On December 27, 2021 a Motion-Secondary was filed involving a dispute between Alejandro, Angelina, Alejandro, Francisco, Arana, Christopher, Bailly, Michelle M., Batah, Rima M., Bernido, Celia D., Bernido, Christopher C., Brar, Dhalwinder Singh, Briones, Donald S., Brooks, Bobby G., Caro, Syreeta, Chavez, Felipe M., Conrique, Carlos, De Ochoa, Araceli Cervantes, Dobson, Brittany, Dobson, Glenn W., Durrant, Mindie, Durrant, Rendell W., Fernandez, Blanca, Godfrey, Amber N., Godfrey, Paul A., Gonsalves, Jason, Gonsalves, Mary, Hamman, Inez, Hamman, Neil, Kelly, Sean P., Kuhn, Bill, Jr., Kuhn, Jennifer Bahnsen, Langston, Kianna, Laws, Eddie La Ray, Jr., Laws, Jaqueline D., Li, Jin, Lopez, Daniel, Marzett, Carolyn, Marzett, Chris, Mata, Domingo, Melendez, Danni Eric, Melendez, Denise Pauline, Moreno, Alfredo, Moreno, Gabriela Munos, Moya, Summer, Munoz, Marisol, Ochoa, Guillermo, Perez, Jose A., Ramirez, Luis, Regalado, Juan Jose, Riley, Brittany, Riley, Christopher, Sanchez, Carlos, Sanchez, Jesika, Sanchez, Jose, Sanchez, Matthew, Singh, Gagandeep, Singh, Maninderjit, Swoboda, Gregg, Taylor-Brooks, Peacolia, Wallace, Phyllis V., Wallace, Thomas D., Warren, Darnell, Warren, Jennifer, Washington, Glory, Weeks, Gary, Wimberly, Shirley, Wimberly, Thomas M, and Lennar Fresno, Inc., A California Corporation, Lennar Homes Of California, Inc., A California Corporation, for 10-CV Construction Defect - Civil Unlimited in the District Court of Kern County.
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1 NEWMEYER & DILLION LLP ALAN H. PACKER, CBN 124724 2 Alan.Packer@ndlf.com JONATHAN N. KING, CBN 227121 3 Jonathan.King@ndlf.com DARRA M. LANIGAN, CBN 335125 4 Darra.Lanigan@ndlf.com 2033 N. Main Street, Suite 500 5 Walnut Creek, California 94596 (925) 988-3200; (925) 988-3290 (Fax) 6 Attorneys for Defendants 7 LENNAR HOMES OF CALIFORNIA, INC., a California corporation, LENNAR FRESNO, 8 INC., a California corporation 9 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COUNTY OF KERN 11 12 FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO and CASE NO.: BCV-21-102999-BCB 13 ANGELINA ALEJANDRO, as JUDGE: Honorable Judge individuals, et al., Bernard C. Barmann, JR 14 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 15 ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION vs. 16 LENNAR HOMES OF CALIFORNIA, 17 INC., a California corporation, LENNAR FRESNO, INC., a California 18 corporation and DOES 1-500, inclusive, 19 FILE DATE: December 28, 2021 Defendants. TRIAL DATE SET: No Date Set 20 21 22 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs Francisco Alejandro and 23 Angelina Alejandro, et al., (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Lennar Fresno, Inc. and Lennar 24 Homes of California, Inc. ("Lennar”) (the “Parties”) by and through their respective 25 counsel of record, as follows: 26 1. WHEREAS the thirty-three (33) homes at issue in this action, as identified 27 below, are subject to Lennar’s Contractual Non-Adversarial Dispute Resolution 28 Procedures: 1708.697 / 9715411.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 1 No Homeowner Property Address 1 Francisco Alejandro and Angelina 5824 Quebec Avenue, Bakersfield, 2 CA 93313 Alejandro 3 2 Michelle M.Bailly and Christopher 9507 Liberty Island Drive, Arana Bakersfield, CA 93311 4 3 Rima N. Batah 10205 Alondra Drive, Bakersfield, 5 CA 93311 6 Christopher C. Bernido and Celia D. 6411 Thornton Avenue, 4 Bernido Bakersfield, CA 93313 7 5 Dhalwinder Singh Brar 10319 Alondra Drive, Bakersfield, 8 CA 93311 9 Bobby G. Brooks and Peacolia 7228 Conduit Street, Bakersfields, 6 Taylor-Brooks CA 93311 10 11 7 Syreeta Caro and Luis Ramirez 13605 Star Shine Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93314 12 8 Felipe M. Chavez 7228 Rochester Court, Bakersfield, 13 CA 93311 14 9 Rendell W. Durrant and Mindie 13308 Evening Breeze Avenue, Durrant Bakersfield, CA 93311 15 10 Amber N. Godfrey and Paul A. 9608 Liberty Island Drive, 16 Godfrey Bakersfield, CA 93311 17 11 Jason Gonsalves and Mary 7231 New Bond Court, Bakersfield, Gonsalves CA 93311 18 12 Neil Hamman and Inez Hamman 3703 Big Trail Avenue, Bakersfield, 19 CA 93313 20 13 Bill Kuhn, Jr. and Jennifer Bahnsen- 13208 Morning Song Street, Kuhn Bakersfield, CA 93314 21 14 Jin Li 10213 Hillgate Avenue, 22 Bakersfield, CA 93311 23 15 Daniel Lopez 13010 Sunlight Star Street, Bakersfield, CA 93314 24 16 Chris Marzett and Carolyn Marzett 9012 Selma Street, Bakersfield, 25 CA 93313 26 17 Domingo Mata 9222 Cadbury Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93311 27 18 Summer Moya 7212 Conduit Street, Bakersfield, 28 CA 93311 1708.697 / 9715411.1 -2- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 1 No Homeowner Property Address 2 19 Marisol Munoz 7214 New Bond Court, Bakersfield, 3 CA 93311 4 20 Jose A. Perez 10103 Hillgate Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93311 5 21 Alfredo Moreno and Gabriela 9001 Washburn Way, Bakersfield, 6 Munos Moreno CA 93313 7 22 Juan Jose Regalado and Blanca 5915 Hathaway Avenue, Fernandez Bakersfield, CA 93313 8 23 Christopher Riley and Brittany Riley 7230 New Bond