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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DATE 

CASE NO. C07 03631 (JF) 

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Barritt Smith LLP 

17310 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 140 

Irvine, California 92614 

949-553-0700

Barritt Smith LLP

Douglas A. Barritt, Bar No. 150955 

17310 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 140 

Irvine, California 92614 

Phone: 949-553-0700 

Fax: 949-553-0715 

email: dbarritt@barrittsmith.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

SIRVA, INC., JOE JENIO, KEN WHELAN, 

SCOTT BLACK and RAMON PADILLA 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

GABRIELLA LEMA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

SIRVA/NAL WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS, JUAN 

CORTES, JOE JENIO, SCOTT BLACK, KEN 

WHELAN, MARILYN BEASLEY, RAMON 

PIDALLA, and DOES 1-10, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO.: C07 03631 (JF) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE EXTENDING THE 

MEDIATION COMPLETION 

DATE FROM DECEMBER 27, 2007

TO FEBRUARY 15, 2008 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DATE 

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Barritt Smith LLP 

17310 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 140 

Irvine, California 92614 

949-553-0700

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, the parties have selected mediation as the appropriate Alternative Dispute 

Resolution process in this matter; 

WHEREAS, on September 28, 2007, Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd approved the use of 

mediation in this matter and entered an Order setting December 27, 2007 as the date by which to 

complete the mediation; 

WHEREAS, on October 12, 2007, the ADR Case Administrator assigned Marjorie Gelb to act 

as the mediator in this matter; 

WHEREAS, on October 30, 2007, the parties and Ms. Gelb conducted a conference call 

(pursuant to ADR L.R. 6-6) and scheduled the mediation to take place on December 13, 2007; 

WHEREAS, plaintiff has recently decided to seek permission to amend her Complaint and 

plaintiff’s counsel was recently hospitalized, both of which have delayed the taking of plaintiff’s 

deposition; 

WHEREAS, defendants believe that it is essential to take plaintiff’s deposition prior to the 

mediation; 

WHEREAS, plaintiff’s deposition has been rescheduled to December 20, 2007; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred with Ms. Gelb and have now agreed to 

conduct the mediation on January 30, 2008; 

WHEREAS, four of the five defendants are available to conduct the mediation on January 30, 

2008, the only exception being individual defendant Ramon Padilla who will be out of town, but 

available by telephone; 

WHEREAS, given the number of parties and their schedules (including their attorneys’ 

schedules), there is no date (until late March 2008) on which every party, their counsel and the 

mediator are available for the mediation; and 

WHEREAS, individual defendant Padilla is a less significant defendant and not essential to the 

mediation process and, therefore, the parties request that he be allowed to attend the mediation 

telephonically; 

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Barritt Smith LLP 

17310 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 140 

Irvine, California 92614 

949-553-0700

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by Plaintiff and Defendants, through their attorneys herein, 

that the mediation completion date be continued to February 15, 2008 and that individual defendant 

Ramon Padilla be allowed to attend the mediation telephonically. 

DATED: December 12, 2007 

Law Office of Robert E. Thompson 

By: /s/ Robert E. Thompson

 Robert E. Thompson 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

GABRIELLA LEMA 

DATED: December 12, 2007 

Barritt Smith LLP 

By: /s/ Douglas A. Barritt

 Douglas A. Barritt 

Attorney for Defendants 

SIRVA, INC., JOE JENIO, KEN WHELAN, 

SCOTT BLACK and RAMON PADILLA 

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949-553-0700

ORDER

Having considered the Stipulation of the parties requesting that the mediation completion date 

be extended from December 27, 2007 to February 15, 2008 and finding good cause therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the mediation completion date is extended from 

December 27, 2007 to February 15, 2008 and that the parties submit their respective written mediation 

statements at least seven days prior to the mediation. 

DATED: December __, 2007 

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United States District Judge 

Jeremy Fogel 

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