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Parties Involved:
Daniel Bowling
Mediator
City of Corte Madera
Defendant
Richard Skaff
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR ENLARGEMENT 

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SIDNEY J. COHEN, Esq., State Bar No. 39023

SIDNEY J. COHEN PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

427 Grand Avenue

Oakland, CA 94610

Telephone: (510) 893-6682

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Richard Skaff

JEFFREY A. WALTER CBN 63626

JOHN A. ABACI CBN 166493

WALTER & PISTOLE

670 West Napa Street, Suite “F”

Sonoma, CA 95476

Telephone: (707) 996-9690

Fax: (707) 996-9603

Attorneys for Defendant

Town Of Corte Madera

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD SKAFF

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF CORTE MADERA and

DOES 1 through 20, Inclusive,

Defendants. /

CASE NO. C 08-05407 SBA

Civil Rights

Case No. C08-05407 SBA

STIPULATION AND 

ORDER FOR ENLARGEMENT OF

TIME TO MARCH 31, 2010 TO

CONDUCT MEDIATION, AND

DECLARATION IN SUPPORT

THEREOF

(Local Rule 6-2)

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STIPULATION

Plaintiff RICHARD SKAFF, by and through his attorney, and Defendant

TOWN OF CORTE MADERA, by and through its attorneys, stipulate to an

extension of time to March 31, 2010 to conduct the Alternative Dispute

Resolution mediation in this case and, for the reasons stated in the declaration of

Sidney J. Cohen set forth below, request that the Court order an extension to the

March 31, 2010 date.

Date: 1/29/10 SIDNEY J. COHEN

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

/s/ Sidney J. Cohen SIDNEY J. COHEN

 Attorney for Plaintiff Richard Skaff

Date: 1/28/10 WALTER & PISTOLE

/s/ John A. Abaci

 

JOHN A. ABACI

Attorneys for Defendant

Town of Corte Madera

DECLARATION OF SIDNEY J. COHEN

I, Sidney J. Cohen, declare as follows:

1. I am counsel for Plaintiff Richard Skaff in this action. I am an

attorney in good standing and licensed to practice in the courts of California, in

the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts,

in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and in the United

States Supreme Court. If called upon to testify, I would testify as follows:

2. By Court Order dated December 28, 2009 (see Docket entry 35), the

Court extended the time for the parties to complete the Alternative Dispute

Resolution mediation in this case to January 31, 2010. 

3. On January 14, 2010 the parties, the parties’ counsel, the parties’

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representatives, the parties’ expert consultants, and mediator Daniel Bowling

attended their second all day mediation in the case (see Docket entry 36). 

4. Although the parties made significant progress at the mediation, they

were not able to reach agreement on the injunctive relief aspect of the case and,

with agreement of all in attendance, mediator Daniel Bowling scheduled a third

mediation session for January 25, 2010 (see Docket entry 36).

5. Early on Monday morning, January 25, 2010 I picked up a voice mail

message from Mr. Bowling advising that he was ill and would not be able to

conduct the mediation. I immediately advised my client and expert consultant

that the mediation would not take place, and also communicated Mr. Bowling’s

message to John A. Abaci, counsel for defendant. The mediation did not take

place, and I understand that Mr. Bowling, as of the January 28, 2010 date of this

declaration, has remained ill and unable to return to work.

6. On January 27, 2010 Mr. Bowling sent an e mail from his home to me

and Mr. Abaci providing possible dates to which to reschedule the canceled

mediation session and asking that we convey to your Honor that we have made

very good progress in the two mediation sessions that have taken place thus far,

that this is an unusually complicated case, that he was ill on January 25, 2010,

and that he concurs that additional time is needed to conduct the mediation.

7. I and Mr. Abaci are in the process of contacting our clients to obtain

a date for the third mediation on which the parties, consultants, representatives,

we, and Mr. Bowling all are available. Thus far, there are no such available dates

in January or February, and we are still working on confirming a March date that

is available. At this time, I expect that we will be able to schedule such a third

mediation session to take place by no later than March 31, 2010.

8. Thus far, three modifications have been made to the deadlines

imposed by statute, rule of court, or by the Court in this Action, all of which

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involve enlargements of time to complete the mediation process. In addition, by 

stipulated agreement Defendant supplemented initial disclosures within 2 weeks

of receipt of Plaintiff’s initial disclosures.

9 With the exception of the January 31, 2010 mediation deadline that is

the subject of this request for an extension, the extension of the January 31, 2010

deadline to March 31, 2010 to conduct a third mediation in the case does not

effect any time lines or deadlines established by the Court in this Action.

11. For the reasons stated above, the parties are by this stipulation 

requesting that the Court extend the mediation date deadline from January 31,

2010 to March 31, 2010.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on January 28, 2010 in the City of Oakland, California.

/s/ Sidney J. Cohen

________________________

Sidney J. Cohen

ORDER ENLARGING TIME TO CONDUCT MEDIATION

1. Upon the stipulated request made by the parties in this Action, the

Court finds good cause to continue the mediation deadline previously established

by this Court. 

2. The Court orders that the date by which the parties shall conduct

mediation with a court-appointed mediator be extended from January 31, 2010 to

March 31, 2010.

Date: 2/1/10 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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