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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE MEDIATION -- Case No. 15-cv-01673-RS 

DAVID M. GIVEN (SBN 142375) 

dmg@phillaw.com 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP 

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: 415-398-0900 

Fax: 415-398-0911 

DANIEL SMOLEN, OBA #19943 (Pro Hac Vice) 

danielsmolen@ssrok.com 

DONALD E. SMOLEN, II, OBA #19944 (Pro Hac Vice) 

donaldsmolen@ssrok.com 

ROBERT M. BLAKEMORE, OBA #18656 (Pro Hac Vice) 

bobblakemore@ssrok.com 

SMOLEN SMOLEN & ROYTMAN, PLLC 

701 South Cincinnati Avenue 

Tulsa, OK 74119 

Telephone: (918) 585-2667 

Fax: (918) 585-2669 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHAUN A. ANDERSON, etc., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, a

municipal corporation, et al.,

 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-CV-01673-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO 

COMPLETE MEDIATION

ADR L.R. 6-5 & Civil L.R. 7 

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The parties to the above-entitled action, through their undersigned counsel, hereby 

stipulate and agree to the following: 

WHEREAS, on September 24, 2015, the Court entered a Case Management Scheduling 

Order (“Scheduling Order”), setting the discovery cutoff date of June 17, 2016. See Dkt #42. 

WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order referred the parties to the ADR Department for the 

purpose of engaging in “panel mediation to take place, ideally, within the next 120 days.”

WHEREAS, the parties engaged the ADR Department, the Department selected a 

mediator (John F. Barg) and Mr. Barg held two pre-mediation telephone conferences with the 

parties. 

WHEREAS, since the entry of the Scheduling Order, the parties have been attempting to 

resolve certain discovery issues without the Court’s intervention prior to the mediation. 

WHEREAS, the parties resolved that they needed additional time to schedule depositions 

critical to the mediation. 

WHEREAS, in the second pre-mediation telephone conference, the parties and Mr. Barg 

agreed that the mediation, currently set for January 12, 2016 (see 11/5/2015 Minute Entry), 

would not be productive if held on that date, and that the date should be rescheduled. 

WHEREAS, the parties would like the opportunity to further evaluate the strengths and 

weaknesses of their respective positions as well as to be better prepared for meaningful 

discussions toward the resolution of this case. 

WHEREAS, the parties resolved with Mr. Barg’s approval that extending the deadline to 

complete mediation, and resetting the mediation date accordingly, may preserve the Court’s and 

the parties’ resources should the mediation prove fruitful. 

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THEREFORE, based on the foregoing facts, the parties stipulate and agree to an 

extension of the deadline to complete mediation before Mr. Barg on or before 30 days following 

the discovery cutoff in this case, or July 17, 2016. 

Dated: Jan. 8, 2016 

 

 /s/Robert M. Blakemore /s/ James V. Fitzgerald, III 

Robert M. Blakemore James V. Fitzgerald, III 

SMOLEN SMOLEN & ROYTMAN, PLLC McNAMARA, NEY, BEATTY, 

 SLATTERY, BORGES & 

 AMBACHER, LLP 

/s/ David M. Given Attorneys for Defendants 

David M. Given 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ATTESTATION 

 I, David M. Given, am the ECF user whose identification and password is being used to 

file the instant document. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all counsel 

whose electronic signatures appear above provided their authority and concurrence to file this 

document. 

 /s/ David M. Given 

 David M. Given 

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ORDER 

 

 PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that the 

deadline for completing mediation in this case shall be July 17, 2016.

Dated: ________________________________________ 

 Honorable Richard Seeborg 

 United States District Judge

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