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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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Tanya E. Moore, SBN 206683 

MOORE LAW FIRM, P.C. 

332 North Second Street 

San Jose, California 95112 

Telephone (408) 298-2000 

Facsimile (408) 298-6046 

Email: tanya@moorelawfirm.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Natividad Gutierrez 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATIVIDAD GUTIERREZ, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

HONG HWAH KO, et al. 

 Defendants. 

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No. 1:15-cv-01156-BAM 

STIPULATION TO VACATE 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 

 Counsel for Plaintiff, Natividad Gutierrez (“Plaintiff’s Counsel”), and Defendants 

Hong Hwah Ko, Huei Ling Ko, Dora Marmolejo Duarte dba Mariscos Costa Azul, and 

Eduardo Alonso dba Mariscos Costa Azul (“Defendants,” and together with Plaintiff’s 

Counsel, the “Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

 1. A Settlement Conference in this matter is scheduled for May 26, 2016 before 

Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. (Doc. 25 (Scheduling Order.) 

 2. On May 4, 2016, Plaintiff’s Counsel noticed a motion to withdraw as Plaintiff’s 

counsel, which motion is set to be heard on June 17, 2016, a date after the Settlement 

Conference. (Doc. 30.) Plaintiff’s counsel has requested the withdrawal as Plaintiff’s counsel 

on the grounds that Plaintiff has commenced a lawsuit against Plaintiff’s counsel alleging 

various acts of misconduct in Plaintiff’s counsel’s prior representation of Plaintiff, thereby 

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repudiating Plaintiff’s counsel’s representation. Plaintiff’s counsel has also requested the 

withdrawal on the grounds that Plaintiff’s counsel in the unrelated action has advised 

Plaintiff’s counsel that she may not communicate with Plaintiff for any reason (Id.) 

 3. The Parties agree that Plaintiff’s Counsel now has a conflict of interest and an 

inability to represent Plaintiff, and therefore cannot represent Plaintiff at the Settlement 

Conference. 

 4. The Parties therefore stipulate that the Settlement Conference set for May 26, 

2016 be vacated, and that Plaintiff and Defendants may request that the Court re-set a 

Settlement Conference as appropriate once Plaintiff’s counsel’s motion is heard and ruled 

upon. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 

Dated: May 9, 2016 MOORE LAW FIRM, P.C. 

 /s/ Tanya E. Moore 

 Tanya E. Moore 

 Attorney for Plaintiff, 

 Natividad Gutierrez 

Dated: May 9, 2016 WILD, CARTER & TIPTON 

 /s/ John W. Phillips 

 John W. Phillips 

 Attorneys for Defendants, 

 Hong Hwah Ko, Huei Ling Ko, Dora Marmolejo 

Duarte dba Mariscos Costa Azul, and Eduardo 

Alonso dba Mariscos Costa Azul 

 

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ORDER 

 Plaintiff’s counsel and Defendants having so stipulated, and good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Settlement Conference set for May 26, 2016 at 

10:00 AM before Judge Stanley A. Boone is VACATED. Plaintiff and Defendants may 

request, as appropriate, that a new settlement conference be set after an Order on Plaintiff’s 

counsel’s motion to withdraw as Plaintiff’s counsel is filed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 10, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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