STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS VARIOUS CLAIMS

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(6:15-cv-01886-AA)

HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP

308 SW First Avenue, Suite 325

Portland, Oregon 97204

(503) 389-1130

Daniel Kalish, OSB No. 111529

Jason A. Rittereiser (admitted pro hac vice)

Shemia Fagan, OSB No. 093476

HKM Employment Attorneys LLP

308 SW First Avenue, Suite 325

Portland, Oregon 97204

Telephone: 503-389-1130

dkalish@hkm.com

jrittereiser@hkm.com

sfgan@hkm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Coty Richardson

Karen M. Vickers, OSB No. 913810

Blake H. Fry, OSB No. 100128

One W Columbia Street, Suite 1600

Portland, Oregon 97258-2089

Telephone: 503-226-6400

Facsimile: 503-226-0383

Email: bfry@mershanlaw.com

Email: kvickers@mershanlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant Northwest Christian University

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF OREGON

EUGENE DIVISION

COTY RICHARDSON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN 

UNIVERSITY, an Oregon Corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. 6:15-cv-01886-AA

STIPULATED MOTION TO

DISMISS VARIOUS CLAIMS 

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STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS VARIOUS CLAIMS

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(6:15-cv-01886-AA)

HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP

308 SW First Avenue, Suite 325

Portland, Oregon 97204

(503) 389-1130

CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO LR 7.1

Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1, counsel for the parties have conferred by email 

regarding the subject of this motion. After conference between counsel, including review 

of a draft of this motion, the parties agree that the requested motion is reasonable and 

appropriate under the circumstances. 

MOTION

The parties hereby move to dismiss the following five claims, with prejudice, and 

without an award of costs to either party, alleged in Plaintiff Coty Richardson’s Second 

Amended Complaint: 

 Fourth Claim for Relief (religious discrimination under state law); 

 Fifth Claim for Relief (wrongful termination in violation of public policy); 

 Eighth Claim for Relief (violation of the Oregon wage statutes);

 Ninth Claim of Relief (violation of specific treatment in specific situations); 

 Twelfth Claim of Relief (religious discrimination under federal law).

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STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS VARIOUS CLAIMS

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(6:15-cv-01886-AA)

HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP

308 SW First Avenue, Suite 325

Portland, Oregon 97204

(503) 389-1130

DATED: November 17, 2016.

HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP

s/Dan Kalish

Daniel Kalish, OSB No. 111529

Attorneys for Plaintiff Coty Richardson

MERSEREAU SHANNON LLP

s/Karen Vickers

Karen M. Vickers, OSB No. 913810

Attorneys for Defendant Northwest Christian 

University

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STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS VARIOUS CLAIMS

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(6:15-cv-01886-AA)

HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP

308 SW First Avenue, Suite 325

Portland, Oregon 97204

(503) 389-1130

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I filed the foregoing JOINT STIPULATED MOTION TO

DISMISS VARIOUS CLAIMS with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, 

which will send electronic notification of such filing to the following:

Karen M. Vickers, OSB No. 913810

Blake H. Fry, OSB No. 100128

One W Columbia Street, Suite 1600

Portland, OR 97258-2089

Telephone: 503-226-6400

Facsimile: 503-226-0383

Email: bfry@mershanlaw.com

Email: kvickers@mershanlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant Northwest Christian University

DATED: November 17, 2016

HKM EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS LLP

By: s/Lara Flores

Lara Flores

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