R.D.G. et al v. City of Bakersfield et al

Filing 40

STIPULATION and ORDER 39 to Modify the Scheduling Order, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 2/23/2015. (Hall, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Michael G. Marderosian, No. 77296 Heather S. Cohen, No. 263093 MARDEROSIAN, CERCONE & COHEN 1260 Fulton Mall Fresno, CA 93721 Telephone: (559) 441-7991 Facsimile: (559) 441-8170 Virginia Gennaro, No. 138877 City Attorney CITY OF BAKERSFIELD 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Telephone: (661) 326-3721 Facsimile: (661) 852-2020 10 11 Attorneys for: Defendants CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, GREG WILLIAMSON, SEAN WOESSNER, and ISAAC ALEMAN 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 R.D.G., et al. Plaintiffs, 17 18 vs. 19 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al. 20 Defendants. 21 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:13-CV-02057-JLT STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER; DECLARATION OF MICHAEL G. MARDEROSIAN IN SUPPORT; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON (Doc. 39) 22 23 24 25 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through their respective attorneys of record that the Court should enter an Order amending the scheduling order in this case, such that the schedule be modified as follows: Deadline Current Date Requested Date Expert Disclosures March 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 Rebuttal Expert Disclosures April 17, 2015 May 18, 2015 Expert Discovery Cutoff May 11, 2015 June 12, 2015 26 27 28 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 GOOD CAUSE appears to modify the Scheduling Order because additional time is needed to complete the expert discovery process because: 1. Defense counsel was unavailable from the latter part of January to mid February due to preparing for trial in the case of Gonzalez-Chavez v. City of Bakersfield, et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:12-CV-02053-JLT and attending that trial which began on February 9, 2015, and ended on February 13, 2015. As a result, key depositions in this matter are scheduled to take place in the beginning and middle of March. These depositions will need to be considered by the parties’ 7 experts. 8 9 2. Since completing the above-referenced trial, Defense counsel has been and is currently in the process of preparing a Petition for Review to the Supreme Court of California from a January 23, 10 2015, Opinion issued by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in the case of Harb, et al. v. City of 11 Bakersfield, et al., Fifth District Court of Appeal Case No. F066839/Kern County Superior Court Case 12 No. S-1500-CV-265887. The Petition for Review is due on or before March 4, 2015, and this case has 13 an extensive record comprised of 22 volumes of the reporter’s transcript on appeal. 14 15 16 3. Defense counsel has been and is currently in the process of preparing a Respondents’ Opening Brief in the case of Willis v. Mullins, et al., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 14-16071, United States District Court Case No. 1:04-CV-6542-AWI-BAM. The brief is due on or before March 9, 2015, and stems from a week and a half long trial in a case that has been pending for over ten years. 17 4. 18 19 20 21 Defense counsel is also involved in a second federal case, Lopez et al. v. City of Bakersfield., et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:13-CV-01725-LJO-JLT, which has discovery cut off and expert disclosures on the exact same day as this matter. 5. The requested continuances will not, in any way, affect the date to file dispositive motions, the pretrial date, or the trial date of February 2, 2016. 22 23 Dated: February 23, 2015 MARDEROSIAN, CERCONE & COHEN 24 25 26 27 /s/ Michael G. Marderosian By:_________________________________ Michael G. Marderosian, Attorneys for Defendants above-named. 28 2 1 Dated: February 23, 2015 McMURRAY HENRIKS LLP 2 /s/ Peter G. Haber 3 4 5 By:_________________________________ Peter G. Haber, Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 1 2 3 4 5 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL G. MARDEROSIAN I, Michael G. Marderosian, hereby declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice in all courts of the State of California and am the attorney of record for defendants in this matter. 2. I was unavailable from the latter part of January to mid February due to preparing for trial 6 in the case of Gonzalez-Chavez v. City of Bakersfield, et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:12- 7 CV-02053-JLT and attending that trial which began on February 9, 2015, and ended on February 13, 8 2015. As a result, key depositions in this matter are scheduled to take place in the beginning and middle 9 of March. These depositions will need to be considered by the parties’ experts. 3. Since completing the above referenced trial, I have been and am currently in the process 10 of preparing a Petition for Review to the Supreme Court of California from a January 23, 2015, Opinion 11 12 issued by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in the case of Harb, et al. v. City of Bakersfield, et al., Fifth District Court of Appeal Case No. F066839/Kern County Superior Court Case No. S-1500-CV-265887. 13 The Petition for Review is due on or before March 4, 2015, and this case has an extensive record 14 comprised of 22 volumes of the reporter’s transcript on appeal. 15 4. I have been and am currently in the process of preparing a Respondents’ Opening Brief in 16 the case of Willis v. Mullins, et al., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 14-16071, United States 17 District Court Case No. 1:04-CV-6542-AWI-BAM. The brief is due on or before March 9, 2015, and 18 stems from a week and a half long trial in a case that has been pending for over ten years. 19 5. I am also involved in a second federal case, Lopez et al. v. City of Bakersfield., et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:13-CV-01725-LJO-JLT, which has discovery cut off and expert 20 disclosures on the exact same day as this matter. 21 22 23 24 25 26 6. The requested continuances will not, in any way, affect the date to file dispositive motions, the pretrial date, or the trial date of February 2, 2016. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on February 20, 2015, at Fresno, California. /s/ Michael G. Marderosian _________________________________________ MICHAEL G. MARDEROSIAN 27 28 4 1 2 ORDER The parties having stipulated, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby orders that the 3 scheduling order be modified as follows: 4 Deadline/Hearing Current Date New Date 5 Expert Disclosures March 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 6 Rebuttal Expert Disclosures April 17, 2015 May 18, 2015 Expert Discovery Cutoff May 11, 2015 June 12, 2015 7 8 9 No other amendments to the case schedule are authorized. 10 11 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 23, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5

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