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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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JONATHAN BRAND, (State Bar No. 124166)

ALYCE MAURER, (State Bar No. 225710)

Law Offices of Jonathan Brand

1777 Botelho Drive, Suite 220

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Tel: 925-295-1670

Fax: 925-296-0390

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RICHARD PASLEY

ROBERT A. DOLINKO (State Bar No. 076256)

rdolinko@nixonpeabody.com

RACHEL L. CONN (State Bar No. 286722)

rconn@nixonpeabody.com

NIXON PEABODY LLP

One Embarcadero Center, 18th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3600

Tel: 415-984-8200

Fax: 415-984-8300

Attorneys for Defendant

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD PASLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL

CORPORATION,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 16-cv-00170-RS

STIPULATION:

REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE

OF TRIAL DATE AND PRETRIAL

DEADLINES

Case filed: August 27, 2015

Removed: January 11, 2016

) Trial date: April 24, 2017

ORDER

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The parties reached a tentative settlement of this case at a mediation held on July 6, 2016. 

See Certification of Mediation filed on August 1, 2016 [Doc #20]. The conditional settlement is

premised on the tentative settlement (also reached on July 6, 2016) of a related case pending

before the Workers Compensation Appeals Board (“WCAB”) which has not yet been submitted

to nor approved by the WCAB. Accordingly, the parties jointly request that the current trial date

of April 24, 2017 be continued to September 18, 2017, and that all related deadlines be continued

the same five months. In support of this joint request, the parties state as follows:

1. The parties participated in mediation of this action through the Court’s ADR

Program on July 6, 2016, with JAMS Mediator, Michael Loeb, Esq. A conditional settlement

was reached at mediation. The condition was that the related workers’ compensation matter

must first be approved by Medicare and the WCAB. The workers’ compensation case settlement

condition has not been satisfied as of the filing of this joint request to continue the trial date and

related pre-trial deadlines. 

2. At mediation there was an estimated 90-day timeframe for accomplishing the

settlement condition. With respect to Medicare making a determination on the workers’

compensation portion of the settlement, Medicare has not yet made any determination, but it is

anticipated the requested continuance will afford the parties adequate time to seek and obtain the

requisite Medicare determination, and then WCAB approval of the settlement. 

3. In reliance on the conditional settlement at mediation, the undersigned parties

have refrained from unnecessary discovery anticipating timely action in the workers’

compensation case. While the parties remain optimistic that the conditions precedent to their

settlement will be satisfied, the parties also believe that the April 24, 2017 trial date and

upcoming discovery deadlines will not allow sufficient time for the parties to commence and

complete factual discovery in the event the parties’ settlement fails. Should the settlement fail,

the parties will need to: disclose and depose each other’s experts, exchange witness and exhibit

lists, file and brief pretrial motions, submit proposed jury instructions, and complete the other

tasks necessary before trial. Completion of discovery of expert witnesses is currently scheduled

for December 9, 2016. The parties jointly seek the Court’s order for a continuance of the current

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trial date and a new Scheduling Order according to a continued trial date. The parties hope and

anticipate that the requested continuance will enable the effectuation of their settlement and

avoid the need for discovery and trial.

4. Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a scheduling

order may be modified only for good cause and with the Court’s consent. The parties

respectfully submit there is good cause to continue the trial, because of the continued pendency

of the condition precedent to the full resolution of the case. Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, this

stipulation requesting judicial action is submitted in writing and is signed by all affected parties

through their counsel. 

WHEREFORE, the undersigned parties respectfully request that the Court continue the

trial date to September 18, 2017 or as soon thereafter as is convenient to the Court, and adjust the

Scheduling Order’s other deadlines accordingly. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: September 8, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF JONATHAN M. BRAND

By:___/s/ Jonathan Brand____________________ Jonathan Brand

Alyce Maurer Attorneys for Plaintiff

RICHARD PASLEY

Dated: September 8, 2016 NIXON PEABODY LLP

By:____/s/ Robert Dolinko___________________

Robert A. Dolinko

Rachel Conn

Attorneys for Defendant HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. The continued dates are as

follows:

Non-expert discovery shall be completed by May __, 2017.

Experts shall be designated and identified by March __, 2017.

Supplemental and rebuttal experts shall be designated by April __, 2017

On or before May __, 2017 all expert discovery shall be completed.

A further case management conference shall be held on May __, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in

Courtroom 3, 17th Floor.

All pre-trial motions shall be heard no later than July __, 2017.

The final pre-trial conference will be held on September __, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3,

17th Floor.

A jury trial shall commence on September __, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor.

Date: ________________ ____________________________

United States District Judge

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