(PC) Ortega v. United States of America et al

Filing 88

ORDER Approving Second Stipulation regarding expert discovery; ORDER Continuing Pretrial Conference, signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 1/17/2023. (Case Management Deadline: 3/3/2023, Pretrial Conference set for 6/26/2023 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 4 (JLT) before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston)(Martin-Gill, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ALBERT ORTEGA,

Case No. 1:19-cv-00999-JLT-EPG (PC)

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Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER APPROVING SECOND
STIPULATION REGARDING EXPERT
DISCOVERY

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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ORDER CONTINUING PRETRIAL
CONFERENCE

Defendant.
(ECF No. 87)

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On January 13, 2023, the parties filed a second joint stipulation to modify the expert

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discovery deadlines. (ECF No. 87). Defense counsel has traveled to Federal Correctional

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Institution, Phoenix, to meet with Plaintiff, and has met with the expert contemplated in

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Plaintiff’s request for pre-approval of expenditures. (Id. at 1-2). “In order to account for the

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additional steps necessitated by the Court’s involvement in funding, and to account for difficulties

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that Plaintiff’s counsel have experienced with regard to communications with Plaintiff at his

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housing in the Bureau of Prisons, the deadlines contained in the Court’s previous order should be

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changed.” (Id. at 2).

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Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties (ECF No. 87), and finding good causes exists, the
dates and deadlines are modified as follows:
1. The deadline for all parties to serve their expert disclosures is March 3, 2023.

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2. Parties have until April 3, 2023, to serve their rebuttal expert disclosures.

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3. The deadline for the completion of all expert discovery is May 5, 2023.

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4. The parties have until April 21, 2023, to file motion(s) for the attendance of

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incarcerated witnesses. Opposition(s), if any, must be filed on or before May 19,

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2023.

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5. If Plaintiff wishes to have the Marshals Service serve any unincarcerated witnesses

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who refuse to testify voluntarily, Plaintiff must submit the money orders to the

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Court no later than May 19, 2023. In order to ensure timely submission of the

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money orders, Plaintiff must notify the Court of the names and locations of his or

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her witnesses, in compliance with the instructions in the amended second

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scheduling order (ECF No. 82, pgs. 4-5), no later than April 21, 2023.

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6. The deadline for the parties to file their joint pretrial statement is June 16, 2023.

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7. The pretrial conference is set for June 26, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 4,

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before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. The pretrial conference will be held

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via Zoom video conferencing. The parties are directed to contact Courtroom

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Deputy Irma Munoz ([e-mail]) for the connection information.

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8. All other terms and conditions of the Scheduling Orders remain in full force and

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effect.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 17, 2023

/s/
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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