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Parties Involved:
Leo Herrera
Plaintiff
JP Morgan Chase National Corporate Services, Inc.
Defendant
Washington Mutual Bank
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ACTION 

AND SUBMIT CLAIMS TO ARBITRATON Case No. CV-09-05592 SBA

Theresa M. Marchlewski (State Bar No. 82429)

JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

725 S Figueroa Street, Suite 2500 

Los Angeles, California 90017-5408 

Telephone: (213) 689-0404 

Facsimile: (213) 689-0430 

E-mail: marchlet@jacksonlewis.com

Mitchell F. Boomer (State Bar No. 121441) 

Suzanne Krkeyan (State Bar No. 229155) 

JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

199 Fremont Street, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415)394-9400 

Facsimile: (415)394-9401 

E-mail: boomerm@jacksonlewis.com

E-mail: krkeyans@jacksonlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as acquirer 

of certain assets and liabilities of WASHINGTON MUTUAL 

BANK from the FDIC acting as receiver (erroneously sued 

herein as “WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK”) 

Richard J. Meechan (State Bar No. 130956) 

Law Offices of Richard J. Meechan 

P.O. Box 369 

703 2nd Street, Suite 308 

Santa Rosa, California 95402-0369 

Telephone: (707) 528-4409 

Facsimile: (707) 52803381 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEO HERRERA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK and JP 

MORGAN CHASE NATIONAL 

CORPORATE SERVICES, INC. DOES 1 

through 20, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV-09-05592 SBA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO STAY ACTION AND 

SUBMIT CLAIMS TO BINDING 

ARBITRATION 

First Amended Complaint Filed: 10/16/09 

Trial Date: None Set 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ACTION 

AND SUBMIT CLAIMS TO ARBITRATON Case No. CV-09-05592 SBA

TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

WHEREAS on June 9, 2007 and again on June 23, 2007, Plaintiff LEO 

HERRERA (“Plaintiff”) signed a binding arbitration agreement, agreeing to arbitrate any dispute, 

claim or controversy arising out of his employment (or termination of employment) with his 

former employer, Washington Mutual Bank, and to submit the dispute to a neutral arbitrator. 

WHEREAS on October 16, 2009, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint 

(“Complaint”) in state court against Defendant JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as acquirer of 

certain assets and liabilities of WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK from the FDIC acting as 

receiver (erroneously sued herein as “WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK”) (hereinafter “Chase” 

or “Defendant”), alleging disability discrimination and related employment claims which was 

subsequently removed to this Court. 

WHEREAS on February 1, 2010, Plaintiff advised Chase he agrees to submit this 

civil action to final and binding arbitration subject to a thirty (30) day stay of discovery in order 

to explore settlement. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff and 

Chase (collectively the “Parties) through their respective counsel of record: 

1. This action be stayed pending the completion of arbitration; 

2. The Parties will not submit this matter to arbitration until March 3, 2010 in 

order to allow the Parties to engage in settlement communications without 

incurring unnecessary fees and costs; 

3. If the Parties have not resolved this matter before March 3, 2010 all issues in 

connection to this action and arising out of Plaintiff’s First Amended 

Complaint shall be submitted to a mutually acceptable arbitrator pursuant to 

the binding arbitration agreement signed by Plaintiff. This stipulation to 

arbitrate does not affect Plaintiff’s pending workers’ compensation claims as to 

those benefits which traditionally fall within the workers’ compensation 

system; 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ACTION 

AND SUBMIT CLAIMS TO ARBITRATON Case No. CV-09-05592 SBA

4. This Court maintain jurisdiction over this action for the purpose to confirm, 

correct, vacate or enforce any arbitration award. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: February ___, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD J. MEECHAN 

 By: _____________________________________ 

Richard J. Meechan 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LEO HERRERA 

Dated: February ___, 2010 JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ACTION 

AND SUBMIT CLAIMS TO ARBITRATON Case No. CV-09-05592 SBA

 By: _____________________________________ 

Theresa M. Marchlewski 

Mitchell Frederick Boomer 

Suzanna Krkeyan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as 

acquirer of certain assets and liabilities of 

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK from the 

FDIC acting as receiver (erroneously sued 

herein as “WASHINGTON MUTUAL 

BANK”) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Based on this Stipulation of the Parties and for good cause shown, it is hereby ordered, 

that the terms of this Stipulation are approved and adopted, except that the Court will DISMISS 

and close the action to allow the parties to proceed with final and binding arbitration. In the event 

either party desires to move to confirm, correct or vacate any arbitration award, it may file a 

request to reopen the action and notice such motion for hearing, provided that such request is filed 

within six months from the date this Order is filed, unless such deadline is extended by further 

Order of this Court upon request by either party. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 2/11/10 

Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong 

United States District Court Judge 

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