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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 29:0794 Job Discrimination (Handicap)

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Stipulation and Order Staying All District Court Proceedings Pending Resolution of Defendants’ Preliminary 

Injunction Appeal in the Ninth Circuit (CV 09-4668 CW)

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

Attorney General of California 

KARIN S. SCHWARTZ

SUSAN M. CARSON

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General 

JOSHUA N. SONDHEIMER

GREGORY D. BROWN (State Bar No. 219209) 

Deputy Attorneys General 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Telephone: (415) 703-5461 

Fax: (415) 703-5480 

E-mail: Gregory.Brown@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

V.L. , et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

JOHN A. WAGNER, et al., 

Defendants.

CV 09-4668 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING 

ALL DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS 

IN THIS ACTION PENDING 

RESOLUTION OF DEFENDANTS’ 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION APPEAL 

IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT 

WHEREAS defendants’ preliminary injunction appeal is currently pending in the Ninth 

Circuit; 

WHEREAS oral argument on that appeal has been scheduled for June 15, 2010; 

WHEREAS the parties believe that there is a significant possibility that the Ninth Circuit’s 

decision in the preliminary injunction appeal could either eliminate the need for further litigation 

in this action or significantly clarify and narrow the issues that would still need to be litigated; 

and 

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Stipulation and Order Staying All District Court Proceedings Pending Resolution of Defendants’ Preliminary 

Injunction Appeal in the Ninth Circuit (CV 09-4668 CW)

WHEREAS the parties agree that it would be more efficient for the Court and the parties to 

stay all district court proceedings except the Case Management Conference pending resolution of 

the preliminary injunction appeal; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties through their respective counsel that, 

subject to Court approval: 

1. All district court proceedings in this action are hereby stayed with the exception of 

the Case Management Conference scheduled for May 4, 2010 at 2 p.m. 

2. The stay shall be lifted automatically upon the Ninth Circuit’s issuance of the 

mandate in the pending preliminary injunction appeal in this action, Ninth Circuit Case No. 09-

17581. 

3. The stay may be lifted unilaterally by any party at any time upon three (3) days’ prior 

written notice to the Court and all other parties. 

4. The stay may be lifted at any time by order of the Court. 

5. In the event that the Ninth Circuit reverses the preliminary injunction in whole or in 

part, defendants shall ensure that the benefit cuts under sections 12309(e) and/or 12309.2 of the 

California Welfare and Institutions Code that are presently enjoined by the preliminary injunction 

do not go into effect for at least sixty (60) days after the Ninth Circuit issues the mandate in the 

preliminary injunction appeal, Ninth Circuit Case No. 09-17581. Nothing in the preceding 

sentence shall prohibit defendants from taking preliminary steps prior to the expiration of this 60-

day period to enable sections 12309(e) and/or 12309.2 of the California Welfare and Institutions 

Code to go into effect immediately upon the expiration of this 60-day period, provided that the 

actual cuts in benefits shall not go into effect prior to the expiration of this 60-day period. In the 

event that any plaintiff unilaterally lifts the stay prior to the oral argument in the preliminary 

injunction appeal, or in the event that the stay is lifted by the Court upon a motion or request 

brought by any plaintiff and opposed by defendants prior to the oral argument in the preliminary 

injunction appeal, the provisions of this paragraph shall be voided. 

6. In the event that any plaintiff seeks another preliminary injunction or a modification 

of the preliminary injunction following the Ninth Circuit’s decision, plaintiffs shall meet and 

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Stipulation and Order Staying All District Court Proceedings Pending Resolution of Defendants’ Preliminary 

Injunction Appeal in the Ninth Circuit (CV 09-4668 CW)

confer with defendants to set a briefing schedule for such a motion as soon as practicable 

following the Ninth Circuit’s decision, and in no event shall plaintiffs suggest a briefing schedule 

for such motion that provides defendants less than two weeks to file an opposition. 

