Lopez Tax Service, Inc. et al v. The Income Tax School, Inc.

Filing 37

ORDER GRANTING 35 STIPULATION selecting Early Neutral Evaluation. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 10/31/12. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/31/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LOPEZ TAX SERVICE, INC., et al.

CASE NO. CV12-02654-JSW
(Consolidated with Case No. CV12-04181-JSW)

Plaintiffs,
v.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

THE INCOME TAX SCHOOL, INC.,
Defendant.
_______________________________/
Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the
following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5:
The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process:
Court Processes:
Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4)
X
Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5)
Mediation (ADR L.R. 6)
(Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is
appreciably more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR must participate in an
ADR phone conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of Need for
ADR Phone Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5)
Private Process:
Private ADR (please identify process and provider) ______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
The parties agree to hold the ADR session by:
X
the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 90 days from the date of the order
referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. )
other requested deadline _____________________________________________

Dated: October 26, 2012

/s/ Andrew M. Sussman
Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: October 26, 2012

/s/ Nicholas Ranallo
Attorney for Defendant

CONTINUE TO FOLLOWING PAGE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
The parties’ stipulation is adopted and IT IS SO ORDERED.
The parties’ stipulation is modified as follows, and IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2012

__________________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

When filing this document in ECF, please be sure to use the appropriate Docket
Event, e.g., “Stipulation and Proposed Order Selecting Mediation.”

Rev. 12/11
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