Court, Bakersfield, 9 CA 93311 10 24 Carla Sanchez and Jesika Sanchez 6006 Maine Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93311 11 25 Matthew Sanchez and Jesika 9107 Whitman Avenue, 12 Sanchez Bakersfield, CA 93311 26 Maninderjit Singh 9516 Wareham Drive, Bakersfield, 13 CA 93313 14 27 Gagandeep Singh 7202 New Bond Court, Bakersfield, CA 93311 15 28 Gregg Swoboda 9510 Liberty Island Drive, 16 Bakersfield, CA 93311 17 29 Thomas D. Wallace and Phyllis V. 5708 Morning Breeze Street, Wallace Bakersfield, CA 93314 18 30 Jennifer Warren and Darnell 5702 Morning Breeze Street, 19 Warren Bakersfield, CA 93314 31 Glory Washington Kianna Langston 3514 Big Trail Avenue, Bakersfield, 20 CA 93313 21 32 Gary Weeks 13113 Sunlight Star Street, Bakersfield, CA 93314 22 33 Thomas M. Wimberly and Shirley 3601 Big Trail Avenue, Bakersfield, 23 Wimberly CA 93313 24 2. WHEREAS PLAINTIFFS and LENNAR wish to avoid the time and expense 25 involved with the adjudication of a Motion to Stay pursuant to Lennar’s Contractual Non- 26 Adversarial Dispute Resolution Procedures; 27 28 1708.697 / 9715411.1 -3- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 1 3. NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows: 2 A. This matter shall be stayed for all purposes, with the exception of 3 Section 3.C., pending Plaintiffs’ compliance with Lennar’s Contractual Non-Adversarial 4 Dispute Resolution Procedures. The stay shall remain in effect until the Parties agree to 5 lift the stay or until further order of the Court; 6 B. Neither Plaintiffs or Lennar waive any rights that either may have by 7 agreeing to this stay and either may seek the Court’s intervention to enforce Lennar’s 8 Contractual Non-Adversarial Dispute Resolution Procedures, as applicable, or lift the 9 stay, if necessary; 10 C. This stay shall not prevent the dismissal of any Plaintiff that needs to 11 be dismissed for any reason, including, but not limited to, non-compliance with Lennar’s 12 Contractual Non-Adversarial Dispute Resolution Procedures, previous participation in 13 another lawsuit relating to the same claims, and/or voluntary requests by the Plaintiff for 14 dismissal; and 15 D. The Parties request that the Court set a status conference on a 16 date approximately 120 days after the date of this Stipulation to review the status of the 17 stay of this matter. 18 /// 19 /// 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1708.697 / 9715411.1 -4- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED: 2 Dated:April __, 19 2022 NEWMEYER & DILLION LLP 3 4 By: Alan H. Packer 5 Jonathan N. King Darra M. Lanigan 6 Attorneys for Defendants LENNAR HOMES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. and 7 LENNAR FRESNO, INC. 8 Dated: April 19 __, 2022 SHINNICK & RYAN, LLP 9 10 By: Megan M. Chodzko 11 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1708.697 / 9715411.1 -5- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 1 ORDER 2 Based upon the foregoing stipulation and good cause appearing thereof, the 3 action is hereby stayed pending the Plaintiffs’ compliance with Lennar’s Contractual 4 Non-Adversarial Dispute Resolution Procedures. 5 IT IS SO ORDERED: 6 Dated: __________________ ____________________________________ JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1708.697 / 9715411.1 -6- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 Alejandro, et al. v. Lennar Homes of California, Inc., et al. Kern County Superior Court Case No.: BCV-21-102999-BCB 3 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 5 ) ss. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA ) 6 I, Alex D. Reel, declare: 7 I am a citizen of the United States and employed in Contra Costa County, 8 California. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within-entitled action. My business address is 2033 N. Main Street, Suite 500, Walnut Creek, California 9 94596. On April 19, 2022, I served a copy of the within document(s): 10 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ENTIRE ACTION 11 by placing the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Walnut Creek, California 12 addressed as set forth below. 13 PLEASE SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST. 14 I am readily familiar with the firm's practice of collection and processing 15 correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid in the ordinary 16 course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after date 17 of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 18 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. 19 Executed on April 19, 2022, at Walnut Creek, California. 20 21 22 Alex D. Reel 23 24 25 26 27 28 1708.697 / 9715414.1 1 Alejandro, et al. v. Lennar Homes of California, Inc., et al. Kern County Superior Court Case No.: BCV-21-102999-BCB 2 SERVICE LIST 3 4 Luke P. Ryan Tel: (619) 239-5900 Megan M. Chodzko Fax: (619) 239-1833 5 Shinnick & Ryan, LLP Email: mchodzko@srfirms.com 6 1650 Hote Circle North, Suite 200 [ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS] San Diego, CA 92108 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1708.697 / 9715414.1 -2-