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Nature of Suit Code: 196
Nature of Suit: Franchise
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Injunctive/Declaratory Relief

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CALVIN E. DAVIS (SBN: 101640) 

cdavis@gordonrees.com 

GARY A. COLLIS (SBN: 191800) 

gcollis@gordonrees.com 

GORDON & REES LLP 

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 576-5000 

Facsimile: (213) 680-4470 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SYNERGY HOMECARE FRANCHISING, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

John Han, an individual, Alice Lai-Bitker, an CASE NO. 4:16-cv-03759-KAW 

individual, Veris Eastbay Homecare, Inc., a 

California corporation STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) 

ORDER TO CONTINUE THE 

Plaintiffs, INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

Vs. 

Synergy Homecare Franchising, LLC, an Arizona 

limited liability company, 

Defendant. 

WHEREAS on July 5, 2016, defendant SYNERGY HomeCare Franchising, LLC 

("Defendant") filed a Notice of Removal removing this action from the Superior Court of the State 

of California, County of Alameda; 

WHEREAS on July 6, 2016, the Court entered an Order Setting Initial Case Management 

Conference and ADR deadlines setting the Case Management Conference ("CMC") in this action 

for October 4, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.; 

WHEREAS on July 12, 2016, defendant SYNERGY HomeCare Franchising, LLC 

("Defendant") filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint, which was originally noticed for hearing 

on August 18, 2016; 

WHEREAS on. August 17, 2016, plaintiffs John Han, Alice Lai-Bitker, and Veris Eastbay 

Homecare, Inc. (collectively, "Plaintiffs") filed a Motion to Remand this action to state court, 

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which is currently scheduled to be heard on October 6, 2016; 

WHEREAS on August 17, 2016, the Court entered an Order Continuing Hearing on 

Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and Compel Arbitration, which continued the hearing on the 

Motion to Dismiss the Complaint to November 3, 2016; 

WHEREAS on September 13, 2016, the parties filed a Stipulation and (Proposed) Order 

Selecting ADR Process whereby the parties agreed to engage in court-sponsored mediation; 

WHEREAS counsel for the parties have met and conferred and have agreed that economy 

and efficiency support continuing the CMC until after the Court rules on any pending motions; 

WHEREAS counsel for the parties have agreed that economy and efficiency also support 

continuing the CMC until the parties have engaged in the court- 

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Dated: September 15, 2016 MILESTONE LEGAL, P.C. 

By: 

Philip Milestone 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOHN 

HAN, ALICE LAI-BITKER, 

and VERIS EASTBAY 

HOMECARE, INC. 

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sponsored mediation; 

IT IS STIPULATED that (1) the parties' deadline to file their Rule 26(f) Report and Joint 

Case Management Conference Statement be continued to December 13, 2016 and (2) the CMC be 

continued to December 20, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. 

Dated: September 14, 2016 GORDON & REES LLP 

By: /s/ Gary A. Collis 

Calvin E. Davis 

Gary A. Collis 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SYNERGY HOMECARE 

FRANCHISING, LLC 

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