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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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LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP

Lake Merritt Plaza

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2600

Oakland, CA 94612 - 3541

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STIPULATION TO VACATE 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. 13-CV-5158-TEH

MATTHEW S. CONANT, State Bar No. 94920

msc@llcllp.com

KARA A. ABELSON, State Bar No. 279320

kabelson@llcllp.com

LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP

Lake Merritt Plaza

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 2600

Oakland, CA 94612-3541

Telephone: (510) 433-2600

Facsimile: (510) 433-2699

Attorneys for Defendants

FORTY NINERS FOOTBALL COMPANY LLC 

(Erroneously sued as SAN FRANCISCO FORTYFORTY NINERS) and the CITY AND COUNTY 

OF SAN FRANCISCO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

STEVEN GATTO,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN 

FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, 

the SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS, 

and DOES 1, 3-10 in their individual 

capacities,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-CV-5158-TEH

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

TO VACATE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

STIPULATION

The parties to the above-entitled, by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate 

to vacate the settlement conference set for August 31, 2015 and to proceed with a mandatory 

settlement conference after the parties’ motions for summary judgment are ruled on. 

The parties attended a Case Management Conference with Judge Henderson on July 20, 

2015. At that time, the Court set the trial in this matter for December 15, 2015 and set a pretrial 

conference for November 30, 2015. Additionally, Judge Henderson ordered the parties to attend 

a mandatory settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Westmore no later than 5 calendar 

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days before the pretrial conference. 

The parties expressed to Judge Henderson that after further discussion between counsel, 

the parties would like to forego the settlement conference set for August 31, 2015 and proceed 

only with the mandatory settlement conference after the parties’ motions for summary judgment 

are ruled on. The parties believe that a ruling on the motions for summary judgment is necessary 

before the parties can engage in meaningful settlement discussions. Both parties have agreed to 

file their motion for summary judgment by July 31, 2015 and the hearing will be set for early 

September.

Judge Henderson advised that the parties should inform Magistrate Judge Westmore of 

their request to forego the settlement conference set for August 31, 2015 and proceed only with 

the mandatory settlement conference at a date closer to the pretrial conference. Judge Henderson 

stated that he would leave the decision regarding the settlement conference up to Magistrate 

Judge Westmore and the parties. 

Accordingly, the parties now request that Magistrate Judge Westmore permit the parties to 

vacate the settlement conference currently set for August 31, 2015 and proceed only with the 

mandatory settlement conference. The parties will be in a better position to discuss settlement 

after the motions for summary judgment are ruled upon because the parties will know the Court’s 

position on the legal issues that are currently contested. Additionally, waiting to attend a 

mandatory settlement conference after the motions are ruled on could conserve judicial resources 

because a settlement conference will no longer be necessary if the Court grants defendants’ 

motion.

Furthermore, counsel for plaintiff is unavailable on August 31, 2015 due to a scheduling 

conflict. Thus, in the event Magistrate Judge Westmore is not willing to vacate the settlement 

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conference and wait until the mandatory settlement conference, the parties request that the 

settlement conference be continued to a mutually available date.

DATED: July 24, 2015 WISEMAN LAW GROUP, P.C.

By: /s/ Joseph J. Wiseman

JOSEPH J. WISEMAN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STEVEN GATTO

DATED: July 24, 2015 LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT, LLP

By: /s/ Kara A. Abelson

KARA A. ABELSON

Attorneys for Defendants

FORTY NINERS FOOTBALL 

COMPANY LLC and CITY AND COUNTY 

OF SAN FRANCISCO

ORDER

WHEREAS, good cause exists for the relief requested herein, IT IS ORDERED that the 

settlement conference currently set for August 31, 2015 is vacated. The parties will attend a 

mandatory settlement conference after the parties’ motions for summary judgment are heard in 

compliance with Honorable Thelton Henderson’s Order for Pretrial Preparation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED

DATED: _______________

 Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore

7/27/15

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