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Parties Involved:
John Doe
Plaintiff
Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Defendant

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JEFFREY M. HERMAN, ESQ. (Admitted Pro !lac Vice) 

DANIEL G. ELLIS, ESQ. (Calf. Bar No. 298639) 

Herman Law 

3351 NW Boca Raton Boulevard 

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

Telephone: (305) 931-2200 

Facsimile: (305) 931-0877 

MARY E. ALEXANDER, ESQ. (SBN: 104173) 

JENNIFER L. FIORE, ESQ. (SBN: 203618) 

SOPHIA M. ASLAMI, ESQ. (SBN: 262712) 

Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C. 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 1303 

San Francisco, CA 941 04 

Telephone: (415) 433-4440 

Facsimile: (415) 433-5440 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOHN DOE, by and through his 

Guardian ad Litem, HERB THOMAS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN DOE, by and through his Guardian ad 

Litem, C.D., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MT. DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, a public entity, 

And DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

) Case No.: C-14-02167 HSG 

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) JOINT STIPULATION AND 

) [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

) EXPEDITED HEARING OF 

) PLAINTIFF'S PETITION TO 

) COMPROMISE PENDING ACTION 

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26 The Parties, Plaintiff JOHN DOE, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Herb Thomas, 

27 and Defendant MT. DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, hereby file this Joint Stipulation 

28 for Expedited Hearing of Petition to Compromise Pending Action on the following grounds. 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXPEDITED HEARING OF PLAINTIFF'S 

PETITION TO COMPROMISE PENDING ACTION Case No. C-14-02167 HSG 

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This matter was settled by a compromised settlement by all parties on June 22, 2015. As 

the Plaintiff is an incapacitated person, Court approval is sought in order to approve this 

settlement including an order to allow counsel to establish a Special Needs Trust on behalf of 

John Doe. 

This matter involves a Guardian ad Litem in California, and co-counsel for the Plaintiff 

has their offices in Florida and New York, hence time has been a factor in getting all paperwork 

filed with this Court. At the beginning of the gathering and exchange of settlement documents, 

the Court's calendar had availability for August 20, 2015 for the hearing on Plaintiffs Petition 

for Compromise of Pending Action ("Petition"). When Plaintiffs counsel filed the Petition on 

Monday, August 3, 2015, the Court no longer had available the date of August 20, 2015. 

Plaintiff then selected September 10, 2015 for the hearing. Due to a minor filing issue, the 

Petition filed on August 3 was rejected and the hearing date of September 10, 2015 was no 

longer available to the parties. Upon Plaintiffs refiling of the Petition, the September 10, 2015 

date was no longer available and the soonest available date Plaintiff could select for the hearing 

was October 1, 2015. 

Plaintiffs counsel has contacted Defendant Mt. Diablo Unified School District's counsel, 

Timothy Murphy, who has advised he has no objection to the entry of this stipulation, and joins 

Plaintiff in this stipulation due to the settlement being effectuated on June 22, 2015. 

The parties respectfully request that this Honorable Court shorten the time in which the 

hearing is to take place and allow for the September 10,2015 hearing to take place at 2:00 

p.m., as counsel for each of the parties and the Guardian ad Litem are available to attend the 

hearing at this date and time. 

The parties further respectfully request that the hearing on the Petition be held 

confidentially in a closed session since the subject matter is confidential and concerns privileged 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXPEDITED HEARING OF PLAINTIFF'S 

PETITION TO COMPROMISE PENDING ACTION Case No. C-14-02167 HSG 

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And 

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MARY E. A "' t XANDER, ESQ. 

Calif. Bar No 04173 

JENNIFER L. FIORE, ESQ. 

Calif. Bar No. 203618 

SOPHIA M. ASLAMI, ESQ. 

Calif. Bar No. 262712 

MARY ALEXANDER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

Attomeysfor Plaintiff 

ORDER GRANTING EXPEDITED HEARING REQUEST 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

The Joint Stipulation for Expedited Heal'ing on Petition to Compromise Pending Action 

is hereby Granted. The hearing will be held on September 10, 20 l 5 at 2:00p.m. before this 

Court. 

Dated: ------· 2015 

THE HONORABLE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

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JOJNT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED) ORDER FOR EXPEDITED HEARlNG OF PLAINTIFF'S 

PETITION TO COMPROMISE PENDING ACTION Case No. C-14-02167 HSG 

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