Opinion
MAYALL HURLEY, A Professional Corporation, Stockton, California, NICHOLAS J. SCARDIGLI, CA State Bar No. 249947, Attorneys for Plaintiff WILLIAM E. SMITH.
BRUCE A. SCHEIDT, State Bar No. 155088, RONALD J. SCHOLAR, State Bar No. 187948, KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendant CITY OF MANTECA.
STIPULATION AND JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY COMPLETION DATE; ORDER THEREON
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
Plaintiff William E. Smith ("Plaintiff") and Defendant City of Manteca ("Defendant") hereby stipulate to continuing and jointly move the Court to continue the non-expert discovery completion date of June 21, 2013, to August 5, 2013.
The parties are seeking this continuance because (1) Plaintiff's counsel, based in San Joaquin County, was occupied with an unexpectedly long trial in Lake County from March 13 through May 3, 2013, that was originally estimated to conclude no later than April 12, 2013, and (2) defense counsel Ronald J. Scholar is scheduled to begin a two week trial on June 10, 2013, and his co-counsel Bruce Scheidt will be out of the country from June 9 through 21, 2013. Stipulation and Joint Motion to Continue Non-Expert Discovery Completion Date
Continuing the non-expert discovery completion date will not have any effect on any other dates previously set by the Court, including the April 21, 2014 trial date and the dispositive motion date of December 19, 2013.
The foregoing extensions are not being sought to cause undue delay or for any improper purpose.
ORDER
The above stipulation is approved and the joint motion granted.
IT IS SO ORDERED that the non-expert discovery completion date of June 21, 2013, is continued to August 5, 2013, such that all discovery, with the exception of expert discovery, shall be completed by August 5, 2013. In this context, "completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge's calendar in accordance with the local rules of this Court.
All remaining dates set by the Court are unchanged and continue in effect.