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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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SFI-631624v1 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

SELECTING ADR PROCESS C 09 05884 VRW 

Shawn Hanson (State Bar No. 109321) 

shanson@jonesday.com 

Jeffrey R. Sunderland (State Bar No. 264659) 

jsunderland@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHANE BATEMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendant.

Case No. C 09 05884 VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS 

Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the 

following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: 

The parties agree to participate in the Court Appointed Mediation Process (ADR L.R. 6). 

The parties also respectfully request that Ms. Catherine A. Yanni be the mediator assigned to this 

matter. Ms. Yanni is experienced and knowledgeable in ERISA cases such as this, and the parties 

believe that a mediation conducted by her will provide the best opportunity for an early resolution 

to this case. 

The parties agree to hold the ADR session by the presumptive deadline. The deadline is 

90 days 

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SFI-631624v1 - 2 - 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

SELECTING ADR PROCESS C 09 05884 VRW 

from the date of the order referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 4, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

JONES DAY 

By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Sunderland 

Jeffrey R. Sunderland 

Counsel for Defendant 

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY 

Dated: March 4, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF P. RANDALL NOAH 

By: /s/ P. Randall Noah 

P. Randall Noah 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

SHANE BATEMAN 

ATTESTATION

 I hereby attest that I have obtained written concurrence in the filing of this document from 

any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this efiled document pursuant to 

General Order 45. 

 /s/ Jeffrey R. Sunderland 

 Jeffrey R. Sunderland 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation above, the captioned matter is hereby referred to: 

Non-binding Arbitration 

Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)

Mediation

Private ADR 

Deadline for ADR session

90 days from the date of this order.

other ___________________

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:________________ ___________________________________

UNITED STATES JUDGE

When filing this document in ECF, please be sure to use the appropriate ADR Docket 

Event, e.g., "Stipulation and Proposed Order Selecting Early Neutral Evaluation."

✔

✔

Vaughn R. Walker

DISTRICT

The Court further orders that Ms. Catherine A. Yanni be assigned

as mediator in this matter for the Court Appointed Mediation

Process.

3/16/2010 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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