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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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 JOINT STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE MEDIATION 

NO. C 09-6075 MMC (EDL) 

DANIEL H. BOOKIN (S.B. #78996)

dbookin@omm.com 

KATHERINE L. WAWRZYNIAK (S.B. #252751) 

kwawrzyniak@omm.com 

IAN A. KANIG (S.B. #295623) 

ikanig@omm.com 

SARAH H. TRELA (S.B. #293089) 

strela@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Edward T. Furnace

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

EDWARD T. FURNACE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

K. NUCKLES, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 09-6075 MMC (EDL)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING MEDIATION 

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

 Initial Complaint Filed: December 30, 2009 

Operative Complaint Filed: July 10, 2010 

Trial Date: None 

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 - 1 - JOINT STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE MEDIATION 

NO. C 09-6075 MMC 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Edward T. Furnace (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants K. Nuckles, J.J. 

Rodriguez, W. Rasley, D. Bittner, J. Celaya, J. Rodriguez, A. Butt, R. Lipps, M. Kircher, J. 

Sensel, M. Atchley, J. Mora, O. Ponce, and J. Delaney (collectively, “Defendants”), by and 

through counsel, have scheduled a mediation with the Hon. James Ware (Ret.) of JAMS for 

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. PDT to 5:00 p.m. PDT; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff is a life-without-parole inmate who is scheduled to be transferred 

from Kern Valley State Prison to the Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) at Pelican Bay State Prison 

on September 1, 2015; 

WHEREAS, due in part to the transfer and in part to Plaintiff’s prison programming, 

Plaintiff’s counsel, O’Melveny & Myers LLP (“O’Melveny”) has been unable to arrange for a 

legal phone call with Plaintiff in advance of the mediation in order to discuss matters of strategy 

and Plaintiff’s views on settlement; 

WHEREAS, having Plaintiff available by telephone before and during the mediation on 

September 9, 2015 will allow him to provide his counsel with insights and information and weigh 

any settlement offers in real time, and such input would be valuable and increase the chances the 

parties will reach a resolution; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has previously participated by telephone in settlement conferences 

with Mag. Judge Nandor Vadas in this case without incident; 

WHEREAS, defense counsel have no objections to (1) a pre-mediation legal phone call, 

(2) Plaintiff’s participation by telephone in the JAMS mediation with Judge Ware on September 

9, 2015, and (3) Plaintiff receiving a vegetarian meal during the mediation. 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff 

and Defendants, through their respective undersigned counsel of record, that the parties jointly 

request that the Court enter the attached Proposed Order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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 - 2 - JOINT STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE MEDIATION 

NO. C 09-6075 MMC 

Dated: September 2, 2015 KATHERINE L. WAWRZYNIAK 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Katherine L. Wawrzyniak 

Katherine L. Wawrzyniak 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

EDWARD T. FURNACE 

Dated: September 2, 2015 DENISE SERRA 

MCNAMARA, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, 

BORGES & AMBACHER LLP 

By: /s/ Denise Serra 

 Denise Serra 

 

Attorneys for Defendants W. Rasley, D. 

Bittner, J. Celaya, J. Rodriguez, A. Butt, R. 

Lipps, M. Kircher, J. Sensel, M. Atchley, J. 

Mora, O. Ponce, and J. Delaney 

Dated: September 2, 2015 SUSAN E. COLEMAN 

BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP 

By: /s/ Susan E. Coleman 

 Susan E. Coleman 

 

Attorneys for Defendants K. Nuckles and J.J. 

Rodriguez 

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 - 3 - JOINT STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE MEDIATION 

NO. C 09-6075 MMC 

ATTESTATION OF FILING 

Pursuant to L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I, Katherine L. Wawrzyniak, hereby attest that concurrence in 

the filing of this Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Regarding Mediation has been obtained 

from Defendants’ counsel, Denise Serra and Susan E. Coleman. 

Dated: September 2, 2015 KATHERINE L. WAWRZYNIAK 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Katherine L. Wawrzyniak 

Katherine L. Wawrzyniak 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

EDWARD T. FURNACE 

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 - 4 - JOINT STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE MEDIATION 

NO. C 09-6075 MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The Court, having considered the Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Regarding 

Mediation, and good cause appearing: 

1. The Stipulation is approved; 

2. The Court orders that Pelican Bay State Prison, or the correctional institution that 

presently has custody of Plaintiff Edward T. Furnace, arrange a pre-mediation legal telephone call 

between O’Melveny and Plaintiff to occur no later than September 8, 2015 at a time mutually 

convenient to Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s counsel, and the correctional institution. The correctional 

institution shall allow at least one hour for the call. 

3. The Court further orders that Plaintiff shall be available by telephone from 9:00 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 9, 2015, for the mediation. Plaintiff shall connect with the JAMS 

mediation session by dialing 1-866-285-2458 and entering the code 4159848947. Plaintiff’s 

institution shall provide Plaintiff with a vegetarian meal during the mediation session. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September ___, 2015 

By: 

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Judge 

in part, as follows:

4. To the extent the parties seek an order directing the correctional institution 

to "provide Plaintiff with a vegetarian meal during the mediation session," the stipulation 

is not approved, for the reason that the parties have made no showing that Plaintiff is on 

the institution's list of individuals who are to receive vegetarian meals, or that the 

institution should be required to provide such meals other than in accordance with its 

ordinary procedures.

5. Plaintiff shall serve this order forthwith upon the appropriate correctional 

institution. 3

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