Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter, Inc. v. California Department of Transportation et al

Filing 33

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 8/18/10 Modifying Pretrial Scheduling Order as Follows: Designation of Expert Witnesses due by 9/24/2010; Dispositive Motions filed by 1/26/2011; Joint Pretrial Statement due by 4/27/11; Final Pretrial Conference set for 5/4/2011 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom 6 (JAM) before Judge John A. Mendez. Jury Trial set for 6/20/2011 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 6 (JAM) before Judge John A. Mendez. (Owen, K)

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BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP MICHAEL I. BEGERT (SBN 141969) [e-mail] SUJAL J. SHAH (SBN 215230) [e-mail] CARLOS P. MIŅO (SBN 247022) [e-mail] Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111-4067, U.S.A. Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415.393.2286 LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS OREN SELLSTROM (SBN 161074) 131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [Additional Counsel listed on signature pages.] Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Coalition for Economic Equity and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, San Diego Chapter UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO DIVISION ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, SAN DIEGO CHAPTER, INC., a nonprofit California corporation, v. Plaintiff, No. 2:09-cv-01622-JAM-GGH JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING TIMING OF EXPERT DISCOVERY AND MODIFICATIONS TO PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants, COALITION FOR ECONOMIC EQUITY and NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, SAN DIEGO CHAPTER, Defendant-Intervenors.

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WHEREAS, under the Court's July 7, 2010 Order the parties must make expert disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by September 3, 2010; and WHEREAS, that Order also required the parties to complete expert discovery by October 1, 2010; and WHEREAS, the parties are unable to schedule multiple expert depositions, develop rebuttal expert reports, and schedule multiple rebuttal expert depositions in the time allotted; and WHEREAS, the timing for dispositive motions, the pre-trial conference, and the date for the start of trial will need to be rescheduled if the parties are granted an extension for expert discovery; NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiffs Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter, Inc.; Defendants California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Cindy Kim, in her official capacity as Director of Caltrans, and Olivia Fonseca, individually, and in her official capacity as Deputy Director of Caltrans; and Defendant-Intervenors Coalition for Economic Equity, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, San Diego Chapter (collectively, "the Parties") hereby stipulate and respectfully request that the Court approve the following amended schedule regarding expert disclosures and discovery and modifications to the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order entered on August 27, 2009; 1. 2. The deadline for fact discovery shall remain September 3, 2010. The Parties shall make expert witness disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)

by September 24, 2010. 3. The Parties shall make any supplemental disclosures or rebuttal expert witness

disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(c) by October 29, 2010. 4. The Parties are relieved of any obligation under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) to

disclose drafts of expert reports or rebuttal expert reports, and any such drafts shall not be discoverable by any other party. 5. 6. Expert discovery shall be completed by December 31, 2010. All dispositive motions shall be filed by January 26, 2011. Hearing on such
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motions shall be on March 23, 2011 at 9:30 a.m.
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The Parties shall file a joint pre-trial statement by April 27, 2011. The final pre-trial conference shall be set for May 4, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. Jury trial in this matter shall be set for June 20, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The Parties

estimate a trial length of approximately 10 days.

DATED: August 18, 2010 By: /s/ Ralph W. Kasarda Ralph W. Kasarda

Attorneys for Plaintiff SHARON L. BROWNE (SBN 119246) RALPH W. KASARDA (SBN 205286) Pacific Legal Foundation

DATED: August 18, 2010 By: /s/ Scott Emblidge G. Scott Emblidge

Attorneys for Defendants RONALD W. BEALS THOMAS C. FELLENZ DANIEL A NEAR KATHRYN T. PAPALIA (SBN 173472) State of California Legal Department MARA E. ROSALES (SBN 104844) BENJAMIN SCHNAYERSON (SBN 257857) Rosales Law Partners LLP G. SCOTT EMBLIDGE (SBN 121613) RACHEL J. SATER (SBN 147976) Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra LLP

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DATED: August 18, 2010 By: /s/ Sujal J. Shah Sujal J. Shah

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors MICHAEL I. BEGERT (SBN 141969) SUJAL J. SHAH (SBN 215230) CARLOS P. MIŅO (SBN 247022) Bingham McCutchen LLP OREN SELLSTROM (SBN 161074) Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights EVA JEFFERSON PATERSON (SBN 67081) SARA JACKSON (SBN 251915) Equal Justice Society ALAN L. SCHLOSSER (SBN 49957) JORY C. STEELE (SBN 206944) American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 18th day of August, 2010.

/s/ John A. Mendez_______ John A. Mendez United States District Judge

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