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Parties Involved:
Elsevier Inc
Defendant
Michelle Ressler
Plaintiff
Brad Seligman
Mediator

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING 

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DEADLINE

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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

JENNIFER G. REDMOND, Cal. Bar No. 144790 

jredmond@sheppardmullin.com 

MORGAN P. FORSEY, Cal. Bar No. 241207 

mforsey@sheppardmullin.com 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4109 

Telephone: 415-434-9100 

Facsimile: 415-434-3947 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ELSEVIER INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MICHELLE RESSLER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ELSEVIER INC., a New York corporation, 

and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 3:09-cv-03349 JL 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 

ORDER CHANGING TIME FOR 

MEDIATION AND MEDIATION 

DEADLINE AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Courtroom F, 15th Floor 

Judge: Hon. James Larson 

Pursuant to Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiff Michelle Ressler ("Ressler") and 

Defendant Elsevier Inc. ("Elsevier"), respectfully request that the Court approve this 

stipulated request and grant a continuance of the mediation currently scheduled for April 

14, 2010 to a date before June 21, 2010 to be mutually agreed upon by the parties, and an 

extension of the April 21, 2010 ADR deadline. The parties have stipulated a two-month 

extension of the mediation deadline until June 21, 2010. 

In compliance with Local Rule 6-2, the Ressler and Elsevier respectfully state: 

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1. On December 2, 2009, Ressler's counsel notified Elsevier that Ressler was 

involved a slip and fall accident, severely injuring her spinal cord and causing her to be 

hospitalized. In order to accommodate Ressler's recovery, Elsevier agreed to continue the 

deposition of Ressler noticed for December 11, 2009, and all pending discovery response 

deadlines. 

2. On December 3, 2009, Ressler and Elsevier stipulated to attempt resolution 

of this case via Mediation pursuant to the Northern District's Multi-Option Alternative 

Dispute Resolution ("ADR") Program. 

3. On January 21, 2010, the Court entered an Order setting an ADR session 

deadline of 90 days from the date of the Order, or April 21, 2010. 

4. Pursuant to ADR L.R. 6-4, the parties participated in a phone conference 

with court-appointed Mediator, Brad Seligman, Esq. During the phone conference, the 

parties agreed to participate in a mediation on April 14, 2010. This date was agreed upon 

to give Ressler adequate time to respond to Elsevier's written discovery and provide 

Elsevier sufficient time to take Ressler's deposition before the parties' mediation 

statements, which were due to the mediator on April 9, 2010. 

5. During the phone conference with the mediator and in subsequent 

communications with Ressler's counsel, Elsevier stated its position that the deposition of 

Ressler needed to precede the mediation in order for meaningful negotiations to take place. 

6. Elsevier re-noticed Ressler's deposition for March 15, 2010, but the 

deposition was taken off calendar when Ressler produced over 2,000 documents two 

businesses days before her deposition, (Elsevier did not have sufficient time to review the 

newly produced documents before the deposition). 

7. The parties met and conferred, but were unable to find a mutually agreeable 

alternative date for Ressler's deposition before April 9, 2010, the date the mediation briefs 

are due. 

8. The parties have met and conferred and determined that it is necessary to 

continue the mediation and extend the mediation deadline in order to allow Elsevier the 

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opportunity to take Ressler's deposition and give both parties time to analyze her testimony 

and prepare for mediation. 

9. The parties agree that an extension of the mediation deadline until June 21, 

2010, is appropriate. 

10. Should mediation prove unsuccessful, the parties agree that continuing the 

mediation and extending the mediation deadline will not affect the scheduled trial date. 

11. In compliance with Local Rule 6-2, a Declaration of Elsevier's counsel is 

attached in support of this Stipulated Request for Order Changing Time. 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: April 5, 2010 

 KUMIN SOMMERS LLP 

By /s/ Stephen A. Sommers 

 STEPHEN A. SOMMERS 

JOSEPH CLAPP 

RORY QUINTANA 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MICHELLE RESSLER 

Dated: April 2, 2010 

 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Morgan P. Forsey 

 JENNIFER G. REDMOND 

MORGAN P. FORSEY 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ELSEVIER INC. 

ORDER

 Upon review of Joint Stipulation for Request of Continuance of the 

Mediation and the ADR Deadline, the Court hereby extends the parties deadline to 

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participate in ADR to June 21, 2010 and continues the April 14, 2010 mediation date to a 

date before June 21, 2010 to be agreed upon by the parties. 

Dated: 

 HON. JAMES LARSON 

 JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT 

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