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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING

WITHOUT PREJUDICE ARES MANAGEMENT, LLC

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ANDREW S. PAULY (SBN 90145) and

RICHARD G. STOLL (SBN 222442), Members of

SHORELINE, 

A Law Corporation 

1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 400 

Santa Monica, California 90401-1007 

Telephone: (310) 451-8001 

Facsimile: (310) 395-5961 

apauly@shoreline-law.com 

rstoll@shoreline-law.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

99 CENTS ONLY STORES LLC, 

ARES MANAGEMENT, LLC, and SERG KEREZ

LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

PAUL L. REIN, Esq. (SBN 43053)

CELIA MCGUINNESS, Esq. (SBN 159420)

CATHERINE M. CABALO, Esq. (SBN 248198)

200 Lakeside Drive, Suite A

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: 510/832-5001

Facsimile: 510/832-4787

reinlawoffice@aol.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Earl Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EARL THOMAS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY; SCOTT R. 

JONES, SHERIFF OF SACRAMENTO 

COUNTY; SACRAMENTO COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES S. DANIELS, 

FIDLER AND CPL. McKERSEY; SERG 

KEREZ; ARES MANAGEMENT, LLC; 99

CENTS ONLY STORES, LLC; and DOES 1-

20, INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:15-cv-01952-TLN-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

DISMISSING WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

ARES MANAGEMENT, LLC 

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Plaintiff is represented by the Law Offices of Paul L. Rein and The Law Office of 

Anthony E. Goldsmith. Defendants 99 Cents Only Stores LLC (“99 Cents Only”), Ares 

Management, LLC (“Ares”), and Serg Kerez are represented by Andrew S. Pauly and Richard G. 

Stoll of Shoreline, A Law Corporation. Defendants County of Sacramento, Sheriff Scott R. 

Jones, Deputy S. Daniels, Deputy Fidler and Deputy McKersie (erroneously sued as Cpl. 

McKersey) are represented by John A. Lavra and Kelley S. Kern of Longyear, O’Dea & Lavra, 

LLP. Only Plaintiff, 99 Cents Only, and Ares are parties to this stipulation.

WHEREAS on September 15, 2015, Plaintiff filed his Complaint against Defendants 

alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 42 

U.S.C. § 1983, and pendent state civil rights laws; 

WHEREAS 99 Cents Only and Serg Kerez filed their responses to the Complaint on 

November 12, 2015; and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff, Ares, and 99 Cents Only, (together, the “Stipulating Parties”) wish 

to avoid unnecessary litigation regarding the Lawsuit without prejudice to any and all rights and 

remedies each may have as against the others; 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated and agreed as follows:

1. Plaintiff agrees to dismiss Ares from the Lawsuit without prejudice. 

2. The Stipulating Parties agree that any and all statutes of limitations, statutes of 

repose, limitations period or defense of waiver, undue prejudice, or laches, and all 

other time-based limitations or defenses (collectively, the “Time-Based Defenses”) 

arising under law, equity, statute, court rule or otherwise, that had not expired prior to 

September 15, 2015, relating to any possible claim or claims (collectively, the 

“Limitations Period”) by Plaintiff as against Ares, relating to the Lawsuit, shall be 

stayed and tolled as of and from September 15, 2015, until one year from the date 

signed by this Court (“the Effective Date”). The Parties agree that the Tolling Period 

shall not be considered in any determination of the time for commencing any action 

or legal proceeding or filing any pleading by Plaintiff against Ares relating to the 

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Lawsuit. Ares agrees that it shall not plead or include the period of time during the 

Tolling Period as part of a defense or bar based on any Limitations Period relating to 

such pleading or the commencement of such action by Plaintiff. All of the 

Stipulating Parties’ rights and defenses, including any Time-Based Defenses existing 

as of the Effective Date, arising under law, equity, statute, court rule or otherwise, are 

otherwise expressly reserved. 

3. The Stipulating Parties agree that this Stipulation constitutes Ares’ written waiver of 

Time Defenses which is required by California Code of Civil Procedure Section 

360.5, or any comparable federal statute.

4. Ares agrees that it will permit Shoreline, A Law Corporation, counsel for Ares and 99 

Cents Only, to accept notices of deposition or appearance at trial for its employees to 

the extent such would have been legally permissible if Ares remained a named 

defendant in the Lawsuit.

5. Ares represents that it owns ACOF Operating Manager III, LLC, which is the 

manager of Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P., which is a part-owner of 99 

Cents Only’s parent company.

6. 99 Cents Only represents that any decisions and/or actions concerning any of the 

allegations or other matters contained in the Lawsuit were not made by Ares; that 99 

Cents Only has sole decision-making authority regarding any future barrier removal 

or modifications of policies (to the extent they are necessary and to the extent they are 

readily achievable), practices and/or procedures that may be made relative to 

disability access and the allegations of this Lawsuit (to the extent they are necessary 

and to the extent they are readily achievable); and that 99 Cents Only will not 

introduce any evidence or make any argument to the contrary in the Lawsuit.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: November 16, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

THE LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY E. GOLDSMITH

By: /s/ Celia McGuiness (as authorized on 11/12/15) 

CELIA MCGUINNESS

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EARL THOMAS

Dated: November 16, 2015 SHORELINE, 

A Law Corporation

ANDREW S. PAULY

RICHARD G. STOLL

By: /s/ Richard G. Stoll_______

RICHARD G. STOLL,

Attorneys for Defendants

99 CENTS ONLY STORES LLC, 

ARES MANAGEMENT, LLC, and SERG KEREZ

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: November 19, 2015

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