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Parties Involved:
Andrew Kern
Defendant
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Defendant
Trina Williams
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ARBITRATE

Case No: 24-cv-001203-WBS-DB

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JONES DAY

Liat L. Yamini, Bar No. 251238

lyamini@jonesday.com

555 South Flower Street

Fiftieth Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071.2452

Telephone: +1.213.489.3939

Facsimile: +1.213.243.2539

Aileen H. Kim, Bar No. 324522

aileenkim@jonesday.com

3161 Michelson Drive

Suite 800

Irvine, California 92612.4408

Telephone: +1.949.851.3939

Facsimile: +1.949.553.7539

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRINA WILLIAMS, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., an 

Ohio corporation, ANDREW KERN, an 

individual; and DOES 1 - 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 24-cv-001203-WBS-DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

ARBITRATE AND TO STAY 

CASE 

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Plaintiff Trina Williams (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant United Parcel Service, 

Inc. (“UPS”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective attorneys 

of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. On March 19, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Complaint in state court against 

UPS and Andrew Kern (“Mr. Kern”) in San Joaquin County Superior Court, Case 

No. STK-CV-UWT-2024-3443, Trina Williams, Plaintiff v. United Parcel Service, 

Inc.; Andrew Kern; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants.

2. On April 25, 2024, UPS timely removed the state court action to this 

Court. 

3. As of today’s date, UPS is the only defendant who has appeared. Mr. 

Kern has not yet been served with the Summons and Complaint.

4. Plaintiff and UPS met and conferred, and jointly agree that two

enforceable arbitration agreements exist between the Parties. Plaintiff agrees to 

voluntarily initiate Arbitration in accordance with the arbitration agreements.

5. The Parties agree to engage in a good-faith discussion to resolve this 

case via private mediation prior to the initiation of arbitration (i.e., the filing and 

service of an arbitration demand in accordance with the terms of the arbitration 

agreements).

6. The Parties agree to have Arbitration administered by ADR Services, 

Inc. pursuant to its then-current Arbitration Rules; provided however, that if there is 

a conflict between the Arbitration Rules and the arbitration agreements, the 

arbitration agreements shall govern. In so agreeing, the Parties intend to modify 

their prior agreement set forth in the arbitration agreements to have Arbitration 

administered by the American Arbitration Association and to follow the rules of the 

then-current AAA Employment Arbitration Rules (“AAA Rules”). All references to 

“AAA Rules” in the arbitration agreements shall hereinafter refer to ADR Services’ 

Arbitration Rules.

7. The Parties agree to conduct discovery in accordance with the Code of 

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Civil Procedure, provided that each Party may not exceed 75 combined written 

discovery requests in the absence of mutual stipulation or leave from the Arbitrator, 

with a limit of 30 of those written discovery requests being allotted to document 

requests (i.e., requests for production). In all other respects, the discovery 

procedures and limitations set forth in the arbitration agreements shall remain 

unchanged, including the limitation of two individual fact witness depositions per 

party.

8. Plaintiff and UPS agree to stay this action in its entirety, including as 

to Mr. Kern, pending completion of Arbitration. This includes vacating all the dates 

and deadlines set forth in the Court’s Order Re: Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 

Conference, ECF No. 8.

9. If the Parties resolve the case prior to Arbitration, Plaintiff will seek to 

dismiss this case in accordance with the terms of any settlement. If the case 

proceeds to Arbitration, Plaintiff and UPS will provide the Court with an update on 

the Arbitration proceedings within 14 days of completion of the Arbitration 

proceedings.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: July 15, 2024 JONES DAY

By: /s/ Liat L. Yamini

Liat L. Yamini

Aileen H. Kim

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

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Dated: July 15, 2024 KOUL LAW FIRM, APC

By: /s/ Nazo Koulloukian

Nazo Koulloukian

Amir Mahdavi-Pour

Attorneys for Plaintiff TRINA 

WILLIAMS

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 15, 2024

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ECF CERTIFICATION 

I, Liat L. Yamini, hereby attest that the concurrence to the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each signatory hereto. 

Executed this 15th day of July 2024, at Los Angeles, California.

Dated: July 15, 2024 JONES DAY

By: /s/ Liat L. Yamini

Liat L. Yamini

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

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