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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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PAUL L. REIN, ESQ. (State Bar No. 43053) 

CELIA MCGUINNESS, ESQ. (State Bar No. 159420) 

CATHERINE CABALO, ESQ. (State Bar No. 248198) 

LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

200 Lakeside Drive, Suite A

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 832-5001

Facsimile: (510) 832-4787

reinlawoffice@aol.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ZACHARY WOODFORD

* Defendant’s counsel listed after the caption

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZACHARY WOODFORD,

Plaintiff,

v. 

C. STAGNARO FISHING 

CORPORATION dba GILDA’S 

RESTAURANT; CITY OF SANTA 

CRUZ; and DOES 1-10, Inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. 14-03531 BLF

Civil Rights

CONSENT DECREE AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO 

INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY 

Action Filed: August 5, 2014

GEORGE J. KOVACEVICH, ESQ. (SBN 48125)

CATHERINE M. BRONSON, ESQ. (SBN 267527) 

ATCHISON, BARISONE, CONDOTTI & KOVACEVICH

A Professional Corporation

PO BOX 481

Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0481

Telephone: (831) 423-8383

Facsimile: (831) 576-2269

Email: gkovacevich@abc-law.com 

Attorneys for Defendant CITY OF SANTA CRUZ

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ROBERT E. BOSSO, ESQ. (SBN 36641)

BOSSO WILLIAMS

PO BOX 1822

Santa Cruz, CA 95061

Telephone: (831) 426-8484

Facsimile: (831) 423-2839

Email: rbosso@bossowilliams.com

Attorneys for Defendant

C. STAGNARO FISHING CORPORATION 

dba GILDA’S RESTAURANT

1. Plaintiff ZACHARY WOODFORD filed a Complaint in this action on 

August 5, 2014 to obtain recovery of damages for his discriminatory experiences, 

denial of access, and denial of his civil rights, and to enforce provisions of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. and

42 U.S.C. §12202 et seq.; and California civil rights laws against defendants C. 

STAGNARO FISHING CORPORATION dba GILDA’S RESTAURANT (“Tenant 

Defendant”) and the CITY OF SANTA CRUZ (the “City”) (defendants sometimes 

referred to together as “Defendants”), relating to the condition of Defendants’ public 

accommodation, located at 37 Municipal Wharf in Santa Cruz, California (the 

“Restaurant”), and the Santa Cruz Wharf itself (the “Wharf”) as of December 12, 

2013 and continuing. 

2. Plaintiff and Defendants (together sometimes the “Parties”) hereby 

enter into this Consent Decree and Order for the purpose of resolving injunctive 

relief without the need for protracted litigation. Issues of damages and attorneys’ 

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fees, costs, and expenses will be the subject of further negotiations and litigation if 

necessary. 

JURISDICTION:

3. The Parties to this Consent Decree and Order agree that the Court has 

jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1331 for alleged violations 

of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. sections 12101 et seq.

and 42 U.S.C. sections 12202 et seq., and pursuant to supplemental jurisdiction for 

alleged violations of California Health & Safety Code sections 19955 et seq.; Title 

24, California Code of Regulations; and California Civil Code sections 54, 54.1, 

and 55. 

4. In order to avoid the costs, expense, and uncertainty of protracted 

litigation, the Parties to this Consent Decree and Order agree to entry of this 

Consent Decree and Order to resolve all injunctive relief claims raised in the 

Complaint filed with this Court. Accordingly, the Parties agree to the entry of this 

Order without trial or further adjudication of any issues of fact or law concerning 

Plaintiff's claims for injunctive relief.

WHEREFORE, the Parties to this Consent Decree hereby agree and stipulate 

to the Court's entry of this Consent Decree and Order, which provide as follows:

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SETTLEMENT OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF:

5. This Order shall be a full, complete, and final disposition and 

settlement of Plaintiff's injunctive relief claims against Defendants that have arisen 

out of the subject Complaint. 

