREAS, the Parties affirm that no party will be prejudiced by this stipulation, nor will the 4 requested stay unduly delay the case; 5 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request the Court order, 6 a stay of proceedings for thirty (30) days. On or before February 11, 2026, the Parties agree to submit 7 a joint status report regarding settlement status. 8 9 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 Respectfully submitted,

2 Dated: January 12, 2026 By: /s/ Wesley M. Griffith________ Wesley M. Griffith, SBN 286390 3 ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC 111 W. Ocean Blvd, Suite 426 4 Long Beach, CA 90802 5 Telephone: 310-896-5813 E-mail: wes@almeidalawgroup.com 6 Margot Cutter, SBN 306789 7 Charles Blake Stevens

CUTTER LAW P.C.

8 401 Watt Avenue 9 Sacramento, CA 95864 Telephone: 916-290-9400 10 E-mail: mcutter@cutterlaw.com E-mail:cstevens@cutterlaw.com 11

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: psilva@tzlegal.com 15

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 19 E-mail: kaizpuru@tzlegal.com 20 E-mail: rdevling@tzlegal.com

21 James Bisborrow (pro hac vice)

WEITZ & LUXENBERG PC

22 700 Broadway New York, NY 10003 23 Telephone: 212-344-5461 24 E-mail: jbilsborrow@weitzlux.com

25 Michael Piggins, pro hac vice to be filed

WEITZ & LUXENBERG PC

26 3011 W. Grand Blvd., Fl. 24 Detroit, MI 48202 27 Telephone: 231-366-3108 E-mail: mpiggins@weitzlux.com 1 Christopher Nienhaus (pro hac vice) 2 ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC 849 W. Webster Ave 3 Chicago, IL 60614 4 Telephone: 708-529-5418 E-mail: chris@almeidalawgroup.com 5 Counsel for Plaintiff and the Proposed Class 6 7 Dated: January 12, 2026 8 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: jmitchell@reedsmith.com E-mail: qla@reedsmith.com 14 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: srudman@choate.com 18 E-mail: jcalhoun@choate.com

19 Attorneys for Defendant Underdog Sports, LLC d/b/a Underdog Fantasy 20 21

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27 1 ORDER 2! PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. ; DATED: January _14 , 2026 ofa 5 Hon. Charles D. Breyer 6 United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 1] 12

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