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Parties Involved:
Gayle Hensler
Defendant
Joseph Hensler
Defendant
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
William Lawton
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation and Order -1- Case No.: 2:14-CV-02832-JAMDAD 

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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. 

JOSEPH HENSLER, in his individual and 

representative capacity as trustee—The Hensler 

Family Trust; 

GAYLE HENSLER, in her individual and 

representative capacity as trustee—The Hensler 

Family Trust; 

WILLIAM LAWTON; and Does 1-10,

 Defendants. 

 

 

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-02832-JAM-DAD 

(1) Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding 

Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal; 

(2) Joint Stipulation Regarding 

Defendants’ Discovery Responses; 

(3) Order Thereon. 

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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Joint Stipulation and Order -2- Case No.: 2:14-CV-02832-JAMDAD 

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at 28 C.F.R. Part 36. 

ACCESSIBLE: Complying with the technical requirements of the ADAAG. 

SUBJECT PROPERTY: Tile Outlet located at or about 2736 Teepee Drive, Stockton, 

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 DEFENDANTS JOSEPH HENSLER, GAYLE 

HENSLER AND WILLIAM LAWTON, 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 Defendants 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 Defendants have a legitimate concern about unnecessarily producing such 

information; 

The Plaintiff and the Stipulating Defendants 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 Defendants. Plaintiff also 

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

Interrogatories, Set One, propounded on all Defendants, nos. 4, 14, and 15, Requests for Production of 

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Documents, Set One, propounded on Defendant Lawton, nos. 9, 10, 11, and Requests for Production 

of Documents, Set One Propounded on Defendants Joseph Hensler and Gayle Hensler, nos. 10, 12, 

and 13. 

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 DEFENDANTS as a defense as 

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

Defendants further stipulate to respond fully to all discovery requests not concerning the financial 

status, ability, or wherewithal of the Stipulating Defendants within 14 days of the Court’s Order. 

NOTE: Stipulating Defendants are 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 Defendants. 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. 

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Dated: May 20, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

 

 By: /s/ Amanda Lockhart 

 AMANDA LOCKHART 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: May 20, 2015 MICHAEL D. WELCH ASSOCIATES 

 

 By: /s/ Michael D. Welch 

 MICHAEL D. WELCH 

 Attorney for Defendants

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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. 

JOSEPH HENSLER, in his individual and 

representative capacity as trustee—The Hensler 

Family Trust; 

GAYLE HENSLER, in her individual and 

representative capacity as trustee—The Hensler 

Family Trust; 

WILLIAM LAWTON; and Does 1-10,

 Defendants. 

 

 

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-02832 JAM DAD 

Order Regarding Joint Stipulation of Fact and 

Discovery 

ORDER 

 Having read the Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal and 

Discovery Responses, the Court hereby orders Defendants to respond to all outstanding discovery 

requests not withdrawn by Plaintiff within 14 days. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/20/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez______________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

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