6. The Parties agree and stipulate that the corrective work will be 

performed in compliance with the standards and specifications for disabled access 

as set forth in the California Code of Regulations, Title 24-2, and Americans with 

Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design, unless other standards are 

specifically agreed to in this Consent Decree and Order. 

a) Remedial Measures: Defendants recognize the obligations to 

create access at the Restaurant are joint and several. However, Tenant Defendant 

and the City agree to do the following:

i) Tenant Defendant agrees to make the changes set forth in 

Attachment A (report from Jonathan Adler for inspection date 

October 23, 2014), which is attached and incorporated 

herewith. Tenant Defendant agrees to create an accessible 

unisex restroom in the current waiting area of the Restaurant, 

per Mr. Adler’s diagram “DWG-05” in Attachment A or, 

alternatively in Tenant Defendant’s sole discretion, redo the 

current customer bathrooms per the floor plans (Sheet A2.1) by 

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William S. Bagnall Architects, Inc. (Attachment B to this 

Consent Decree). Tenant Defendant also agrees to maintain the 

accessible conditions created by the work detailed in 

Attachments A & B.

ii) The City agrees to complete the following: 

(1) Ensure that the set of restrooms closest to the 

Restaurant (northwest on the Wharf from the 

Restaurant) are fully accessible;

(2) Ensure that the restrooms at the end of the Wharf 

are fully accessible; and

(3) Create two (2) accessible parking stalls in front of 

the Restaurant, including one van-accessible stall. 

The location and configuration of these stalls are to 

be determined by Jonathan Adler and the City.

b) Timing of Injunctive Relief: Tenant Defendant will submit 

plans for all corrective work requiring permits to the appropriate governmental 

agencies within 15 days of the entry of this Consent Decree by the Court and will 

commence work within 20 days of receiving approval from the appropriate 

agencies. Tenant Defendant will complete all corrective work described above in 

paragraph 6.a.i. within one year of execution of this Consent Decree and Order by 

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the Court. The City will submit plans for all corrective work requiring permits to 

the appropriate governmental agencies within 60 days of the entry of this Consent 

Decree by the Court and will commence work within 60 days of receiving approval 

from the appropriate agencies. The City will complete all corrective work 

described above in paragraph 6.a.ii. within nine (9) months of execution of this 

Consent Decree and Order by the Court. In the event that unforeseen difficulties 

prevent Defendants from completing any of the agreed-upon injunctive relief, 

Defendants or their counsel will notify Plaintiff's counsel in writing within 5 days 

of discovering the delay. Plaintiff will have thirty (30) days to investigate and 

meet and confer, and to approve the delay by stipulation or otherwise respond to 

Defendants’ notice. If the Parties cannot reach agreement regarding the delay 

within an additional fifteen days, Plaintiff may seek enforcement by the Court. 

Defendants or their counsel will notify Plaintiff's counsel when the corrective work 

is completed, and in any case will provide a status report to Plaintiff’s counsel no 

later than 90 days from the Parties’ signing of this Consent Decree and Order.

c) Defendants will notify Plaintiff in writing at the end of 90 days 

from the Parties’ signing of this Consent Decree and Order as to the current status 

of agreed-to injunctive relief, and every 90 days thereafter until all access is 

provided. If Defendants fail to provide injunctive relief on the agreed upon 

timetable and/or fail to provide timely written status notification, and Plaintiff files 

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a motion with the Court to obtain compliance with these terms, Plaintiff reserves 

the right to seek additional attorneys’ fees for any compliance work necessitated by 

Defendants’ failure to keep this agreement. If the Parties disagree, such fees shall 

be set by the Court. 

DAMAGES, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, LITIGATION EXPENSES, AND 

COSTS:

7. The Parties have reached a separate agreement regarding Plaintiff's 

claims for damages, attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses, and costs.

ENTIRE CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER:

8. This Consent Decree and Order, Attachments A & B, and the 

separate agreement regarding Plaintiff's claims for damages, attorneys’ fees, 

litigation expenses, and costs constitute the entire agreement between the signing 

Parties and no other statement, promise, or agreement, either written or oral, made 

by any of the Parties or agents of any of the Parties that is not contained in this 

written Consent Decree and Order, shall be enforceable regarding the matters 

described herein. 

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CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER BINDING ON PARTIES AND 

SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST:

9. This Consent Decree and Order shall be binding on Plaintiff, 

Defendants, and any successors-in-interest. Defendants have a duty to so notify all 

such successors-in-interest of the existence and terms of this Consent Decree and 

Order during the period of the Court's jurisdiction of this Consent Decree and 

Order.