Dated: April 23, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General of California 

KARIN S. SCHWARTZ

SUSAN M. CARSON

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General 

/s/ Gregory D. Brown 

JOSHUA N. SONDHEIMER

GREGORY D. BROWN

Deputy Attorneys General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: April 23, 2010 Respectfully Submitted, 

 By: /s/ Melinda Bird MELINDA BIRD (SBN 102236) 

 MARILYN HOLLE (SBN 61530) 

 DEBORAH DORFMAN (CRLSA No. 801060) 

 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA 

 LOS ANGELES REGIONAL OFFICE 

 3580 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 902 

 Los Angeles, CA 90010 

 Telephone: (213) 427-8747 

 Facsimile: (213) 427-8767 

Melinda.bird@disabilityrightsca.org

Debbie.dorfman@disabilityrightsca.org

Marilyn.holle@disabilityrightsca.org

 SUJATHA JAGADEESH BRANCH (SBN 166259) 

 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA 

 SACRAMENTO REGIONAL OFFICE 

 100 Howe Ave., Suite 235N 

 Sacramento, CA 95825 

 Telephone: (916) 488-9950 

 Facsimile: (916) 488-9960 

Sujatha.branch@disabilityrightsca.org

 DARA L. SCHUR (SBN 98638) 

 FREDERICK P. NISEN (SBN 184089) 

 JUNG PHAM (SBN 251232) 

 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA 

 BAY AREA REGIONAL OFFICE 

 1330 Broadway, Suite 500 

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Stipulation and Order Staying All District Court Proceedings Pending Resolution of Defendants’ Preliminary 

Injunction Appeal in the Ninth Circuit (CV 09-4668 CW)

 Oakland, CA 94612 

 Telephone: (510) 267-1200 

 Facsimile: (510) 267-1201 

Dara.schur@disabilityrightsca.org

Fred.nisen@disabilityrightsca.org

Jung.pham@disabilityrightsca.org

 ANN MENASCHE (SBN 74774) 

 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA 

 SAN DIEGO REGIONAL OFFICE 

 111 Sixth Avenue, Suite 200 

 San Diego, CA 92101 

 Telephone: (619) 239-7861 

 Facsimile: (619) 239-7906 

Ann.menasche@disabilityrightsca.org

 PAULA PEARLMAN (SBN 109038) 

 SHAWNA PARKS (SBN 208301) 

 DISABILITY RIGHTS LEGAL CENTER 

 919 Albany Street 

 Los Angeles, CA 90015 

 Telephone: (213) 736-1031 

 Facsimile: (213) 736-1428 

Paula.pearlman@lls.edu

Shawna.parks@lls.edu

 CHARLES WOLFINGER (SBN 63467) 

 LAW OFFICE OF CHARLES WOLFINGER 

 4655 Cass Street #314 

 San Diego, Ca 92109 

 Telephone: (858) 272-8115 

 Facsimile: (858) 270-3960 

Cw@charleswolfinger.com

 JANE PERKINS (SBN 104784) 

 NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM 

 211 N. Columbia Street 

 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 

 Telephone: (919) 968-6308 

 Facsimile: (919) 968-8855 

 perkins@healthlaw.org 

 ANNA RICH (SBN 230195) 

 NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZEN LAW CENTER 

 1330 Broadway, Suite 525 

 Oakland, CA 94612 

 Telephone: (510) 663-1055 

 Facsimile: (510) 663-1051 

Attorneys for Individual Named Plaintiffs V.L., 

David Oster, Willie Beatrice Sheppard, C.R., Dotty 

Jones, and the Plaintiff Class 

 By: /s/ Stacey M. Leyton 

STEPHEN P. BERZON (SBN 46540) 

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Stipulation and Order Staying All District Court Proceedings Pending Resolution of Defendants’ Preliminary 

Injunction Appeal in the Ninth Circuit (CV 09-4668 CW)

 EVE H. CERVANTEZ (SBN 164709) 

 STACEY M. LEYTON (SBN 203827) 

 PEDER J. THOREEN (SBN 217081) 

 CASEY A. ROBERTS (SBN 253474) 

 Altshuler Berzon LLP 

 177 Post Street, Suite 300 

 San Francisco, California 94108 

 Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

 Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

sberzon@altshulerberzon.com

ecervantez@altshulerberzon.com

sleyton@altshulerberzon.com

pthoreen@altshulerberzon.com

croberts@altshulerberzon.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs SEIU-UHW, SEIU-ULTCW, 

SEIU Local 521, SEIU California State Council, 

UDW, and CUHW 

GENERAL ORDER 45 ATTESTATION 

I, Gregory D. Brown, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

stipulation and proposed order. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that 

plaintiffs’ counsel have concurred in the filing of this document with their electronic signatures. 

Dated: April 23, 2010 /s/ Gregory D. Brown 

 Gregory D. Brown 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 4, 2010 ______________________________________ 

 Hon. Claudia Wilken 

United States District Judge 

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