Wadsworth v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) et al

Filing 38

ORDER resetting CMC from 3/17/16 to 12/15/16. Case Management Statement due by 12/8/2016. Initial Case Management Conference set for 12/15/2016 09:30 AM in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 3/11/16. (bpfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/11/2016)

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John F. Hyland (SBN 178875)
[e-mail]
Jessica Riggin (SBN 281712)
[e-mail]
RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP
100 Pine Street, Suite 2150
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHRISTOPHER WADSWORTH, M.D.
Additional counsel identified on following pages

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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CHRISTOPHER S. WADSWORTH, M.D.,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 3:15-cv-02322-EMC
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE STATEMENT ; ORDER

v.
JEFFREY BEARD; J. CLARK KELSO;
TIMOTHY BELAVICH; RACHEL CHEN;
COURTNEY CORRADO; EUREKA DAYE;
ANDREW DEEMS; ERIC MONTHEI; CHERA
VAN BURG; LAURA WHYTE; and DOES 1
through 50, inclusive,

Date: March 17, 2016
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: Courtroom 5, 17th Floor
Judge: Honorable Edward M. Chen
Date Action Filed: 5/22/2015
First Amended Complaint Filed: 6/3/2015

Defendants.

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
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Lyn Harlan (SBN 171471)
[e-mail]
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
1515 Clay St., Fl. 20
PO Box. 70550
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Counsel for Jeffrey Beard, Rachel Chen,
Courtney Corrado, Chera Van Burg, and Laura Whyte

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Martin Dodd (SBN 104363)
[e-mail]
FUTTERMAN DUPREE DODD CROLEY MAIER LLP
180 Sansome St., 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Counsel for J. Clark Kelso

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David Tyra (SBN 116218)
[e-mail]
Meredith Packer Garey (SBN 253701)
[e-mail]
KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD
400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: (916)-321-4555
Counsel for Eureka Daye and Timothy Belavich

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Carolee Kilduff (SBN 107232)
[e-mail]
Kevin Dehoff (SBN 252106)
[e-mail]
ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP
601 University Ave, Ste. 150
Sacramento, CA 95825
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Counsel for Eric Monthei

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Sue Ann Van Dermyden (SBN 166158)
[e-mail]
Janine Braxton (SBN 196321)
[e-mail]
VAN DERMYDEN MADDUX
2520 Venture Oaks Way, Ste. 140
Sacramento, CA 95833
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Counsel for Andrew Deems

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- iii JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
On December 23, 2015, Plaintiff Christopher Wadsworth, and Defendants Jeffrey Beard,

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Timothy Belavich, Rachel Chen, Courtney Corrado, Eureka Daye, Andrew Deems, Eric Monthei,

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Chera Van Burg, Laura Whyte, and J. Clark Kelso (collectively, the “Parties”), through their

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respective counsel, filed a Stipulation to Stay proceedings in the above-captioned federal litigation

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due to two related proceedings currently pending before the California State Personnel Board: (1)

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In the Matter of Alleged Retaliation by Timothy Belavich, Eureka Daye, Andrew Deems, and Eric

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Monthei, a whistleblower case (Case No. 15-365WE); and (2) Christopher Wadsworth v.

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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al., an evidentiary hearing on a

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Request to File Charges (Case No. 15-355N). Plaintiff Wadsworth intends to assert claims in this

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federal litigation for which he must exhaust his administrative remedies, including some claims

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that first require the State Personnel Board to issue, or fail to issue findings, such that the Parties

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agreed that it would maximize judicial efficiency to stay this case pending resolution of the State

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Personnel Board proceedings.

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On December 23, 2015, the Court granted the Parties’ Stipulation and removed all currently

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scheduled dates and deadlines from the calendar. The Court also reset the Case Management

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Conference previously scheduled for January 28, 2016 for March 17, 2016 and ordered the Parties

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to file a Case Management Conference Statement by March 10, 2016 “to confirm that the state

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board proceedings are moving forward and/or when parties expect a decision to be rendered.”

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The Motion to Consolidate the whistleblower and RFC actions was denied. There is a

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pretrial conference scheduled for April 7, 2016 in the whistleblower case (Case No. 15-365WE),

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and the parties expect the evidentiary hearing in that matter to be completed no later than the end of

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2016. There has not been a date scheduled to hear the RTFC matter.

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For the same reasons contained in the Parties’ Stipulation to Stay, the Parties jointly agree

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that the Court should continue to stay this case until the State Personnel Board issues its final

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decision pursuant to Government Code 19582 in In the Matter of Alleged Retaliation by Timothy

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Belavich, Eureka Daye, Andrew Deems, and Eric Monthei (Case No. 15-0365WE). The Parties

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will file a status report within fifteen (15) days of the date on which the State Personnel Board

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issues its final decision pursuant to Government Code 19582 in Case No. 15-0365WE. The status

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report shall (a) apprise the Court of the outcome of the proceeding; and (b) propose dates for the

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filing of Plaintiff Wadsworth’s Second Amended Complaint in this Case, for the filing of

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Defendants’ responsive pleadings, and for the Case Management Conference; or advise whether

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the Parties believe the stay should continue until the conclusion of the RTFC matter.

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RUKIN HYLAND DORIA & TINDALL LLP

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Dated: March 10, 2016
By:

____/s/ John F. Hyland__________________

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John F. Hyland
Jessica Riggin

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Counsel for Plaintiff Chris Wadsworth

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Dated: March 10, 2016

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
By:

___/s/ Lyn Harlan______________________

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Lyn Harlan

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Counsel for Jeffrey Beard, Rachel Chen, Courtney
Corrado, Chera Van Burg, and Laura Whyte

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Dated: March 10, 2016

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FUTTERMAN DUPREE DODD CROLEY MAIER
LLP
By:

___/s/ Martin Dodd_____________________

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Martin Dodd

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Counsel for J. Clark Kelso

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Dated: March 10, 2016

KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD
By:

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___/s/ David Tyra______________________
David Tyra
Meredith Packer Garey

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
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Counsel for Eureka Daye and Timothy Belavich

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Dated: March 10, 2016

ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP

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By:

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Carolee Kilduff
Kevin Dehoff

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Counsel for Eric Monthei

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Dated: March 10, 2016

VAN DERMYDEN MADDUX

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Sue Ann Van Dermyden
Janine Braxton

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Counsel for Andrew Deems

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LOCAL RULE 5-1 ATTESTATION

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I, John F. Hyland, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this

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Substitution of Counsel form. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that: Lyn

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Harlan, Martin Dodd, David Tyra, Kevin Dehoff, and Sue Ann Van Dermyden have concurred in

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the filing of this document with their electronic signatures.

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IT IS SO ORDERED that the CMC is
reset from 3/17/16 to 12/15/16 at 9:30 a.m.
An updated joint CMC statement shall
be filed by 12/8/16.
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