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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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Stipulated Requests to Bifurcate and Alter Certain Evidentiary Procedures at Trial

Case No. 2:11-CV-02230-WBS-AC

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CHARLES L. POST, State Bar No. 160443

weintraub genshlea chediak

tobin & tobin

LAW CORPORATION

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 558-6000 – Main

(916) 446-1611 – Facsimile

Email: cpost@weintraub.com

Attorneys for Defendant RIVERBOAT DELTA KING, INC.

TIMOTHY S. THIMESCH, ESQ. (No. 148213)

158 Hilltop Crescent

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

Direct: (925) 588-0401

Facsimile: (888) 210-8868

tim@thimeschlaw.com

genefarber@gmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff HOLLYNN D’LIL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOLLYNN D’LIL,

Plaintiff,

v.

RIVERBOAT DELTA KING, INC.;

CITY OF SACRAMENTO; OLD

SACRAMENTO BUSINESS

ASSOCIATION, INC., 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:11-CV-02230-WBS-AC

Civil Rights

[Corrected] STIPULATED REQUESTS 

TO BIFURCATE THE TRIAL AND TO 

ALTER CERTAIN EVIDENTIARY

PROCEDURES AT TRIAL; ORDER

/

TO THE COURT:

For the reasons expressed on the record at the Final

Pretrial Conference on January 7, 2015, the Parties hereby make 

the following joint requests to bifurcate the trial in this 

matter:

1. That the Court hold an initial phase-1 bench trial 

covering all Plaintiff’s claims except those specified in 

item 2, next. The parties understand this phase will begin on 

January 22, 2015 as previously ordered by the Court. ECF-103.

2. That thereafter the Court convene a phase-2 jury 

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trial, which shall cover the following questions:

a. Whether the lack of vertical (wheelchair) access 

to the fourth and fifth levels of the Delta King are a violation 

of law.

b. Whether, after 1989, an “alteration” to the Delta 

King occurred which triggered application of ADAAG or Title 24 

standards. 

c. Whether providing (wheelchair) vertical access to 

the fourth and fifth levels of the Delta King is “readily 

achievable.” 

3. The Parties understand that the Court will trail the 

second phase beginning February 3, 2015 (ECF-103), and that the 

Parties are required to stay in contact with the Calendar Clerk, 

who intends to provide the Parties with at least 24-hours’ 

notice.

The Parties also stipulate to the following:

1. That Plaintiff HolLynn D’Lil be excused from attending 

the first day of trial (January 22) due to a prescheduled 

mediation conference before ADR Director Howard Herman, Esq., in 

the matter D’Lil v. Sonoma County, U.S.D.C. for the N. Dist. of 

Calif., Case No. 13-0423-KAW. Plaintiff’s testimony and 

participation is not required by either party on January 22, 

2015.

2. That for those exhibits that are oversized, such as 

blueprints and drawings, the Parties be allowed to rely upon 

high-resolution digital copies along with the reduced, lettersized copies that will be placed within the exhibit binders. 

However, Delta King also agrees to produce the original “Mike 

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Coyne Set” on the first day of trial.

3. That expert witness Peter Blanck of Syracuse, NY; 

expert witness David Cole of Bedford, TX; and percipient witness 

Solan Wisham of Bulverde, TX, each be allowed to appear at 

either phase of trial through tele-video conferencing. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 9, 2015 CHARLES L. POST, ESQ.

weintraub genshlea chediak

tobin & tobin

/s/ - Charles L. Post

Attorneys for Defendants 

RIVERBOAT DELTA KING, INC.

Dated: January 9, 2015 THIMESCH LAW OFFICES 

TIMOTHY S. THIMESCH

/s/ Signature Authorized

Attorneys for Plaintiff

HOLLYNN D’LIL

ORDER

SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 12, 2015

 

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