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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 RE DISMISSAL OF ACTION AND REFERRAL 

TO BINDING ARBITRATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. CV-01573-JAM-DAD

Kathleen Maylin (SBN: 155371)

JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

199 Fremont Street, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 394-9400 

Facsimile: (415) 394-9401 

E-mail: maylink@jacksonlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. (erroneously sued as 

“24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.”) 

John L. Burris (State Bar No. 69888) 

Law Offices of John L. Burris 

7677 Oakport St., Suite 1120 

Oakland, CA 94621 

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 

Facsimile: (510) 839-3882 

E-mail: john.burris@johnburrislaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Kandace Suggs and Ephraim Walker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KANDACE SUGGS, ET AL.,

Plaintiff(s), 

v. 

24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE, INC.; ET 

AL, 

Defendant(s). 

Case No. 2:10-cv-1573 JAM DAD

STIPULATION RE DISMISSAL OF 

ACTION AND REFERRAL TO 

BINDING ARBITRATION; ORDER 

Complaint Filed: June 23, 2010 

TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

WHEREAS on October 24, 2000, December 22, 2000, and January 30, 2005, Plaintiff 

Kandace C. Suggs signed acknowledgements agreeing to arbitrate any dispute, claim or 

controversy arising out of her employment (or termination of employment) with her former 

employer, 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. (“24 Hour Fitness”) (collectively “the Parties”), and to 

submit the dispute to a neutral arbitrator for resolution via binding arbitration. 

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STIPULATION RE DISMISSAL OF ACTION AND REFERRAL 

TO BINDING ARBITRATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. CV-01573-JAM-DAD

WHEREAS on June 23, 2010, Plaintiff Kandace C. Suggs and her husband, 

Ephraim Walker, filed a Complaint (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court, Eastern 

District of California, alleging sexual harassment and other related employment claims against 24 

Hour Fitness. 

WHEREAS on August 6, 2010, Plaintiffs agreed to dismiss this civil action and 

submit their claims to final and binding arbitration pursuant to the terms of the employment 

agreement. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the Parties 

through their respective counsel of record: 

1. This action be dismissed to allow the parties to submit to binding arbitration 

pursuant to contractual agreement 

2. The parties will refer this matter for binding arbitration before a mutually 

agreed upon arbitrator at JAMS San Francisco. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: August 16, 2010 JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

 By: ___________________________________ 

Kathleen Maylin 

Attorneys for Defendant 

24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. (erroneously sued 

as “24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.”) 

Dated: August 11, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

By: ___________________________________ 

John L. Burris 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Kandace Suggs and Ephraim Walker 

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STIPULATION RE DISMISSAL OF ACTION AND REFERRAL 

TO BINDING ARBITRATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. CV-01573-JAM-DAD

ORDER 

Based on this Stipulation of the Parties and for good cause shown, it is hereby 

ordered that the terms of this Stipulation are approved and adopted, and this action shall be 

dismissed and the Parties may submit the claims to binding arbitration. 

THE FOREGOING STIPULATION 

IS APPROVED AND IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 16, 2010 

 /s/ John A. Mendez____________

United States District Court Judge 

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