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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Joint Status Report

DONALD J. QUERIO (State Bar No. 54367)

djq@severson.com

ERIK KEMP (State Bar No. 246196)

ek@severson.com

SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 398-3344

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439

Attorneys for Defendant

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC

KEMNITZER, BARRON & KRIEG, LLP

BRYAN KEMNITZER (State Bar No. 66401)

445 Bush St., 6th Floor

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 632-1900

Facsimile: (415) 632-1901

Attorneys for Plaintiff ISABEL ROBLES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA — SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ISABEL ROBLES, individually and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES 

USA LLC and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:12-CV-00550-JSC

JOINT STATUS REPORT RE 

SETTLEMENT 

The Hon. Jacqueline S. Corley

Trial Date: None Set

Plaintiff Isabel Robles and defendant Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC

(“MBFS”) submit this joint status report to advise the Court that they have reached a settlement of 

the above-entitled action. 

On October 1, 2015, this Court issued an order lifting the stay in this matter following the 

California Supreme Court’s decision in Sanchez v. Valencia Holding Co., LLC, 61 Cal. 4th 899 

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Joint Status Report

(2015). See Dkt. no. 26. The parties had advised the Court that they were discussing a stipulation 

to arbitrate as well as a potential settlement of the matter. See Dkt. no. 25. The Court thus ordered 

MBFS to renew its motion to compel arbitration by October 30, 2015, or to notify the Court if the 

parties agreed to an alternative resolution of the matter. See Dkt. no. 26. The parties then advised 

the Court that they had reached a tentative agreement among counsel and requested a 30-day 

continuance to finalize the settlement. See Dkt. no. 27. This Court granted the request and set 

November 30, 2015 as the deadline for MBFS to renew its motion to compel arbitration. See Dk.t 

no. 28. 

The parties now report that they have reached a final settlement and have prepared a draft

settlement agreement and release. The draft settlement agreement is still being reviewed, but the 

parties anticipate the agreement will be signed and a stipulation to dismiss filed within the next 45 

days. As a result of the settlement, the parties request that the Court lift MBFS’s deadline to move 

to compel arbitration pending the anticipated submission of the stipulation to dismiss the action. 

DATED: November 30, 2015 SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Erik Kemp

Erik Kemp

Attorneys for Defendant Mercedes-Benz Financial 

Services USA LLC

DATED: November 30, 2015 KEMNITZER, BARRON & KRIEG LLP

By: /s/ Bryan Kemnitzer

Bryan Kemnitzer

Attorneys for Plaintiff Isabel Robles

Dated: 12/1/2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

GRANTED

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley 

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