Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_08-cv-00719/USCOURTS-caed-2_08-cv-00719-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

---

Lillard v. Starbucks 

Case No. 2:08-CV-00719-GEB-KJM 

1 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Wendy R. Bemis (SBN 218432) 

Heather N. Tanner (SBN 235672) 

LAW OFFICES OF BEMIS & ASSOCIATES

140 Geary Street, 4th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 367-4578 

Facsimile: (415) 367-4579 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

BERLIN LILLARD 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BERLIN LILLARD, an individual; 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

STARBUCKS, Inc., a Washington Corporation 

doing business in California; and DOES 1-100, 

inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:08-CV-00719-GEB-KJM 

JOINT STIPULATION OF COUNSEL IN 

SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST 

TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT. 

JOINT STIPULATION OF COUNSEL IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST TO 

AMEND THE COMPLAINT: 

Wendy Bemis, attorney for Plaintiff, and Jonmi N. Koo, attorney for Defendant, make a 

following joint stipulation to the Court: 

1. WHEREAS Plaintiff recently filed a complaint against Defendant in the Superior Court 

of California; 

2. WHEREAS Defendant timely answered the Complaint; 

3. WHEREAS Plaintiff realized that, through inadvertent error, they had filed an incomplete 

complaint without a cause of action for wrongful termination; 

Case 2:08-cv-00719-GEB -KJM Document 8 Filed 05/15/08 Page 1 of 2
Lillard v. Starbucks 

Case No. 2:08-CV-00719-GEB-KJM 

2 

1

4

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

. WHEREAS there has been no further action by the parties on this matter since the case 

was removed to Federal Court; 

5. WHEREAS the parties, pursuant to this stipulation, hereby respectfully request that the 

Court enter the following Order: 

1. Plaintiff be allowed to file an amended complaint adding a cause of action for 

wrongful termination; 

2. Defendant will have 10 court days from the filing and service of the amended 

complaint to file an amended answer. 

 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES TO THIS ACTION: 

DATED: May ___, 2008 BEMIS & ASSOCIATES 

 By:________________________________ 

 Wendy Bemis 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff BERLIN LILLARD 

DATED: May __, 2008 PERKINS COIE 

 By:________________________________ 

 Jonmi Koo 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 15, 2008 

Case 2:08-cv-00719-GEB -KJM Document 8 Filed 05/15/08 Page 2 of 2