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Parties Involved:
Jeanne Kitchen
Plaintiff
Lodi Unified School District
Defendant
Catherine Nichols-Washer
Defendant
Neil Young
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR EXTENSION TO LODI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FILE 

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JOHNSON SCHACHTER & LEWIS

A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

2180 HARVARD STREET, SUITE 560

SACRAMENTO, CA 95815

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

ALESA SCHACHTER, ESQ. (SBN 102542)

JASON M. SHERMAN, ESQ. (SBN 245190)

JOHNSON SCHACHTER & LEWIS

A Professional Law Corporation

California Plaza

2180 Harvard Street, Suite 560

Sacramento, CA 95815

Telephone: (916) 921-5800

Facsimile: (916) 921-0247

E-mail: alesa@jsl-law.com

E-mail: jason@jsl-law.com

Attorneys for DEFENDANT:

LODI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEANNE KITCHEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

LODI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; 

CATHERINE NICHOLS-WASHER, in her 

official capacity as Superintendent of the Lodi 

Unified School District, NEIL YOUNG in his 

official capacity as Director of Personnel of 

the Lodi Unified School District,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 2:14-cv-01436-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

EXTENSION TO LODI UNIFIED 

SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FILE 

RESPONSIVE PLEADING TO 

PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

Complaint Filed: June 16, 2014

Trial Date: None Set

Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), the parties agree and stipulate that Defendant LODI 

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (hereinafter “District”) should be granted additional time to file 

a responsive plead to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint for the following reasons:

- Plaintiff has chosen to sue and name two individual defendants in their official 

capacities in the First Amended Complaint: Dr. Catherine Nichols-Washer and Neil 

Young;

- The law firm of Johnson Schachter & Lewis, a P.L.C. will be representing Dr. 

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JOHNSON SCHACHTER & LEWIS

A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

2180 HARVARD STREET, SUITE 560

SACRAMENTO, CA 95815

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

Washer and Mr. Young in this litigation;

- Dr. Washer and Mr. Young have authorized defense counsel to accept service of the 

this lawsuit on their behalf via Waiver of Service under Rule 4(d);

- All Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss and possibly a motion to strike;

- As the District has already been served, it would ordinarily be required to file its 

motion(s) within 14 days;

- However, under Rule 4(d)(3), Dr. Washer and Mr. Young will not be required to file 

their motions until 60 days after service of the Waiver of Service;

- If the District is not granted an extension, then defense counsel will be required to file 

multiple motions with potentially multiple hearing dates.

The parties therefore agree and stipulate that the District should be granted an extension to file its 

responsive motions to the First Amended Complaint to match Dr. Washer’s and Mr. Young’s 

time to file their responsive motions. This extension will avoid unnecessary duplication of 

filings, effort and expenditures.

The parties request an order from the Court that the District’s time to file its responsive 

motions to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is extended to match the time for when Dr. 

Washer’s and Mr. Young’s responsive motions will be due for filing.

Dated: December 3, 2014

JOHNSON SCHACHTER & LEWIS

A Professional Law Corporation

By: /s/ Alesa Schachter____________________

ALESA SCHACHTER

JASON M. SHERMAN

Attorneys for Defendant LODI UNIFIED 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

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JOHNSON SCHACHTER & LEWIS

A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

2180 HARVARD STREET, SUITE 560

SACRAMENTO, CA 95815

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

Dated: December 3, 2014

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY - EMPLOYMENT 

LAW CENTER

By: /s/ Jinny Kim (authorized on December 2, 

2014)

JINNY KIM

Attorneys for Plaintiff, JEANNE KITCHEN

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 3, 2014

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JOHNSON SCHACHTER & LEWIS

A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

2180 HARVARD STREET, SUITE 560

SACRAMENTO, CA 95815

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

TELEPHONE: (916) 921-5800 / FACSIMILE: (916) 921-0247

PROOF OF SERVICE

CASE NAME: Kitchen v. Lodi Unified School District

CASE NO.: 2:14-cv-01436-WBS-EFB

I am employed in the County of Sacramento. I am over the age of eighteen years and not 

a party to the within above-entitled action. My business address is 2180 Harvard Street, Suite 

560, Sacramento, CA 95815.

I am familiar with this office's practice whereby the mail is sealed, given the appropriate 

postage and placed in a designated mail collection area. Each day's mail is collected and 

deposited in a United States mailbox after the close of each day's business.

On the date set forth below, I served the following: STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FOR EXTENSION TO LODI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FILE RESPONSIVE 

PLEADING TO PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

 United States Mail - on all parties in said action by placing a true copy of the above 

described document(s) enclosed in a sealed envelope in the designated area for outgoing 

mail addressed as set forth below.

X ELECTRONIC SERVICE - by causing such document to be served electronically to the 

addressees listed below.

 By FACSIMILE (telecopier) - by personally sending to the addressee's facsimile number 

a true copy of the above-described document(s). 

 Federal Express - on all parties in said action by placing a true copy of the abovedescribed document(s) in an authorized area for pick-up by an authorized express service 

courier the same day it is collected and processed in the ordinary course of business as set 

forth below.

 Personal Service - By personally delivering or causing to be delivered a true copy of the 

above-described document to the person(s) and at the address(es) set forth as shown 

below. 

Jinny Kim, Esq.

The Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94104-4244

(415) 964-8848

FAX (415) 593-0096

E-mail: jkim@las-elc.org

X FEDERAL: I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this 

Court at whose direction service was made.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this 

declaration was executed on December 3, 2014, at Sacramento, California.

/s/ Doreen Guth

DOREEN GUTH

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