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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2003 Job Discrimination

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING THE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT

Eugene T. Franklin [SBN: 124881]

Barbara F. Green [SBN: 150320]

Franklin Employment Law Group

Attorneys at Law

22762 Main Street

Hayward, California 94541

(510) 538-0969

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Kirk Cooper 

ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

CATHLEEN A. WADHAMS [SBN 100434]

1600 Franklin Street, 6 Floor th

Oakland, California 94612

(510) 891-4827

Attorneys for Defendant

AC Transit

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Kirk M. Cooper, 

Plaintiff,

v.

Alameda Contra Costa County Transit

District and Does 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No.: C 06-06345 MHP 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER MODIFYING JOINT CASE

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT AND

PROPOSED ORDER 

 PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On or about April 12, 2007, the Court referred the Parties to Early Neutral Evaluation

(“ENE”)and assigned Ms. Greta Schnetzler as the ENE Evaluator. The parties have conducted two

ENE sessions and have essentially agreed upon a settlement of disability retirement for plaintiff. 

The settlement must be approved by defendant AC Transit’s Retirement Board. The Retirement

Board’s approval would entail allowing plaintiff to be reinstated to employee status for a 5-day

window for the sole purpose of allowing him to apply for disability retirement as a “current

employee.” Because plaintiff will be reinstated for a brief period, the parties need to coordinate the

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dates of reinstatement and application submission closely, so that plaintiff’s application is properly

submitted and dated during the reinstatement period. The parties have encountered difficulties in

coordinating these dates. Defendant’s Retirement Board typically meets once a month. Since the

Court approved counsel’s earlier proposed stipulation, Plaintiff provided defendant with a copy of

his relevant medical report from his treating physician in order to submit his disability retirement

application to the board. 

 The Parties hoped to have defendant’s Retirement Board hear this matter at their last meeting on

April 14, 2008; however, the A/C Transit person responsible for returning plaintiff to active

employment status failed to do so prior to the April 14, 2008, board meeting. Counsel for the parties

continue to work diligently to accomplish the settlement which requires plaintiff’s temporary rehire

for the purpose of effecting his retirement. Counsel are confident this will be accomplished in the

near future. 

 Because counsel are working on completing the administrative requirements to complete this

settlement, counsel request that the current trial scheduled be cancelled and that the Court set this

matter for further joint case management in September 2008. Counsel believe that this matter will

be settled before that time and a notice of settlement will be filed with the court. 

THE PARTIES RESPECTFULLY request that the court approve the above modification. 

Dated: April 24, 2008 FRANKLIN EMPLOYMENT LAW GROUP

 

 /s/

 By: _________________________________

 Eugene T. Franklin

 Attorney For Plaintiff 

Dated: April 24, 2008 ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTS TRANSIT DISTRICT

 /s/

 By: 

CATHLEEN A. WADHAMS 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 

/ / /

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING THE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT

 ORDER

 Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED that the Trial set for September 16, 2008, is

cancelled. A Further Joint Case Management Conference is scheduled for ________________.

Dated: ___________________

 _______________________________

 MARILYN HALL PATEL

 U. S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

September 8, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. 4/25/2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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