Athwal et al v. County of Stanislaus et al

Filing 125

ORDER setting Deadline for completion of Non-Expert Discovery; ORDER setting further Status / Scheduling Conference signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 12/7/2020. Status Conference set for 4/6/2021 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8 (BAM) before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe.(Lundstrom, T) Modified date on 12/8/2020. (Valdez, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BALJIT ATHWAL, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al.,

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00311-TLN-BAM
ORDER SETTING DEADLINE FOR
COMPLETION OF NON-EXPERT
DISCOVERY
ORDER SETTING FURTHER
STATUS/SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

Defendants.

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___________________________________

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GEORGIA DEFILIPPO, et al.,

Case No. 1:18-cv-00496-TLN-BAM

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Plaintiffs,
v.
COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al.,

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Defendants.
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EDUARDO QUINTANAR, JR.,

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Case No. 1:18-cv-01403-TLN-BAM

Plaintiff,
v.
COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al.,
Defendants.

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FRANK CARSON,

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Case No. 1:20-cv-00747-TLN-BAM

Plaintiff,
v.
COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al.,

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Defendants.

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WALTER W. WELLS, et al.,

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Case No. 1:20-cv-00770-TLN-BAM

Plaintiffs,
v.
COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, et al.,
Defendants.

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The above related actions arise out of the investigation into the murder of Korey

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Kauffman and the prosecution of criminal charges against each of the individual plaintiffs. The

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actions have been consolidated for the purposes of discovery.

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On December 7, 2020, the Court held a further telephonic status conference to address the

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scheduling of discovery deadlines in these related actions. Counsel Arturo Gonzalez and Robert

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Sandoval appeared by telephone on behalf of Plaintiffs Baljit Athwal, Daljit Atwal, and Karan

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Inc. and Plaintiffs Walter Wells and Scott McFarlane. Counsel Jayme Walker appeared by

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telephone on behalf of Plaintiffs Georgia DeFilippo and Christina DeFilippo, Plaintiffs Estate of

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Frank Carson and Georgia DeFilippo, as an individual and as successor in interest to Frank

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Carson, and Plaintiff Eduardo Quintanar, Jr. Counsel John Whitefleet appeared by telephone on

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behalf of Defendants County of Stanislaus, Stanislaus County Office of the District Attorney,

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Dale Lingerfelt, Kirk Bunch, Steve Jacobson, Birgit Fladager, Marlissa Ferreira, Cory Brown and

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David Harris. Counsel Amanda Heitlinger appeared by telephone on behalf of Defendants City

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of Turlock, City of Ceres, Timothy Redd and Derek Perry. Counsel Patrick Moriarty appeared by

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telephone on behalf of Defendants City of Modesto, Jon Evers and Galen Carroll. Counsel T. J.
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Stephens appeared by telephone on behalf of Defendant Paul Edward Jones.
As agreed at the conference, and in the interests of judicial and party economy, all

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discovery in the related actions, with the exception of expert discovery, shall be completed no

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later than two hundred forty (240) days from the date upon which the last answer in the related

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cases may be filed with the Court pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In this

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context, "completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions

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have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate

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order if necessary, and where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions

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to compel discovery must be noticed on the undersigned magistrate judge’s calendar in

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accordance with the Local Rules.

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The Court sets a further status/scheduling conference on April 6, 2021, at 9:00 AM in

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Courtroom 8 (BAM) before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. The purpose of the

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conference is to address the status of discovery and the scheduling of expert discovery deadlines.

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The parties shall appear at the conference with each party connecting remotely either via Zoom

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video conference or Zoom telephone number. The parties shall be provided with the Zoom ID

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and password by the Courtroom Deputy prior to the conference. The Zoom ID number and

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password are confidential and are not to be shared. Appropriate court attire required.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

/s/ Barbara

December 7, 2020

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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