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Parties Involved:
Keith Bergthold
Defendant
City Of Fresno
Defendant
Brian Leong
Defendant
Lila Meyers
Plaintiff
Scott Meyers
Plaintiff

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LAW OFFICES OF DANIL MONTELEONE

DANIL MONTELEONE (S.B.N. 140604)

JEFFREY T. BELTON (S.B.N. 239443)

8132 Tunney Ave.

Reseda Ranch, CA 91335

Telephone: (818) 349-9666

Facsimile: (818) 998-4735

Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS SCOTT MEYERS and LILA MEYERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT MEYERS and LILA MEYERS on their 

own behalf and as INDIVIDUAL CLASS 

REPRESENTATIVES on behalf of all others 

similarly situated,

 PLAINTIFFS,

 vs.

CITY OF FRESNO, a Municipal Corporation; 

Keith Bergthold, In His Official Capacity; Brian 

Leong, In His Official Capacity; and DOES 1-

200 inclusive,

 DEFENDANTS.

CASE NO.: 1:10-CV-02359-LJO-SKO

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AND ORDER

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants continue to work with Mediator Jube J. Najarian of 

Jacobson, Hansen, Najarian and McQuillan, and remain actively involved in intensive settlement 

negotiations; 

WHEREAS, the parties recognize and acknowledge that the current relief sought in the Action 

is equitable in nature (injunctions and declaratory relief) and should be efficiently and cost effectively 

administered and addressed. However, with the equitable terms, it has been time consuming and 

difficult to draft and negotiate prospective and prescriptive terms and covenants. In order to address

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these difficulties, counsel for the Defendants has worked to obtain preliminary approval from the City 

of Fresno of certain procedural mechanisms that could be used to address Plaintiffs’ equitable claims;

WHEREAS, the City of Fresno has given its preliminary approval of these procedural 

mechanisms;

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendants has provided a proposed Settlement and Release 

Agreement to counsel for Plaintiffs,

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs has reviewed the proposed Settlement and Release 

Agreement and is in the process of preparing a response; 

WHEREAS, although the parties have made considerable progress in a global settlement of this 

Action, there remain ancillary issues and disputes in two other state court proceedings that need to be 

addressed and resolved as part of these settlement negotiations and have slowed the progress of 

formalizing a settlement in this Action; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs has recently been in communication with the Mediator, Mr. 

Najarian, regarding these other state court proceedings;

WHEREAS, the parties remain optimistic that this Action can be informally resolved with 

additional time; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants have further reached an agreement and desire to stay these 

proceedings for an additional sixty (60) days to continue to engage in settlement discussions and to 

continue their work on the proposed Settlement and Release Agreement with the assistance of Mediator 

Jube Najarian:

It is stipulated by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their respective counsel, 

that:

1. Discovery and law and motion activities shall be stayed until February 28, 2014 to afford 

additional time for the parties to work on finalizing the proposed Settlement and Release 

Agreement;

2. If a settlement has not been reached by February 28, 2014, the parties will submit a new 

proposed scheduling order to the Court;

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3. Settlement discussions are currently ongoing and can be terminated at any time upon written 

notice by either party, in which case litigation activities will resume; and

4. The parties may stipulate to extend the stay upon the making of a motion or upon stipulation 

of the parties and Court approval;

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED.

DATED: December 30, 2013 LAW OFFICES OF DANIL MONTELEONE

/s/ Jeffrey T. Belton_______________________

Danil Monteleone

Jeffrey T. Belton

Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS

SCOTT MEYERS and LILA MEYERS, et al.

DATED: December 30, 2013 BETTS, RUBIN, & MCGUINNESS

A Professional Corporation

/s/ Brady K. McGuinness_________________

James B. Betts

Joseph D. Rubin

Brady K. McGuinness

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS

CITY OF FRESNO, KEITH BERGTHOLD, and BRIAN 

LEONG

DATED: December 30, 2013 JACOBSON, HANSEN, NAJARIAN & MCQUILLAN

/s/ Jube J. Najarian_____________________________

Jube J. Najarian

MEDIATOR

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties above stipulation and for good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. The stay on discovery and all class certification shall be extended through February 28, 2014;

and

2. The parties shall submit a new proposed scheduling order regarding class certification and 

discovery on or before February 28, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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