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Parties Involved:
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
Midtown Gas and Food Mart, LLC
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation and Order -1- Case No.: 2:14-CV-01117-JAM-DAD 

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CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS

MARK D. POTTER, ESQ., SBN 166317

PHYL GRACE, ESQ., SBN 171771

Mail: P.O. Box 262490

San Diego, CA 92196-2490

Deliveries: 9845 Erma Road, Suite 300

San Diego, CA 92131

Phone: (858) 375-7385

Fax: (888) 422-5191

phylg@potterhandy.com

Attorney for Plaintiff SCOTT JOHNSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT JOHNSON,

 Plaintiff,

v.

MIDTOWN GAS AND FOOD MART, LLC., a 

California Limited Liability Company; and Does 

1-10,

 Defendant.

 

 

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No. 2:14-cv-01117-JAM-DAD 

Stipulation and Order Regarding 

Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal and 

Defendants’ Discovery Responses 

JOINT STIPULATION

The following terms, phrases, and definitions will be applied in this stipulation and are 

intended to conform to the usage given in the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines:

ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines found 

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at 28 C.F.R. Part 36.

ACCESSIBLE: Complying with the technical requirements of the ADAAG.

SUBJECT PROPERTY: Midtown Chevron located at or about 1031 30th Street, 

Sacramento, California.

READILY ACHIEVABLE: Shall have the same definition as that found at 42 U.S.C. § 

12181(9).

BARRIER: Any architectural or configuration element of the subject 

property that does not comply with the technical provisions 

found in the Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines and/or Title 24 of the California Code of 

Regulations, and which is identified in the Plaintiff’s complaint.

PLAINTIFF SCOTT JOHNSON AND DEFENDANT MIDTOWN GAS AND FOOD MART, 

LLC, BY AND THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE: 

WHEREAS Plaintiff has propounded written discovery to assist him in determining the 

ability of the Stipulating Defendant to undergo “readily achievable” barrier removal and to support 

Plaintiff’s damages assessment; and 

WHEREAS such discovery information is of a personal and confidential nature and, 

therefore, the Stipulating Defendant have a legitimate concern about unnecessarily producing such 

information;

The Plaintiff and the Stipulating Defendant enter into the following stipulation:

Plaintiff: Plaintiff will currently forbear from propounding any discovery that seeks information 

concerning the financial status, ability, or wherewithal of the Stipulating Defendant. Plaintiff also 

withdraws all discovery already propounded concerning this information, including but not limited to: 

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Interrogatories, Set One, nos. 3, 14, and 15 and Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, nos. 

9, 11, and 12. 

Stipulating Defendants: The Stipulating Defendants hereby declare that in determining whether the 

removal of a BARRIER is READILY ACHIEVABLE, factors such as the (1) Stipulating Defendant’s 

financial resources; (2) the facility’s financial resources; (3) the “effect on expenses and resources”; 

and (4) impact on finances, shall NOT be raised by STIPULATING DEFENDANT as a defense as to 

why the Stipulating Defendant cannot remedy and/or remove those alleged BARRIERS. Defendant 

further stipulate to respond fully to all discovery requests not concerning the financial status, ability, 

or wherewithal of the Stipulating Defendant within 14 days of the Court’s Order. 

NOTE: Stipulating Defendant is not stipulating (A) liability to the Plaintiff; (B) that the above 

identified barrier removals are required by law; (C) that the above referenced barriers exist; or (D) that 

they are subject to the ADA or related state disability access laws. 

NOTE: The parties understand that the Plaintiff reserves his right to seek financial information in 

support of a claim for punitive damages. However, Plaintiff will forbear from seeking that information 

until Plaintiff believes that further discovery information warrants the prosecution of a punitive 

damages claim against the Stipulating Defendant. Even if Plaintiff reaches a decision that a punitive 

damages claim should be prosecuted, Plaintiff will, nonetheless, wait until the end of the discovery 

window to request such information so as to allow maximum opportunity for resolution of the case. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: May 28, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS

By: /s/ Amanda Lockhart 

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AMANDA LOCKHART

 Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: June 15, 2015 MICHAEL D. WELCH ASSOCIATES

By: /s/ Michael D. Welch

MICHAEL D. WELCH

 Attorney for Defendants

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 16, 2015

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