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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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EMARD DANOFF PORT TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD LLP 

Andrew I. Port (State Bar # 120977) 

Katharine Essick (State Bar #219426) 

49 Stevenson Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Tel. (415) 227-9455 

Fax (415) 227-4255 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HOPEWELL NAVIGATION INC. 

erroneously named as Hopwell 

Navigation, Inc. 

WELTIN LAW OFFICE 

Patrick B. Streb 

1432 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Tel. (510) 251-6060 

Fax (510) 251-6040 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MIGUEL VALENCIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MIGUEL VALENCIA 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE 

COMPANY, LTD., HOPWELL 

NAVIGATION, INC. and DOES 1-20, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C 05 02371 JCS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO 

PARTICIPATE IN PRIVATE MEDIATION 

The Court has ordered the parties to participate in a private mediation on or before June 

1, 2006. A further Case Management Conference is set for 1:30 p.m. at June 2, 2006. 

Plaintiff has reached maximal medical improvement and undergone a functional capacity 

exam. On April 3, 2006, Defendants’ counsel received from Plaintiff’s Counsel the report on the 

functional capacity exam. Defendant Hopewell then requested Plaintiff’s consent to an 

independent medical examination (IME) by Dr. Richard Dedo on one of Dr. Dedo’s available 

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EMARD DANOFF PORT 

TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD LLP

49 Stevenson Street 

Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

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dates: either April 14, 2006 or May 8, 2006. Plaintiff was not available on April 14, 2006, but 

agreed to May 8, 2006. The IME before Dr. Richard Dedo will go forward on that date. 

This case involves issues of future wage loss and future earning capacity, as well as 

issues of medical causation of Plaintiff’s three surgeries. In order to participate in mediation, 

Plaintiff must undergo the IME, Dr. Dedo must prepare his report, and the parties’ attorneys 

must study the report and make settlement recommendations to their respective clients. These 

actions depend on Plaintiff’s IME, which could not take place any earlier than May 8, 2006, due 

to Plaintiff’s own medical progress, the issuance of the functional capacity exam, and the 

respective schedules of Plaintiff and Dr. Dedo. 

The parties therefore respectfully request the Court extend the time for the parties to 

participate in mediation from June 1, 2006 to July 1, 2006. 

The parties have met and conferred regarding the above, and stipulate to the requested 

extension of time. 

Dated: May 4, 2006 EMARD, DANOFF, PORT & TAMULSKI, LLP 

Andrew I. Port 

Katharine Essick 

By____/S/ ___ Katharine Essick 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HOPEWELL NAVIGATION INC. 

Dated: May 4, 2006 WELTIN LAW OFFICE 

By____/S/_____________________________ Patrick B. Streb 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MIGUEL VALENCIA 

Certification of Signatures 

I attest that the content of this document is acceptable to all persons above, who were 

required to sign it. 

 /S/ 

Katharine Essick 

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EMARD DANOFF PORT 

TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD LLP

49 Stevenson Street 

Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

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EMARD DANOFF PORT 

TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD LLP 

49 Stevenson Street 

Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:________________________ ______________________________________ 

 James C. Spero 

 United States District Court Judge 

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May 8, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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