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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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7905168.2 NO029-023 3:16-cv-02590-JST

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC AND RELATED DATES

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Suzanne Solomon, Bar No. 169005

ssolomon@lcwlegal.com

Arlin Kachalia, Bar No. 193752

akachalia@lcwlegal.com

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: 415.512.3000

Facsimile: 415.856.0306

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF NOVATO 

and LT. OLIVER COLLINS

Mary J. Shea, Bar No. 113222

mary@shealaw.com

SHEA LAW OFFICES

1814 Franklin Street, Suite 800

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: 510.208.4422

Facsimile: 415.520.9407

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JEFFREY A. AMES and 

SASHA M. D’AMICO

Fulvio F. Cajina, Bar No. 289126

fulvio@cajinalaw.com

LAW OFFICE OF FULVIO F. CAJINA

311 Oak Street, Suite 108

Oakland, California 94607

Telephone: 415.601.0779

Facsimile: 510.444.5108

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JEFFREY A. AMES and 

SASHA M. D’AMICO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO

JEFFREY A. AMES and SASHA M. 

D’AMICO,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF NOVATO; LT. OLIVER 

COLLINS; and DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:16-cv-02590-JST

Complaint Filed: May 13, 2016

FAC Filed: May 16, 2016

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, ADR 

STIPULATION/NOTICE FOR PHONE 

CONFERENCE DEADLINE, AND RELATED 

DATES

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7905168.2 NO029-023 1 3:16-cv-02590-JST

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC AND RELATED DATES

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Plaintiffs Jeffrey Ames and Sasha D’Amico (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants City of Novato 

and Oliver Collins (collectively, “Defendants”) by and through their respective counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate as follows for consideration and approval by the Court:

A. WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint for Damages on May 16, 

2016, and served Defendants on May 20, 2016;

B. WHEREAS, on May 31, 2016, the parties agreed and stipulated to extending 

Defendants’ time to respond to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint from June 10, 

2016, to July 6, 2016; 

C. WHEREAS, on July 6, 2016, Defendants City of Novato and Lt. Oliver Collins filed a 

Motion to Dismiss Portions of Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint;

D. WHEREAS, on July 6, 2016, the Court scheduled a Case Management Conference for 

September 14, 2016. The parties’ Case Management Conference Statement is due 

September 7, 2016;

E. WHEREAS, on July 14, 2016, Defendants City of Novato and Lt. Oliver Collins filed 

a Motion to Sever Plaintiff D’Amico’s Claims into a Separate Action;

F. WHEREAS, on July 19, 2016, the parties agreed and stipulated, and this Court 

approved, that the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Portions of Plaintiffs’ 

First Amended Complaint and Motion to Sever Plaintiff D’Amico’s Claims into 

Separate Action be continued to September 1, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. and to extend 

briefing dates. This stipulation was necessitated by Plaintiff’s counsel Mary Shea’s 

stated intention to withdraw from the case due to a serious medical condition;

G. WHEREAS, Fulvio Cajina associated in as co-counsel for Plaintiffs on August 10, 

2016; 

H. WHEREAS, the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Sever is on calendar for September 

1, 2016;

I. WHEREAS, the court vacated the September 1, 2016, hearing set for Defendants’ 

Motion to Dismiss, and will be issuing a decision without oral argument; and

NOW THEREFORE, the Plaintiffs and Defendants stipulate, by and through their counsel 

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7905168.2 NO029-023 2 3:16-cv-02590-JST

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC AND RELATED DATES

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

and pursuant to Court approval, that:

1. That in the interest of justice and to minimize litigation costs, and because the 

decisions of the Defendants’ Motion to Sever and Motion to Dismiss are pending, the 

parties request that this Court continue the Case Management Conference from 

September 14, 2016, in Courtroom 9 of the above-entitled Court, to Wednesday, 

October 12, 2016. 

2. No party will be prejudiced by a continuance of the Case Management Conference by 

30 days from September 14, 2016, to Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The parties 

further stipulate that a joint case management statement must be filed five court days 

in advance of the continued case management conference, on or before October 4, 

2016.

3. The parties agree: (a) to conduct the FRCP 26(f) conference on or before September 

14, 2016, and (b) to complete initial disclosures and file the FRCP 26(f) report on or 

before October 4, 2016. 

4. The parties agree to extend the deadline for filing either a Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order Selecting an ADR Process or a Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference, to 

September 14, 2016.

5. The parties agree that discovery may commence as of October 4, 2016.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: August 31, 2016

By:

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

/S/ SUZANNE SOLOMON

Suzanne Solomon

Arlin Kachalia

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF 

NOVATO and LT. OLIVER COLLINS

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7905168.2 NO029-023 3 3:16-cv-02590-JST

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC AND RELATED DATES

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Dated: August 31, 2016

By:

THE SHEA LAW OFFICES

/S/ MARY J. SHEA

Mary J. Shea

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JEFFREY A. 

AMES and SASHA M. D’AMICO

Dated: August 31, 2016

By:

LAW OFFICE OF FULVIO F. CAJINA

/S/ FULVIO J. CAJINA

Fulvio J. Cajina

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JEFFREY A. 

AMES and SASHA M. D’AMICO

[PROPOSED] ORDER

1. The Case Management Conference is continued from September 14, 2016, to 

October 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 9 of the above-entitled Court. 

2. The parties’ joint case management statement must be filed five court days in 

advance of the continued case management conference, on or before October 4, 2016.

3. The parties shall a) conduct the FRCP 26(f) conference on or before September 14, 

2016, and b) complete initial disclosures and file the FRCP 26(f) report on or before October 4, 

2016. 

4. The parties’ deadline for filing either a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Selecting 

an ADR Process or a Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference, is extended to September 14, 

2016.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________

The Honorable Jon S. Tigar

United States District Judge

October 19, 2016 October 11, 2016 August 31, 2016

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