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Parties Involved:
Bonnie Tyrrel
Plaintiff
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Defendant

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Case No. 2:15-cv-02048-JAM-KJN -1- JOINT STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

STAY PROCEEDINGS FOR THIRTY DAYS

Catherine S. Nasser (State Bar No. 246191)

cnasser@JonesDay.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: +1.415.626.3939 

Facsimile: +1.415.875.5700 

*Designated as Counsel for Service 

Donald J. Munro (pro hac vice application 

forthcoming) 

dmunro@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

51 Louisiana Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20001 

Telephone: +1.202.879.3939 

Facsimile: +1.202.626.1700 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ON SIGNATURE PAGE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

BONNIE TYRREL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 

COMPANY and DOES 1 through 50, 

inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:15-cv-02048-JAM-KJN 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO STAY PROCEEDINGS FOR 

THIRTY DAYS 

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Case No. 2:15-cv-02048-JAM-KJN -2- JOINT STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

STAY PROCEEDINGS FOR THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff Bonnie Tyrrel and Defendant Union Pacific Railroad Company, hereby request 

and jointly stipulate to stay of all proceedings in this case for a period of thirty (30) days. 

Recitals 

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendant (collectively, “the Parties”) are actively engaged in 

settlement negotiations and would like the opportunity to continue those discussions before 

advancing litigation further and potentially wasting judicial resources; 

WHEREAS “the power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every 

court to control the disposition of the causes on its own docket with economy of time and effort 

for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). “[T]he 

law favors and encourages compromise settlements,” Ahern v. Cent. Pac. Freight Lines, 846 F.2d 

47, 48 (9th Cir. 1988), and courts routinely order stays to facilitate settlement efforts. See, e.g., 

13B Charles A. Wright, et al., Federal Practice & Procedure § 3533.2 (2009) (“[A] court may stay 

proceedings if the parties are working toward settlement . . . .”); 

WHEREAS the Parties agree that a stay is desirable both to facilitate their settlement 

efforts and to conserve judicial resources. See White v. Novartis Pharm. Corp., No. 06-cv-00665, 

2006 WL 1409556, at *1 (E.D. Cal. May 22, 2006) (“[B]ecause the parties appear to be in 

agreement that a stay is warranted, or at least acceptable, the court sees no reason not to exercise 

its inherent power to issue one.”); 

NOW, THEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Parties jointly stipulate that it is in 

the interests of all concerned and will promote judicial economy to stay this case in its entirety as 

set forth below, or on such other terms as the Court may order: 

1. This case shall be stayed and all associated dates and deadlines vacated. The stay shall 

remain in effect for a period of 30 days. 

2. Within the 30-day stay period, the Parties shall meet and confer in good faith to 

explore settlement. 

3. Should the case be resolved, the Parties will notify the Court promptly by filing 

appropriate dispositional documents. 

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Case No. 2:15-cv-02048-JAM-KJN -3- JOINT STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

STAY PROCEEDINGS FOR THIRTY DAYS

4. Should the case not be resolved, the Parties will notify the Court at the close of the 30-

day period so that the Court may issue a new scheduling order. 

Dated: December 1, 2015 BOHM LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Kelsey K. Ciarimboli (as authorized on 12/1/15) 

Kelsey K. Ciarimboli 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

BONNIE TYRELL 

Dated: December 1, 2015 JONES DAY 

By: /s/ Catherine S. Nasser 

Catherine S. Nasser 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 

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Case No. 2:15-cv-02048-JAM-KJN -4- JOINT STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

STAY PROCEEDINGS FOR THIRTY DAYS

ORDER

 Pursuant to the joint stipulation of the Parties: 

1. This case shall be stayed and all associated dates and deadlines vacated. The stay shall 

remain in effect for a period of 30 days. 

2. Within the 30-day stay period, the Parties shall meet and confer in good faith to 

explore settlement. 

3. Should the case be resolved, the Parties will notify the Court promptly by filing 

appropriate dispositional documents. 

 4. Should the case not be resolved, the Parties will notify the Court at the close of the 30-

day period so that the Court may issue a new scheduling order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 12/1/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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