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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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Stipulation and Proposed Order to Release and Pay Funds Deposited With the Court Pursuant to Rule 67 

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ROCKY C. TSAI (CSB # 221452) 

ANNE JOHNSON PALMER (CSB # 302235) 

KEVIN P. DALY (CSB # 298542) 

rocky.tsai@ropesgray.com 

anne.johnsonpalmer@ropesgray.com 

kevin.daly@ropesgray.com 

Ropes & Gray LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 300 

San Francisco, California 94111-4006 

Tel: (415) 315-6300 

Fax: (415) 315-6350 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

STUART L. PETERSON 

Michael D. Ricciuti (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

Patrick C. McCooe (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

K&L Gates LLP

State Street Financial Center 

One Lincoln Street 

Boston, MA 02111 

Telephone: (617) 261-3100 

Facsimile: (617) 261-3175 

Jason N. Haycock (State Bar No. 278983) 

K&L Gates LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 882-8220 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AWJ GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUND L.P. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

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STUART L. PETERSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

AWJ GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FUND L.P.,

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 3:15-cv-00650-CRB 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER TO RELEASE AND PAY FUNDS 

DEPOSITED WITH THE COURT 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 67 

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WHEREAS, during the Joint Case Management Conference in the above-captioned 

matter, Defendant AWJ Global Sustainable Fund L.P. (“AWJ GSF”) asked to deposit certain 

funds at issue in this case with the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 67; 

WHEREAS, on July 17, 2015, the Court entered a Minute Entry allowing, among other 

things, “defendant [to] deposit money with the Court pursuant to Rule 67,” see Dkt. No. 29; 

WHEREAS, on September 15, 2015, the Court, upon a motion by AWJ GSF, entered an 

order formalizing the July 17, 2015 Minute Entry that authorized AWJ GSF to deposit 

$613,028.13 with the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 67; 

WHEREAS, on or about September 23, 2015, AWJ GSF deposited $613,028.13 (the 

“Deposited Funds”) with the Court pursuant to the September 15, 2015 order; 

WHEREAS, on November 17, 2015, a Settlement Conference was held in this case 

before Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero; 

WHEREAS, at the November 17, 2015 Settlement Conference, the parties reached a 

binding settlement entered into the record; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the settlement reached at the November 17, 2015 Settlement 

Conference, the parties agree that the Deposited Funds shall be released by the Court and paid to 

Plaintiff Stuart L. Peterson (“Peterson”) on or before December 17, 2015; 

NOW, THEREFORE, AWJ GSF and Stuart Peterson, by and through their respective 

counsel, hereby stipulate and respectfully request that the Court enter an order providing that the 

Deposited Funds in the amount of $613,028.13 shall be released by the Court and paid by check, 

payable to Stuart Peterson, which shall be mailed by the Court to the following address by no 

later than December 17, 2015: 

ARTIS Ventures 

988 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

ATTN: Robert Riemer 

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Dated: November 20, 2015 

Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Rocky C. Tsai 

Rocky C. Tsai 

Anne Johnson Palmer 

Kevin P. Daly 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

STUART L. PETERSON 

Dated: November 20, 2015 

 By: /s/ Patrick C. McCooe 

Michael D. Ricciuti 

Patrick C. McCooe 

Jason N. Haycock 

K&L GATES LLP 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AWJ GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE 

FUND L.P. 

 

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PROPOSED ORDER 

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows: 

The amount of $613,028.13 deposited with the Court in this action pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 67 shall be released by the Court and paid by check, payable to Stuart Peterson, which 

shall be mailed by the Court to the following address by no later than December 17, 2015: 

ARTIS Ventures 

988 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

ATTN: Robert Riemer 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________ 

 By: 

Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

United States District Judge 

 

November 23, 2015

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FILER’S ATTESTATION 

I, Rocky C. Tsai, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to 

file this STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO RELEASE AND PAY FUNDS 

DEPOSITED WITH THE COURT PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL 

PROCEDURE 67. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that counsel for 

Defendant concurs in this filing. 

By /s/ Rocky C. Tsai 

 Rocky C. Tsai 

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