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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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JOINT STIPULATION TO SUBMIT ACTION TO BINDING ARBITRATION AND STAY THE CASE;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

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Jason A. Geller [SBN 168149]

Email: jgeller@fisherphillips.com

Annie Lau [SBN 302438]

Email: alau@fisherphillips.com

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2050

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: (415) 490-9000

Fax: (415) 490-9001

Attorneys for Defendant

MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RON PACHECO

Plaintiff,

vs.

MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Defendant.

Case No.: 3:16-cv-05736-MEJ

JOINT STIPULATION TO SUBMIT

ACTION TO BINDING ARBITRATION

AND STAY THE CASE; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Complaint Filed: October 6, 2016

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between RON PACHECO (hereinafter

“Plaintiff”), and MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (hereinafter “Defendant”), that the

entire above-captioned action, RON PACHECO vs. MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Case No. 3:16-cv-05736-MEJ), shall be submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to the

arbitration agreement signed by Plaintiff in relation to his employment with Defendant.

Attached hereto as Exhibit “A” is a true and correct copy of the pre-dispute arbitration

agreement executed by Plaintiff, whereby Plaintiff and Defendant agreed to arbitrate any and

all claims arising out of Plaintiff’s employment with Defendant.

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties

hereto, through their counsel of record, as follows:

1. The above-entitled action, RON PACHECO vs. MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL,

INC. (Case No. 3:16-cv-05736-MEJ), shall be immediately stayed and submitted to binding

arbitration pursuant to the arbitration agreement executed by Plaintiff, the provisions of which

are incorporated herein by reference, see Exhibit “A,” and pursuant to the requirements set

forth in Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 83.

2. The parties intend to comply with the requirements of Armendariz v. Foundation

Health Psychcare Services, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 83, including, but not limited to the

requirement that Defendant pay all costs that are unique to the arbitration, the requirement that

the arbitrator issue a written arbitration decision including the essential findings and

conclusions upon which the award is based, and the requirement that all statutorily-imposed

remedies shall be available to the parties in arbitration.

3. Each party shall be entitled to conduct general discovery as provided by

applicable Federal law without an order from the arbitrator and not only those provisions

specifically applicable to arbitrations. This discovery shall be in addition to, and not limited

by, the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act, or other provisions purporting to limit

discovery in arbitration proceedings.

4. All rules of pleading, all rules of evidence, all rights to resolution of the dispute

by means of motions for summary judgment, judgment on the pleadings, and judgment for

nonsuit, shall apply and be observed.

5. This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter to enforce the stipulation to

arbitrate this matter, to enforce any arbitration award and to perform any other roles as

permitted by the Federal Arbitration Act and Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare

Services, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal.4th 83.

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6. By signing this Stipulation, counsel of record for both Plaintiff and Defendant

represent that they have full authority from their respective clients to enter into this Stipulation

on their clients’ behalf.

7. This stipulation may be completed in duplicate parts and facsimile copies are

accepted as originals, all of which shall constitute one and the same stipulation.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Date: December 1, 2016 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

By: /s/ Annie Lau

Jason A. Geller

Annie Lau

Attorneys for Defendant

MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Date: December 1, 2016 SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

By: s/ Tanya P. Tambling

Hunter Pyle

Tanya P. Tambling

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RON PACHECO

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: that the matter entitled

RON PACHECO vs. MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Case No. 3:16-cv-05736-MEJ), is

hereby submitted to binding arbitration pursuant to the terms of the Arbitration Agreement

signed by Plaintiff. This action will be stayed pending the outcome of the arbitration.

DATED:

HONORABLE MARIA-ELENA JAMES

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

December 6, 2016

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EXHIBIT A 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I

am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action; am employed with the law offices of

Fisher & Phillips LLP and my business address is One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2050, San

Francisco, CA 94111.

On December 1, 2016, I served the foregoing document entitled JOINT

STIPULATION TO SUBMIT ACTION TO BINDING ARBITRTION AND STAY THE

CASE; [PROPOSED] ORDER on all the appearing and/or interested parties in this action as

follows:

Hunter Pyle, SBN 191125

Tanya P. Tambling, SBN 262979

SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

428 Thirteenth Street, 8th Floor

Oakland, California 94612

Tel: (510) 663-9240

Fax: (510) 663-9241

hpyle@ssrplaw.com, ttambling@ssrplaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RON PACHECO

: [by ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION] - I served the above listed document(s) described

via the United States District Court’s Electronic Filing Program on the designated

recipients via electronic transmission through the CM/ECF system on the Court’s

website. The Court’s CM/ECF system will generate a Notice of Electronic Filing

(NEF) to the filing party, the assigned judge, and any registered users in the case. The

NEF will constitute service of the document(s). Registration as a CM/ECF user

constitutes consent to electronic service through the court’s transmission facilities.

I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose

direction the service was made.

Executed December 1, 2016 at San Francisco, California.

Stephanie Arwick By: /s/ Stephanie Arwick

Print Name Signature

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