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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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CASE NO. CV-09-1987 CW 

STIP. TO PERMIT PRIVATE MEDIATION AND 

CONTINUE PRETRIAL FILINGS AND 

PRETRIAL CONF.; [PROPOSED] ORDER

ELENA R. BACA (SB# 160564) 

elenabaca@paulhastings.com 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

515 South Flower Street 

Twenty-Fifth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228 

Telephone: (213) 683-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 627-0705 

KATHERINE C. HUIBONHOA (SB# 207648) 

katherinehuibonhoa@paulhastings.com 

RYAN C. HESS (SB# 263079) 

ryanhess@paulhastings.com 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street 

Twenty-Fourth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3441 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

STEPHEN R. JAFFE (SB# 49539) 

stephenjaffe@gmail.com 

KATHRYN S. LANDMAN (SB# 260465) 

THE JAFFE LAW FIRM 

101 California Street, Suite 2450 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 618-0100 

Facsimile: (415) 618-0080 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

KIM MUNIZ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

KIM MUNIZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., a 

corporation and DOE 1 through DOE 20, 

inclusive, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. CV-09-1987 CW 

JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) PERMIT 

PRIVATE MEDIATION; (2) CONTINUE 

DEADLINE TO FILE PRETRIAL 

MATERIALS; AND (3) CONTINUE 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE; ORDER (AS 

MODIFIED) 

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CASE NO. CV-09-1987 CW 

STIP. TO PERMIT PRIVATE MEDIATION; 

CONTINUE PRETRIAL FILING DEADLINE; 

AND CONTINUE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

WHEREAS, in the Court’s July 16, 2010 Order Denying Plaintiff’s Motion for 

Leave to File an Amended Complaint and Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendant’s 

Motion for Summary Judgment (“Summary Judgment Order”), Docket No. 56, at page 30, the 

Court referred the parties to Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu for a settlement conference; 

WHEREAS the parties have agreed that private mediation with a particular private 

mediator, Mark Rudy, might be most productive; 

WHEREAS the earliest date that the parties were able to schedule for the 

mediation was August 27, 2010; 

WHEREAS the parties have scheduled and confirmed the mediation with Mr. 

Rudy for August 27, 2010; 

WHEREAS the parties are currently scheduled to submit their pretrial filings on 

August 24, 2010 (three days prior to the scheduled and confirmed mediation) pursuant to the 

Court’s Order for Pretrial Preparation section 3; 

WHEREAS the parties are currently scheduled to appear for the pretrial 

conference on September 7, 2010 pursuant to the Court’s August 21, 2009, Minute Order; 

WHEREAS submitting the pretrial conference materials on August 24, 2010 

would require the parties to engage in significant pretrial preparation prior to the mediation, 

which may fully resolve the case; 

WHEREAS continuing the pretrial conference and the accompanying filing 

deadlines for the pretrial filings until after the mediation would save significant resources should 

the case be resolved at mediation; 

WHEREAS the parties would have sufficient time to prepare, exchange, meet and 

confer regarding, and file the various pretrial filings listed in section 3 of the Court’s Order for 

Pretrial Preparation (along with demonstratives) after the mediation if the pretrial conference was 

continued to September 14, 2010, and the deadline to file the pretrial materials listed in section 3 

of the Court’s Order for Pretrial Preparation (along with demonstratives) was continued to 

September 10, 2010; 

WHEREAS the parties are available to attend a pretrial conference on September 

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CASE NO. CV-09-1987 CW -2- STIP. TO PERMIT PRIVATE MEDIATION; 

CONTINUE PRETRIAL FILING DEADLINE; 

AND CONTINUE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

14, 2010 at 2:00 pm; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, through their 

respective counsel, and subject to Court approval, that: 

1. The parties proceed through private mediation, rather than conducting an 

additional settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Ryu; 

2. The deadline to file the pretrial conference materials described in the 

Court’s Order for Pretrial Preparation section 3, along with potential demonstratives, be 

continued from August 24, 2010 to September 10, 2010; and 

3. The pretrial conference set for September 7, 2010 pursuant to the Court’s 

August 21, 2009 Minute Order be continued until September 14, 2010. 

DATED: August 4, 2010 PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP

By: /s/ Ryan C. Hess

RYAN C. HESS 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. 

DATED: August 4, 2010 THE JAFFE LAW FIRM

By: /s/ Stephen R. Jaffe

STEPHEN R. JAFFE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

KIM MUNIZ

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CASE NO. CV-09-1987 CW [PROPOSED] ORDER RE STIPULATION 

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ August 4, 2010 stipulation, and good cause appearing, it is 

ordered that: 

1. The parties may proceed through private mediation, rather than conducting 

an additional settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Ryu; 

2. The deadlines to file the pretrial conference materials listed in the Court’s 

Order for Pretrial Preparation section 3, along with potential demonstratives, be continued from 

August 24, 2010 to September 10, 2010 at noon; 

3. The pretrial conference set by the Court’s August 21, 2009 Minute Order 

for September 7, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. be continued until September 14, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 8/5/2010

 _________________________________ 

 HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 Judge, U.S. District Court 

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