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Parties Involved:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Plaintiff
Schwan's Consumer Brands of North America, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

Goldfarb & 

Lipman LLP 

1300 Clay Street 

Ninth Floor 

Oakland

California 

94612

510 836-6336 

510 836-1035 FAX 

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STIPULATION 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SCHWAN'S CONSUMER BRANDS OF 

NORTH AMERICA, INC., 

 Defendant. 

 Case No.: C 05 02161 EMC 

STIPULATION TO MEDIATION, 

WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION TO 

DISMISS OR STAY WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE, TO EXTEND TIME FOR 

RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT, AND TO 

CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT DATES; ORDER 

 The Parties, Schwan's Consumer Brands of North America, Inc. ("Defendant") and 

Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("Plaintiff"), through their counsel of 

record, request and stipulate as follows, and to amend the Order Setting Initial Case Management 

Conference, for good cause as follows: 

 WHEREAS, prior to the Plaintiff's filing of this action, Suzanna Mayhew, the employee 

on whose behalf this action was filed, filed an action against Defendant in the Superior Court of 

the State of California, entitled, Mayhew v. Tony's Pizza dba Schwan's Consumer Brands of 

North America, Inc., et al., Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 04AS04463. Defendant 

Schwan's Consumer Brands of North America, Inc. ("Defendant") has filed a motion to dismiss 

JAMES T. DIAMOND, JR., SBN #131525 

GOLDFARB & LIPMAN 

1300 Clay Street, Ninth Floor 

City Center Plaza 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 836-6336 

Facsimile: (510) 836-1035 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHWAN’S CONSUMER BRANDS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

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Goldfarb & 

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1300 Clay Street 

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Oakland

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510 836-6336 

510 836-1035 FAX 

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STIPULATION 

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or stay this federal action based on the pendency of the state court action, which Defendant 

contends is substantially similar to this action; and, 

 WHEREAS, the parties, including Ms. Mayhew, have agreed to attempt to resolve this 

action and the state court action through a global mediation. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED TO BY THE PARTIES 

THAT:

1. The deposition of Suzanna Mayhew will be taken on October 12, 2005. Counsel 

for Defendant has notified Plaintiffs' counsel that it may be necessary to exceed the 7 hour 

limitation imposed by F.R.C.P., Rule 30(d)(2) for the deposition of Suzanna Mayhew, and 

Plaintiff has agreed to stipulate to extending the deposition for up to an additional 7 hours if 

requested by either party during the deposition. 

 2. The parties will schedule a mediation before a mutually-agreed upon neutral at 

JAMS by no later than November 15, 2005. 

 3. Defendant hereby withdraws its motion to dismiss, currently pending for hearing 

before this Court on October 7, 2005. This withdrawal is without prejudice as discussed below.

 4. If this action is not settled at the mediation, no later than fourteen (14) days after 

the completion of the mediation Defendant shall file an answer to the complaint, or place back 

on calendar the motion to dismiss or stay if Ms. Mayhew does not dismiss the state court action 

as she has agreed to do by stipulation. A true and correct copy of the state court stipulation is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

 5. The parties request that the dates for the parties to comply with their meet and 

confer obligation, the preparation of a joint case management statement, the preparation and 

service of initial disclosures, and the case management conference itself, be continued for fortyfive (45) days in order to give the parties time to resolve this action informally. 

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Goldfarb & 

Lipman LLP 

1300 Clay Street 

Ninth Floor 

Oakland

California 

94612

510 836-6336 

510 836-1035 FAX 

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DATED: September ___, 2005 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

 OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 

 By: ______________/s/___________________

 SANYA HILL-MAXION 

DATED: September ___, 2005 GOLDFARB & LIPMAN LLP 

 By: ______________/s/___________________

 JAMES T. DIAMOND, JR. 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHWAN’S CONSUMER BRANDS 

NORTH AMERICA, INC. 

ORDER

 Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED: 

 1. The Case Management Conference currently scheduled in this action for October 

28, 2005 is continued to ____________________, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, 450 

Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103.

 2. The parties shall meet and confer as required by Rule 26 by no later than 

________________.

 3. The parties shall serve their initial disclosures by no later than _______________.

 4. The parties shall file the Rule 26(f) report and joint case management statement 

by no later than _________________. 

Dated: ____________________, 2005 

 ___________________________________ 

 Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

December 16, 2005

Nov. 25, 2005

Dec. 09, 2005

Dec. 09, 2005

Sept. 09

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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