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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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STIPULATION RE: EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES - CASE NO. 04-3671 MEJ

MARY DRYOVAGE (CA SBN 112551)

Law Offices of Mary Dryovage

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120

San Francisco, CA 94107

Telephone: 415-593-0095

Facsimile: 415-593-0096

Email: mdryovage@igc.org

Attorney for Plaintiff Judith E. Corbett

KEVIN V. RYAN, CSBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Chief, Civil Division

JULIE A. ARBUCKLE, CSBN 193425

Assistant United States Attorney

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, California 94102

 Telephone: (415) 436-7102

 Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

 Email: Julie.Arbuckle@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant John Potter, Postmaster General of the United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JUDITH E. CORBETT,

Plaintiff,

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JOHN POTTER, Postmaster General of the

United States,

Defendant.

 

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No. C 04-3671 MEJ

STIPULATION RE: EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

DAMAGES;AND

Plaintiff Judith E. Corbett (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant John Potter, Postmaster General of the

United States (“Defendant”) hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

ORDER

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STIPULATION RE: EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES - CASE NO. 04-3671 MEJ 2

STIPULATION REGARDING ALLEGED EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES

1. As a result of the events alleged in this case, Plaintiff does not presently suffer from any type of

severe emotional distress or symptoms thereof;

2. Plaintiff alleges garden-variety emotional distress damages in this case;

3. Plaintiff plans to introduce evidence of non-expert garden-variety emotional distress as a result of

the events alleged in this case, but shall be precluded from seeking or admitting evidence at trial

regarding severe emotional distress.

4. Defendant shall be precluded from requesting and/or moving to compel an independent mental

examination of Plaintiff or subpoenaing her medical records from her treating doctor, psychologist,

therapist, and/or counselor. Likewise, Plaintiff shall be precluded from referring to or admitting

into evidence at trial any documents or other items at trial prepared or maintained by a treating

doctor, psychologist, therapist, and/or counselor.

5. Neither Plaintiff nor Defendant shall offer any testimony, evidence, or records from any expert

witness or treating doctor, psychologist, therapist, or counselor, on the subject of Plaintiff’s alleged

emotional distress; and

6. Nothing herein shall prohibit Plaintiff from seeking to recover damages for any ordinary, gardenvariety, and non-severe emotional distress from Defendant, or from offering at trial her own

testimony or testimony from witnesses who are not experts or treaters concerning such damages.

Respectfully submitted,

LAW OFFICES OF MARY DRYOVAGE KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

/s/ /s/

_____________________ _________________________

Mary Dryovage Julie A. Arbuckle

Attorney for Plaintiff Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

Dated: ______________ Dated: __________________

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:_________________ __________________________ 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Maria-Elena James

July 22, 2005

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