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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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Case No. C 04-04444 CW

Stipulation to Withdraw from ADR process

RICHARD P. DUANE (SBN 37880)

DEAN SCHMIDT (SBN 142068)

DUANE & SELTZER, LLP

2000 Center Street, Suite 300

Berkeley, California 94704

Tel: (510) 841-8575

Fax: (510) 845-3016

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORVILLE MEAUX

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT

OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORVILLE MEAUX,

Plaintiff,

v.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware

Corporation, PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT

ATTENDANTS ASSOCIATION, a labor

organization, TRANSPORT WORKERS

UNION, a labor organization, ASSOCIATION

OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTSCOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF

AMERICA, a labor organization, and DOES 1

to 20, inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 04-04444 CW

(Consolidated with 

Case No. C09-02447 CW)

STIPULATION AND

(PROPOSED) ORDER

TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE

ADR PROCESS, 

EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION

Hon. Claudia Wilken

WHEREAS, this is a consolidated action, the more recent action (C09-02447 CW) having

been filed on June 3, 2009.

WHEREAS, the Court ordered ADR process, Early Neutral Evaluation, was ordered by

the Court in the 2009 case on October 2, 2009, before the two Defendant unions had appeared in

the action.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff had agreed in the Joint Case Management Statement filed in the

ORDER DENYING

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Case No. C 04-04444 CW

Stipulation to Withdraw from ADR process

2009 action to Early Neutral Evaluation when it was contemplated that the two Defendant unions

would be parties to this action and would participate in the ADR process.

WHEREAS, an Early Neutral Evaluation is scheduled to occur on February 4, 2010

before Sue Stott.

WHEREAS, while the two Defendant unions currently remain in this action, Plaintiff

now intends to dismiss the two Defendant unions from this action, leaving Defendant Northwest

Airlines as the sole Defendant subject to participate in the Early Neutral Evaluation. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant Northwest Airlines participated in the ADR process

in the earlier case (C 04-04444 CW) when the Court ordered the parties to Private Mediation by

Order dated March 8, 2005. The ADR Session, Mediation was held on August 16, 2005 but the

parties were not able to reach a resolution of the matter.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Orville Meaux does not now agree that Early Neutral Evaluation is

a suitable method of ADR for this case as the remaining parties to the consolidated action,

Plaintiff Orville Meaux and Defendant Northwest Airlines, have not been able to resolve this

dispute through alternative means in the past. Plaintiff anticipates that an Early Neutral

Evaluation with Defendant Northwest will be a costly and time-consuming process with little

likelihood of resolving the matter.

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant Northwest is willing to participate in the Early

Neutral Evaluation as ordered, but does not oppose Plaintiff’s request to cancel the scheduled

Early Neutral Evalution which Plaintiff does not believe will be productive.

WHEREFORE, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant Northwest Airlines agree that this

action may be withdrawn from the ADR process and the Early Neutral Evaluation Session

scheduled for February 4, 2010 may and should be canceled.

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Case No. C 04-04444 CW

Stipulation to Withdraw from ADR process

SO STIPULATED.

DUANE & SELTZER

Dated: January 20, 2010 /s/ 

DEAN SCHMIDT

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Orville Meaux 

OGLETREE, DEAKINS et al.

Dated: January 20, 2010 /s/ 

LINDA GOLDMAN

Attorneys for Defendant

Northwest Airlines, Inc.

ORDER

STIPULATION RE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

The above Stipulation, having been read and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Early

Neutral Evaluation scheduled for February 4, 2010 is cancelled and the case shall be withdrawn

from the ADR process.

Dated: ___________________ ______________________________ 

Honorable Claudia Wilken

shall proceed as scheduled. NOT APPEARING 1/21/10

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