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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S DEFAMATION CLAIM

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

Mark P. Grajski (SBN 178050)

Email: mgrajski@seyfarth.com

Geoffrey C. Westbrook (SBN 281961)

Email: gwestbrook@seyfarth.com

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350

Sacramento, California 95814-4428

Telephone: (916) 448-0159

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839

Attorney for Defendant

DEVRY UNIVERSITY, INC.

LAW OFFICES OF PARNELL FOX

Parnell Fox (SBN 186519)

Email: parnellkirby@yahoo.com

4908 Lakewood Court

Visalia, California 93291

Telephone: (310) 890-0435

Facsimile: (310) 776-6918

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LORENA LOPEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEVRY UNIVERSITY, INC.; an Illinois 

corporation and DOES 1-100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-CV-00844-AWI-MJS

STIPULATION TO DISMISS 

PLAINTIFF’S DEFAMATION CLAIM

Date Action Filed: March 21, 2013

Pursuant to FRCP Rule 15(a), DeVry University, Inc. (“Defendant”) and Lorena Lopez 

(“Plaintiff”) (collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, 

hereby stipulate and agree, as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Damages on March 21, 2014, alleging a defamation 

claim based on purportedly false and negative comments by Defendant on Plaintiff’s job performance 

evaluation, as well as statements made by Defendant about her in the workplace. 

WHEREAS, the Parties have conferred on the merits of Plaintiff’s defamation claim, and 

Plaintiff has agreed to dismiss without prejudice the claim in order to avoid the costs associated with 

opposing a Motion for Summary Judgment or, alternatively, a Motion for Summary Adjudication.

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THEREFORE, all Parties hereby stipulate and agree, by and through their attorneys of record, 

that the Court may enter an Order dismissing Plaintiff’s claim for Defamation (Libel and Slander), 

Seventh Cause of Action, without prejudice. Each party to pay their own costs and attorney’s fees. 

DATED: July 11, 2014

Respectfully submitted,

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

By: /s/ Geoffrey C. Westbrook

Mark P. Grajski

Geoffrey C. Westbrook

Attorneys for Defendant

DEVRY UNIVERSITY, INC.

DATED: July 11, 2014

LAW OFFICES OF PARNELL FOX

By: /s/ Parnell Fox

Parnell Fox

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LORENA LOPEZ

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 15, 2014 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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