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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER (AS MODIFIED) 

Case No. 14-02506-DMR 

SHAWN C. GROFF (SBN 248022)

LEONARD CARDER, LLP 

1188 Franklin Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94109 

Tel: (415) 771-6400 / Fax: (415) 771-7010 

sgroff@leonardcarder.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Matthew D. Haley (SBN 104493)

Haley Law Offices, P.C. 

1633 San Pablo Avenue 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Tel: (510) 444-1881 

matt@haleylaw.com 

Attorney for Defendant 

Tanner C. Schlenker 

Nadia Farah (SBN 154599) 

Law Offices of Nadia Farah, P.C. 

2730 Naglee Rd #200 

Tracy, CA 95304 

Tel: (209) 229-7977 

nadia@nadiafarah.com 

Attorney for Defendant 

T.S. (a minor child)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DON CAMPBELL, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TANNER C. SCHLENKER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 14-02506-DMR

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER 

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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER (AS MODIFIED) 

Case No. 14-02506-DMR 

The parties to the above-entitled action jointly submit this JOINT STATUS REPORT and 

PROPOSED ORDER following the status report filed November 12, 2104. 

1. Request for Additional Time 

 The parties report that they are in substantial agreement about the primary terms of the 

settlement. On November 12, 2014, the Defendants requested additional time to properly 

establish a guardian ad litem for Defendant T.S., a minor child. To date, the guardian ad litem 

has not yet been appointed, and Defendants require additional time to set up the guardianship 

arrangement. 

The Petition to establish a guardian ad litem for Defendant T.S., a minor child, was to be 

filed in San Joaquin County were the minor resides. As of December, the parties had agreed 

upon a guardian. However, in the process of preparing the Petition, one of the proposed 

guardians was reluctant to act without additional clarification of the terms of the settlement and 

thus would not sign the Petition for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem and counsel was thus 

unable to file the Petition. 

That proposed Guardian ad Litem has spoken now to all counsel, and he is now willing to 

proceed. The Parties anticipate the Petition will be filed within the next two weeks and granted 

shortly after that. The Guardian Ad Litem will then Petition this court for an order approving the 

settlement, and distributing the funds to a blocked account or trust to be distributed when the 

minor turns 25. 

Until the guardian is selected and the appropriate guardianship account set up, the 

settlement cannot be finalized and submitted to the Court. Defendants estimate that they will 

require until April 1, 2015 to make the guardianship arrangements and to finalize a settlement 

agreement with the Plaintiffs. Therefore, the parties jointly request that the Court allow them 

until April 1, 2015 to submit a settlement agreement or, if necessary, a status report and a request 

for a case management conference. 

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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER (AS) MODIFIED

Case No. 14-02506-DMR 

2. In the Alternative, Request for A Case Management Conference 

In the event that the parties are unable to complete the petition for guardian ad litem, the 

parties request the opportunity to file a further joint status report on April 1, 2015 and request 

case management conference on April 15, 2015. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Dated: January 30, 2015 

By: /s/ Shawn C. Groff 

 Shawn C. Groff 

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS 

Dated: January 30, 2015 

 By: /s/ Matthew D. Haley 

 Matthew D. Haley 

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT TANNER C. 

SCHLENKER 

Dated: January 30, 2015 

By: /s/ Nadia Farah 

 

 Nadia Farah 

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT T.S. (A MINOR 

CHILD) 

SIGNATURE UNDER LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) 

 Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) of the United States District Court, Northern District of 

California, I, Shawn C. Groff – the ECF User whose User ID and Password are used in the filing 

of this document – hereby attest that the authorization of the filing of this document has been 

obtained from the other signatories to this document. 

DATED: January 30, 2015 By: /s/ Shawn C. Groff 

SHAWN C. GROFF 

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JOINT STATUS REPORT AND ORDER (AS) MODIFIED

Case No. 14-02506-DMR 

ORDER (AS MODIFIED) 

In light of the above JOINT STATUS REPORT, the Court orders that the parties submit 

a settlement agreement no later than March 1, 2015. If no settlement agreement is submitted by 

March 1, 2015, the Court orders that the parties submit another joint status report on 

April 1, 2015 and appear for a further case management conference on April 15, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 2, 2015 

THE HONORABLE DONNA M. RYU 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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