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Parties Involved:
FPG California, Inc.
Counter-claimant
Foundation Partners Group, LLC
Counter-claimant
Mission Memorial Park and Seaside Funeral Home
Defendant
Angela Sustaeta
Counter-defendant
Katie J. Zoglin
Mediator

Document Text:

3:19-cv-01158-RS 1 STIPULATION CONTINUING THE MEDIATION 

DEADLINE 

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Neil Pi Berman (SBN 246637)

nberman@rolmlaw.com 

RUCKA, O’BOYLE, LOMBARDO & McKENNA 

245 West Laurel Drive 

Salinas, California 93906 

Phone: (831) 227-2816 / Fax: (831) 443-6419 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ANGELA SUSTAETA 

Neda N. Dal Cielo (SBN 161982) 

Neda.DalCielo@jacksonlewis.com

JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 

177 Park Avenue, Suite 200 

San Jose, California 95115 

Phone: (669) 256-5342 

Elisabeth F. Whittemore (SBN 308436) 

JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 

200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 500 

Irvine, California 92618 

Telephone: (949) 885-1360 

Facsimile: (949) 885-1380 

Email: elisabeth.whittemore@jacksonlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

FOUNDATION PARTNERS GROUP, LLC 

(erroneously sued as LWE-FOUNDATION 

PARTNERS GROUP); FPG CALIFORNIA, INC. 

dba MISSION MEMORIAL PARK AND 

SEASIDE FUNERAL HOME (erroneously sued as 

MISSION MEMORIAL PARK AND SEASIDE 

FUNERAL HOME) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGELA SUSTAETA, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LWE-FOUNDATION PARTNERS 

GROUP; MISSION MEMORIAL PARK 

AND SEASIDE FUNERAL HOME; and 

Does One through Fifty, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-01158-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING THE 

MEDIATION DEADLINE 

Mediation: 9/4/2019 

Further CMC: 7/23/2020 

Pre-Trial Conf.: 1/27/2021 

Trial: 2/08/2021 

Case 3:19-cv-01158-RS Document 37 Filed 08/30/19 Page 1 of 5
3:19-cv-01158-RS 2 JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE MEDIATION 

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

Plaintiff ANGELA SUSTAETA (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants FOUNDATION 

PARTNERS GROUP, LLC (erroneously sued as LWE-FOUNDATION PARTNERS 

GROUP); FPG CALIFORNIA, INC. dba MISSION MEMORIAL PARK AND 

SEASIDE FUNERAL HOME (erroneously sued asMISSION MEMORIAL PARK AND 

SEASIDE FUNERAL HOME) (“Defendants”) (collectively hereinafter the “Parties”), 

through their undersigned counsel, do hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

WHEREAS Plaintiff filed this employment action against Defendants on 

November 1, 2018; 

WHEREAS this matter was removed to the above-referenced Court on March 1, 

2019; 

WHEREAS the Court, in its June 6, 2019, Case Management Scheduling Order, 

ordered the Parties to participate in mediation and scheduled the Case Management 

Conference for July 23, 2020 and the Final Pre-Trial Conference for January 27, 2021; 

WHEREAS the trial in this matter is set to be heard on February 8, 2021; 

WHEREAS the Court, in its June 25, 2019, Order appointed Katie J. Zoglin as 

Mediator; 

WHEREAS the Court, on August 21, 2019, set the mediation for September 4, 

2019, at 1:30 p.m.; 

WHEREAS Defendants’ lead trial counsel, Neda N. Dal Cielo, recently moved 

from Littler Mendelson P.C. to Jackson Lewis P.C. During the transition, lead trial 

counsel did not, and still does not, have access to the case file for the instant matter. 

Additional time is necessary for lead trial counsel to review the case file and sufficiently 

prepare for a meaningful mediation; 

WHEREAS the representative for Defendants resides on the east coast (Florida) 

and is unable to travel to the September 4, 2019, mediation due to inclement weather; 

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WHEREAS the Parties and Mediator tentatively agreed to reschedule the 

mediation to the mutually convenient date of September 17, 2019, pending conference 

room availability at the courthouse; 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that if they are unable to proceed with the September 

17, 2019, tentative date, the mediation will be set not later than 30-days after the original 

mediation date, October 4, 2019; 

WHEREAS the Parties have not previously requested a continuance of a mediation 

as requested herein; 

WHEREAS none the Parties will be prejudiced by the brief continuance of the 

mediation; 

WHEREAS the requested date modification will not delay the progress of the 

litigation since the mediation would be nonetheless conducted before the July 23, 2020, 

Case Management Conference; and 

WHEREAS good cause exists to issue the requested mediation continuance 

because Defendants’ lead trial counsel will not be able to adequately prepare for a 

meaningful mediation until she has access of the case file. Further, Defendants’ 

representative is unable to travel from the east coast due to inclement weather. 

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It is HEREBY STIPULATED that the mediation deadline will be continued from 

September 4, 2019, to September 17, 2019. Alternatively, the mediation will be held not 

later than 30-days from the original mediation date, October 4, 2019. 

Dated: August 30, 2019 RUCKA, O’BOYLE, LOMBARDO & 

McKENNA 

By: /s/ Neil Pi Berman

Neil Pi Berman 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ANGELA SUSTAETA 

Dated: August 30, 2019 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 

By: /s/ Neda N. Dal Cielo 

Neda N. Dal Cielo 

Elisabeth F. Whittemore 

Attorneys for Defendants 

FOUNDATION PARTNERS GROUP, LLC 

(erroneously sued as LWEFOUNDATIONPARTNERS GROUP); 

FPG CALIFORNIA, INC. dba MISSION 

MEMORIAL PARK AND SEASIDE 

FUNERAL HOME (erroneously sued as 

MISSION MEMORIAL PARK AND 

SEASIDE FUNERAL HOME) 

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ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE appearing therefore and the parties having stipulated thereto, IT 

IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: The deadline for the parties to conduct mediation is 

tended to _________________. 

Dated: 

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG 

JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 

COURT 

4833-2846-9411, v. 2

continued to

October 4, 2019

August 30, 2019

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