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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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JOINT STIPULATION TO REMAND REMOVED CASE TO SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA

LEWIS 

BRISBOIS 

BISGAARD 

& SMITH LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

JOSEPH C. CAMPO, SB# 150035

 E-Mail: Joe.Campo@lewisbrisbois.com

633 West 5th Street, Suite 4000

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: 213.250.1800

Facsimile: 213.250.7900

Attorneys for Defendant, Western 

Growers Assurance Trust

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUCILE SALTER PACKARD 

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT 

STANFORD, a California nonprofit 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

WESTERN GROWERS ASSURANCE 

TRUST, a voluntary employees benefit 

association pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 

§501(c)(9), and DOES 1 THROUGH 

25, INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 5:18-cv-05620-BLF

JOINT STIPULATION TO 

REMAND REMOVED CASE TO 

SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA 

CLARA

Trial Date: None Set

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Plaintiff LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT 

STANFORD (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant WESTERN GROWERS ASSURANCE 

TRUST, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as 

follows:

1. On July 30, 2018, Plaintiff commenced an action in the Superior Court 

of the State of California in and for the County of Santa Clara, entitled as above, 

Santa Clara Superior Court Case Number 18CV332422 (the “Action”). 

ORDER APPROVING

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JOINT STIPULATION TO REMAND RERMOVED CASE TO SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA

LEWIS 

BRISBOIS 

BISGAARD 

& SMITH LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

2. On September 13, 2018, Defendant filed a notice of removal of the 

Action pursuant to U.S.C. §1441(a) with the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California, with the Action ultimately being assigned to the 

Honorable Beth L. Freeman of the United States District Court for the Northern

District, Case Number 5:18-cv-05620-BLF. 

5. On September 18, 2018, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss based 

upon ERISA preemption.

9. On October 2, 2018, counsel for Plaintiff filed its Opposition

As a result, the PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:

 Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate to remand this Action, in its entirety, 

back to the Superior Court of California in and for the County of Santa 

Clara from where it originated for all further proceedings. 

 Plaintiff and Defendants further stipulate that each party shall bear its 

own attorneys’ fees and costs with respect to the removal and 

subsequent remand of the Action pursuant to this stipulation and order. 

DATED: February 19, 2019 JOSEPH C. CAMPO

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

By: /s/ Joseph C. Campo

Joseph C. Campo

Attorneys for Defendant, Western Growers 

Assurance Trust

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JOINT STIPULATION TO REMAND RERMOVED CASE TO SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA

LEWIS 

BRISBOIS 

BISGAARD 

& SMITH LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

DATED: February 15, 2019 BARBARA V. LAM

LAW OFFICES OF STEPHENSON, 

ACQUISTO & COLMAN, INC.

By: /s/ Barbara V. Lam

Barbara V. Lam

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Lucile Salter 

Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February ___, 2019

Hon. Beth L. Freeman

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