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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:1801 Farmworker Rights

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[PROPOSED] TEMPORARY 

Stip. And [Proposed] Restraining Order 1 No. CIV-F-04-5515 OW DLB 

Paul Strauss, #153937 

Marni Willenson, pro hac vice

Sarah Siskind, pro hac vice

Nancy Maldonado, pro hac vice

Miner, Barnhill & Galland 

14 W. Erie St. 

Chicago, IL 60610 

(312) 751-1170 (telephone) 

(312) 751-0438 (telefax) 

Thomas Patrick Lynch, #159277 

Marcos Camacho, a Law Corporation 

P.O. Box 310 

Keene, CA 93531 

(661) 823-6220 (telephone) 

(661) 823-6177 (telefax) 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

GEORGE HERNANDEZ, JR.; . ) 

JOE A. HERNANDEZ; ) 

MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ; ) 

and ARMANDO PULIDO; ) No. CIV-F-04-5515 OW DLB 

 ) 

 Plaintiffs, ) 

 ) 

 v. ) 

 ) STIPULATION AND 

KOVACEVICH "5" FARMS; ) RESTRAINING ORDER 

KENNETH KOVACEVICH, JR.; ) 

MARK J. KOVACEVICH; CAROL ) 

K. YINGST; MARSHA K. RITCHIE; ) 

ANN K. TARTAGLIA; and KENNETH ) 

KOVACEVICH, SR.; ) 

 ) 

 Defendants. ) Complaint filed April 2, 2004 

This matter having come before the Court on plaintiffs' motion for a temporary 

restraining order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b) and Local Rule 65-231, and 

the parties having stipulated to entry of an Order set forth below, it is hereby ordered as 

follows: 

(a) defendants' agents, including Lucio Nuñez Arciniega, Onesimo Calderon, 

Agustin Castillo, and any other agent or agent in-fact of defendants, are 

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Stip. And [Proposed] Restraining Order 2 No. CIV-F-04-5515 OW DLB 

prohibited from any form of communication with any plaintiff or class 

member which, directly or indirectly, refers to this lawsuit, the factual 

allegations in this lawsuit, or the potential consequences of participation 

in this lawsuit; or which, directly or indirectly, encourages class members 

to exclude themselves from this lawsuit, except that if an employee makes 

an inquiry about the lawsuit, they will refer the employee to plaintiffs’ 

counsel; 

(b) defendants Mark Kovacevich and Kenneth Kovacevich, Jr. are ordered to 

immediately and personally convey to Lucio Nuñez Arciniega, Onesimo 

Calderon, Agustin Castillo, the above prohibitions and to remind them 

that they are prohibited by law and this Court from interfering in any way, 

directly or indirectly, personally or through their agents, with class 

member participation in this lawsuit, and that violating this prohibition 

will result in swift and severe discipline; 

(c) defendants are ordered to immediately post curative notices, where they 

are certain to be seen by each of defendants' three agricultural crews, 

disavowing the comments made by Maria Castillo concerning the 

consequences of participation in this lawsuit, assuring employees that 

neither any of the lead plaintiffs in this action nor their associates nor any 

class member will suffer retaliation of any kind as a result of participating 

in the lawsuit or asserting their rights as workers and/or class members; 

(d) defendants are ordered, on or before April 14, 2005, to provide plaintiffs’ 

counsel an opportunity to meet directly with each agricultural crew on 

each crew’s break to read and explain the curative notice and take 

questions about the lawsuit, that these meetings will be subject to the 

attorney-client privilege, and therefore the foremen will, after gathering 

the crews to the meetings 5 minutes before break time, leave the site for 

the meetings’ duration; the meetings will be short enough to end in time 

for the crews to return to work no more than 5 minutes after the official 

start time of the next work period. 

Dated this thirteenth day of April, 2005. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 ____/s/_____________________

 Marni Willenson 

 One of the Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 ___/s/_________________________ 

 Anthony P. Raimondo 

 One of the Attorneys for Defendants 

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Stip. And [Proposed] Restraining Order 3 No. CIV-F-04-5515 OW DLB 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 ________________________________ 

 

 The Honorable Oliver W. Wanger 

 U.S. District Court 

Dated: April 25, 2005 

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