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1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
ANDREW J. CHAN (SBN 302526)
2 E-Mail: Andrew.Chan@lewisbrisbois.com
CHANDRANI MANDAL (SBN 321149)
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2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300
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Telephone: 925.357.3456
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NGUYEN and GINO’S RESTAURANT, INC.
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8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
9 COUNTY OF MONTEREY
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11 LOUIS MONTANO, JR.; LOUIE Lead Case No. 21CV003635
MONTANO III; and MICHAEL MONTANO, Consolidated with Case Nos. 22CV002531;
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CITY OF SALINAS; GINO’S
15 RESTAURANT, INC.; GINO’S FINE JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING
ITALIAN FOOD, INC.; BLFA PROPERTIES AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR
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THI NGUYEN; RALPH BOZZO; ROSAURA
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Action Filed: November 16, 2021
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23 As instructed by the Court during the December 5, 2023 Further Case Management
24 Conference, the undersigned parties have met and conferred as to a mutually-agreeable trial
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Good cause having been shown, the Court makes the following order:
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It is hereby ordered that the Trial is set for January 13, 2025.
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Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al.
2 Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635
3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
4 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. My
business address is 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596.
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On December 14, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s):
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JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR
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SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
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The documents were served by the following means:
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(BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) Based on a court order or an
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documents to be sent from e-mail address Izie.Hudson@lewisbrisbois.com to the persons
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transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was
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foregoing is true and correct.
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2 Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al.
Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635
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Emily Ruby. Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs
4 Sergio Cardenas, Esq. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO
GREENBERG AND RUBY INJURY III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO
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400 Continental Blvd., Suite 320 Tel: 323.782.0535
6 El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: 323.782.0543
Email: eruby@caltrialpros.com
7 Scardenas@caltrialpros.com.
jmorris@caltrialpros.com
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Richard C. Alpers Attorneys for Plaintiffs
10 ALBERS LAW GROUP, INC. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO
PO Box 1540 III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO
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Tel: 855.808.1174
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Email: rca@alperslawgroup.com
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Joseph J. Babich Attorneys for Plaintiff MARIA ARELLANO
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DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD
16 CAMPORA, LLP P: (916) 379-3500 • F: (916) 379-3599
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Christopher A. Callihan, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant
19 CITY OF SALINAS, OFFICE OF THE CITY OF SALINAS
CITY ATTORNEY
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Salinas, CA 93901-2639 Fax: (831) 758-7257
21 Email: chrisc@ci.salinas.ca.us
22 William R. Price, Esq. Co Counsel for Defendant
Scott Dodd, Esq. CITY OF SALINAS
23 LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM R. PRICE
12636 High Bluff Dr., Suite 400 Tel: (858) 888-0588
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sdodd@williamrprice.com
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1 James J. Cook, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants
HORAN | LLOYD, APC. RALPH BOZZO; BLFA PROPERTIES, LLC;
2 26385 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Suite 200 AND GINO'S FINE ITALIAN FOOD, INC.
Carmel, CA 93923
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Fax: (831) 373-8302
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5 Rodney N. Mayr, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants
MAYR LAW FIRM AUSTIN ALARCON AND ROSAURA
6 1010 W. Taylor St. ARCOS PANIAGUA
San Jose, CA 95126
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Bryan Pyles, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Complainant
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BEHAR, LLP
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Long Beach, CA 90831 Fax: (562) 590-3571
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Neil P. Berman, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff DIANE MIDDAUGH
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MCKENNA Tel: (831) 443-1051
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Salinas, CA 93906 Email: nberman@rolmlaw.com;
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18 Shanin “Shawn” Kahroba, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT ROSETT
SHERIDAN & RUND, KAHROBA PC
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El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: (310) 640-0200
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21 Robert D. Ponce, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff KEVIN SMITH
LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT D. PONCE
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Maureen Merriles, Legal Assistant LLC
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One Pointe Drive, 6th Floor Tel: (714) 571-0407
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BD&J, P.C.
