Faron v. St. Joseph Hospital et al

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STIPULATION AND ORDER Discovery due by 9/26/2008. Expert DISCOVERY CUT OFF 11/21/2008.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 9/2/08. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/2/2008)

Case 4:07-cv-05602-SBA

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Filed 07/30/2008

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Fabrice N. Vincent (State Bar No. 160780) Kent L. Klaudt (State Bar No. 183903) LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, 30th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail] e-mail: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff Allen Faron

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The parties engaged in a fruitful mediation on July 22, 2008. Plaintiff submitted a global settlement demand, and the five co-defendants are in the process of coordinating their response. The parties are scheduled for a mandatory settlement conference with Magistrate Judge MariaElena James on September 16, 2008. In light of the pending settlement negotiations, the parties by and through their attorneys, request that the deadline to complete factual discovery in this case be extended from August 22, 2008 to September 26, 2008 and that the deadline for expert disclosures be extended from September 8, 2008 to October 10, 2008. Expert discovery will be completed no later than November 21, 2008 with rebuttal experts disclosed no later than October
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION ALLEN FARON, Plaintiff, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL; ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM; KEVIN MOLANDER, M.D.; JOHN KELSEY, M.D.; RONALD CORDOVA, M.D.; and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; inclusive, Defendants. CASE NO. CGC-07-5602 SBA (related to C 06-06662 SBA) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO COMPLETE FACTUAL AND EXPERT DISCOVERY

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND FACT/EXPERT DATES, CASE NO. CGC-07-5602 SBA (RELATED TO C 06-06662 SBA)

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24, 2008. The trial and pre-trial dates will remain the same. The parties believe that the brief extension will facilitate settlement. Dated: July 30, 2008 Respectfully submitted, By: Kent Klaudt LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, 30th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Attorneys for Plaintiff Allen Faron Dated: July 30, 2008 By:__________/s/___________________________ Andrew Y.S. Cheng UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Northern District of California 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 Attorneys for Defendant United States of America /s/

Dated: July 30, 2008

By:____________/s/_________________________ Nancy K. Delaney MITCHELL, BRISSO, DELANEY & VRIEZE NANCY K. DELANEY 814 Seventh Street P.O. Drawer 1008 Eureka, CA 95502 Attorney for St. Joseph's Hospital

Dated: July 30, 2008

By:___________/s/_________________________ Joseph E. Finkel GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, EVERSON & PICCHI, APC G. PATRICK GALLOWAY JOSEPH E. FINKEL 1676 No. California Blvd., Suite 500 Walnut Creek, CA 94596-4183 Attorney for Defendants Ronald Cordova, Kevin Molander, and John Kelsey

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ORDER The Court, having considered the stipulation of the parties, hereby extends the deadline to complete factual discovery to September 26, 2008, expert disclosures to October 10, 2008, rebuttal expert disclosures to October 24, 2008, and expert discovery to November 21, 2008. All other dates will remain the same.

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It is so ordered.

____________________________________ SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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