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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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STIPULATION REGARDING STAYING ACTION AND PROCEEDING WITH BINDING ARBITRATION; 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NOIRIN PLUNKETT, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

EUCALYPTUS SYSTEMS, INC., a 

corporation; and DOES 1 through 20, 

inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-00186-TEH 

STIPULATION REGARDING STAYING 

ACTION AND PROCEEDING WITH 

BINDING ARBITRATION; AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Parties shall submit for binding arbitration the claims asserted by Plaintiff 

against Defendant in the Complaint in this Action. 

2. The arbitration shall take place in San Francisco, and the arbitrator shall be Judge 

Raul Ramirez (ret.) of ADR Services. 

3. The arbitration shall commence by the submission of this Stipulation and Order 

with ADR Services upon entry of an Order on this Stipulation. 

4. The arbitrator will have the authority to award any remedy that would have been 

available to Plaintiff or Defendant had the dispute been decided in court under California law. 

5. The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding except as to those rights which are 

or may be reserved to the Parties by operation of law. 

6. Pursuant to the Parties’ agreement, Defendant will be responsible for the payment 

of all fees invoiced by ADR services and the arbitrator. 

7. Pursuant to the Parties’ agreement, if Defendant is the prevailing party in this 

action, Defendant will not be entitled to seek the recovery of any arbitration fees it incurred. 

However, the prevailing party in arbitration may seek to recover costs otherwise permitted by 

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STIPULATION REGARDING STAYING ACTION AND PROCEEDING WITH BINDING ARBITRATION; 

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the Code of Civil Procedure, including costs for deposition transcripts, first appearance costs, 

etc. 

8. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with ADR Services rules for 

employment arbitration and by any order set forth by the arbitrator. For matters not addressed 

by said rules and/or order, the arbitration shall be conducted under the California Code of Civil 

Procedure to the extent that it can apply to arbitration. 

9. Pursuant to the Parties’ agreement, this Action is stayed in its entirety until the 

arbitration is concluded, and this Court will maintain jurisdiction over the Action: (a) to enforce 

the terms of this Stipulation; (b) to confirm, vacate, modify or correct the arbitration award 

rendered; (c) to lift the stay of this Action; and (d) to make any other orders it deems necessary 

and proper. 

10. The Parties shall file a joint status statement or stipulated dismissal of this case 

within one week of completion of the arbitration or by June 1, 2015, whichever is sooner. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _______________, 2015 

 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

4836-6702-9794, v. 1 

02/25

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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