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Parties Involved:
Ace Brunk
Defendant
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Joint Stipulation and Order -1- Case No.: 2:14-CV-01277-MCE-EFB 

 

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CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

MARK D. POTTER, ESQ., SBN 166317 

PHYL GRACE, ESQ., SBN 171771 

Mail: P.O. Box 262490 

San Diego, CA 92196-2490 

Deliveries: 9845 Erma Road, Suite 300 

San Diego, CA 92131 

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. 

ACE BRUNK; and Does 1-10,

 Defendants. 

 

 

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Case No.: 2:14-CV-01277-MCE-EFB 

(1) Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding 

Defendants’ Financial Wherewithal; 

(2) Joint Stipulation Regarding 

Defendants’ Discovery Responses; 

(3) Proposed Order Thereon. 

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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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: Ace’s Custom Auto Shops, located at or about 2062 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 ACE BRUNK, 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: 

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

concerning the financial status, ability, or wherewithal of the Stipulating Defendant. Plaintiff also 

withdraws all discovery already propounded concerning this information, including but not limited to: 

Interrogatories, Set One, nos. 4, 14, and 15 and Requests for Production of Documents, Set One, nos. 

10, 12, and 13. 

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Stipulating Defendant: The Stipulating Defendant hereby declare 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 DEFENDANT as a defense as to 

why the Stipulating Defendant cannot remedy and/or remove those alleged BARRIERS. Defendant 

further stipulate to respond fully to all discovery requests not concerning the financial status, ability, 

or wherewithal of the Stipulating Defendant within 14 days of the Court’s Order. 

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. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: July 9, 2015 CENTER FOR DISABILITY ACCESS 

 

 By: /s/ Amanda Lockhart 

 AMANDA LOCKHART 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 

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Dated: July 9, 2015 MICHAEL D. WELCH ASSOCIATES 

 

 By: /s/ Michael D. Welch 

 MICHAEL D. WELCH 

 Attorney for Defendant

ORDER 

 Having considered the parties’ Joint Stipulation of Fact Regarding Defendant’s Financial 

Wherewithal and Discovery Responses, it is hereby ORDERED that the stipulation is approved. 

Defendant shall respond to all outstanding discovery requests not withdrawn by Plaintiff within 14 

days. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 14, 2015. 

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