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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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{00101457.DOC/}CFSA 1072 Titus v. Humboldt County Fair Association, et al.

JOINT STIPULATION 4:14-cv-01043-SBA

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ANDRADA 

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PROFESSIONAL 

CORPORATION

J. RANDALL ANDRADA (SBN 70000) 

randrada@andradalaw.com

TERRENCE J. BRASCH (SBN 262069) 

tbrasch@andradalaw.com 

NICHOLAS SEYMOUR (SBN 286808) 

nseymour@andradalaw.com 

ANDRADA & ASSOCIATES 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

180 Grand Avenue, Suite 225 

Oakland, California 94612 

Tel.: (510) 287-4160 

Fax: (510) 287-4161 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION, 

JEFF FARLEY, CINDY OLSEN, AND JOHN BURGER 

PETER E. MARTIN (SBN 121672) 

peter@petermartinlaw.com

A Law Corporation 

917 Third Street 

Eureka, CA 95501 

Tel: (707) 268-0445 

Fax: (707) 667-0318 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STUART P. TITUS, CAROLINE TITUS, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION, 

JEFF FARLEY, CINDY OLSEN, JOHN 

BURGER, Does 1 through 10, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 4:14-cv-01043-SBA

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE MEDIATION 

PROCESS, MEDIATION COMPLETION 

DATE AND NEXT CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

1. The parties hereto – plaintiffs Stuart and Caroline Titus and defendants Humboldt 

County Fair Association (HCFA), John Burger, Jeff Farley and Cindy Olsen – join in this Stipulation 

to request that the court allow them to move the date for completion of the mediation, and reschedule 

the Case Management Conference to accommodate the schedules of the mediator and the parties. 

2. Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on March 6, 2014. A First Amended Complaint was filed 

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on April 24, 2014. The defendants answered on May 8, 2014. 

3. The firm known as Foster Employment Law represented the defendants at that time. 

There was a Rule 26 Disclosure by both sides. There was also an additional disclosure of documents 

by both sides. Some interrogatories were also served by both sides. 

4. The parties then agreed to mediate the case on or by December 19, 2014. Pursuant to 

a stipulation of the parties, the court entered an order on September 2, 2014 to set December 19 as 

the mediation completion date. The court also scheduled a Case Management Conference for 

January 8, 2015. 

5. The firm known as Andrada & Associates substituted into the case for the defendants 

on or about October 8, 2014. As a practical matter, the substitution meant that the mediation 

deadline needed to be extended. 

6. The court appointed Mr. Robert Edwards to serve as mediator on October 15, 2014. 

7. On December 8, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the court entered an order to set 

March 13, 2015 as the mediation completion date. The court scheduled a Case Management 

Conference for March 26, 2015. 

8. All concerned agreed to a mediation date of March 13, 2015. The mediation is 

scheduled to proceed in Eureka. 

9. The plaintiffs were deposed on January 29 and 30, 2015. The parties have engaged in 

further extensive written discovery. A deposition of a percipient witness is scheduled for March 6, 

2015. 

10. Defendant HCFA is a member of a risk sharing pool managed by the California Fair 

Services Authority (CFSA). CFSA is located in Sacramento. CFSA has assigned a claims 

representative to the file. The claims representative is scheduled to undergo a significant out-patient 

surgery on or about March 10, 2015. It will be difficult and painful for the claims representative to 

make the five-six hour drive from Sacramento to Eureka on March 13. Medical complications could 

develop during the trip which, as a practical matter, could jeopardize the success of the surgery and 

the general health of the claims representative. There is no one available to substitute on behalf of 

the claims representative. All concerned believe that her actual presence is important if the case is to 

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be resolved. 

11. Mr. Edwards has requested the parties reschedule the mediation date currently set for 

March 13, 2015, to accommodate the attendance of the claims representative. 

12. The attorneys have met and conferred among themselves and with Mr. Edwards to 

select a new mediation date in light of the circumstances. The agreed upon date is March 27, 2015. 

13. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that: 1) the court revise the mediation 

completion date to March 27, 2015; and 2) the court continue the Case Management Conference 

presently set for March 26, 2015 to a date after March 27. 

Dated: February 20, 2015 ANDRADA & ASSOCIATES 

/s/ J. Randall Andrada 

By 

J. RANDALL ANDRADA 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR 

ASSOCIATION, JEFF FARLEY, CINDY 

OLSEN, and JOHN BURGER 

Dated: February 20, 2015 

 /s/ Peter E. Martin 

 

PETER E. MARTIN 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

STUART TITUS and CAROLINE TITUS 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Having considered the Stipulation of the parties, the Court orders that: (1) the mediation 

completion date is reset to March 27, 2015; and (2) the Case Management Conference scheduled for 

March 26, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. is CONTINUED to April 9, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. The parties shall meet 

and confer prior to the conference and shall prepare a joint Case Management Statement which 

shall be filed no later than seven (7) days prior to the Case Management Conference that complies 

with the Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California and the Standing Order 

of this Court. Defendants shall be responsible for filing the statement as well as for arranging the 

conference call. All parties shall be on line and shall call (510) 879-3550 at the above indicated date 

and time. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _____________, 2015 

 Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong 

 United States District Judge 

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