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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., dba

PELCO BY SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, a 

corporation, and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:14-cv-1324 SKO

ORDER AND JOINT STIPULATION 

TO AMEND DEFENDANT’S ANSWER 

Plaintiff Alejandro Gonzalez (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Schneider Electric USA, Inc. 

(“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby submit this stipulation to 

Defendant’s filing the attached First Amended Answer.

WHEREAS Plaintiff filed his Complaint on August 22, 2014, and Defendant timely filed 

its Answer on October 10, 2014.

WHEREAS the Parties shortly thereafter jointly pursued settlement in lieu of incurring 

substantial costs early in the litigation; however, the settlement mediation, held on March 26, 

2015, was unsuccessful.

WHEREAS Defendant notified the Court in its Request for Mid-Discovery Status 

Conference, dated April 3, 2015, of its intent to amend its Answer to add a workers’ compensation 

preemption defense.

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WHEREAS the Court extended the deadline to file a motion or stipulation to request the 

Court’s leave to amend pleadings from January 15, 2015 to May 15, 2015. See Order for 

Modification of Scheduling Order (Docket No. 20) (April 8, 2015).

WHEREAS Plaintiff is agreeable to stipulating to Defendant filing the First Amended 

Answer, attached hereto as Exhibit A, which includes a workers’ compensation preemption 

defense.

THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to Defendant filing the proposed First Amended 

Answer, attached hereto as Exhibit A.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: May 12, 2015 Stipulated and respectfully submitted,

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

By: /s/ Chantelle C. Egan

Laura Wilson Shelby

Chantelle C. Egan

Attorneys for Defendant

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.

DATED: May 12, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF M. GREG MULLANAX

By: /s/ M. Greg Mullanax (as authorized on May 12, 

2015)

M. Greg Mullanax

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ

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ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS 

Defendant Schneider Electric USA, Inc., leave to file its First Amended Answer. The Court 

further ORDERS Defendant to file its First Amended Answer without delay.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 14, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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