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Parties Involved:
Lori Dixon
Plaintiff
R. Elaine Leitner
Mediator
Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Welfare Plan
Defendant

Document Text:

-1- CASE NO. C05-01212 CRB (ADR)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND LAST DATE FOR PARTIES TO ENGAGE IN 

MEDIATION AND SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON CROSS-MOTIONS RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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LEWIS, FEINBERG, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C.

TERESA RENAKER Bar No. 187800

CASSIE SPRINGER-SULLIVAN Bar No. 221506

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-6824

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LORI DIXON

SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

BRUCE D. CELEBREZZE Bar No. 102181

DENNIS G. ROLSTAD Bar No. 150006

MICHELLE Y. MCISAAC Bar No. 215294

One Embarcadero Center, 16th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-3628

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendant

SOVEREIGN SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 

WELFARE PLAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PLAINTIFF LORI DIXON AND DEFENDANT SOVEREIGN SPECIALTY 

CHEMICALS, INC. WELFARE PLAN, BY AND THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS OF 

RECORD, AGREE AND STIPULATE:

The parties have scheduled mediation before R. Elaine Leitner, Esq., the assigned 

mediator for this action, to occur on October 5, 2005, and therefore stipulate to continue the last 

LORI DIXON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SOVEREIGN SPECIALTY 

CHEMICALS, INC. WELFARE PLAN,

Defendant.

CASE NO. C05-01212 CRB (ADR)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO EXTEND LAST DATE FOR 

PARTIES TO ENGAGE IN MEDIATION,

SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON 

CROSS-MOTIONS RE SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT, AND CONTINUING 

HEARING ON MOTION AND FURTHER 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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date for the parties to engage in mediation to October 12, 2005. Mediator Elaine Leitner has

affirmed that she agrees with this stipulation. Good cause exists for the continued mediation date 

so that all parties may attend the mediation in person.

The parties therefore FURTHER STIPULATE AND AGREE, AND THEREFORE 

RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, that the hearing date and briefing schedule for the parties’ crossmotions for summary judgment, as set forth in the Court’s June 24, 2005 minute order, be 

continued as follows:

Plaintiff’s opening brief to be filed and served on or before September 23, 2005; 

Defendant’s opening brief and opposition brief to be filed and served on or before 

October 14, 2005;

Plaintiff’s opposition and reply brief to be filed and served on or before October 28, 

2005; and

Defendant’s reply brief to be filed and served on or before November 4, 2005.

The parties therefore respectfully request that the hearing on the cross-motions for summary

judgment, and the associated follow-up case management conference, be continued to November 

18, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Good cause exists for the continued briefing schedule and hearing date so 

that Defendant need not prepare its motion and opposition prior to the mediation, therefore 

enhancing the prospects for resolution of this action; so that the briefing is limited to four briefs, 

thus reducing the amount of paper for the Court’s convenience; and so that Plaintiff my file its 

opening brief in accordance with the time schedule set forth in the Court’s June 24, 2005 minute 

order and in accordance with Plaintiff’s preference.

SO AGREED AND STIPULATED, AND RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED FOR THE 

COURT’S CONSIDERATION:

DATED: August 17, 2005 LEWIS, FEINBERG, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C.

By:s/Cassie Springer-Sullivan

CASSIE SPRINGER-SULLIVAN

TERESA RENAKER

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LORI DIXON 

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DATED: August 17, 2005 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

By:s/Dennis G. Rolstad

DENNIS G. ROLSTAD

MICHELLE Y. MCISAAC

Attorneys for Defendant

SOVEREIGN SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 

WELFARE PLAN 

ORDER

For good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties may engage in mediation 

of the above-entitled action on or before October 12, 2005, and the briefing schedule and hearing 

date are continued as set forth in this stipulation:

Plaintiff’s opening brief to be filed and served on or before September 23, 2005; 

Defendant’s opening brief and opposition brief to be filed and served on or before 

October 14, 2005;

Plaintiff’s opposition and reply brief to be filed and served on or before October 28, 

2005; and

Defendant’s reply brief to be filed and served on or before November 4, 2005.

Hearing on the cross-motions for summary judgment, and the associated follow-up case 

management conference, is continued to November 18, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.

DATED:

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

August 19, 2005

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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