Mercardo et al v. The United States of America et al

Filing 66

ORDER GRANTING 65 Stipulation to Extend Time for Defendants to Respond to First Amended Complaint, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 12/21/2016. (Hall, S)

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1 Edward M. Higginbotham (SBN 231636) Paul L. Alaga (SBN221165) 2 Ian B. Kelley (SBN215393) 885 Bryant Street, 2nd Floor 3 San Francisco, CA 94103 4 Telephone: (415) 581-0885 Fax: (415) 581-0887 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6 Susan E. Coleman (SBN 171832) 7 Kristina Gruenberg BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP 8 444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953 9 Telephone: (213) 236-0600 Fax: (213) 236-2700 10 scoleman@bwslaw.com 11 Attorney for Defendant Manangement & Training Corporation and 12 Michael Benov 13 PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney 14 ALYSON A. BERG Assistant United States Attorney 15 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401 16 Fresno, California 93721 Telephone: (559) 497-4000 17 Facsimile: (559) 497-4099 18 Attorneys for Defendant United States of America 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 21 22 SAMUEL MERCARDO, ET AL, 23 Case No. 1:13-cv-01535 AWI-JLT Plaintiffs, 25 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL., JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 26 (Doc. 65) 24 v. Defendants. 27 28 1 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 On December 9, 2016, Plaintiffs Samuel Mercardo, Donald Gayle, Jesus Ramos, Jesus 2 Andrade, Gilberto Gonzalez Betancourt, Wanna Win, Musa Gowon, Jose Portillo Mayorga, Victor 3 Martinez, Jorge Rivera-Vallejo, Edgar Prado Castaneda, Gonzalo Cisneros Reyes, Lucio 4 Palomares, and Hector Bazan filed a First Amended Complaint against the Defendants, the United 5 States; its contractor, Management & Training Corporation (MTC); and the warden of the Taft 6 Correctional Institution (TCI), Michael Benov. Pursuant to the court’s order, the United States 7 shall file a responsive pleading by December 29, 2016 and MTC need not file a responsive 8 pleading. (ECF No. 59). 9 All defendants intend to challenge the present First Amended Complaint with motions. 10 However, to allow all the parties to attempt to avoid motions as the Defendants’ initial responses, 11 counsel for all parties have met and conferred and agree to extend the deadline for responsive 12 pleadings to and including February 6, 2017. As the parties are seeking to narrow the issues for 13 any potential motions, or eliminate such motions entirely, good cause exists to continue the 14 response date for the United States from December 29, 2016 to and including February 6, 2017, 15 and also allow MTC and Michael Benov to and including February 6, 2017, for filing their 16 motions, if necessary. 17 Accordingly, Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 18 1. The deadline for the United States to respond to the First Amended Complaint shall be 19 extended up to and including February 6, 2017. 20 2. The deadline for Management & Training Corporation and Michael Benov to respond 21 to the First Amended Complaint shall be set for February 6, 2017. 22 3. This stipulation will not alter the date of any event or any deadline already fixed by 23 Court order. 24 DATED: December 19, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 25 (As authorized 12/19/2016) 26 27 28 /s/ Edward M. Higginbotham EDWARD M. HIGGINBOTHAM IAN B. KELLEY PAUL L. ALAGA Attorneys for Plaintiffs SAMUEL MERCADO, 2 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER DONALD GAYLE, JESUS RAMOS, JESUS ANDRADE, GILBERTO GONZALEZ BETANCOURT, WANA WIN, MUSA GOWON, JOSE PORTILLO MAYORGA, VICTOR MARTINEZ, JORGE RIVERA-VALLEJO, EDGAR PRADO CASTANEDA, GONZALO CISNEROS REYES, LUCIO PALMOARES, and HECTOR BAZAN 1 2 3 4 5 DATED: December 21, 2016 BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP 6 (As authorized 12/19/2016) 7 /s/ Kristina Gruenberg KRISTINA GRUENBERG SUSAN E. COLEMAN Attorney for Defendant Manangement & Training Corporation and Michael Benov 8 9 10 11 DATED: December 21, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT United States Attorney 12 /s/ Alyson A. Berg ALYSON A. BERG Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendant, United States of America 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 [PROPOSED] ORDER Having reviewed the stipulation submitted by the parties and for good cause showing, the court hereby orders as follows: 1. The deadline for the United States to respond to the First Amended Complaint shall be extended up to and including February 6, 2017. 2. The deadline for Management & Training Corporation and Michael Benov to respond to the First Amended Complaint shall be set for February 6, 2017. 3. This stipulation will not alter any other date of any event or any deadline already fixed 24 by Court order. 25 26 IT IS SO ORDERED. 27 Dated: 28 December 21, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 3 JOINT STIPULATION AND [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 4 JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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