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Parties Involved:
City of Fairfield
Defendant
Valerie Dodini
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY VDRP COMPLIANCE DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Dodini v. City of Fairfield, U.S. District Court Case No. 2:14-cv-02269-JAM-EFB

CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS

Raymond G. Ballister, Jr. SBN 111282 

Phyl Grace, Esq., SBN 171771 

Mail: PO Box 262490 

San Diego, CA 92196-2490 

Delivery: 9845 Erma Road, Suite 300 

San Diego, CA 92131 

(858) 375-7385; (888) 422-5191 fax 

phylg@potterhandy.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

VALERIE DODINI 

Eugene B. Elliot, State Bar No. 111475 

China M. Westfall, State Bar No. 300982 

BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & WENZEL 

The Waterfront Building 

2749 Hyde Street 

San Francisco, California 94109 

Telephone: (415) 353-0999 

Facsimile: (415) 353-0990 

Email: eelliot@bfesf.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY OF FAIRFIELD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VALERIE DODINI, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF FAIRFIELD, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02269-JAM-EFB 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY VOLUNTARY 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM (VDRP) 

COMPLIANCE AND DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

AND ORDER 

Complaint filed: September 30, 2014 

Trial date: August 1, 2016 

Hon. John A. Mendez 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY VDRP COMPLIANCE DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Dodini v. City of Fairfield, U.S. District Court Case No. 2:14-cv-02269-JAM-EFB

Plaintiff VALERIE DODINI and Defendant CITY OF FAIRFIELD by and through their 

respective counsel respectfully request and stipulate as follows: 

1. WHEREAS the VDRP compliance deadline is currently March 4, 2016 and the Neutral’s 

completion report deadline is March 11, 2016; 

2. WHEREAS the parties seek additional time to schedule and complete the mediation 

process through VDRP; 

3. WHEREAS the parties seek to continue the VDRP compliance deadlines to allow 

mediation to be scheduled for the week of March 7, 2016; 

4. NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate that the VDRP compliance deadline 

shall be extended to March 18, 2016. The Neutral’s deadline to file a VDRP completion report shall be 

extended to March 23, 2016. Accordingly, the discovery cut-off shall be extended to April 1, 2016 and 

the motion filing deadline shall be extended to May 3, 2016. 

Dated: February 12, 2016 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

 By: /s/ Isabel Rose Masanque

 Isabel Rose Masanque 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

VALERIE DODINI 

Dated: February 12, 2016 BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & WENZEL 

 By: /s/ China Westfall 

 Eugene B. Elliot 

 China M. Westfall 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY OF FAIRFIELD 

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

conformed signature (“/s/”) within this E-filed document or have been authorized by plaintiff’s counsel 

to show her signature on this Stipulation as /s/. 

Dated: February 12, 2016 By: /s/ China Westfall 

 China M. Westfall 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY VDRP COMPLIANCE DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Dodini v. City of Fairfield, U.S. District Court Case No. 2:14-cv-02269-JAM-EFB

ORDER (AS MODIFIED BY THE COUR) 

Pursuant to joint motion of the parties, and finding good cause therefore, this Court hereby orders 

that VDRP and discovery deadlines scheduled in this matter shall be modified as follows: 

 Compliance Deadline: March 18, 2016 

 Neutral’s Completion Report Deadline: March 23, 2016 

 Discovery Deadline: April 1, 2016 

 Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: May 3, 2016 

 Dispositive motion hearing: May 31, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. 

 Joint pretrial statement due: July 1, 2016 

 Pretrial conference: July 8, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. 

 Jury trial: August 15, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 2/12/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 John A. Mendez 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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