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1 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP ANDREW J. CHAN (SBN 302526) 2 E-Mail: Andrew.Chan@lewisbrisbois.com CHANDRANI MANDAL (SBN 321149) 3 E-Mail: Chandrani.Mandal@lewisbrisbois.com 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300 4 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Telephone: 925.357.3456 5 Facsimile: 925.478.3260 6 Attorneys for Defendants NGOCHAO THI NGUYEN and GINO’S RESTAURANT, INC. 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF MONTEREY 10 11 LOUIS MONTANO, JR.; LOUIE Lead Case No. 21CV003635 MONTANO III; and MICHAEL MONTANO, Consolidated with Case Nos. 22CV002531; 12 22CV003206; 22CV003261; 22CV003443; Plaintiffs, and 22CV003598 13 vs. [Assigned to Hon. Carrie M. Panetta; Dept. 14 14] CITY OF SALINAS; GINO’S 15 RESTAURANT, INC.; GINO’S FINE JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING ITALIAN FOOD, INC.; BLFA PROPERTIES AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR 16 LLC; NTN PROPERTIES LLC; NGOCHAO TRIAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER THI NGUYEN; RALPH BOZZO; ROSAURA 17 ARCOS PANIAGUA; AUSTIN ALARCON; and DOES 1-35, 18 Defendants. 19 Action Filed: November 16, 2021 20 AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS Trial Date: None Set 21 22 TO THIS HONORABLE COURT: 23 As instructed by the Court during the December 5, 2023 Further Case Management 24 Conference, the undersigned parties have met and conferred as to a mutually-agreeable trial 25 date in this consolidated matter. 26 After meeting and conferring, the undersigned parties stipulate and agree as follows: 27 1. The undersigned parties agree to a trial date of January 13, 2025. 28 IT IS SO STIPULATED. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 133000398.1 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR TRIAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 DATED: December ___, 2023 ALPERS LAW GROUP, INC. 3 4 By: 5 RICHARD C. ALPERS Attorneys for Plaintiffs LOUIS MONTANO, JR., 6 LOUIE MONTANO III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO 7 8 12 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 133000398.1 2 ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR TRIAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 133000398.1 3 ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR TRIAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 DATED: December ___, 2023 FORD, WALKER, HAGGERTY & BEHAR, LLP 7 8 9 By: 10 BRYAN PYLES Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Complainant 11 AUSTIN ALARCON 12 13 DATED: December 12, 2023 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN A. HAUSER 14 15 16 By: LAURIE J. ELZA 17 Attorneys for Defendant NTN PROPERTIES, LLC 18 19 DATED: December 12, 2023 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 20 21 By: 22 ANDREW J. CHAN 23 CHANDRANI MANDAL Attorneys for Defendants NGOCHAO THI 24 NGUYEN and GINO’S RESTAURANT, INC. 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 133000398.1 4 ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR TRIAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 Good cause having been shown, the Court makes the following order: 3 It is hereby ordered that the Trial is set for January 13, 2025. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 7 8 DATED: THE HON. CARRIE M. PANETTA 9 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP 133000398.1 5 ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR TRIAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 CALIFORNIA STATE COURT PROOF OF SERVICE Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al. 2 Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA 4 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. My business address is 2185 North California Boulevard, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. 5 On December 14, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s): 6 JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PARTIES FOR 7 TRIAL; PROPOSED] ORDER 8 I served the documents on the following persons at the following addresses (including fax numbers and e-mail addresses, if applicable): 9 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 10 The documents were served by the following means: 11 (BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION) Based on a court order or an 12 agreement of the parties to accept service by e-mail or electronic transmission, I caused the documents to be sent from e-mail address Izie.Hudson@lewisbrisbois.com to the persons 13 at the e-mail addresses listed above. