Opinion
2:18-cv-00329-JAM-KJN
07-20-2021
DANIEL BARRERA, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF WOODLAND, et al., Defendants.
ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP Derick E. Konz BRUCE A. KILDAY Attorneys for Defendants TAYLOR AND RING; LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS C. SEABAUGH, NEIL K. GEHLAWAT THOMAS C. SEABAUGH Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP Derick E. Konz BRUCE A. KILDAY Attorneys for Defendants
Authorized via email 7/19/2021 at 1:49 pm.
TAYLOR AND RING; LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS C. SEABAUGH, NEIL K. GEHLAWAT THOMAS C. SEABAUGH Attorneys for Plaintiffs
JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER ADJUSTING EXPERT DISCLOSURE DEADLINES
HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
Joint Stipulation
The parties hereby stipulate to and request an Order modifying the Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 60) as to expert disclosures only, extending the deadlines by two weeks.
A previous stipulation, which was granted, moved the deadlines by two weeks, and this stipulation would add an additional two weeks, bringing the total departure from the original schedule to one month. This proposed change will not affect the September 24, 2021 discovery deadline; the November 5, 2021, dispositive motion filing deadline; or trial set for April 11, 2022.
Currently, the parties are required to make Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert witness disclosures by August 6, 2021, and Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(c) supplemental and rebuttal expert witness disclosures by August 20, 2021. The parties propose to move these two deadlines by two weeks, such that Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) disclosures shall be made by August 20, 2021, and Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(c) disclosures shall be made by September 3, 2021.
The requested change is chiefly to accommodate the schedule of a non-party witness, namely the coroner who performed the autopsy on the decedent in this case. This witness resides out of state and has a busy schedule, which the parties wish to accommodate. However, the parties wish to accomplish his deposition before disclosing expert reports. An extension would help the parties avoid causing undue inconvenience or hardship to this third-party witness. The parties submit that good cause exists to grant this extension because the parties agree, no party will be prejudiced, the grounds are reasonable, and because the no other aspect of the pretrial schedule will be affected.
A proposed order is submitted below.
SO STIPULATED.
Proposed Order
The Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 60) is modified such that Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) disclosures shall be made by August 20, 2021, and Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(c) disclosures shall be made by September 3, 2021.
SO ORDERED.