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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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J. KENDRICK KRESSE (CA BAR NO. 53926)

JENNIFER PESEK (CA BAR NO. 219161)

CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR LAW AND THE DEAF

14895 E. 14th Street, Suite 220

San Leandro, CA 94578

Tel.: (510) 483-0922 V/TTY

Fax: (510) 483-0967

Email: ken.kresse@deaflaw.org

SHAWNA L. PARKS (CA BAR NO. 208301)

DISABILITY RIGHTS LEGAL CENTER

(formerly Western Law Center for Disability Rights)

919 Albany Street

Los Angeles, CA 90015

Tel.: (213) 736-1031

Fax: (213) 736-1428

Email: shawna.parks@lls.edu

PATRICIA S. MAR (CA BAR NO. 45593)

YOSHIKO INOUE (CA BAR NO. 203642)

RITA F. LIN (CA BAR NO. 236220)

MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

Tel.: (415) 268-7000

Fax: (415) 268-7522

Email: pmar@mofo.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTORIA MUNOZ, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

SACRAMENTO AREA COUNCIL OF 

GOVERNMENTS, et al., Defendants.

Case No. C 05-01525 (JSW) (EDL)

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

REGARDING SETTLEMENT 

NEGOTIATIONS AND MOTION 

FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION; 

REQUEST FOR FURTHER STATUS 

CONFERENCE

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Pursuant to this Court’s November 22, 2006 order, the parties provide the following status 

update concerning settlement negotiations. 

As of the filing of this report, Plaintiffs have settlement agreements in the process of being 

executed with defendants Caltrans and CHP. Plaintiffs continue to negotiate the terms of 

settlement agreements with both defendant Riverside County Transportation Commission 

(Riverside) and defendant San Bernardino County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies 

(San Bernardino). Most, if not all, significant issues that remained in dispute between plaintiffs 

and these two defendants appear to have been largely resolved late in October. Riverside recently 

provided Plaintiffs with a new revised draft agreement which was returned with some further 

revisions to Riverside on December 6, 2006. Counsel for the three parties anticipate a further 

exchange of drafts with a view toward finalizing the documents within weeks. 

Once all settlement agreements have been executed, the parties would then jointly 

complete preparation and file a stipulated motion for class certification for settlement purposes 

and for preliminary approval of the settlements.

The parties further request the Court set a status conference on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 

1:30 p.m., or a date thereafter convenient to the Court. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Jeffrey S. White

Dated: December 12, 2006

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DATE: December 8, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR LAW

AND THE DEAF

J. Kendrick Kresse

Jennifer Pesek

DISABILITY RIGHTS LEGAL CENTER

Shawna L. Parks

MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP

Patricia S. Mar

Yoshiko Inoue

Rita F. Lin

By: /s/ Yoshiko Inoue

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATE: December 8, 2006 Joshua Irwin

Deputy Attorney General

California Department of Justice

Office of the Attorney General

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

By: /s/ Joshua Irwin

Attorney for Defendants California Highway 

Patrol and Commissioner Mike Brown

DATE: December 8, 2006 Jeffrey Benowitz

Department of Transportation, Legal Division

4050 Taylor Street, MS 130

San Diego, CA 92110

By: /s/ Jeffrey Benowitz

Attorney for Defendants California 

Department of Transportation and Director 

Will Kempton

DATE: December 8, 2006 Jean Basle

Deputy County Government Counsel

385 North Arrowhead Avenue, 4th Floor

San Bernardino, CA 92414-0140

By: /s/ Jean Basle

Attorney for Defendant San Bernardino SAFE

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DATE: December 8, 2006 Marc S. Ehrlich

Best Best & Krieger LLP

5 Park Plz, #1500

Irvine, CA 92614

By: /s/ Marc Ehrlich

Attorney for Defendant Riverside 

County Transportation Commission

RULE 45 ATTESTATION

In accordance with General Order 45, concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from each of the other signatories and I shall maintain records to support this 

concurrence for subsequent production for the court if so ordered or for inspection upon request 

by a party.

By: /s/ Yoshiko Inoue

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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