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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Robert Kopelson, Esq. (SBN 83523)

Law Office of Robert B. Kopelson 

75 E. Santa Clara Street, Suite 1180 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone: (408) 293-4000 

Facsimile: (408) 293-8369 

Email: kopelaw@hotmail.com

Steven L. Derby, Esq. (SBN 148372) 

Anthony E. Goldsmith, Esq. (SBN 125621) 

Celia McGuinness, Esq. (SBN 159420) 

DERBY McGUINNESS & GOLDSMITH LLP

200 Lakeside Drive, Suite A 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 987-8778 

Facsimile: (510) 359-4419 

Email: info@dmglawfirm.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

CRISTINA MENDOZA

* Defendants and their respective counsel listed after the caption.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRISTINA MENDOZA,

Plaintiff,

 v. 

CITY OF SAN JOSE, PACIFIC GAS & 

ELECTRIC COMPANY, a California 

registered domestic stock corporation, 

HUDSON SKYPORT PLAZA, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company, 

HUDSON SKYPORT PLAZA LAND, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 

HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC., 

a Maryland corporation, SPIEKER 

PROPERTIES LP, a California limited 

partnership, EOP OPERTAING LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP, LP, a Delaware limited 

partnership CA – SKYPORT I LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited 

partnership; and DOES 1-100, Inclusive, 

Defendants 

Defendants.

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 Civil Rights

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINES REGARDING AMENDED 

PLEADINGS AND INITIAL MEDATION

[AND PROPOSED ORDER]

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DAVID M. McLAUGHLIN (SBN 131973)

SPIROS E FOUSEKIS (SBN 260387) 

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500 Redwood City, CA 94063-2052 

Telephone: (650) 364-8200 

Facsimile: (650) 780-1701 

Email: david.mclaughlin@rmkb.com 

Spiros.fousekis@rmkb.com 

Attorneys for Defendants

HUDSON SKYPORT PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, HUDSON 

SKYPORT PLAZA LAND, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, HUDSON PACIFIC 

PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation 

Plaintiff, CRISTINA MENDOZA (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants, HUDSON SKYPORT 

PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, HUDSON SKYPORT PLAZA LAND, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC., a 

Maryland corporation (“HUDSON Defendants”), hereby jointly stipulate and request through 

their attorneys of record the following: 

WHEREAS, the Court in its initial scheduling order placed this case under the deadlines 

and requirements of General Order 56 (GO 56) (Dkt. 4); 

WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Consent Decree for Injunctive Relief only, which 

was approved by this Court on June 8, 2018. (Dkts. 43, 44); 

WHEREAS, Defendants City of San Jose, Spieker Properties LP, EOP Operating Limited 

Partnership, and CA-Skyport I Limited Partnership were dismissed from the case. (Dkts. 47, 49);

WHEREAS, a stipulation to continue GO 56 deadlines was granted by this court on 

August 10, 2018, which extended GO 56 deadlines and allowed the parties to conducted limited 

discovery. (Dkt. 51); 

WHEREAS, on February 1, 2019, PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY (“PG&E”) 

filed a Notice of Bankruptcy Filing and Imposition of Automatic Stay. (Dkt. 52); 

WHEREAS, this Court continued the deadline to complete mediation under GO 56 to 

September 5, 2019; (Dkt. 58); 

WHEREAS, the parties filed status reports with this Court to apprise it of the status of the 

case and each parties position. (Dkts. 59, 60); 

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WHEREAS, a case management conference was held on September 17, 2019 and the 

Court: 1) set January 31, 2020 as the last day to amend pleadings; and 2) set an initial mediation 

deadline for March 31, 2020. (Dkt. 70); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has been informed by bankruptcy counsel that she must seek leave 

of the bankruptcy court in PG&E’S bankruptcy cases in order to file and serve an amended 

complaint. 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred regarding: (1) extending the time for 

amending pleadings in this matter based on Plaintiff’s intent to file a First Amended Complaint 

(provided, however, that the stipulation does not obligate the HUDSON Defendants to stipulate to 

the filing of a First Amended Complaint) and (2) extending the initial mediation deadline and 

have reached the following agreement, the parties hereby STIPULATE as follows. 

1. Due to the need of the Plaintiff to obtain leave of the Bankruptcy Court in order to

amend her complaint, the parties stipulate and respectfully request that the deadline to

move to amend the pleadings be extended from January 31, 2020 to March 2, 2020.

2. As a result of the deadline to amend pleading being continued to March 2, 2020 and

the fact that an additional defendant may need to respond to a First Amended

Complaint and participate in mediation, the parties stipulate to and hereby respectfully

request that the Court extend the initial mediation deadline from March 31, 2020 to

June 30 2020.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 30, 2020 DERBY, McGUINNESS & GOLDSMITH, LLP 

__/s/ Anthony Goldsmith_____________________ 

By: Anthony Goldsmith, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CRISTINA MENDOZA

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Dated: January 30, 2020 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

 _/s/ __David M. McLaughlin_________________

By: David M. McLaughlin, Esq. 

HUDSON SKYPORT PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company, HUDSON SKYPORT 

PLAZA LAND, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company, HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC.,

a Maryland corporation 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

For GOOD CAUSE shown and for the reasons set forth above, the below deadlines are

amended as follows: 

Last day to Amend Pleadings: March 2, 2020; and

Last day for the Parties to complete Initial Mediation: June 30, 2020; 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2020 ____________________________________________ 

Hon. Susan van Kuelen 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT/MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

FILER’S ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1, I hereby attest I, Anthony Goldsmith, attorney with 

Derby, McGuinness & Goldsmith, LLP, received the concurrences of Counsel in the filing of this 

document. 

__/s/ Anthony Goldsmith_______________ 

Anthony Goldsmith 

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