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after the transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was 14 unsuccessful. 15 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 16 Executed on December 14, 2023, at Walnut Creek, California. 17 18 19 Izie Hudson 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 1 SERVICE LIST 2 Louis Montano, Jr., et al. v. City of Salinas, et al. Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 21CV003635 3 Emily Ruby. Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs 4 Sergio Cardenas, Esq. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO GREENBERG AND RUBY INJURY III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO 5 ATTORNEYS, APC 400 Continental Blvd., Suite 320 Tel: 323.782.0535 6 El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: 323.782.0543 Email: eruby@caltrialpros.com 7 Scardenas@caltrialpros.com. jmorris@caltrialpros.com 8 records@caltrialpros.com 9 Richard C. Alpers Attorneys for Plaintiffs 10 ALBERS LAW GROUP, INC. LOUIS MONTANO, JR., LOUIE MONTANO PO Box 1540 III, AND MICHAEL MONTANO 11 Aptos, CA 95001 Tel: 855.808.1174 12 Fax: 855.870.1129 Email: rca@alperslawgroup.com 13 clerk@alperslawgroup.com 14 Joseph J. Babich Attorneys for Plaintiff MARIA ARELLANO 15 Sean D. Wiseman DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD 16 CAMPORA, LLP P: (916) 379-3500 • F: (916) 379-3599 20 Bicentennial Circle Emails: DBBWC-ESERVICE@dbbwc.com; 17 Sacramento, CA 95826 jbabich@dbbwc.com; tstevens@dbbwc.com 18 Christopher A. Callihan, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant 19 CITY OF SALINAS, OFFICE OF THE CITY OF SALINAS CITY ATTORNEY 20 200 Lincoln Avenue Tel: (831) 758-7073 (direct) Salinas, CA 93901-2639 Fax: (831) 758-7257 21 Email: chrisc@ci.salinas.ca.us 22 William R. Price, Esq. Co Counsel for Defendant Scott Dodd, Esq. CITY OF SALINAS 23 LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM R. PRICE 12636 High Bluff Dr., Suite 400 Tel: (858) 888-0588 24 San Diego, CA 92130 Emails: wprice@williamrprice.com; sdodd@williamrprice.com 25 dhartsough@williamrprice.com obarnes@williamrprice.com 26 27 28 1 SERVICE LIST 1 James J. Cook, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants HORAN | LLOYD, APC. RALPH BOZZO; BLFA PROPERTIES, LLC; 2 26385 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Suite 200 AND GINO'S FINE ITALIAN FOOD, INC. Carmel, CA 93923 3 Tel: (831) 373-4131 Fax: (831) 373-8302 4 Email: jcook@horanlegal.com 5 Rodney N. Mayr, Esq. Attorneys for Defendants MAYR LAW FIRM AUSTIN ALARCON AND ROSAURA 6 1010 W. Taylor St. ARCOS PANIAGUA San Jose, CA 95126 7 Tel: (408) 331-7606 Fax: (669) 266-5612 8 Email: rodney@mayrlawfirm.com 9 Bryan Pyles, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Complainant 10 FORD, WALKER, HAGGERTY & AUSTIN ALARCON BEHAR, LLP 11 One World Trade Center, 27th Floor Tel: (562) 983-2579 Long Beach, CA 90831 Fax: (562) 590-3571 12 Email: bpyles@fwhb.com 13 jprado@fwhb.com; RLRService@fwhb.com 14 Neil P. Berman, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff DIANE MIDDAUGH 15 RUCKA, O’BOYLE, LOMBARDO & MCKENNA Tel: (831) 443-1051 16 245 W. Laurel Dr. Fax: (831) 443-6419 Salinas, CA 93906 Email: nberman@rolmlaw.com; 17 spena@rolmlaw.com 18 Shanin “Shawn” Kahroba, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT ROSETT SHERIDAN & RUND, KAHROBA PC 19 270 Coral Circle Tel: (310) 640-1200 El Segundo, CA 90245 Fax: (310) 640-0200 20 Email: shawn@srlawyers.com 21 Robert D. Ponce, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff KEVIN SMITH LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT D. PONCE 22 400 Camino Aguajito, Suite 100 Tel: (831) 649-0515 Monterey, CA 93940 Email: rponce@redshift.com 23 24 25 26 27 28 SERVICE LIST 1 Laurie J. Elza, Esq. Attorneys for Defendant NTN PROPERTIES, Maureen Merriles, Legal Assistant LLC 2 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN A. HAUSER One Pointe Drive, 6th Floor Tel: (714) 571-0407 3 Brea, CA 92821 Fax: (877) 369-5799 Direct: (714) 371-2311 4 Email: laurie.elza@thehartford.com; 5 maureen.merriles@thehartford.com LawOfficesHauser@thehartford.com (for 6 electronic service only) 7 Owili K. Eison, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff DANIEL ORTEGA BD&J, P.C. 8 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor Tel: (310) 887-1818 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Fax: (310) 887-1880 9 Email: oe@bhattorneys.com 10 jdf@bhattorneys.com 11 D. Scott Dodd Direct: (559) 701-4231 LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM R. PRICE Off. (858-888-0588 12 Email: sdodd@williamrprice.com 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SERVICE LIST