USA v. Estate of Joseph Arleo

Filing 14

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 10/24/16 ORDERING scheduling order MODIFIED as follows: Fact Discovery Cut-Off now due by 3/16/2017; Discovery now due by 3/31/2017; Dispositive Motions now due by 5/9/2017; Dispositive Motion Hearing to be heard on 6/6/17 at 1:30 PM; Final Pretrial Conference CONTINUED to 7/14/2017 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 6 (JAM) before District Judge John A. Mendez; and Bench Trial CONTINUED to 8/21/2017 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 6 (JAM) before District Judge John A. Mendez.(Washington, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MARY ELIZABETH RINALDI (CA Bar #200459) Thorn Law Group, PLLC 888 16th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 202-270-7273 (v) 202-743-7446 (f) mer@thorntaxlaw.com Attorney for Defendants ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, DECEASED and ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 15 No. 2:15-CV-01239-JAM-KJN STIPULATION AND ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, DECEASED 16 and 17 18 ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“United States”) and 23 Defendants ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, DECEASED (the “Estate”) and 24 ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO (the 25 “Administrator”), by and through their respective attorneys of 26 record, and pursuant to USDC EDCA Local Rules 143 and 144 and 27 FRCP 16(b), hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 28 1 Case No.: 2:15-cv-01239-JAM-KJN 14520366.1 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 1 WHEREAS, on or about February 26, 2016, this Court, pursuant 2 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) 16(b) and the FRCP 3 26(f) Case Management Report of the parties, issued a Scheduling 4 Order setting the case for trial and establishing the initial 5 trial date of April 17, 2017; 6 WHEREAS, due to the length of time elapsed between the 7 actions allegedly giving rise to the complaint and the filing of 8 the complaint, documentation is difficult to obtain; 9 WHEREAS, the person who allegedly committed the act named in 10 the complaint is deceased, and evidence relating to his actions 11 and state of mind will have to be gathered from third parties, 12 likely requiring multiple depositions, including depositions of 13 persons located outside of California and the United States; 14 WHEREAS, the parties are optimistic that the extensive time 15 and expense that would be incurred preparing for, traveling to, 16 and taking and defending depositions could be avoided if the 17 matter is resolved prior to trial; 18 WHEREAS, the parties are actively in the process of 19 discussing settlement outcomes without resorting to trial, but no 20 resolution has yet been reached from their dialogue; 21 WHEREAS, the parties stipulate and agree that they are 22 unable to concurrently exhaust settlement discussions and pursue 23 costly and time-consuming discovery and depositions; 24 WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order includes a November 17, 2016 25 cutoff deadline for completion of fact discovery, a December 2, 26 2016 cutoff deadline for all discovery, and a December 7, 2016 27 cutoff deadline for expert depositions; 28 2 Case No.: 2:15-cv-01239-JAM-KJN 14520366.1 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 1 WHEREAS, the parties are loath to use further time and 2 resources pursuing costly discovery and litigation while there is 3 a very likely possibility of resolving the matter before trial; 4 WHEREAS, the parties have diligently attempted to adhere to 5 the current pretrial deadlines, and are making this request to 6 the Court for modification of the current Scheduling Order, 7 because, without an extension, the parties will be forced to 8 immediately commence depositions and expert report preparation; 9 WHEREAS, neither party will be prejudiced by a four month 10 extension of the current trial date and related deadlines; and 11 WHEREAS, there have been no previous requests that the Court 12 amend the Scheduling Order to extend any deadlines or to continue 13 the trial date. 14 15 NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through their respective counsel, jointly propose and stipulate to the following: 16 The deadlines in the Scheduling Order previously set forth 17 by the Court shall be revised as follows, or set on such other 18 dates as the Court determines: 19 20 Event Current date Proposed new date 21 Fact Discovery cut-off Nov. 17, 2016 Mar. 16, 2017 22 Discovery cut-off Dec. 2, 2016 Mar. 31, 2017 23 Dispositive Motions cut-off Jan. 10, 2017 May 2, 2017 24 Dispositive Motion Hearing Feb. 7, 2017 June 6, 2017 25 Final Pre-Trial Conference Mar. 17, 2017 July 14, 2017 26 Trial Apr. 17, 2017 Aug. 14, 2017 27 28 It is further stipulated and agreed between the parties that 3 Case No.: 2:15-cv-01239-JAM-KJN 14520366.1 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 1 all other provisions of the Scheduling Order of February 26, 2016 2 shall remain in effect. This stipulation may be signed in 3 counterparts and any facsimile or electronic signature shall be 4 valid as an original signature. 5 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 6 7 Dated: October 21, 2016 8 By:_/s/ Mary Elizabeth Rinaldi__ MARY ELIZABETH RINALDI Thorn Law Group, PLLC 888 16th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 202-349-4033 (v) 202-743-7446 (f) mer@thorntaxlaw.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 Attorney for Defendants ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO, DECEASED, and ANTHONY PESOLA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ARLEO 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Dated October 21, 2016 By:_/s/ Paul Butler (as authorized on 10/21/2016) PAUL BUTLER US Department of Justice PO Box 683 Washington, DC 20044 202-514-1170 (v) 202-307-0054 (f) Paul.T.Butler@usdoj.gov Attorney for Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Case No.: 2:15-cv-01239-JAM-KJN 14520366.1 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 1 ORDER (AS AMENDED BY THE COURT) 2 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, and pursuant to the Stipulation of the 3 parties, the deadlines in the Scheduling Order previously set 4 forth by the Court are revised as follows: 5 Event Current date Proposed new date 7 Fact Discovery cut-off Nov. 17, 2016 Mar. 16, 2017 8 Discovery cut-off Dec. 2, 2016 Mar. 31, 2017 9 Dispositive Motions cut-off Jan. 10, 2017 May 9, 2017 Dispositive Motion Hearing Feb. 7, 2017 June 6, 2017 Final Pre-Trial Conference Mar. 17, 2017 6 10 11 July 14, 2017 at 12 10:00 a.m. 13 14 Aug. 21, 2017 at Trial Apr. 17, 2017 9:00 a.m. 15 16 17 IT IS SO ORDERED 18 19 Dated: 10/24/2016 20 21 /s/ John A. Mendez________________ The Hon. John A. Mendez United States District Court Judge Eastern District of California 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Case No.: 2:15-cv-01239-JAM-KJN 14520366.1 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

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