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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER 

Case No. C 07-5037 MMC 

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MARJORIE S. FOCHTMAN, SBN 143201 

PAUL R. LYND, SBN 202764 

DAVID A. KOLEK, SBN 245330 

NIXON PEABODY LLP 

One Embarcadero Center, 18th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-3600 

Telephone: (415) 984-8200 

Fax: (415) 984-8300 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CARGILL, INC. 

RICHARD J. VAZNAUGH, SBN 173249 

LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD J. VAZNAUGH 

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120 

San Francisco, CA 94107 

Telephone: (415) 593-0076 

Fax: (415) 593-0093 

Richvaz@mindspring.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

JOE ESMOND 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOE ESMOND, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CARGILL INC., dba Cargill Salt Co. Company, 

an entity, and DOES 1-20, inclusive, 

Defendant. 

No. Case No. C 07-5037 MMC 

JOINT STIPULATION TO DISMISS 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE CERTAIN OF 

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS AND TO AMEND 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

ACCORDINGLY; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 [FRCP 41(a)(2) and 15(a] 

Trial Date: January 26, 2009 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER 

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Plaintiff Joe Esmond (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Cargill, Inc. (“Cargill”), by and through 

their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate that the following claims in Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Complaint be dismissed without prejudice and that, by force of this stipulation and Order, 

Mr. Esmond’s First Amended Complaint will be amended as follows: 

1. Plaintiff’s Sixth Cause of Action for age discrimination is dismissed without prejudice; 

2. Plaintiff’s Seventh Cause of Action for breach of contract is dismissed without prejudice; 

3. Plaintiff’s Eighth Cause of Action for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair 

dealing is limited, without prejudice, to Cargill’s wage and hour practices, including the 

alleged withholding of Plaintiff’s severance pay and the related release; and 

4. Plaintiff’s Ninth Cause of Action for unfair business practices will, without prejudice, no 

longer incorporate Plaintiff’s Sixth and Seventh Cause of Action or the claims therein, nor 

will it incorporate Plaintiff’s Eighth Cause of Action or the claims therein, except to the 

extent it concerns Cargill’s wage and hour practices, including the alleged withholding of 

Plaintiff’s severance pay and the related release. 

Therefore, Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, filed in Alameda County Superior Court on 

August 27, 2007 and removed to this court by Cargill on September 28, 2007 shall be deemed so 

amended by this Order. 

Because this amendment limits existing claims but does not add any new claims, Cargill’s 

currently operative Answer, filed in Alameda County Superior Court on September 27, 2007, shall 

continue to be its currently operative Answer. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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JOINT CMC STATEMENT AND PROPOSED 

ORDER 

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DATED: July 18, 2008 NIXON PEABODY LLP 

By: /s/ _________________________________ PAUL R. LYND 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CARGILL INC. 

LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD J. VAZNAUGH 

By: /s/ _________________________________ RICHARD J. VAZNAUGH 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

JOE ESMOND 

 [PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________________________ 

 _______________________________________ 

 HON. MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

 District Court Judge 

 

, and the action shall proceed on the

First Amended Complaint as limited above.

July 18, 2008

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