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Nature of Suit Code: 751
Nature of Suit: Labor - Family and Medical Leave Act
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING MEDIATION; AND PROPOSED

ORDER

Case No. 3:16-cv-01644-EMC

WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 337-1001

BRUCE A. HARLAND, Bar No. 230477

XOCHITL A. LOPEZ, Bar No. 284909

WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200

Alameda, California 94501

Telephone (510) 337-1001

Fax (510) 337-1023

E-Mail: bharland@unioncounsel.net

xlopez@unioncounsel.net

Attorneys for Defendant,

SEIU, UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS-WEST

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAREEFAH JOSEPH,

Plaintiff,

v.

SEIU, UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERSWEST,

Defendant.

No. 3:16-cv-01644-EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND

DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING

MEDIATION; AND PROPOSED

ORDER

Pursuant to ADR L.R. 6-7 and L.R. 7-12, Plaintiffs and Defendant seek to extend the time

for conducting mediation in this matter. The considerations supporting the request, as stipulated,

are set forth below:

The Parties voluntarily agreed to conduct a private mediation in this dispute to determine

whether settlement may be achieved without the necessity for further litigation. The Parties

agreed to delay discovery until after final adjudication of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss pursuant

to FRCP 12(b)(6). On July 21, 2016, during the Case Management Conference and hearing on

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, the Court ordered that private mediation was to be completed

within one-hundred and fifty (150) days from the date of that hearing. The Court subsequently

entered an order partially granting and partially denying Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, thus

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR CONDUCTING MEDIATION; AND PROPOSED

ORDER

Case No. 3:16-cv-01644-EMC

WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 337-1001

clarifying the disputes subject to further litigation. Plaintiff declined to file an amended

complaint, and Defendant filed its Answer on September 14, 2016.

The Parties now desire to engage in meaningful discovery for the purpose of facilitating

settlement prior to any mediation. The mediator selected by the Parties is unavailable until after

the Court’s deadline for conducting mediation—the earliest availability being in December 2016

and January 2017. In order to retain the neutral mediator selected by the Parties, and in order to

have sufficient opportunity to engage in discovery, and to preserve the Parties’ resources and the

resources of the Court, the Parties jointly request an extension of the deadline to conduct

mediation to January 31, 2017, which is three weeks prior to the Parties’ next Case Management

Conference.

Dated: October 7, 2016 WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

/S/ BRUCE A. HARLAND

By: BRUCE A. HARLAND

XOCHITL A. LOPEZ

Attorneys for Defendant,

SEIU, UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERSWEST

Dated: October 7, 2016 GOYETTE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

/S/ GARY G. GOYETTE

GARY G. GOYETTE

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

SHAREEFAH JOSEPH

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HON. EDWARD M. CHEN

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT

140652\884787

October 11, 2016

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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