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Parties Involved:
Alice Flores
Plaintiff
Cynthia Flores
Plaintiff
Elias Flores
Plaintiff
Mill Creek Management and Real Estate Sales, Inc.
Defendant
Nash Rock Solid, LLC
Defendant

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ORDER RE STIPULATION TO ELECT REFERRAL OF ACTION TO VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

PROGRAM PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 271

LEWIS

BRISBOIS

BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

ALEXANDER J. HARWIN, SB# 225254

 E-Mail: Alexander.Harwin@lewisbrisbois.com

633 West 5th Street, Suite 4000

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: 213.250.1800

Facsimile: 213.250.7900

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

SHANE SINGH, SB# 202733

 E-Mail: Shane.Singh@lewisbrisbois.com

GENNA PROMNICK-PAVLOV, SB# 320894

 E-Mail: Genna.Promnick@lewisbrisbois.com

2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 700

Sacramento, California 95833

Telephone: 916.564.5400

Facsimile: 916.564.5444

Attorneys for Defendants, 

MILL CREEK MANAGEMENT AND REAL 

ESTATE SALES, INC. and NASH ROCK 

SOLID, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

ELIAS FLORES, ALICE FLORES, and

CYNTHIA FLORES,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

MILL CREEK MANAGEMENT AND

REAL ESTATE SALES, INC., and NASH

ROCK SOLID, LLC,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00073-KES-SKO

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO ELECT

REFERRAL OF ACTION TO

VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

PROGRAM PURSUANT TO LOCAL 

RULE 271

(Doc 28)

In light of the “Stipulation of the Parties to Elect Referral of Action to Voluntary Dispute 

Resolution Program (VDRP) Pursuant to Local Rule 271” (Doc. 28), the parties are hereby referred 

to the VDRP. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 271(i)(2), the parties also stipulated to a modification of the

Scheduling Order (Doc. 14) to stay depositions and continue the discovery and motion deadlines. 

(Id.) The stipulation indicates that “[t]he parties do not wish for [the dates for the Pre-Trial 

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ORDER RE STIPULATION TO ELECT REFERRAL OF ACTION TO VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

PROGRAM PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 271

LEWIS

BRISBOIS

BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Conference and Trial] to be rescheduled.” (Id. at 2.) The parties are advised, however, that the Court 

requires at least 16 weeks between the hearing on dispositive motions and the pretrial conference; 

the stipulation, if granted, would only allow for 3 weeks (and 5 days). 

Accordingly, the stipulation is GRANTED as to the parties’ request to referral to VDRP and 

DENIED without prejudice as to their proposed modification of the Scheduling Order (Doc. 28.) 

The parties are ordered as follows:

1. This action is hereby referred to the VRDP;

2. The Parties must complete the VDRP session by January 31, 2025;

3. The Neutral must file the confirmation of the completion of the VDRP process by 

February 7, 2025; and

4. Any renewed stipulation seeking modification of the Scheduling Order (Doc. 14)

shall allow for at least 16 weeks between the hearing on dispositive motions and the 

pretrial conference; at least 8 weeks between the pretrial conference and trial; and no 

more than 90 days before trial to schedule a settlement conference with the 

undersigned.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 22, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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