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Parties Involved:
E.M.
Plaintiff
Lafayette Board of Education
Defendant
Lafayette School District
Defendant
M.M.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND ORDER REFERRING CASE C10-04223 SI 

TO SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND STAYING

SECTION 504 CLAIM 

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LINA FOLTZ, State Bar No. 167813 

foltzlaw@gmail.com 

11 Embarcadero West, Suite 230 

Oakland, California 94607 

Telephone: (510) 663-7199 

Facsimile: (510) 380-6332 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

M.M., E.M., & C.M. 

AMY R. LEVINE, State Bar No. 160743 

alevine@dwkesq.com

MATTHEW J. TAMEL, State Bar No. 229378 

mtamel@@dwkesq.com 

DANNIS WOLIVER KELLEY 

275 Battery Street, Suite 1150

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 543-4111 

Facsimile: (415) 543-4384 

LOUIS A. LEONE, ESQ. (SBN: 099874)

lleone@leonealberts.com

KATHERINE A. ALBERTS, ESQ. (SBN: 212825)

kalberts@leonealberts.com

LEONE & ALBERTS

2175 N. California Blvd., Suite 900

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: (925) 974-8600 

Facsimile: (925) 974-8601 

Attorneys for Defendants 

LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT & LAFAYETTE

BOARD OF EDUCATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

M.M. & E.M., individually and on behalf 

of their son C.M.,

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

LAFAYETTE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C10-04223 SI 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REFERRING CASE TO SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND STAYING SECTION 

504 CLAIM

2nd Amended Complaint: March 21, 2011 

Mandate Issued: December 12, 2014 

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WHEREAS since the last Case Management Conference, the parties have engaged in 

settlement discussions and have now reached a point in those discussions where they believe 

they may be able to resolve all or most of the remaining issues in this case through a Settlement 

Conference with a Magistrate Judge; 

WHEREAS the parties agreed to such a Settlement Conference before Magistrate Judge 

Laurel Beeler and have conferred with Judge Beeler’s clerk to reserve September 27, 2016 for 

a full day Settlement Conference in this matter; 

WHEREAS with respect to the remaining pending Section 504 claim, the parties wish 

to conserve as much time and resources as possible prior to the Settlement Conference in order 

to facilitate settlement and not waste funds and resources on matters that may be settled; 

WHEREAS with respect to the remaining IDEA claim, the parties’ motions regarding 

Plaintiff’s entitlement to reimbursement are set to be heard on June 17, 2016 at9:00 a.m; 

WHEREAS the parties agree that having the Court’s ruling on the IDEA cross-motions 

prior to the Settlement Conference would be preferable and would promote settlement of the 

case; 

WHEREAS if the remaining Section 504 claims are not resolved by the parties through 

the Settlement Conference, the parties will work together to complete all remaining necessary 

discovery as quickly and efficiently as possible; and 

WHEREAS the parties agree to request that a case management conference be set in 

this action after the conclusion of the Settlement Conference to discuss any remaining 

procedural issues if the case settles or reset any case management deadlines, if necessary, with 

respect to any claims that were not settled by the parties; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED TO by Plaintiffs M.M. and E.M, individually and 

behalf of their minor son, C.M., and Defendants Lafayette School District and Lafayette Board 

of Education, by and through their counsel of record, that: 

1) The parties request that the above captioned matter be referred to Magistrate 

Judge Laurel Beeler for Settlement Conference on September 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in 

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Courtroom C of this Court; 

2) The hearing on the parties’ cross-motions regarding Plaintiffs’ entitlement to 

reimbursement pursuant to the IDEA currently set for June 17, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 

1 of this Court remains on calendar; 

3) The parties request that the Court issue a ruling on the parties’ cross-motions 

regarding Plaintiffs’ entitlement to reimbursement prior to September 27, 2016 if at all 

possible; 

4) The parties request that all proceedings as to the Plaintiffs’ remaining Section 

504 retaliation claim should be stayed and all case management deadlines as to the Section 504 

claim established in the parties’ Joint Case Management Statement, filed on December 11, 

2015, and/or set by the Court at the December 18, 2015 Case Management Conference should 

be vacated; and 

5) The parties request that this matter be set for a Case Management Conference on 

or about October 28, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the Court’s schedule permits, to 

either reset any necessary case management deadlines if the parties do not settle the case or 

discuss any remaining procedural issues if the parties settle the case. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: May 31, 2016 LINA FOLTZ 

By: 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

M.M., E.M., & C.M.

DATED: May ____, 2016 DANNIS WOLIVER KELLEY 

By: 

 AMY R. LEVINE 

Attorneys for Defendants

LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT and

LAFAYETTE BOARD OF EDUCATION 

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DATED: May 31, 2016 LEONE & ALBERTS

 

By: /s Katherine A. Alberts 

KATHERINE A. ALBERTS 

Attorneys for Defendants 

LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT and 

LAFAYETTE BOARD OF EDUCATION 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing therefrom, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1) The above captioned action is referred to Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler for the 

purpose of conducting a Settlement Conference; 

2) All proceedings regarding Plaintiffs’ Section 504 claim are stayed until further 

order of this Court and all Case Management deadlines regarding Plaintiffs’ Section 504 claim 

agreed to by the parties in the Joint Case Management Conference Statement filed on 

December 11, 2015 and/or set by this Court at the December 18, 2015 Case Management 

Conference are vacated; 

3) The parties’ cross-motions regarding Plaintiffs’ entitlement to reimbursement 

pursuant to the IDEA will be heard on June 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 1 of this 

Court as currently scheduled; and 

4) The above captioned matter is set for a further Case Management Conference on 

October 28, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1 of this Court. By October 21, 2016, the parties 

are to file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement apprising the Court of the status of 

any settlement agreed to by the parties, remaining issues to be resolved by the Court, if any, 

and if necessary, proposed a case management schedule for resolving any such remaining 

issues. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 Hon. Susan Illston 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

 Northern District of California 

6/1/16

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