Wilkins-Jones v. County of Alameda

Filing 211

ORDER by Judge Edward M. Chen granting 209 Motion to Continue CMC (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/4/2011)

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PAUL L. REIN, Esq. (SBN 43053)
CELIA McGUINNESS, Esq. (SBN 159420)
CATHERINE M. CABALO, Esq. (SBN 248198)
LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN
200 Lakeside Dr., Suite A
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel. [phone]
BRIAN GEARINGER, Esq. (SBN 146125)
GEARINGER LAW GROUP
825 Van Ness Ave., 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109-7891
Tel. [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SHAWNA WILKINS-JONES

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHAWNA WILKINS-JONES,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. C08-01485-MHP
Civil Rights
MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER

v.

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PHS CORRECTIONAL
HEALTHCARE; MELISSA
BROWN, LVN.; MARTHA
CAMPOS; BILL WILSON; and
DOES 1-10, Inclusive,
Defendants.

Date: October 7, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: U.S. District Court
450 Golden Gate Ave.
18th Floor, Courtroom 15
San Francisco, CA 94102
/ Judge: Edward M. Chen

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STATEMENT OF THE CASE

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The Complaint in this case was filed on March 17, 2008, against the

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County of Alameda for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and

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attendant State civil rights laws at the Alameda County Jail at Santa Rita. The

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Court dismissed all injunctive relief claims on November 16, 2010. It dismissed

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the remaining claims on August 19, 2011. At the same time, it granted Plaintiff’s

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Motion to Amend to add as defendants PHS Correctional Healthcare, Melissa

L A W O F F IC E S O F

PAUL L. REIN
200 L A K E SID E D R ., S U I T E A
O A K L A N D , C A 94612-3503
[phone]

M O TIO N TO C O N TIN U E C M C , AN D [PR O PO SED ] O R D ER
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Brown, Martha Campos, and Bill Wilson, who are Alameda County’s medical

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services contractor for the Santa Rita Jail and its employees. Plaintiff filed the

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First Amended Complaint in this case on September 12, 2011.
In its August 19, 2011, Order the Court set a Case Management

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Conference for October 7, 2011.

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REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE

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Plaintiff requests that the October 7, 2011, Case Management Conference

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(CMC) be continued until December 2, 2011, on the grounds that defendants

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have not entered appearances in the case. Plaintiff expects they will respond to

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the First Amended Complaint (FAC) no later than October 28, 2011. Declaration

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of Celia McGuinness. Moving the CMC to December 2nd will enable defendants

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to assess the case and the parties to confer and define what the issues will be.
In the event the Court declines to defer the CMC until after the defendants

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have responded to the FAC, plaintiff nevertheless requests a continuance of the

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CMC for one week, until October 14, 2011. The undersigned plaintiff’s counsel

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is the lead attorney in this case and the only attorney who is up to date about the

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case. Id. She has a family obligation on October 7th involving her son’s school,

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an event which cannot be rescheduled and is important she attend. Id.

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CONCLUSION

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For the foregoing reasons plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court

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continue the CMC until December 2, 2011, to allow the new defendants to

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respond to the Complaint and be better prepared to discuss case management

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issues. In the alternative, plaintiff requests a one-week continuance to enable her

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counsel to attend her son’s school event.

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PAUL L. REIN
200 L A K E SID E D R ., S U I T E A
O A K L A N D , C A 94612-3503
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Respectfully submitted,
Dated: September 30, 2011

LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN

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/s/ Celia McGuinness
By CELIA McGUINNESS
Attorneys for Plaintiff
SHAWNA WILKINS-JONES

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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GOOD CAUSE BEING SHOWN, it is hereby ordered that the Case

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Management Conference in this case be continued until December 2, 2011, at

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9:00 a.m., with an Updated Joint Case Management Conference Statement to be

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filed one week earlier. Plaintiff is ordered to provide a copy of this Order to

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defendants.

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PAUL L. REIN
200 L A K E SID E D R ., S U I T E A
O A K L A N D , C A 94612-3503
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