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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION 

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MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612) 

United States Attorney 

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348) 

Chief, Civil Division 

MICHELLE LO (NY Bar No. 4325163) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

 San Francisco, California 94102 

 Telephone: (415) 436-7180 

 Facsimile: (415) 436-6748 

 Email: Michelle.Lo@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RUSSELL A. ROBINSON (CABN 163937) 

Law Office of Russell A. Robinson 

345 Grove Street, Level One 

San Francisco CA 94102 

Telephone: (415) 861-4416 

Facsimile: (415) 431-4526 

rlaw345@gmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

RUBEN SUMERA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., DEPARTMENT OF 

JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in his 

official capacity, 

Defendant. 

 Case No. 4:13-CV-01950-KAW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION 

Plaintiff, Ruben Sumera, and Defendant, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department 

of Justice, in his official capacity, hereby stipulate as follows, subject to the approval of the Court: 

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1. On February 4, 2015, the parties submitted a stipulation reflecting their agreement to 

participate in mediation. ECF No. 49. On February 5, 2015, the Court adopted and so ordered the 

parties’ stipulation to hold the mediation by 120 days from the date of the order, or by June 5, 2015. 

ECF No. 50. On March 2, 2015, the Notice of Appointment of Mediator Richard Whitmore was filed. 

ECF No. 52. 

2. The parties through their counsel participated in a teleconference with the mediator on 

March 10, 2015, to discuss mediation procedures and scheduling matters. Immediately prior to this 

teleconference, counsel conferred and agreed that it would be preferable to extend the current deadline 

for completion of the mediation in order to permit the parties to resolve discovery issues and complete 

certain depositions. 

3. Specifically, Defendant will be deposing Plaintiff on April 30, 2015. Plaintiff has also 

requested to take the depositions of two of his former supervisors. The parties are working on 

scheduling these two depositions, one of which will likely require travel to Washington, D.C. Due to 

counsel’s scheduling commitments, including trial dates in another case, it is possible that these 

depositions may not occur until late June. 

4. The parties discussed these discovery and scheduling issues with the mediator and agreed 

that it would allow for a more meaningful mediation if the parties were to seek a 90-day extension of the 

current mediation deadline. Mediator Whitmore has indicated that he does not have any objection to 

this requested extension. 

5. The requested extension will not interfere with the rest of the case management schedule. 

The fact discovery cut-off date is September 7, 2015, and the trial date is January 25, 2016. 

6. The parties respectfully request that the Court permit this requested extension and so 

indicate by signing the proposed order below, thereby extending the current deadline for completion of 

the mediation by 90 days to September 4, 2015. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: April 21, 2015 /s/ Michelle Lo

Michelle Lo 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Counsel for Defendant 

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Dated: April 21, 2015 /s/ Russell A. Robinson 

Russell A. Robinson 

Law Office of Russell A. Robinson 

345 Grove Street, Level One 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Tel: (415) 861-4416 

Fax: (415) 431-4526 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The deadline for completing the mediation is 

extended to September 4, 2015. 

DATED: 

Hon. Kandis A. Westmore 

United States Magistrate Judge 

4/23/15

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