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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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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Treat Towers 

1255 Treat Boulevard 

Suite 600 

Walnut Creek, CA 94597 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SUBMITTING ENTIRE ACTION 

TO ARBITRATION AND STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

GREGORY G. ISKANDER, Bar No. 200215

CRISTINA L. PIECHOCKI, Bar No. 291860 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Treat Towers 

1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600 

Walnut Creek, CA 94597 

Telephone: 925.932.2468 

Fax No.: 925.946.9809 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. 

ARLO GARCIA URIARTE (Bar No. 231764) 

UN KEI WU (Bar No. 270058) 

LIBERATION LAW GROUP, P.C. 

2760 Mission Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone: 415.695.1000 

Fax No.: 415.695.1006 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GABRIELA LATINO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GABRIELA LATINO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC., and DOES 1 

through 10,, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:16-cv-00324-KAW 

(San Francisco Superior Court Case No. 

CGC-15-549092) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SUBMITTING ENTIRE ACTION 

TO ARBITRATION AND STAYING 

PROCEEDINGS 

 Complaint Filed: November 20, 2015 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SUBMITTING ENTIRE ACTION 

TO ARBITRATION AND STAYING PROCEEDINGS 

Plaintiff GABRIELA LATINO (“Plaintiff”) and RENT-A-CENTER, INC. (“Defendant”), by 

and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

WHEREAS, on November 20, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Complaint against Defendant in the San 

Francisco Superior Court asserting claims for: (1) Discrimination, (2) Wrongful Termination, (3) 

Violation of CFRA, (4) Retaliation in Violation of FEHA and CFRA, (5) Failure to Pay All Hours 

Worked, (6) Failure to Pay Overtime, (7) Failure to Provide Rest Breaks, (8), Failure to Provide 

Meal Periods, (9) Waiting Time Penalties, and (10) Unfair Competition in Violation of Cal. Business 

and Professions Code §§ 17200 et. seq. 

WHEREAS, on September 16, 2013, Plaintiff entered into a written agreement to arbitrate 

any and all claims arising out of Plaintiff’s employment with Defendant (the “Agreement”), which 

Defendant contends is valid and binding with respect to Plaintiff’s claims in this action. A true and 

correct copy of the Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

WHEREAS, on January 20, 2016, Defendant removed this action to the Northern District of 

California; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant now agree that Plaintiff’s claims should be submitted to 

binding arbitration, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that Plaintiff’s Complaint against Defendant filed on 

November 20, 2015 is deemed as the served Request for Arbitration; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree to stay all proceedings in this case until arbitration has been 

completed; provided however, that this stipulation shall not be construed as a waiver of Defendant’s 

right to seek dismissal of this case upon completion of the binding arbitration. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the Parties, by and 

through their respective attorneys of record, subject to an order of the Court, that: 

(1) All of Plaintiff’s claims in this case shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration 

in accordance with the Arbitration Agreement; 

(2) Unless otherwise stipulated to, in writing, by the Parties, a single arbitrator will hear 

this case and will be selected; 

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(3) The Parties agree to promptly meet and confer regarding the selection of a mutually 

agreeable arbitrator; 

(4) This action shall be stayed pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 3 pending the completion of 

binding arbitration; 

(5) The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enter orders regarding the arbitrator’s award as 

provided in 9 U.S.C. §§ 9-13; and 

(6) Any and all pending deadlines before or with this Court should be taken off calendar. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 27, 2016 

/s/ Cristina L. Piechocki 

GREGORY G. ISKANDER 

CRISTINA L. PIECHOCKI 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. 

Dated: January 27, 2016 

/s/ Un Kei Wu 

ARLO GARCIA URIARTE 

UN KEI WU 

LIBERATION LAW GROUP, P.C. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LIBERATION LAW GROUP, P.C. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I, CRISTINA L. PIECHOCKI, attest that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other Signatories. 

DATED: January 27, 2016 

/s/ Cristina L. Piechocki 

CRISTINA L. PIECHOCKI 

LITTLER MENDELSON P.C. 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. 

 

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ORDER

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:_____________________ __________________________________________ 

 MAGISTRATE JUDGE KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

Firmwide:138249670.3 051536.1462 

2/5/16

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