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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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Susan E. Kirkgaard, SBN 134915 

Krista J. Dunzweiler, SBN 227384 

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 

1415 L Street, Suite 1000 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: 916.930.2500 

Facsimile: 916.930.2501 

E-Mail: susan.kirkgaard@bullivant.com 

krista.dunzweiler@bullivant.com 

Attorneys for Defendant R+L Carriers, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

RICHARD SPRINGER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

R+L CARRIERS, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:10-CV-00907-MCE-JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND DEADLINES FOR R+L 

CARRIERS, INC.'S TO MOVE OR 

PLEAD IN RESPONSE TO THE 

COMPLAINT AND FOR THE PARTIES 

TO FILE THEIR JOINT STATUS 

REPORT 

 Plaintiff RICHARD SPRINGER (“Springer”)and Defendant R+L CARRIERS, INC. 

(“R+L”), through their attorneys of record hereby request that the Court, pursuant to Local Rule 

144, extend the deadline for R+L to move or plead in response to the Complaint by sixty (60) 

days, until July 10, 2010. Furthermore, the parties request that the Court extend the deadline for 

filing the Joint Status Report to July 23, 2010 set forth in the Order Requiring Joint Status 

Report. The parties further stipulate as follows: 

 1. Springer filed his Complaint for Breach of Government Code Section 12940, et 

seq: Discrimination on the basis of disability and/or perceived disability; Breach of Government 

Code Section 12940, et seq: Failure to accommodate and/or engage in an interactive process; 

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Breach of Government Code Section 12945.1, et seq: Refusal to grant and/or discrimination for 

taking a medical leave of absence, in the Yolo County Superior Court on or about March 1, 

2010. Springer served the complaint on R+L on or about March 23, 2010. 

 2. R+L filed a Notice of Removal with the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California on or about April 14, 2010. 

 3. Pursuant to Local Rule 144, the parties agreed to extend R+L’s deadline to move 

or plead in response to the Complaint by less than twenty eight (28) days, until May 11, 2010, 

and filed said stipulation with the Court on or about April 21, 2010. 

 4. The parties in this matter now jointly seek from this Court an Order extending 

Defendant R+L’s deadline to move or plead in response to the Complaint by 60 days from the 

deadline agreed to by the parties. The parties request that the Court extend the deadline until 

July 10, 2010. 

 5. Following R+L’s removal of this matter to this Court, the parties began to 

engage in discussions aimed at resolving this case informally. During those discussions, the 

parties agreed that an early mediation would be productive. 

 6. The parties are working diligently to schedule a private mediation regarding this 

case, and other similar litigation, to take place in June 2010. The requested extension would 

allow that mediation to occur and potentially resolve the matter in its entirety without further 

expense of judicial resources. 

 7. Furthermore, the mediation will likely include at least one other unrelated case in 

which Plaintiff’s counsel also represents the party in that separate litigation. Because the 

mediation will encompass two separate plaintiffs in two separate actions, additional time for 

scheduling and coordination is required. 

 8. The parties believe that the sixty (60) day extension of R+L’s deadline to move 

or plead in response to the complaint will provide the parties will sufficient time to fully explore 

the possibility of early resolution of the claims at issue in this case. 

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 9. On or about April 16, 2010, the Court issued an Order Requiring Joint Status 

Report. That order requires that the parties submit a Joint Status Report within sixty (60) days 

of the date of service, or from the date of removal. As noted above, the case was removed on 

April 14, 2010; thus the deadline for filing the Joint Status Report is June 13, 2010. The parties 

do not want to detract from the efforts to resolve the matter informally through mediation, and 

believe that it is beneficial to the resolution process to delay the preparation and filing of the 

Joint Status Report until after R+L has responded to Plaintiff’s Complaint. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC 

By /s/ 

Susan E. Kirkgaard 

Krista J. Dunzweiler 

Attorneys for Defendant R + L Carriers, Inc. 

 

 HENK LEONARD 

 By: /s/ ROBERT P. HENK, as authorized on 

 5/5/2010 

 

 Robert P. Henk 

 Sheri L. Leonard 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Springer 

ORDER

 Plaintiff RICHARD SPRINGER’s and Defendant R+L CARRIERS, INC.’s stipulation 

and request for an order extending the deadline for R+L CARRIERS, INC. to move or plead in 

response to Plaintiff’s Complaint came before the Court on this day. 

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 Upon a showing of good cause as to why the deadline should be moved, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

 1. The deadline for R+L CARRIERS, INC. to move or plead in response to 

Plaintiff’s Complaint shall be extended up through July 10, 2010. 

 2. The deadline for the parties to prepare and file the Joint Status Report shall be 

extended up through July 23, 2010. 

 Dated: May 11, 2010 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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