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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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4267327.1 EA391-019 1 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE DECEMBER 16, 2015 CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 15-CV-00380-SBA 

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore 

A Professional Law Corporation 

135 Main Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Richard C. Bolanos, Bar No. 111343 

rbolanos@lcwlegal.com 

Megan M. Lewis, Bar No. 246052 

mlewis@lcwlegal.com 

Zachary W. Shine, Bar No. 271522 

zshine@lcwlegal.com 

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE 

A Professional Law Corporation 

135 Main Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: 415.512.3000 

Facsimile: 415.856.0306 

Craig S. Spencer, General Counsel, Bar No. 78277 

cspencer@ebmud.com 

Derek McDonald, Office of General Counsel, Bar No. 238477 

dmcdonal@ebmud.com 

East Bay Municipal Utility District 

P.O. Box 24055 

375 Eleventh Street (MS 904) 

Oakland, California 94623-1055 

Attorneys for Defendant EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY 

DISTRICT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - OAKLAND 

IVETTE RIVERA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY 

DISTRICT, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 15-CV-00380-SBA 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE DECEMBER 16, 2015 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Judge: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

 

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4267327.1 EA391-019 2 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE DECEMBER 16, 2015 CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 15-CV-00380-SBA 

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore 

A Professional Law Corporation 

135 Main Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

PLAINTIFF IVETTE RIVERA (“Plaintiff”) and DEFENDANT EAST BAY 

MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT (“EBMUD” or “Defendant”), (collectively the “Parties”), by 

and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS on August 3, 2015, the Court set this matter for a Case Management 

Conference to be held on October 7, 2015; 

WHEREAS on August 19, 2015, EBMUD and the now dismissed individual EBMUD 

Defendants and Union Defendants filed Motions to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS the hearing on Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss was scheduled for October 

14, 2015; 

WHEREAS the Parties stipulated to, and the Court ordered, a continuance of the October 

7, 2015 Case Management Conference to December 16, 2015; 

WHEREAS on November 10, 2015, the Court issued an Order granting the Motions to 

Dismiss filed by the EBMUD Defendants and the Union Defendants; 

WHEREAS the Court granted leave to amend only with respect to Plaintiff’s claims for 

discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, against EBMUD only; 

WHEREAS on November 25, 2015, a Notice of Appearance was filed by David M. 

Poore, as the new representative of Plaintiff Ivette Rivera; formerly a pro se plaintiff; 

WHEREAS on December 1, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint against 

EBMUD; 

WHEREAS the deadline for EBMUD to respond to Plaintiff’s Second Amended 

Complaint is December 18, 2015; 

WHEREAS, since counsel for Plaintiff has only recently joined this matter, counsel for 

EBMUD and counsel for Plaintiff have not yet been able to adequately meet and confer regarding 

initial disclosures, a discovery plan, and a joint case management conference statement; 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that in the interests of efficiency and clarity of issues, and in 

an effort to better comply with the obligations set forth by this Court and the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, it is in the best interests of the Court and the Parties for the Court to continue the 

Case Management Conference to allow sufficient time for the Parties to effectively meet and 

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4267327.1 EA391-019 3 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE DECEMBER 16, 2015 CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 15-CV-00380-SBA 

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore 

A Professional Law Corporation 

135 Main Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

confer; 

WHEREAS the Parties mutually agree and request to continue the Case Management 

Conference presently set for December 16, 2015 for forty-five (45) days, or to a date most 

convenient for the Court; 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate, by and through their counsel and pursuant to 

Court approval, that: 

The Case Management Conference is continued to ______________________. In 

accordance with the Standing Order, a joint case management statement must be filed one week 

in advance of the case management date. 

The Parties attest that on file are all holographic signatures corresponding to any 

signatures indicated by a conformed signature (/s/) within this e-filed document. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 9, 2015 

By: 

BROWN POORE LLP 

 /s/ David M. Poore 

 David M. Poore 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IVETTE RIVERA 

Dated: December 9, 2015 

By: 

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE 

 /s/ Zachary W. Shine 

 Richard C. Bolanos 

Zachary W. Shine 

Attorneys for Defendant 

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY 

DISTRICT 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ________________ __________________________________________ 

The Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Court Judge 

02/11/2016 at 2:30 PM

12/10/2015

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