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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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Stipulation & Order re: Settlement in lieu of ENE [C07-05524 SI(BZ)]

 

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Charles A. Bonner, Esq. (SBN: 85413) 

A. Cabral Bonner, Esq. (SBN: 247528) 

LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES A. BONNER 

1913 Bridgeway 

Sausalito, CA 94965 

Telephone: (415) 331-3070 

Facsimile: (415) 331-2738 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MELVIN ATKINS 

Kimberly E. Colwell, Esq. (SBN: 127604) 

kcolwell@meyersnave.com

Tricia L. Hynes, Esq. (SBN: 212550) 

thynes@meyersnave.com

MEYERS, NAVE, RIBACK, SILVER & WILSON 

555 12th Street, Suite 1500 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Telephone: (510) 808-2000 

Facsimile: (510) 444-1108 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF PETALUMA and 

OFFICER PAUL ACCORNERO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MELVIN ATKINS, 

 Plaintiff, 

v.

CITY OF PETALUMA; PETALUMA POLICE 

DEPARTMENT; OFFICER PAUL 

ACCORNERO; and DOES 1 through 100, 

inclusive, 

Defendants.

 Case No: C07-05524 SI (BZ) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE STIPULATION 

TO USE OF PRIOR SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE IN LIEU OF MEDIATION 

HEREIN

Complaint Filed: September 14, 2007 

Trial Date: Not Yet Set 

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Having reviewed the parties’ Stipulation Re use of prior Settlement Conference in lieu of 

Evaluation herein and other pleadings on file in the above-entitled case, the Court HEREBY 

GRANTS parties’ Stipulation. 

All parties participated in a settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Bernard 

Zimmerman on March 7, 2008. The parties anticipate a follow up session with Magistrate Judge 

Zimmerman on May 2, 2008. The parties request that the settlement conference before Magistrate 

Judge Zimmerman serve as a substitute for the mediation program in this matter and request that the 

order referring the matter to court-connected Early Neutral Evaluation be formally vacated. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the settlement conference before Magistrate Judge 

Zimmerman serve as a substitute for the mediation program in this matter and the order referring 

the matter to court-connected Early Neutral Evaluation be formally vacated. 

Dated: ____________, 2008 

 HON. SUSAN ILLSTON 

JUDGE, USDC, NORTHERN DISTRICT 

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