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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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Tionna Carvalho (SBN 299010) Email: tcarvalho@slpattorney.com STRATEGIC LEGAL PRACTICES, APC

1888 Century Park East, Floor 19 Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone: (310) 929-4900

Facsimile: (310) 943-3838

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PAUL GORDON 

SPENCER P. HUGRET (SBN: 240424) shugret@grsm.com JEANETTE SUAREZ (SBN: 255141)

KATHERINE P. VILCHEZ (SBN: 212179) 

kvilchez@grsm.com TRINA M. CLAYTON (SBN: 204215) 

tclayton@grsm.com GORDON REES SCULLY 

MANSUKHANI, LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-5900

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL GORDON,

Plaintiff, 

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY; and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive

Defendants.

Case No. 2:21-cv-02175-JAM-DB 

STIPULATION FOR ORDER 

TO CONTINUE

JURISDICTION

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR COUNSEL OF 

RECORD:

This Stipulation is entered into by and between the Parties, Plaintiff

PAUL GORDON (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

(“Defendant”) (collectively “Parties”), by and through their respective attorneys of 

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record based upon the following facts:

WHEREAS, on December 12, 2023, Plaintiff accepted FORD MOTOR 

COMPANY’s Rule 68 Offer; 

WHEREAS, on November 14, 2023, this Court entered Judgment in favor of 

Plaintiff;

WHEREAS, accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees and 

Application for Costs are currently due on January 16, 2024;

WHEREAS, the Parties request additional time to meet and confer regarding 

Plaintiff’s fees and costs in an attempt to resolve the issue without burdening the 

Court; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are in agreement that the Court continue the filing 

deadline of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Expenses from 

January 16, 2024 to March 18, 2024, and continue jurisdiction until Plaintiff’s

attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses are decided and funding satisfied.

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, through the undersigned counsel, 

that the Court continue the filing deadline of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, 

Costs, and Expenses from January 16, 2024 to March 18, 2024 and continue 

jurisdiction until Plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses are decided.

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DATED: January 16, 2024 STRATEGIC LEGAL PRACTICES, APC

By: /s/ Tionna Carvalho 

Tionna Carvalho

Attorney for Plaintiff

PAUL GORDON

DATED: January 16, 2024 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

By: /s/ Spencer P. Hugret 

Spencer P. Hugret 

Jeanette Suarez

Katherine P. Vilchez 

Trina M. Clayton 

Attorney for Defendant

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL GORDON,

Plaintiff,

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY; and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive

Defendants.

Case No. 2:21-cv-02175-JAM-DB

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION 

FOR ORDER TO CONTINUE 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEY’S FEES, COSTS, AND 

EXPENSES AND JURISDICTION

On January 16, 2024, both Parties filed a Stipulation to Continue Court’sJurisdiction 

Over Settlement filed by the parties.

The Court, having considered the Parties’ Stipulation and finding good cause 

therefore, hereby ORDERS as follows:

1. The Stipulation is GRANTED;

2. The Court CONTINUES the filing deadline of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ 

Fees, Costs, and Expenses from January 16, 2024 to March 18, 2024; and

3. The Court retains Jurisdiction over the action until Plaintiff’s fees, costs, and 

expenses are decided and funding satisfied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 16, 2024 /s/ John A. Mendez

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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