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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Hayden v. Redwoods Community College District / STIPULATION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DEFENDANT’S AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE/ 

Case No. C 05-01785 NJV 

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Eugene B. Elliot, State Bar No. 111475 

Christine Lee, State Bar No. 231617 

BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT 

The Waterfront Building 

2749 Hyde Street 

San Francisco, California 94109 

Telephone: (415) 353-0999 

Facsimile: (415) 353-0990 

Attorneys for Defendant 

REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, dba COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MANDI HAYDEN, 

 Plaintiff, 

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REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

DISTRICT, dba COLLEGE OF THE 

REDWOODS, and DOES ONE to FIFTY, 

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Case No.: C 05-01785 NJV 

STIPULATION FOR RECONSIDERATION 

OF ORDER DENYING SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT TO ADDRESS DEFENDANT’S 

AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE OF UNDUE 

ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN 

[F.R.C.P. RULE 59(e)] 

Magistrate Judge Nandor J. Vadas 

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 The parties, acting by and through their respective legal counsel, hereby stipulate to allow 

defendants to request leave to file a motion for reconsideration, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-

9(b)(3), of this court’s order, issued on October 10, 2006, denying the parties’ motions for summary 

judgment. The parties intend that this stipulation substitute for a formal motion for leave to file a 

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motion for reconsideration in the interests of efficiency and conserving resources, as both parties are 

in agreement on this request. 

 Upon review of the October 10, 2006 order denying summary judgment, both parties noted 

that the court did not address defendant’s separate and distinct affirmative defense of undue 

administrative burden based upon the unavailability of sign language interpreters. The order fails to 

cite facts related to that defense and no analysis or findings regarding that defense is provided. Both 

parties agree and acknowledge that this issue is central to the disposition and/or resolution of this 

case. 

Leave for a motion for reconsideration should be granted because the court did not address 

this potentially dispositive issue, which is a basis for granting leave for a motion for reconsideration 

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-9(b)(3). This defense was presented to the court before the issuance to 

the order and reconsideration of this issue is therefore proper. 

In the event that leave to file a motion for reconsideration is granted, the parties submit this 

stipulation in lieu of a formal motion for reconsideration. The parties agree that the only issue to be 

determined upon reconsideration is that of the defendant’s affirmative defense of undue 

administrative burden based on the unavailability of sign language interpreters. Since both parties 

agree on the issue to be reconsidered, dispensing with a formal motion for reconsideration will save 

time and resources for all involved parties. 

 Both parties respectfully request the court to provide written findings addressing defendant’s 

affirmative defense of undue administrative burden based on the pleadings, documents on file with 

the court, and any such additional papers and hearings as the court deems proper. The parties 

respectfully request a telephone conference with the court on how to proceed in this regard before 

any trial or pretrial dates are set. 

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 SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 12, 2006 /s/ 

 Eugene B. Elliot 

 Christine Lee 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 

Dated: /s/ 

 Jason K. Singleton 

 Attorney for Plaintiff MANDI HAYDEN 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: _____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE NANDOR J. VADAS 

 

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this E-filed document. 

Dated: October 16, 2006 /s/ 

 CHRISTINE LEE 

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