Mock v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Filing 53

STIPULATION and ORDER TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER and set a TELEPHONIC Status Conference for 5/25/2017 at 10:30 AM in Yosemite (MJS) before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng. Parties Counsel are to appear by telephone by dialing 888.204.5984 and entering access code 4446176# at 10:25 a.m., signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 5/18/2017. (Lafata, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 XAVIER BECERRA, State Bar No. 118517 Attorney General of California DAVID J. NEILL, State Bar No. 186997 Supervising Deputy Attorney General MATTHEW T. BESMER, State Bar No. 269138 Deputy Attorney General 2550 Mariposa Mall, Room 5090 Fresno, CA 93721 Telephone: (559) 477-1680 Fax: (559) 445-5106 E-mail: Matthew.Besmer@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for Defendant CDCR 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 MAURICE C. MOCK, 12 13 14 v. 1:15-cv-01104-MJS Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER; AND FOR A STATUS CONFERENCE 17 18 Date: May 25, 2017 Time: 10:30 a.m. Courtroom: 7 Judge: The Honorable Michael J. Seng CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION; PLEASANT VALLEY STATE PRISON; JEFFREY A BEARD, in official capacity; JOHN KEITH, in his individual and official capacities; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants. 15 16 Trial: October 24, 2017 Action Filed: June 15, 2015 19 20 Recent developments in this case provide good cause to amend the scheduling order. The 21 California Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) had been representing defendants California 22 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) and John Keith. On March 2, 2017, 23 defendant Keith filed his own discrimination complaint against CDCR in the Fresno County 24 Superior Court. Thus, a conflict developed between the AGO’s continued representation of both 25 CDCR and Mr. Keith. John Lavra of Longyear O’Dea & Lavra, LLP has been retained to 26 represent Mr. Keith. 27 28 1 Stipulation to Amend Scheduling Order (1:15-cv-01104-MJS) DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The dispositive motion deadline is July 3, 2017. ECF No. 36. However, given Mr. Keith’s new counsel’s schedule and his need to become familiar with the facts and legal arguments in this case, the dispositive motion deadline will need to be continued. Additionally, in February 2017, CDCR’s counsel, Mr. Besmer, received a new military assignment and subsequently learned that he will have military duty out of country from June 20, 2017 through July 10, 2017, and from September 8, 2017, through September 23, 2017. 8 EXPERT DISCLOSURES 9 10 The expert disclosure cut off was April 1, 2017. ECF No. 36. The parties, however, met 11 and conferred and agreed to continue the expert disclosures until after the settlement conference. 12 The parties agreed that doing so was in the interests of reducing litigation costs—should the case 13 settle at the settlement conference. 14 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 15 16 The settlement conference was initially scheduled for December 15, 2016. ECF No. 36. 17 However, the parties met and conferred and agreed that additional discovery was needed and that 18 the case was no postured for settlement. The settlement conference was continued to April 11, 19 2017. ECF No. 39. Plaintiff intends to depose Charles Young before the settlement conference. 20 But given Mr. Young’s availability, and given the conflict that developed with the AGO 21 representing both defendants, the parties continued Mr. Young’s deposition and also agreed to 22 continue the settlement conference. ECF No. 48. The settlement conference is now set for June 23 15, 2017. ECF No. 50. 24 MR. YOUNG’S DEPOSITION 25 26 27 Fact discovery closed on April 1, 2017. But counsel for CDCR and Plaintiff agreed to continue Mr. Young’s deposition given his schedule and analysis of conflict issues. 28 2 Stipulation to Amend Scheduling Order (1:15-cv-01104-MJS) TRIAL DATES 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mr. Keith’s new counsel, Mr. Lavra, is not available for trial which is scheduled to begin on October 24, 2017. Therefore, the parties agree that the trial should be continued. Plaintiff objects to a trial date any later than February 2018, and believes a trial date in April 2018 is an excessive delay. However, Defendant Keith’s counsel is not available for trial until April 2018. The parties agree to set a new trial date at a status conference. 7 NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate as follows: 8 9 1. The dispositive motion deadline shall be continued to November 3, 2017. 2. Expert disclosures shall be continued to October 1, 2017, and supplemental 10 11 12 disclosures shall be continued to October 31, 2017. 3. 14 15 Expert discovery shall close on November 30, 2017. 4. 13 The parties shall meet and confer for acceptable dates for Mr. Young’s deposition, and Plaintiff shall issue a deposition subpoena and notice. 16 5. 17 The parties agree to conduct a status conference with the Court to set a new trial 18 date. The parties agree to a status conference on May 25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. or as soon 19 thereafter as the Court is available. 20 /// 21 22 23 /// /// 24 25 26 27 28 3 Stipulation to Amend Scheduling Order (1:15-cv-01104-MJS) 1 SO STIPULATED. 2 3 4 5 Dated: May 18, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 6 XAVIER BECERRA Attorney General of California DAVID J. NEILL Supervising Deputy Attorney General 7 8 /s/ Matthew T. Besmer 9 MATTHEW T. BESMER Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendant CDCR 10 11 12 KAHN, SOARES & CONWAY, LLP Dated: May 18, 2017 13 14 /s/ Richard C. Conway 15 Richard C. Conway Robert B. Zumwalt Attorneys for Plaintiff 16 17 18 LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP Dated: May 18, 2017 /s/ John A. Lavra 19 20 John A. Lavra Attorneys for Defendant John Keith 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Stipulation to Amend Scheduling Order (1:15-cv-01104-MJS) 1 ORDER Good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED that a telephonic status 2 3 conference shall be conducted on May 25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the terms of 4 the proposed stipulation, above, and appropriate dates for further proceedings in this 5 case. The parties’ counsel shall appear by dialing 888.204.5984 and entering access 6 code 4446176# at 10:25 a.m. on May 25, 2017, and wait for the undersigned to join the 7 call. 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 18, 2017 /s/ 11 Michael J. Seng UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Stipulation to Amend Scheduling Order (1:15-cv-01104-MJS)

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