San Francisco Culinary v. SMG Food

Full title: SAN FRANCISCO CULINARY, BARTENDERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND, SAN…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Oct 20, 2011

Case No.3:11-cv-03798-EDL (N.D. Cal. Oct. 20, 2011)

Opinion

Case No.3:11-cv-03798-EDL

10-20-2011

SAN FRANCISCO CULINARY, BARTENDERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND, SAN FRANCISCO CULINARY, BARTENDERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND, SAN FRANCISCO CULINARY, BARTENDERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES LEGAL SERVICES FUND, SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL-RESTAURANT LABOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FUND; MICHAEL CASEY, DOUGLAS CORNFORD, IAN LEWIS, LAMOIN WERLEIN-JAEN, KIM WIRSHING, ROBERT BERGER, BRUCE R. BAILEY, DEAN LEHR, and MARIANA WONG in their capacity as trustees of the FUNDS, Plaintiffs, v. SMG FOOD AND BEVERAGE, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, and DOES ONE through TWENTY, inclusive. Defendants

Christine S. Hwang Attorney for Plaintiffs Lisa van Krieken Attorney for Defendant

Elizabeth D. Laporte

CHRISTINE S. HWANG (SBN 184549)

PHIL A THOMAS (SBN 248517)

LEONARD CARDER, LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

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)
[] 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:

XX Private ADR (please identify process and provider) The parties have agreed to select a neutral provider by no later than November 8, 2011.

The parties agree to hold the ADR session by:

XX 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 ______

Christine S. Hwang

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Lisa van Krieken

Attorney for Defendant

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the Stipulation above, the captioned matter is hereby referred to:

[] Non-binding Arbitration
[] Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)
[] Mediation

XX Private ADR

Deadline for ADR session

XX 90 days from the date of this order.
[] other ___

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Elizabeth D. Laporte

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE