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Parties Involved:
Almond Board of California
Defendant
Tim Birmingham
Defendant
Susi McFarland
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION REGARDING FILING OF JOINT STATUS REPORT Case No.: 2:12-cv-02778-JAM-CK

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Galen T. Shimoda (Cal. State Bar No. 226752) 

Jennet F. Zapata (Cal. State Bar No. 277063) 

Shimoda Law Corp. 

9401 East Stockton Blvd., Suite 200 

Elk Grove, CA 95624 

Telephone: (916) 525-0716; 

Facsimile: (916) 760-3733 

Email: attorney@shimodalaw.com

jzapata@shimodalaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff SUSI MCFARLAND 

Howard A. Sagaser (Cal. State Bar No. 72492) 

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo 

5260 N Palm Ave., Suite 300 

Fresno, CA 93704 

Telephone: (559) 225-6700 

Facsimile: (559) 255-3416 

Email: Hsagaser@aalrr.com

Attorneys for Defendant ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA 

Please refer to signature page for additional parties 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2012, the Court ordered the parties to meet and confer 

and submit a Joint Status Report within 60 days of service of the complaint on any party; and 

WHEREAS, on January 14, 2013, Defendant ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA 

filed a Petition to Compel Arbitration and To Stay Entire Action (“Petition to Compel 

Arbitration”), and requested that a hearing on the matter be held on April 3, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. 

in Courtroom 6; and 

SUSI MCFARLAND, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA; TIM 

BIRMINGHAM, an individual, and DOES 1 

to 100, inclusive, 

 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:12-CV-02778-JAM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING FILING OF JOINT 

STATUS REPORT 

 

 

 

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WHEREAS, on January 17, 2013, Defendant TIM BIRMINGHAM filed a Joinder in 

Defendant ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA’s Petition to Compel Arbitration (“Joinder 

in Petition to Compel Arbitration”); and 

WHEREAS, the parties mutually wish to defer submitting the Joint Status Report until 

a date after the Court makes a ruling on the Petition to Compel Arbitration and Joinder in 

Petition to Compel Arbitration, 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED as follows: 

The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, agree to postpone the filing of the 

Joint Status Report until the Court makes a ruling on Defendants’ Petition to Compel 

Arbitration and Joinder in Petition to Compel Arbitration. In the event the Court denies either 

the Petition to Compel Arbitration or the Joinder in Petition to Compel Arbitration or both, the 

parties will meet and confer and file a Joint Status Report within 21 days of the Court’s final 

order. 

DATED: January 28, 2013 Shimoda Law Corp.

 By: /s/ Galen T. Shimoda 

Galen T. Shimoda 

Attorney for Plaintiff SUSI MCFARLAND 

DATED: January 26, 2013 Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo 

 By: /s/ Howard A. Sagaser 

Howard A. Sagaser (Cal. State Bar No.72492) 

(As authorized on January 26, 2013) 

Attorney for Defendant ALMOND BOARD 

OF CALIFORNIA 

DATED: January 28, 2013 Prout LeVangie 

 By: /s/ Michael Baytosh 

Michael Baytosh (Cal. State Bar No.176189) 

(As authorized on January 28, 2013) 

Attorney for Defendant TIM BIRMINGHAM 

 Prout LeVangie 

 2021 N Street 

 Sacramento, CA 95811 

 Telephone: (916) 443-4849 

 Facsimile: (916) 443-4855 

 Email: michael.baytosh@proutlaw.com 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/29/2013 

/s/ John A. Mendez____________

John A. Mendez 

U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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