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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; C 05-01597 EDL 

BILL LANN LEE (State Bar No. 108452) 

blee@lchb.com 

MARGARET HASSELMAN 

(State Bar No. 228529) 

mhasselman@lewisfeinberg.com 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & 

JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 95612-2519 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

GRANT P. FONDO (State Bar No. 181530) 

JESSICA VALENZUELA SANTAMARIA 

(State Bar No. 220934) 

HEATHER DUNN NAVARRO 

(State Bar No. 238158) 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

5 Palo Alto Square 

3000 El Camino Real 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg, 

Vivian Hain, and the Class 

[Additional Plaintiffs’ counsel listed at end] 

KIMON MANOLIUS (State Bar No. 15497) 

WARREN WEBSTER (State Bar No. 209540) 

JULIA H. VEIT (State Bar No. 209207) 

KARIN M. ARNOLD (State Bar No. 228565) 

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS 

 VLAHOS & RUDY, LLP 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2173 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 

jveit@hansonbridgett.com 

FRANCIS F. CHIN (State Bar No. 059231) 

CYNTHIA E. SEGAL (State Bar No. 179636) 

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION 

Joseph P. Bort Metrocenter 

101 8th Street 

Oakland, CA 94607-4700 

Telephone: (510) 817-5700 

Facsimile: (510) 817-5848 

Attorneys for Defendant Metropolitan 

Transportation Commission 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SYLVIA DARENSBURG and VIVIAN 

HAIN, individuals on behalf of themselves 

and all others similarly situated; 

AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION 

192; COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER 

ENVIRONMENT, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION, 

Defendant. 

No. C 05-01597 EDL 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; C 05-01597 EDL 

The parties stipulate and agree that this action shall be maintained as a class action 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) and (b)(2), on behalf of a class of Black, Hispanic, Asian or 

Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaskan native individuals who are patrons of AC 

Transit. See 28 C.F.R. § 42.402 (defining designations “Black,” “Hispanic,” “Asian or Pacific 

Islander,” and “American Indian or Alaskan native” for purpose of Title VI of the Civil Rights 

Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d). 

Defendant Metropolitan Transportation Commission (“MTC”) does not oppose Plaintiffs’ 

request that Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg and Vivian Hain be certified as representative plaintiffs 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a)(3)-(4). MTC’s nonopposition is without prejudice to its right to 

challenge the designated representatives on any basis, whether under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 or 

otherwise, depending upon facts and legal theories that develop in the case. 

MTC does not oppose Plaintiffs’ request that Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, 

P.C.; Public Advocates, Inc.; Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, and Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & 

Bernstein LLP be appointed class counsel pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(g). MTC’s 

nonopposition is without prejudice to MTC’s right to challenge the designated class counsel on 

any basis and is given based upon Plaintiffs’ representations that designated class counsel are 

qualified, competent and do not have interests in conflict with either the interests of Plaintiffs or 

the interests of any other designated class counsel. Moreover, MTC reserves the right to raise any 

appropriate challenge to any request for fees or costs made by designated counsel, on grounds 

that may include but would not be limited to duplication of efforts and inefficiencies created by 

Plaintiffs’ election to designate multiple law firms as class counsel. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; C 05-01597 EDL 

Dated: December 7, 2007 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, 

P.C. 

By: /s/ 

Bill Lann Lee 

Bill Lann Lee 

Margaret Hasselman 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, 

P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 95612-2519 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

Grant P. Fondo 

Jessica Valenzuela Santamaria 

Heather Dunn Navarro 

5 Palo Alto Square 

3000 El Camino Real 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663 

Richard Marcantonio 

Guillermo Mayer 

Elizabeth Voigt 

PUBLIC ADVOCATES, INC. 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 431-7430 

Facsimile: (415) 431-1048 

Kelly M. Dermody 

Daniel M. Hutchinson 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN 

 & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg, Vivian Hain, 

and the Class 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; C 05-01597 EDL 

 Peter D. Nussbaum 

Daniel T. Purtell 

Linda Lye 

ALTSHULER, BERZON, NUSSBAUM, RUBIN & 

 DEMAIN 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Amalgamated Transit 

Union Local 192 

 

 Adrienne Bloch 

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT 

1440 Broadway, Suite 701 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 302-0430 

Facsimile: (510) 302-0438 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Communities for a Better 

Environment 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; C 05-01597 EDL 

Dated: December 7, 2007 HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS 

& RUDY, LLP 

By: /s/ 

Julia H. Veit 

Kimon Manolius 

Warren Webster 

Julia H. Veit 

Karin M. Arnold 

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS 

 VLAHOS & RUDY, LLP 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2173 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 

 Francis F. Chin 

Cynthia E. Segal 

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION 

COMMISSION 

Joseph P. Bort Metrocenter 

101 8th Street 

Oakland, CA 94607-4700 

Telephone: (510) 817-5700 

Facsimile: (510) 817-5848 

Attorneys for Defendant Metropolitan Transportation 

Commission 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; C 05-01597 EDL 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS 

FOLLOWS: 

1. This action shall be maintained as a class action pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) 

and (b)(2), on behalf of a class of Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American 

Indian or Alaskan native individuals who are patrons of AC Transit. See 28 C.F.R. § 42.402 

(defining designations “Black,” “Hispanic,” “Asian or Pacific Islander,” and “American Indian 

or Alaskan native” for purpose of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d). 

2. Plaintiffs Sylvia Darensburg and Vivian Hain are certified as representative 

plaintiffs pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a)(4). 

3. Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.; Public Advocates, Inc.; Cooley 

Godward Kronish LLP, and Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP are appointed class 

counsel pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(g). 

Dated: ________________________ 

THE HON. ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

December 10, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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