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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Case No. C14-5035 WHA

[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL

COX, WOOTTON, 

LERNER, GRIFFIN & 

HANSEN, LLP

900 FRONT STREET, 

SUITE 350

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

94111

TEL: 415-438-4600

FAX: 415-438-4601

DBYH.Topping

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LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

PAUL L. REIN, ESQ. (SBN 43053)

CELIA MCGUINNESS, ESQ. (SBN 159420)

200 Lakeside Drive, Suite A 

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 832-5001

Facsimile: (510) 832-4787

reinlawoffice@aol.com 

THE DERBY LAW FIRM P.C.

STEVEN L. DERBY, ESQ. (SBN 148372) 

1255 Treat Blvd. Suite 300

Walnut Creek, CA 94597

Telephone: (925) 472-6640

Facsimile: (925) 933-3964

derby@derbydisabilitylaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs KELLY TOPPING and MAX

WADMAN

* Counter-Defendant’s and Defendants’ counsel listed after the caption.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MAX WADMAN and KELLY TOPPING,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DISCOVERY BAY YACHT HARBOR, 

LLC and KEN HOFMANN, 

Defendants.

Case No. C14-5035 WHA

JOINT REQUEST FOR ORDER OF

CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL; AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

DISCOVERY BAY YACHT HARBOR,

LLC,

Counter-Claimant,

v.

KELLY TOPPING,

Counter-Defendant.

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STRATMAN, PATTERSON & HUNTER

ROBERT M. MALTZ, ESQ. (SBN 143078)

505 14th Street, Suite 400 

Oakland, CA 94612-1913

Phone: (510) 457-3440

Fax: (510) 238-8968

Attorneys for Counter-Defendant KELLY TOPPING

COX WOOTTON LERNER GRIFFIN & HANSEN LLP

RUPERT P. HANSEN (SBN 082302)

CHRISTOPHER S. KIELIGER (SBN 209121)

JULIETTE B. McCULLOUGH (SBN 278929)

900 Front Street, Suite 350

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 438-4600

Facsimile: (415) 438-4601

rhansen@cwlfirm.com

ckieliger@cwlfirm.com

jmccullough@cwlfirm.com Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant

DISCOVERY BAY YACHT HARBOR, LLC, 

and Defendant KEN HOFMANN, individually

JOINT REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL OF CASE; AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

COMES NOW Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Kelly Topping, Plaintiff Max Wadman, 

Defendant/Counter-Claimant Discovery Bay Yacht Harbor, LLC, and Defendant Kenneth Hofmann, 

being all of the parties to the above captioned litigation, appearing by and through their respective 

counsel of record, and hereby confirm that this matter and all the claims made herein or which could 

have been made herein have been settled between the parties, that the Settlement was placed on the 

record before Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte on Friday, March 11, 2016, and that all that

remains to complete the settlement is for the defendants to pay the settlement amounts agreed on the 

record in three separate checks made payable respectively to “Kelly Topping”, “Max Wadman, and 

“The Law Offices of Paul L. Rein” on or before April 11, 2016. The parties jointly request that 

unless any party notifies the Court by 5:00 PM, April 18, 2016 that such settlement consideration has 

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not been so paid as agreed or settlement checks have not cleared, that the Court dismiss this case in 

its entirely, with prejudice, with each party to bear their own fees and costs. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: March 18, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendant

KELLY TOPPING and Plaintiff MAX

WADMAN

By: /s/ Celia McGuinness

Celia McGuinness

Dated: March 18, 2016 STRATMAN, PATTERSON & HUNTER

Attorneys for Counterdefendant 

KELLY TOPPING

By: /s/ Robert M. Maltz 

Robert M. Maltz

Dated: March 18, 2016 COX, WOOTTON, LERNER, 

GRIFFIN & HANSEN, LLP

Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant

DISCOVERY BAY YACHT HARBOR LLC, and 

Defendant KEN HOFMANN

By: /s/ Christopher S. Kiegler

Christopher S. Kiegler

Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.1, this ECF filer hereby attests that he has on file all holographic 

signatures corresponding to any signatures indicated by a conformed signature (/S/) within this efiled document.

Pursuant to stipulation and for Good Cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

That in light of the settlement of this matter that was placed on the record before Magistrate Judge 

Elizabeth Laporte on Friday, March 11, 2016, and based on the representation of all counsel of 

record that all that remains to complete the settlement is for the defendants to pay the settlement 

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amounts that were agreed on the record, by means of three separate checks made payable 

respectively to “Kelly Topping”, “Max Wadman, and “The Law Offices of Paul L. Rein” on or 

before April 11, 2016:

1. The Court hereby conditionally dismisses this action, and unless any party notifies the Court 

by 5:00 PM, April 18, 2016 that the agreed upon settlement consideration has not been so 

paid as agreed, or settlement checks have not cleared, then this conditional dismissal shall 

become a final dismissal of this case in its entirely, with prejudice, and with each party to 

bear their own fees and costs; 

2. The March 31, 2016 hearing for plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary adjudication is hereby 

vacated; 

3. The April 6, 2016 pre-trial conference in this matter is hereby vacated; and 

4. The April 11, 2016 trial date in this matter is hereby vacated. 

DATED: ________________________ _____________________________________

 United States District Judge William Alsup

March 21, 2016.

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