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Parties Involved:
Scott Johnson
Petitioner
Janice A. Ward
Defendant

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation -1- Case No.: 2:14-CV-00946-KJM-EFB

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CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS

MARK D. POTTER, ESQ., SBN 166317

PHYL GRACE, ESQ., SBN 171771

Mail

San Diego, CA 92196-2490

: P.O. Box 262490

Deliveries

San Diego, CA 92131

: 9845 Erma Road, Suite 300

Phone: (858) 375-7385

Fax: (888) 422-5191

phylg@potterhandy.com

Attorney for Plaintiff SCOTT JOHNSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Scott Johnson,

 Plaintiff,

v.

Janice A. Ward; and Does 1-10,

 

 Defendant. 

 

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-00946-KJM-EFB

Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding 

Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal

JOINT STIPULATION

The following terms, phrases, and definitions will be applied in this stipulation and are 

intended to conform to the usage given in the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines:

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Joint Stipulation -2- Case No.: 2:14-CV-00946-KJM-EFB

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ADAAG: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines 

found at 28 C.F.R. Part 36.

ACCESSIBLE: Complying with the technical requirements of the ADAAG.

SUBJECT PROPERTY: The Hair Company located at or about 510 W. Yosemite 

Ave., Manteca, California. 

READILY ACHIEVABLE: Shall have the same definition as that found at 42 U.S.C. § 

12181(9).

BARRIER: Any architectural or configuration element of the subject 

property that does not comply with the technical provisions 

found in the Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility 

Guidelines and/or Title 24 of the California Code of 

Regulations, and which is identified in the Plaintiff’s 

complaint.

PLAINTIFF SCOTT JOHNSON AND DEFENDANT JANICE A. WARD, BY AND 

THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE: 

WHEREAS Plaintiff has propounded written discovery to assist him in determining the 

ability of the Stipulating Defendant to undergo “readily achievable” barrier removal and to 

support Plaintiff’s damages assessment; and 

WHEREAS such discovery information is of a personal and confidential nature and, 

therefore, the Stipulating Defendant have a legitimate concern about unnecessarily producing 

such information;

The Plaintiff and the Stipulating Defendant enter into the following stipulation:

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Joint Stipulation -3- Case No.: 2:14-CV-00946-KJM-EFB

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Plaintiff: Plaintiff will currently forbear from propounding any discovery that seeks 

information concerning the financial status, ability, or wherewithal of the Stipulating 

Defendants. Plaintiff also withdraws all discovery already propounded concerning this 

information, namely: Interrogatories, Set One, nos. 3 and 14, 15 and Requests for Production 

of Documents, Set One, nos. 11, 13, and 14. 

Stipulating Defendant: The Stipulating Defendant hereby declares that in determining 

whether the removal of a BARRIER is READILY ACHIEVABLE, factors such as the (1) 

Stipulating Defendant’s financial resources; (2) the facility’s financial resources; (3) the “effect 

on expenses and resources”; and (4) impact on finances, shall NOT be raised by STIPULATING 

DEFENDANTS as a defense as to why the Stipulating Defendant cannot remedy and/or 

remove those alleged BARRIERS.

NOTE: Stipulating Defendant is not stipulating (A) liability to the Plaintiff; (B) that the above 

identified barrier removals are required by law; (C) that the above referenced barriers exist; or 

(D) that they are subject to the ADA or related state disability access laws. 

NOTE: The parties understand that the Plaintiff reserves his right to seek financial information 

in support of a claim for punitive damages. However, Plaintiff will forbear from seeking that 

information until Plaintiff believes that further discovery information warrants the prosecution 

of a punitive damages claim against the Stipulating Defendant. Even if Plaintiff reaches a 

decision that a punitive damages claim should be prosecuted, Plaintiff will, nonetheless, wait 

until the end of the discovery window to request such information so as to allow maximum 

opportunity for resolution of the case. 

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Joint Stipulation -4- Case No.: 2:14-CV-00946-KJM-EFB

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: February 2, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS

By:

AMANDA LOCKHART

/s/ Amanda Lockhart

 Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: February 18, 2015 MICHAEL D. WELCH ASSOCIATES

By:

MICHAEL D. WELCH

/s/ Michael D. Welch

 Attorney for Defendants

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