Pobursky, et al. v. Madera County, et al.

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Ex Parte Application for Order Modifying Amended Scheduling Order; ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 10/28/2010. Non-Expert Discovery 12/3/2010; Expert Witness Disclosure 12/17/2010; Expert Discovery 1/14/2011; Non-Dispositive Motion filing 1/21/2011; Dispositive Motion filing 1/28/2011. (Verduzco, M)

Pobursky, et al. v. Madera County, et al.

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James J. Arendt, Esq. Valerie J. Velasco, Esq.

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WEAKLEY, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /// /// /// ____________________________
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Attorneys for Defendants, COUNTY OF MADERA, RICHARD ACKERMAN, JAMES ADKINS, BRIAN CUNNINGS, KARL HANCOCK, CHRIS SWANSON and JACOB TALLMON

JAMES SANFORD POBURSKY and WANDA POBURSKY,

) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) MADERA COUNTY, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ____________________________________ )

CASE NO. 1:07-CV­00611 AWI DLB EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER MODIFYING AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER (DOC. 185)

Defendants, COUNTY OF MADERA, RICHARD ACKERMAN, JAMES ADKINS, BRIAN CUNNINGS, KARL HANCOCK, CHRIS SWANSON, and JACOB TALLMON, hereby submit the following ex parte application for an order modifying the Order Amending Scheduling Order ("Amended Scheduling Order") (Doc. 185). On October 4, 2010, Magistrate Judge Dennis Beck issued findings and recommendations granting defendants' motion to dismiss with prejudice (Doc. 219). Plaintiffs' objections to these findings, if any, are to be filed on or before November 12, 2010. In light of the pending order on this motion, the COUNTY defendants request modification of

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the operative scheduling order as follows: Non-Expert Discovery Old Date October 29, 2010 November 1, 2010 November 19, 2010 November 24, 2010 December 31, 2010 New Date December 3, 2010 December 17, 2010 January 14, 2011 January 21, 2011 January 28, 2011

3 Expert Witness Disclosure 4 Expert Discovery 5 Non-dispositive Motion Filing 6 Dispositive Motion Filing 7 8 Respectfully submitted, 9 DATED: October 28, 2010 10 11 By: 12 13 14 DECLARATION OF JAMES J. ARENDT 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I , James J. Arendt, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice before the courts in the State of /s/ James J. Arendt James J. Arendt Attorney for Defendants COUNTY OF MADERA, et al. WEAKLEY, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

California and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I am a partner with the law firm of Weakley, Arendt & McGuire, LLP, the attorneys of record for defendants, COUNTY OF MADERA, RICHARD ACKERMAN, JAMES ADKINS, BRIAN CUNNINGS, KARL HANCOCK, CHRIS SWANSON, and JACOB TALLMON. As such, I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein, except those matters stated on information and belief, and would so testify. 2. This declaration is made in support of defendants' ex parte application for an order

modifying the Order Amending Scheduling Order ("Amended Scheduling Order") (Doc. 185). 3. Good cause exists for this request due to fact that on October 4, 2010, Magistrate Judge

Dennis Beck issued findings and recommendations granting defendants' motion to dismiss with prejudice (Doc. 219). Plaintiffs' objections to these findings, if any, are to be filed on or before November 12, 2010. ____________________________
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Defendants believe that the proposed dates would provide adequate time for the Court

to review any objections and reply and either adopt or reject the findings and recommendations while still leaving ample time to conduct necessary discovery and exchange expert disclosures. This request is made in good faith and with no improper purpose. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge, and that this declaration was executed on October 28, 2010, at Fresno, California. /s/ James J. Arendt James J. Arendt ORDER Defendants' ex parte application for an order modifying the Order Amending Scheduling Order ("Amended Scheduling Order") (Doc. 185) is granted. The current scheduling order is modified as follows: Non-Expert Discovery Old Date October 29, 2010 November 1, 2010 November 19, 2010 November 24, 2010 December 31, 2010 New Date December 3, 2010 December 17, 2010 January 14, 2011 January 21, 2011 January 28, 2011

14 Expert Witness Disclosure 15 Expert Discovery 16 Non-dispositive Motion Filing 17 Dispositive Motion Filing 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ____________________________
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IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 3b142a

October 28, 2010

/s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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