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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Alexis Alvarez (Cal. SBN 281377) 

Jinny Kim (Cal. SBN 208953) 

LEGAL AID AT WORK 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

Facsimile: (415) 593-0096 

Email: aalvarez@legalaidatwork.org 

 jkim@legalaidatwork.org 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK TICER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GREGORY YOUNG, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:16−cv−02198−KAW 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE FOURTH 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS, on April 22, 2016, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed his Complaint in this 

matter. 

WHEREAS, on July 31, 2017, Plaintiff filed his Second Amended Complaint. 

WHEREAS, on October 4, 2017, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of counsel. 

WHEREAS, on October 6, 2017, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion and referred 

Plaintiff to the Federal Pro Bono Project, staying proceedings pending the appointment of 

counsel. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff also had a state case pending in Santa Clara Superior Court, Ticer 

v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, et al., Case No. 16CV297218, which was 

based on the same underlying facts as this case and asserted state-law claims against Defendants 

the Board of Trustees of the California State University (“the Board”) and former California 

State University (“CSU”) Professor, Gregory Young. 

WHEREAS, on October 10, 2017, Defendants filed the parties’ stipulation to consolidate 

the instant matter and Plaintiff’s state case. 

WHEREAS, on October 13, 2017, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation and, per the 

stipulation, ordered Plaintiff to file a third amended complaint within 30 days. 

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2017, the Court lifted the stay because the Federal Pro 

Bono Project had not yet been able to find counsel for Plaintiff and set the next case management 

conference for January 30, 2018. 

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2017, Plaintiff filed his Third Amended Complaint. 

WHEREAS, on December 29, 2017, Alexis Alvarez and Jinny Kim filed notices of 

appearance as counsel for Plaintiff in this matter. 

WHEREAS, on January 2, 2018, counsel for the parties met and conferred about the 

status of the case and Plaintiff’s intention to file a Fourth Amended Complaint 

WHEREAS, on February 2, 2018, Plaintiff’s counsel shared with opposing counsel a 

draft of Plaintiff’s Fourth Amended Complaint. 

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WHEREAS, Defendants have agreed to the filing of Plaintiff’s Fourth Amended 

Complaint so long as Defendants have 30 days from the date of filing to file their motion to 

dismiss. 

THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate, subject to approval by the Court, that Plaintiff 

Mark Ticer shall be granted leave to file his Fourth Amended Complaint as set forth in Exhibit A 

and that Defendants shall have 30 days to file a motion to dismiss. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: February 26, 2018 Respectfully Submitted, 

 

Alexis Alvarez 

Jinny Kim 

LEGAL AID AT WORK 

By: /s/ Alexis Alvarez 

ALEXIS ALVAREZ 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MARK TICER 

Dated: February 26, 2018 

 

XAVIER BECERRA 

Attorney General of California 

JEFFREY R. VINCENT 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

By: /s/ Kymberly E. Speer 

KYMBERLY E. SPEER 

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants Board of Trustees of 

the California State University and Gregory 

Young 

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Pursuant to General Order No. 45 X. (B), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from Defendants’ counsel. 

Dated: February 26, 2018 

LEGAL AID AT WORK 

By: /s/ Alexis Alvarez 

ALEXIS ALVAREZ 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MARK TICER 

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ORDER 

Having considered the Stipulation of the parties and GOOD CAUSE appearing, this 

Court hereby approves the foregoing stipulation and grants Plaintiff leave to file his Fourth 

Amended Complaint. Defendants shall have 30 days to answer or to file a motion to dismiss. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February ___, 2018 

By: ______________________________________ 

The Honorable Kandis A. Westmore 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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