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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1002 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 CASE NO. C 05 01710 JF 

PERRY SOUTHARD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

 ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA, 

Defendant(s). 

_______________________________/ 

Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the 

following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: 

The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process: 

Court Processes: 

Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4) 

Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5) 

Mediation (ADR L.R. 6) 

(Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is 

appreciably more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR, must participate 

in an ADR phone conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of 

Need for ADR Phone Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5) 

Private Process: 

 Private ADR (please identify process and provider): 

 

Mediation with Judge Infante of JAMS scheduled for August 24, 2005. 

The parties agree to hold the ADR session by the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 

90 days from the date of the order referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise 

ordered.)

Dated: 8/9/05 ___/s/ Melvyn D. Silver________ 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: 8/9/05 ___/s/ Horace W. Green_________ 

 Attorney for Defendants 

**E-filed 8/16/05**

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation above, the captioned matter is hereby referred to: 

 Non-binding Arbitration 

 Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) 

 Mediation 

 Private ADR 

Deadline for ADR session 

 90 days from the date of this order. 

 Other 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:________________ ___________________________________ 

 JEREMY FOGEL 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

8/15/05 /s/electronic signature authorized