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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

KRISTEN A. JENSEN, State Bar #130196

THOMAS S. LAKRITZ, State Bar #161234

VICTORIA WONG, State Bar #214289

Deputy City Attorneys 

City Hall, Room 234 

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Telephone: (415) 554-6547 

Facsimile: (415) 554-4747 

E-Mail: tom.lakritz@sfgov.org 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

METRO FUEL LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, a municipal 

corporation, COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, a subdivision of the State 

of California, CITY AND COUNTY OF 

SAN FRANCISCO, a chartered California 

city and county and DOE 1 through DOE 

10, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C07-6067 JSW 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER 

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WHEREAS, on May 8, 2008, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order informing the 

Court that the parties were exploring a stay of the present litigation (Plaintiff Metro Fuel's agreement 

to stay the litigation was conditioned on Defendant City and County of San Francisco's agreement to 

stay enforcement of local ordinances at issue in the present litigation); and 

WHEREAS, on May 9, 2008, the Court adopted the parties' proposed order and vacated the 

Court's April 17, 2008 order setting a briefing schedule on Defendant City and County of San 

Francisco's Motion to Dismiss and the June 20, 2008 hearing date; and 

WHEREAS, since May 9, 2008, the parties have conducted extensive negotiations in an 

attempt to reach an agreement on staying enforcement of local ordinances at issue in the present 

litigation. Unfortunately, were no able to reach an agreement by May 23, 2008; and 

WHEREAS, on May 23, 2008, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order informing the 

Court that the parties were exploring a stay of the present litigation; and 

WHEREAS, Defendant City and County of San Francisco fled an Answer to Plaintiff Metro 

Fuel's Amended Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial by Friday, May 30, 2008; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff Metro Fuel and the City Attorney's Office have agreed upon 

the terms of proposal to stay the present litigation pending a decision by the Ninth Circuit in Metro 

Lights, L.L.C. v. City of Los Angeles, 488 F.Supp.2d 927 (C.D. Cal. 2006), appeal docketed, No. 07-

55179 (9th Cir. Feb. 1, 2007) and Metro Lights, L.L.C. v. City of Los Angeles No. 04-1037, 2006 WL 

4941839 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2006), appeal docketed, No. 07-55207 (9th Cir. Feb. 9, 2007), which 

includes the City and County of San Francisco's agreement to stay enforcement of local ordinances at 

issue in the present litigation; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff Metro Fuel and the City Attorney's Office need to obtain 

approval of the proposal to stay the litigation from their respective clients. Counsel for Plaintiff 

Metro Fuel and the City Attorney's Office will notify the Court no later than Wednesday, June 11, 

2008, that their respective clients have approved the proposal to stay the litigation. 

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NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby STIPULATED and AGREED as follows: 

1. The parties shall file a joint statement by June 11, 2008, informing the Court whether 

they have agreed to a stay of this litigation. 

DATED: June 6, 2008 DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

By: /s/ .

THOMAS S. LAKRITZ 

Attorneys for Defendant CITY AND COUNTY OF 

SAN FRANCISCO 

DATED: June 6, 2008 EMERY CELLI BRINCKERHOFF & ABADY LLP 

By: /s/ .

ERIC HECKER 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff METRO FUEL, LLC 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED:______________________ By: _____

THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

USDC No. C07-6067 JSW

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June 9, 2008

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