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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Mediation

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RICHARD P. DUANE (SBN 37880)

(dickduane2004@yahoo.com)

DIANE STANTON (SBN 142196)

(stantonesq@sbcglobal.net)

DUANE & SELTZER, LLP

2000 Center Street, Suite 300

Berkeley, CA 94704

Tel: (510) 841-8575

Fax: (510) 845-3016

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PORTIA LEMMONS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PORTIA LEMMONS,

Plaintiff

vs. 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES, 

Defendant.

___________________________________

Case No. C07-01198 MEJ

STIPULATION TO EXTEND

DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION

AND (PROPOSED) ORDER

 Plaintiff Portia Lemmons and Defendant United States Postal Services, by and through their

attorneys, hereby stipulate that there is good cause for a continuation of the deadline to conduct

mediation in this matter. The mediator appointed in this action, Rebecca Dixon, has also agreed

that the parties may stipulate to a continuance of the mediation.

Under the ADR Local Rules, the mediation must be held no later than 90 days after the entry

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of the order referring the case to mediation. This case was referred to mediation on September 4,

2007, so the mediation deadline would be December 3, 2007. No prior request for an extension of

time to conduct mediation has been made.

The stipulation to continue the deadline for mediation is made on the following grounds: 

Counsel agree there is various discovery still to be conducted before a meaningful attempt at ADR

through mediation can take place, including the depositions of both Plaintiff and a U.S. Postal

worker. The current schedules of both Plaintiff’s counsel and the Assistant U.S. Attorney make it

unlikely that the required discovery could occur prior to the mediation deadline. Plaintiff’s counsel

is the attorney of record representing a creditor in a bankruptcy proceeding in the State of

Minnesota which will require him to travel out of state to conduct discovery in the early part of

2008.

The parties respectfully request that the Court grant a 90-day extension of the deadline to

hold the mediation.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: October 31, 2007 /s/ 

RICHARD DUANE

Dated:October 31, 2007 /s/ 

JENNIFER WANG

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Mediation of this matter is

continued to ______________________, 2007. 

Date: ___________________ __________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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October 31, 2007 deadline is continued for 90 days

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