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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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Stip. & (Proposed) Order Lifting Stay of Discovery 

CASE NO. C09-1964 JSW

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

THERESE M. STEWART, State Bar #104930

Chief Deputy City Attorney 

DANNY CHOU, State Bar #180240

Chief of Complex and Special Litigation 

SHERRI SOKELAND KAISER, State Bar #197986 

TARA M. STEELEY, State Bar #231775

Deputy City Attorneys 

City Hall, Room 234 

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 

San Francisco, California 94102-4682 

Telephone: (415) 554-4691 

Facsimile: (415) 554-4747 

E-Mail: sherri.kaiser@sfgov.org 

E-Mail: tara.steeley@sfgov.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (SBN 44332) 

United States Attorney 

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143) 

Chief, Civil Division 

JONATHAN U. LEE (CSBN 148792) 

THOMAS R. GREEN (CSBN 203480) 

Assistant United States Attorneys 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-7200 

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748 

E-mail: jonathan.lee@usdoj.gov E-mail: thomas.green@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, CENTRAL CITY SRO 

COLLABORATIVE, SAN FRANCISCO 

TENANTS UNION, and HOUSING RIGHTS 

COMMITTEE OF SAN FRANCISCO 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C09-1964 JSW 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

LIFTING STAY OF DISCOVERY 

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Plaintiff City and County of San Francisco; Plaintiffs Central City SRO Collaborative, San 

Francisco Tenants Union, and the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco; and Defendant United 

States Postal Service, by and through their counsel, hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS 

1. This case was filed on May 5, 2009. In the nearly ten months since then, the parties 

have confined their efforts to a motion to dismiss and mediation. No party has served any discovery to 

date. 

2. At the Initial Case Management Conference on January 15, 2010, in recognition of the 

parties' ongoing mediation attempts and the possible futility of discovery if mediation proved 

successful, the Court stayed discovery pending its further order. 

3. The final mediation session took place on February 17, 2010, and it was unsuccessful. 

No further mediation is contemplated at this time. 

4. The parties have now turned their focus to the litigation, which they can only advance 

by means of discovery. 

AGREEMENT 

NOW, THEREFORE, all parties hereby stipulate that the stay of discovery entered in this case 

on January 15, 2010, should be lifted and ask the Court to so order. 

Dated: February 26, 2010 DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

THERESE M. STEWART 

DANNY CHOU 

SHERRI SOKELAND KAISER 

TARA M. STEELEY 

Deputy City Attorneys 

By: /s/ .

SHERRI SOKELAND KAISER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

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 TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC 

DATED: February 26, 2010 By: /s/ .

STEPHEN L. COLLIER 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CENTRAL CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE, SAN 

FRANCISCO TENANTS UNION, and HOUSING 

RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF SAN FRANCISCO 

COUNTY 

 JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

 United States Attorney 

JONATHAN U. LEE 

THOMAS R. GREEN 

Assistant United States Attorneys 

DATED: February 26, 2010 By: /s/ .

JONATHAN U. LEE 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Stephen L. Collier, 

attorney for Plaintiffs Central City SRO Collaborative, San Francisco Tenants Union, and Housing 

Rights Committee of San Francisco County, and Jonathan U. Lee, attorney for Defendant United 

States Postal Service. 

By: /s/ .

Sherri Sokeland Kaiser 

Attorney for Plaintiff City and County of San Francisco 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and for good cause shown, it is hereby ordered that 

the stay of discovery, entered by this Court on January 15, 2010, is lifted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED:_____________________, 2010 

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 HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 United States District Court Judge 

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