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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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28 STIPULATION , DECLARATION, AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO CONDUCT

JOINT SITE INSPECTION

SIDNEY J. COHEN, ESQ., State Bar No. 39023

SIDNEY J. COHEN PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

427 Grand Avenue

Oakland, CA 94610

Telephone: (510) 893-6682

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RICHARD SKAFF

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD SKAFF

Plaintiff,

V. 

REAL MEX RESTAURANTS, 

INC; GENERAL GROWTH 

PROPERTIES, INC. and DOES 1-

25, Inclusive, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. C 09-05518 JSW

Civil Rights

STIPULATION , DECLARATION,

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR

ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO

CONDUCT JOINT SITE

INSPECTION

(Local Rule 6-2)

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STIPULATION

Plaintiff RICHARD SKAFF, by and through his attorney, and Defendants

REAL MEX RESTAURANTS, INC. AND GENERAL GROWTH

PROPERTIES, INC, by and through their attorneys, stipulate to an extension of

time from March 1, 2010 to April 15, 2010 to conduct the Joint Site Inspection

required by the court’s Scheduling Order in the case and by General Order 56.

Date: 3/1/10 SIDNEY J. COHEN

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

/s/ Sidney J. Cohen

 

 Sidney J. Cohen

 Attorney for Plaintiff Richard Skaff

Date: 3/1/10 JACKSON LEWIS LLP

/s/ Cara Ching-Senaha

 

Cara Ching-Senaha

Attorneys for Defendant

General Growth Properties, Inc.

Date: GREENBERG TRAURIG 

/s/ Michael J. Chilleen

______________________________

Michael J. Chilleen

Attorneys for Defendant

Real Mex Restaurants, Inc.

DECLARATION OF SIDNEY J. COHEN

I, Sidney J. Cohen, declare:

1. I am counsel for Plaintiff in this action. I am an attorney in good

standing and licensed to practice in the courts of California, in the United States

District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts, in the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and in the United States Supreme 

Court. If called upon to testify, I would testify as follows:

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2. On December 22, 2010 Call, Jensen, & Ferrell e filed defendant 

Real Mex Restaurants, Inc.’s Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint. (Docket item 5)

3. On January 14, 2010 Jackson Lewis e filed defendant General

Growth Properties, Inc.’s Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint.(Docket item 9)

4. The court Scheduling Order set March 1, 2010 as the deadline for

 the parties to conduct the joint site inspection required by General Order 56.

5. On January 20, 2010 I e mailed counsel for defendants advising of 

the need for the joint site inspection and suggesting March 1, 2010 as the date .

6. On January 20, 2010 Scott Hatch of the Jensen firm e mailed that he

was not available on March 1, that he was available the week prior to March 1,

and that he would have to check with his client for availability, and Jackson

Lewis LP advised that they would check for availability.

7. By e mail to defendants’ counsel on January 20, 2010, I

advised a) that I had checked with my expert consultant for availability, who

advised that he would be out of the office from February 13-20, 2010 and b)that I

would be out of the country and unavailable from February 20-27, 2010.

8. During the period January 20 -February 12, 2010, counsel for

the parties continued to communicate regarding possible dates.

9. On February 12, 2010 I received a letter by e mail attachment from

Michael J. Chilleen of Greenberg Traurig advising that his firm would be

substituting in as counsel for defendant Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. and that he

was available on March 1, 2010 for the joint site inspection.

10. By e mail to Mr. Chilleen and Ms.Ching Senaha on February 12,

2010, I advised that I was available for a March 1 joint site inspection and asked

Ms. Ching-Senaha, who had previously told me that her consultant was not

available in early March, if she and her consultant could attend a March 1 joint

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site inspection.

11. By e mail on February 16, 2010, Ms.Ching- Senaha advised that her 

consultant would be out of town and unavailable on March 1 and that she would

check for her consultant’s availability for the second or third week of March.

12. On February 17, 2010 I e mailed Ms. Ching-Senaha and Mr. Chilleen

of the availability of everyone on Plaintiff’s side for March 15, 16, or 17 and

advised that we were holding those dates pending a response as to availability on

defendants’ side. 

13. The substitution of attorney for defendant Real Mex Restaurants was

e filed with the court on February 25, 2010 (docket item 10), and a proposed

order was e filed with the court on February 26, 2010 (docket item 11).

14. Presently counsel for the parties are continuing their efforts to

arrange for a date, hopefully in mid March, that the parties, counsel, and

consultants can attend the joint site inspection.

15. Based on paragraphs 1-14, supra, the parties need an extension of 

time so that they can schedule the joint site inspection on a date that all parties,

counsel for all parties, and consultants for all parties can attend and which

complies with a court ordered deadline.

16. With the exception of extending the March 1, deadline for

conducting the joint site inspection and the follow on 10 day meet and confer and

mediation deadlines, the extension does not effect court ordered deadlines.

17. A Stipulation to extend the time for General Growth Properties, Inc.

 to respond to the Complaint (Docket No. 8) is the only previous modification in 

 the case by Stipulation or Court Order. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

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Executed this 28th day of February, 2010 at Oakland, California.

/s/ Sidney J. Cohen

________________________________

 Sidney J. Cohen

ORDER

Having considered the parties Stipulation and the supporting 

Declaration, and for good cause shown, the court extends the date by which the 

parties must conduct the joint site inspection of the property and premises which 

is the subject of this lawsuit from March 1, 2010 to April 15, 2010.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _____________________________

 Jeffrey S. White

 United States District Judge 

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