Williams v. City of Alameda Police Department et al

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ORDER GRANTING 27 STIPULATION for Extension to Complete Mediation. Signed by Judge JEFFREY S. WHITE on 9/23/14. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/23/2014)

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Gregory M. Fox, State Bar No. 070876
Joanne Tran, State Bar No. 294402
BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT
The Waterfront Building
2749 Hyde Street
San Francisco, California 94109
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
JANET C. KERN, City Attorney (SBN 151887)
ALAN M. COHEN, Assistant City Attorney (SBN 177662)
CITY OF ALAMEDA
2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Room 280
Alameda, California 94501
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants
City of Alameda, A. Keden, and R. Stofle

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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GEORGE WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR
EXTENSION TO COMPLETE MEDIATION

v.

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Case No. 14-cv-0072-JSW

CITY OF ALAMEDA POLICE
DEPARTMENT; A. KEDEN, an individual in
both individual and official capacity as a police
officer; R. STOFLE, an individual in both
individual and official capacity as a police
officer; and DOES 1-20 in both individual and
official capacity,

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Defendants.

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It is hereby stipulated by and between the parties, plaintiff GEORGE WILLIAMS and defendants

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CITY OF ALAMEDA (acting for itself and on behalf its police department, and officers A. KEDEN, and

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R. STOFLE, by and through their attorneys of record, for an order to continue the October 1, 2014

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completion of mediation date to December 1, 2014. Good cause exists for this continuance is based on

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the following developments:
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but his appointment was vacated because of a conflict of interest on September 16, 2014.
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David Donner was initially appointed as the Mediator for this case on September 11, 2014

The parties were notified that G. Scott Emblidge was appointed as the Mediator for this
case on September 17, 2014.

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The parties will need the additional time to prepare for the mediation and coordinate a

date with the new mediator.

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Defense counsel has met and conferred with plaintiff’s counsel on continuing the mediation

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The deadline for completion of ADR is presently scheduled for October 1, 2014.

completion deadline from October 1, 2014 to December 1, 2014, and both parties have agreed to the

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continuance. Both parties respectfully request the Court to Order a continuance of the deadline to

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complete mediation from October 1, 2014 to December 1, 2014.

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SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: September 22, 2014

BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT

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By:

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/s/
Gregory M. Fox
Joanne Tran
Attorney for Defendants
CITY OF ALAMEDA, A. KEDEN and R.
STOFLE

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Dated: September 22, 2014

PEOPLES LAW GROUP

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By:

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/s/
Acrolina Panto
Attorney for Plaintiff
GEORGE WILLIAMS

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ATTORNEY ATTESTATION

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I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a

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“conformed” signature (/s/) within this E-filed document and as to plaintiff that counsel for the plaintiff
on September 20, 2014 authorized me by email that she agreed with this stipulation, authorized me to

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show her signature as /s/ and approved the stipulation as to form and content.
Dated: September 22, 2014

By:

/s/
Gregory M. Fox

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ORDER

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PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING,

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IT IS ORDERED that the date to complete mediation currently set for October 1, 2014, be

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continued to December 1, 2014.

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Dated:September 23
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HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE
Judge of the United States District Court

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXTENSION TO COMPLETE MEDIATION
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