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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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Stipulation and Order Submitting Plaintiff’s Individual Claims to Arbitration and Staying PAGA Claims 

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MAYALL HURLEY 

A Professional Corporation 

2453 Grand Canal Boulevard 

Stockton, California 95207-8253 

Telephone (209) 477-3833 

Facsimile (209) 473-4818 

NICHOLAS J. SCARDIGLI 

CA State Bar No. 249947 

JENNY D. DENNIS 

CA State Bar No. 251014 

Attorneys for Plaintiff SABRINA SMITH 

JULIE A. DUNNE, Bar No. 160544 

jdunne@littler.com 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

501 W. Broadway 

Suite 900 

San Diego, CA 92101.3577 

Telephone: 619.232.0441 

Facsimile: 619.232.4302 

ELIZABETH STAGGS WILSON, Bar No. 183160 

estaggs-wilson@littler.com 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

633 West 5th Street 

63rd Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: 213.443.4300 

Fax No.: 213.443.4299 

JANEL ABLON, Bar No. 198678 

jablon@littler.com 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

2049 Century Park East, Fifth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: 310.772.7201 

Fax No.: 310.553.5583 

Attorneys for Defendant H.F.D. NO. 55, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SABRINA SMITH, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

H.F.D. NO. 55, INC., dba J. CREW; and 

DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:15-CV-01293-KJM-KJN 

 STIPULATION AND ORDER 

SUBMITTING PLAINTIFF’S 

 INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS TO 

 ARBITRATION AND STAYING PAGA 

 CLAIMS

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, namely, Plaintiff 

Sabrina Smith (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant H.F.D. No. 55, Inc. (“Defendant”) that: 

1. Plaintiff will submit to arbitration on the following individual claims: 

a. First cause of action, for disability discrimination under the Fair 

Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”); 

b. Second cause of action, for failure to accommodate under FEHA; 

c. Third cause of action, for failure to engage in the interactive process under 

FEHA; 

d. Fourth cause of action, for retaliation under FEHA; 

e. Fifth cause of action, for failure to prevent discrimination and retaliation 

under FEHA; 

f. Sixth cause of action, for failure to provide rest breaks; 

g. Seventh cause of action, for failure to provide meal breaks; 

h. Tenth cause of action, for failure to provide wage statement records upon 

request; 

i. Twelfth cause of action, for failure to provide personnel file upon request; 

and 

j. Thirteenth cause of action, for retaliation under Labor Code § 98.6. 

2. That the following claims shall be dismissed with prejudice for purposes of 

streamlining the arbitration: 

a. Ninth cause of action, for failure to timely pay wages; 

b. Tenth cause of action, for failure to pay wages upon termination; and 

c. Fourteenth cause of action, for unfair business practices. 

3. That Plaintiff’s single Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 

(“PAGA”) cause of action, namely, the Eighth cause of action for civil penalties, attorneys’ fees, 

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and costs under PAGA for failure to furnish accurate wage statements, shall be stayed until 

completion of the arbitration. 

DATED: May 18, 2016 MAYALL HURLEY P.C.

 By /s/ Nicholas J. Scardigli 

NICHOLAS SCARDIGLI 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 SABRINA SMITH 

DATED: May 18, 2016 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

 By /s/ Janel Ablon 

JULIE A. DUNNE 

ELIZABETH STAGGS WILSON 

JANEL ABLON 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

H.F.D. NO. 55, INC. 

 

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ORDER 

Upon review of the foregoing stipulation entered into by and between the parties in the 

above-referenced action, and good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing stipulation is APPROVED. 

Accordingly, the case is STAYED pending arbitration, and all previously set deadlines and 

hearings are VACATED. The parties shall notify the court within seven (7) days of the 

arbitration completion. 

DATED: May 19, 2016 

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