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Nature of Suit Code: 751
Nature of Suit: Labor - Family and Medical Leave Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION RE MTD

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973)

United States Attorney

SARA WINSLOW (DCBN 457643)

Chief, Civil Division

ANN MARIE REDING (CABN 226864)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-3618

FAX: (415) 436-6748

annie.reding@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

QUO VAT ESTELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN MCHUGH, SECRETARY, U.S. ARMY,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 3:15-cv-04898-MEJ

STIPULATION ALLOWING DEFENDANT 

LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED MOTION TO 

DISMISS

Plaintiff Quo Vat Estell (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Eric K. Fanning, Secretary, United States 

Army (“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel, make the following representations and 

stipulate and agree as follows:

1. On May 31, 2016, Defendant filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended

Complaint. Dkt. No. 15.

2. On June 3, 2016, Defendant contacted Plaintiff and indicated that there is a factual error 

in Defendant’s motion which, once corrected, will eliminate one argument made in the motion. 

Specifically, Plaintiff received her Notice of Right to File a Formal Complaint of Discrimination by

certified mail on April 1, 2014. Defendant’s motion currently states that Plaintiff received the Notice

document on March 26, 2014, as indicated in the Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Counselor’s 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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GRANTED

Judge Maria-Elena James

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report, which is an error. Defendant wishes to withdraw the argument that Plaintiff’s Formal EEO 

complaint was untimely filed. See Dkt. No. 15 at Section III(C)(1).

3. Based on the foregoing, the parties stipulate and agree that Defendant may file an 

amended motion to dismiss on June 3, 2016 correcting the above-referenced fact and withdrawing the 

affected argument. Defendant will not add any new argument to the amended motion.

4. Plaintiff will have the requisite fourteen days to oppose the amended motion, and

Defendant will have seven days to respond.

5. The parties stipulate and agree to a July 14, 2016 hearing date for the amended motion.

DATED: June 3, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

___/s/ Maureen E. McFadden _______________

MAUREEN E. McFADDEN

Counsel for Plaintiff

DATED: June 3, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

BRIAN J. STRETCH

United States Attorney

___/s/ Ann Marie Reding1

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ANN MARIE REDING

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

 1 I, Ann Marie Reding, hereby attest that I obtained the concurrence in the filing of this 

document of all signatories whose signatures are represented by /s/.

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