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Parties Involved:
Jack In The Box Restaurant
Defendant
Yvonne Westbrook
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

YVONNE WESTBROOK,

Plaintiff,

 v.

JACK IN THE BOX RESTAURANT,

Defendant.

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No. C 05-02424 JSW

ORDER VACATING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

AND SETTING DEADLINES

Plaintiff has filed a complaint asserting denial of access under the Americans with

Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-89. The Court HEREBY VACATES the case

management conference set for September 30, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that the

following procedures shall apply to this case:

1. Plaintiff shall, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), forthwith

complete service on all necessary defendants. A plaintiff who is unable to

complete service on all necessary defendants 60 days may prior to the expiration

of that period, file a Motion for Administrative Relief pursuant to Local Rule 7-

11 requesting an extension of the schedule required by this Order.

2. Initial disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 269a) shall be

completed no later than seven days prior to the joint inspection required by ¶ 3 of

this Order. If defendant intends to dispute liability based on the construction or

alteration history of the subject premised, defendant shall disclose all information

in defendant’s possession or control regarding the construction or alteration
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history of the subject premises. All other discovery and proceedings are

STAYED unless this Court orders otherwise.

3. No later than 100 days after the date of this Order, the parties and their counsel,

accompanied by their experts if the parties so elect, shall meet in person at the

subject premises. They shall jointly inspect the portions of the subject premises

which are claimed to violate the Americans With Disability Act. 

4. At the joint inspection or within 10 business days thereafter, the parties, and their

experts if the parties so elect, shall meet in person and confer regarding

settlement of the action. The meet and confer obligation cannot be satisfied by

telephone or by exchanging letters. At the conference, the parties shall discuss

all claimed premises violations. Plaintiff shall specify all claimed premises

violations and the desired remediation. With respect to each claimed violation,

defendant shall specify whether defendant is willing to remediate and whether

defendant agrees with plaintiff’s proposed remediation or has an alternate

proposal. If defendant claims any proposed remediation is not readily

achievable, defendant shall specify the factual basis for this claim.

5. If the parties reach a tentative agreement on remediation, plaintiff shall forthwith

provide defendant with a statement of damages, if any, claimed under California

law, and of costs and attorney’s fees incurred to date, and made a demand for

settlement of the case in its entirety.

6. If within 45 days from the joint site inspection, the parties cannot reach an

agreement on remediation, or cannot settle the damages and fees claims, plaintiff

shall file a “Notice of Need for Mediation” with this Court. The matter will then

be automatically referred to mediation and the ADR Department will schedule a

mediation as soon as possible. The mediator shall have the authority to preside

over settlement negotiations that address all issues presented by this matter,

including requests for injunctive relief and attorney’s fees. Should a settlement

be reached, the mediator shall ensure that the parties make a written or audio
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record of the essential terms of the settlement sufficient to permit any party to

move to enforce the settlement should it not be consummated according to its

terms. Should any settlement be conditioned upon future conduct such as

remediation, this Court will retain jurisdiction to enforce that component of the

settlement.

7. If the case does not resolve at mediation, plaintiff shall within seven calendar

days of the mediation, file a Motion for Administrative Relief pursuant to Local

Rule 7-11 requesting a case management conference.

8. Any party who wishes to be relieved of any requirement of this Order may file a

Motion for Administrative Relief pursuant to Local Rule 7-11.

The Court FURTHER ORDERS Plaintiff to serve this Order on Defendant and all other

necessary defendants in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2005 /s/ Jeffrey S. White 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE