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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

Mortimer H. Hartwell, Bar No. 154556 

mhartwell@velaw.com 

Vincent Barredo, Bar No. 275518 

vbarredo@velaw.com 

555 Mission Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94105-0923 

Tel: +1.415.979.6900 

Fax: +1.415.651.8786 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Daniel Hernandez 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANIEL HERNANDEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FRANK PEREIRA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:15-cv-00796 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SETTING CASE 

MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE AND 

SELECTING ADR PROCESS 

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

Dept.: Courtroom 9, 19th Floor 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiff Daniel Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant 

City and County of San Francisco (“Defendant,” and jointly with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), through 

their respective counsel of record herein, hereby agree and stipulate to the following: 

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STIPULATION 

WHEREAS, the Parties previously stipulated on June 22, 2015, to the ADR process of 

Mediation to be completed after the hearing on dispositive motions (dkt. no. 11); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel filed a Motion to Withdraw (dkt. no. 23), and it was 

granted by the Court on October 14, 2015 (dkt. no. 25); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff appeared pro per at the Court’s Initial Case Management 

Conference held on February 10, 2016 (dkt. no. 30), and the Further Case Management 

Conference on March 9, 2016 (dkt. no. 33) and filed a Case Management Statement on his own 

behalf (dkt. no. 32); 

 WHEREAS, the Court’s scheduling order entered on March 25, 2016, set the following 

deadlines: (1) deadline to add parties or amend the pleadings was March 8, 2016; (2) fact 

discovery cut-off was September 30, 2016; (3) expert disclosures were due October 21, 2016; (4) 

expert rebuttal deadline was November 11, 2016; (5) expert discovery cut-off was December 2, 

2016; (6) deadline to file dispositive motions was December 23, 2016; (7) pretrial conference 

statement was due March 14, 2017; (8) pretrial conference was set for March 24, 2017; and (9) 

jury trial was set for April 17, 2017; 

WHEREAS, the case was reassigned to Defendant’s undersigned counsel, Ms. Ren ée 

Erickson, on March 29, 2016 (dkt. no. 35); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Appoint Counsel for Limited Scope 

Representation (dkt. no. 36), and the Court referred this matter to the Federal Pro Bono Project 

for appointment of counsel for the purposes of a Settlement Conference (dkt. no. 38); 

WHEREAS, on June 13, 2016, the Court appointed Plaintiff’s undersigned counsel for the 

limited scope of representing Plaintiff at Settlement Conference and stayed the case for four 

weeks (dkt. no. 39); 

WHEREAS, the Parties and their counsel met and conferred, and agreed to participate in a 

Settlement Conference prior to the filing of dispositive motions; 

WHEREAS, the Parties filed a Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference (dkt. no. 41) 

and held a phone conference with Mr. Howard Herman, Director of ADR Program, on September 

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26, 2016, and discussed the Parties’ interest in participating in a Settlement Conference with a 

Magistrate Judge prior to dispositive motions, instead of Mediation after the hearing on 

dispositive motions; 

WHEREAS, during that phone conference, the Parties were informed of the 60 to 90 days 

that it takes to get a Settlement Conference on a Magistrate Judge’s calendar; 

WHEREAS, the Parties determined that the trial date and case management schedule 

should be moved to accommodate the time needed to participate in a Settlement Conference and 

potentially resolve this matter; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred to establish a mutually agreeable, 

modified case management schedule and trial date; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and jointly move the Court for the 

following case management schedule and ADR process: 

1. This matter shall be moved out of the Court’s Mediation program 

2. Parties shall participate in a Settlement Conference with a Magistrate Judge 

3. Fact discovery cut-off is February 13, 2017 

4. Expert disclosures deadline is March 6, 2017 

5. Expert rebuttal deadline is March 27, 2017 

6. Expert discovery cut-off is April 17, 2017 

7. Parties shall file dispositive motions by May 8, 2017 

8. Parties shall file pretrial conference statements by July 3, 2017 

9. Pretrial conference shall be July 21, 2017 

10. Jury trial shall be set for August 14, 2017 

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Dated: September 30, 2016 VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

Dated: September 30, 2016 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY 

By: /s/ 

MORTIMER H. HARTWELL 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Daniel 

Hernandez 

By: /s/ 

VINCENT BARREDO 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Daniel 

Hernandez 

By: /s/ 

DANIEL HERNANDEZ 

Plaintiff 

By: /s/ 

RENÉE ERICKSON 

Attorneys for Defendant, City and 

County of San Francisco 

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DECLARATION OF VINCENT BARREDO 

I, Vincent Barredo, hereby declare as follows: 

1. I am an associate with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins LLP, attorneys of record 

for Plaintiff Daniel Hernandez (“Plaintiff”) in this action. 

2. I am licensed to practice law before the courts of the State of California and before 

this Court. 

3. I make this declaration in support of the Parties’ Stipulation Setting Case 

Management Schedule and Selecting ADR Process. 

4. I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein and, if called as a witness 

to testify as to such matters, I could and would testify competently thereto. 

5. The Parties previously stipulated on June 22, 2015, to the ADR process of 

Mediation to be completed after the hearing on dispositive motions. Plaintiff’s counsel withdrew 

on October 14, 2015, and a case management schedule was set while Plaintiff was representing 

himself pro per. 

6. I was appointed on June 13, 2015, as Plaintiff’s counsel, for the limited purpose of 

representation at a Settlement Conference. 

7. The Parties and their counsel met and conferred, and agreed to participate in a 

Settlement Conference prior to the filing of dispositive motions. 

8. The Parties held a phone conference with Mr. Howard Herman, Director of ADR 

Program, on September 26, 2016, and discussed the Parties’ interest in participating in a 

Settlement Conference with a Magistrate Judge prior to filing dispositive motions, instead of 

Mediation after the hearing on dispositive motions. The Parties also discussed the 60 to 90 days 

that it takes to get a Settlement Conference on a Magistrate Judge’s calendar. 

9. The Parties determined that the trial date and case management schedule should be 

moved to accommodate the time needed to participate in a Settlement Conference and potentially 

resolve this matter. 

10. The Parties have met and conferred to establish a mutually agreeable modified 

case management schedule and trial date. 

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 

true and correct. 

Executed on this 30th day of September, 2016, in San Francisco, California. 

 /s/

VINCENT BARREDO 

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FILER’S ATTESTATION 

I, Vincent Barredo, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to 

file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Setting Case Management Schedule and Selecting ADR 

Process. Pursuant to L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence in the electronic filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. 

 VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

By: /s/ ___________________ 

 VINCENT BARREDO 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation between the Parties, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

1. This matter shall be moved out of the Court’s Mediation program 

2. Parties shall participate in a Settlement Conference before a Magistrate Judge 

3. Fact discovery cut-off is February 13, 2017 

4. Expert disclosures deadline is March 6, 2017 

5. Expert rebuttal deadline is March 27, 2017 

6. Expert discovery cut-off is April 17, 2017 

7. Parties shall file dispositive motions by May 8, 2017 

8. Parties shall file pretrial conference statements by July 3, 2017 

9. Pretrial conference shall be July 21, 2017 

10. Jury trial shall be set for August 14, 2017 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ________________________________ 

Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

October 3, 2016

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