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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

United Specialty insurance Company, CASE NO. 15-cv-01039-HSG

 Plaintiff(s), 

 

v. AMENDED STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER SELECTING ADR 

PROCESS 

MERIDIAN MANAGEMENT 

GROUP, INC.; ET. Al., 

Defendant(s).

_______________________________/

Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the 

following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: 

The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process: 

Court Processes:

☐ Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4)

☐ Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5)

☐ Mediation (ADR L.R. 6)

(Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is 

appreciably more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR must participate in an 

ADR phone conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of Need for 

ADR Phone Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5) 

Private Process:

[X] Private ADR (please identify process and provider) The parties have discussed 

proposed neutrals and mediation providers. A final consensus has not yet been 

reached as to the neutral to be selected.

The parties agree to hold the ADR session by: 

[X] the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 90 days from the date of the order 

referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. ) 

☐ other requested deadline _____________________________________________

Dated: May 22, 2015 __/s/ Craig H. Bell_______

 Craig H. Bell, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff United 

Specialty Insurance Company

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Dated: May 22, 2015 __/s/ Nancy Jean Strout______

 Nancy Jean Strout, Esq.

Attorney for Defendant National

Union Fire Insurance Company of 

Pittsburg, PA

Dated: May 22, 2015 __/s/ Shanti Eagle ___________

 Shanti Eagle, Esq. 

Attorney for Defendant Meridian 

Management Group, Inc. 

Attestation:

I, Craig H. Bell hereby attest, based upon my own personal knowledge, that concurrence in the 

filing of this Amended Stipulation has been obtained from each of the other Signatories hereto, 

which shall serve in lieu of their signatures on the document pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3).

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and State of California that 

the foregoing attestation is true and correct, and was executed on May 22, 2015 at Encino, 

California. 

__/s/ Craig H. Bell________

 Craig H. Bell

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

☐ The parties’ stipulation is adopted and IT IS SO ORDERED.

☐ The parties’ stipulation is modified as follows, and IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

When filing this document in ECF, please be sure to use the appropriate Docket 

Event, e.g., “Stipulation and Proposed Order Selecting Mediation.”

X

5/27/2015

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Rev. 12/11

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