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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE DATE FOR DETERMINATION OF AUTHENTICITY OF 

SIGNATURE ON AGREEMENT

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MILLER 

LAW 

GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Michele Ballard Miller (SBN 104198)

 mbm@millerlawgroup.com Janine S. Simerly (SBN 102361)

 jss@millerlawgroup.com 

Claudia J. Castillo (SBN 215603)

 cjc@millerlawgroup.com 

MILLER LAW GROUP 

A Professional Corporation

111 Sutter Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel. (415) 464-4300

Fax (415) 464-4336

Attorneys for Defendant

McCORMICK & SCHMICK RESTAURANT 

CORP. (also erroneously sued as “SPENGER’S 

FRESH FISH GROTTO”)

Robert Salinas (SBN 184260)

 bob@ssrplaw.com 

Jorge Aguilar II (SBN 238111)

 jaguilar@ssrplaw.com 

SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

1330 Broadway Street, Suite 1830

Oakland, CA 94612

Tel. (510) 663-9240

Fax (510) 663-9241

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IVAN CORNEJO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IVAN CORNEJO,

Plaintiff,

v.

SPENGER’S FRESH FISH GROTTO, 

MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK 

RESTAURANT CORP., and DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

Case No.: C 09-05564 MHP

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO CONTINUE DEADLINE ON INSPECTION 

BY HANDWRITING EXPERT

Complaint filed: October 22, 2009

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MILLER 

LAW 

GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff IVAN CORNEJO ("Plaintiff") and Defendant McCORMICK & 

SCHMICK RESTAURANT CORP. (also erroneously sued as “SPENGER’S FRESH FISH 

GROTTO”) ("Defendant"), by and through their respective undersigned attorneys, hereby 

stipulate and agree to continue the date of the Court’s Order requiring the parties to resolve 

the issue of the authenticity of Plaintiff’s signature on the Agreement to Arbitrate Disputes 

dated June 15, 2006 (“Agreement”) and submitted to the Court by Defendants in support of 

Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration, as set forth below. 

WHEREAS, on March 8, 2010, the Court conducted a hearing on Defendant’s 

Motion to Compel Arbitration, and Plaintiff contested the authenticity of the signature on the 

Agreement;

WHEREAS on March 8, 2010, the Court filed its Order After Hearing, requiring 

the parties to resolve the issue of the authenticity of Plaintiff’s signature on the Agreement 

within 45 days;

WHEREAS, on April 2, 2010 the parties stipulated that the issue of the 

authenticity of Plaintiff’s signature on the Agreement would not be submitted to a 

handwriting expert until after this matter is mediated;

WHEREAS, the mediation in this matter is scheduled for April 27, 2010 and 

the parties wish to attempt to settle this matter prior to incurring the expense of a 

handwriting expert;

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed on a handwriting expert to retain for the 

purposes of settling the issue of the authenticity of Plaintiff’s signature on the Agreement; 

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MILLER 

LAW 

GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

NOW, THEREFORE,

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff and 

Defendant, by and through their respective undersigned attorneys of record, to continue the 

date set by the Court for settling the issue of the authenticity of Plaintiff’s signature on the 

Agreement, from April 22, 2010 (45 days after the March 8, 2010 Order) to May 5, 2010:

Good cause exists for this continuance of the existing date by which to settle 

the issue of the authenticity of Plaintiff’s signature on the Agreement, as set forth above. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: April 21, 2010 SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

By: /s/

Jorge Aguilar II

Attorneys for Plaintiff IVAN CORNEJO

Dated: April 21, 2010 MILLER LAW GROUP

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/

Janine S. Simerly

Attorneys for Defendant 

McCORMICK & SCHMICK RESTAURANT 

CORP. (also erroneously sued as 

“SPENGER’S FRESH FISH GROTTO”)

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MILLER 

LAW 

GROUP A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

ORDER

Having reviewed the Stipulation executed by Plaintiff IVAN CORNEJO and 

Defendant McCORMICK & SCHMICK RESTAURANT CORP., and good cause appearing, 

the Court hereby orders that the parties resolve the issue of the authenticity of Plaintiff’s 

signature on the Agreement by May 5, 2010. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

The Honorable Marilyn H. Patel

United States District Court Judge

4819-3903-2070, v. 1

4/22/2010

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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