MUTUAL RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542 AS 

TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY:

10. Each of the Parties to this Consent Decree and Order understands and 

agrees that there is a risk and possibility that, subsequent to the execution of this 

Consent Decree and Order, any or all of them will incur, suffer, or experience 

some further loss or damage with respect to the lawsuit that is unknown or 

unanticipated at the time this Consent Decree and Order is signed. Except for all 

obligations required in this Consent Decree and Order, the Parties intend that this 

Consent Decree and Order apply to all such further loss with respect to the lawsuit, 

except those caused by the Parties subsequent to the execution of this Consent 

Decree and Order. Therefore, except for all obligations required in this Consent 

Decree and Order, this Consent Decree and Order shall apply to and cover any and 

all claims, demands, actions, and causes of action by the Parties to this Consent 

Decree with respect to the lawsuit, whether the same are known, unknown, or 

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hereafter discovered or ascertained, and the provisions of Section 1542 of the 

California Civil Code are hereby expressly waived. Section 1542 provides as 

follows:

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO 

CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT 

KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER 

FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE 

RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER 

MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS 

SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

This waiver applies to the injunctive relief aspects of this action only and does not 

include resolution of Plaintiff's claims for damages, attorneys’ fees, litigation 

expenses, and costs. 

11. Except for all obligations required in this Consent Decree and Order --

and exclusive of Plaintiff’s referenced continuing claims for damages, attorneys’ 

fees, litigation expenses, and costs – each of the Parties to this Consent Decree and 

Order on behalf of each, their respective agents, representatives, predecessors, 

successors, heirs, partners, and assigns, releases and forever discharges each other 

Party and all officers, directors, shareholders, subsidiaries, joint venturers, 

stockholders, partners, parent companies, employees, agents, attorneys, insurance 

carriers, heirs, predecessors, and representatives of each other Party, from all 

claims, demands, actions, and causes of action of whatever kind or nature, 

presently known or unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with the 

lawsuit. 

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TERM OF THE CONSENT DECREE AND ORDER:

12. This Consent Decree and Order shall be in full force and effect -- and 

the Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action to enforce provisions of this 

Consent Decree and Order -- for a period of eighteen (18) months after the date of 

entry of this Consent Decree and Order by the Court or until the injunctive relief 

contemplated by this Order is completed, whichever occurs later. 

SEVERABILITY:

13. If any term of this Consent Decree and Order is determined by any 

court to be unenforceable, the other terms of this Consent Decree and Order shall 

nonetheless remain in full force and effect.

SIGNATORIES BIND PARTIES:

14. Signatories on the behalf of the Parties represent that they are 

authorized to bind the Parties to this Consent Decree and Order. This Consent 

Decree and Order may be signed in counterparts and a facsimile signature shall 

have the same force and effect as an original signature. 

END OF PAGE. 

SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE NEXT PAGE AND ORDER IS AT 

THE END OF THE DOCUMENT.

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APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Dated: March 19, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

 /s/ Catherine Cabalo

By: CATHERINE CABALO, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff ZACHARY 

WOODFORD 

Dated: March 10, 2015 ATCHISON, BARISONE, CONDOTTI & 

KOVACEVICH

 /s/ George J. Kovacevich 

By: GEORGE J. KOVACEVICH, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY OF SANTA CRUZ

Dated: March 11, 2015 BOSSO WILLIAMS

 /s/ Robert E. Bosso 

By: ROBERT E. BOSSO, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Defendant 

C. STAGNARO FISHING CORPORATION 

dba GILDA’S RESTAURANT

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Dated: __________, 2015 __________________________________ 

Honorable Beth Labson Freeman

United States District Judge

0DUFK

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FILER’S ATTESTATION

Pursuant to General Order 45, section X(B), I hereby attest that on March 

10, 2015, and March 11, 2015, I, Catherine Cabalo, attorney with The Law Office 

of Paul L. Rein, received the concurrence of George Kovacevich and Robert Bosso

in the filing of this document.

/s/ Catherine Cabalo

Catherine Cabalo

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