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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE VDRP Case No.: 2:14-CV-02588-KJM-CKD 1

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Galen T. Shimoda (Cal. State Bar No. 226752) 

Jennet F. Zapata (Cal. State Bar No. 277063) 

Shimoda Law Corp. 

9401 East Stockton Blvd., Suite 200 

Elk Grove, CA 95624 

Telephone: (916) 525-0716; 

Facsimile: (916) 760-3733 

Email: attorney@shimodalaw.com

jrodriguez@shimodalaw.com

jzapata@shimodalaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff KARI L. KOUTNIK 

C. Russell Georgeson (SBN 53589) 

Richard A. Belrdinelli (SBN 65168) 

GEORGSON AND BELARDINELLI 

7060 North Fresno Street, Suite 250 

Fresno, CA 93720 

Telephone: (559) 447-8800 

Facsimile: (559) 447-0747 

Attorneys for Defendants MULTIVERSAL ENTERPRISES – TAHOE PROPERTIES, LLC, a 

California Limited Liability Company; MULTIMAMMOTH LLC, a California Limited Liability 

Company; MULTIVERSAL ENTERPRISES – TAHOE, a California Limited Liability Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KARI L. KOUTNIK, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

MULTIVERSAL ENTERPRISES – TAHOE 

PROPERTIES, LLC, a California Limited 

Liability Company; MULTIMAMMOTH 

LLC; a California Limited Liability Company;

MULTIVERSAL ENTERPRISES – TAHOE; 

and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, 

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-02588-KJM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ELECT) 

REFERRAL OF ACTION TO 

VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

PROGRAM (VDRP) PURSUANT TO 

LOCAL RULE 16-271 

 

 Complaint Filed: November 5, 2014 

 Trial date: None Set 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE VDRP Case No.: 2:14-CV-02588-KJM-CKD 2

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Pursuant to Local Rule 16-271, the parties hereby agree to submit the above-entitled action to 

the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program. The parties agree to complete it by no earlier than July 

15, 2015 but no later than September 4, 2015. The neutral must file confirmation of that completion 

by October 30, 2015. No pre-trial activity, including discovery, shall be stayed until the VDRP 

session is concluded. 

 DATED: March 24, 2015 GEORGSON AND BELARDINELLI

 By: /s/ C. Russell Georgeson _______ 

 C. Russell Georgeson 

 (As authorized on 3/24/2015) 

Attorney for Defendants MULTIVERSAL 

ENTERPRISES – TAHOE PROPERTIES, LLC, 

MULTIMAMMOTH LLC, and MULTIVERSAL 

ENTERPRISES – TAHOE 

DATED: March 24, 2015 Shimoda Law Corp.

 By: /s/ Galen T. Shimoda 

 Galen T. Shimoda 

 Attorney for Plaintiff KARI L. KOUTNIK 

ORDER 

 This matter is referred to the court’s ADR Coordinator, Sujean Park, for referral to VDRP, 

for the convening of a VDRP session. A principal with full settlement authority for each party shall 

appear at the VDRP session. 

 The parties are reminded to promptly notify the court if they settle this case prior to the 

scheduled VDRP conference date. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 24, 2015. 

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