Opinion
CASE NO.: 1:10-CV-01617-LJO-BAM
01-03-2012
JAMES LORAN QUINN, Plaintiff, v. FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF, FRESNO COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT, OFFICER DAVID ALANIS, OFFICER LEONARD RICHERT, FRESNO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FRESNO COUNTY JAIL, ET AL. and DOES 1 to 100 INCLUSIVE, Defendants.
Roy C. Santos James J. Arendt Roy C. Santos Attorneys for Defendants David M. Hollingsworth Attorney for Plaintiff
James J. Arendt, Esq.
Roy C. Santos, Esq.
Bar No. 142937
Bar No. 259718
WEAKLEY & ARENDT, LLP
1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176
Fresno, California 93710
Telephone: (559) 221-5256
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Attorneys for Defendants, COUNTY OF FRESNO, DAVID ALANIS, and LINDA PENNER
ORDER AMENDING THE SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR
DESIGNATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES AND RULE 26 REPORTS
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties, through their respective counsel, and ordered by this Court, that the Scheduling Order, Doc. No. 47, be amended and that the date for designating expert witnesses and produce their Rule 26 expert reports be moved from January 9, 2012, to March 9, 2012. There is good cause for extending these dates. First, discovery in the matter is not set to close until March 9, 2012, and requiring such early disclosure of experts before the discovery cutoff date will result in the needless expense in both time and resources on the preparation of supplemental reports to address any newly discovered evidence. As such, it appears that the deadline agreed to in the Scheduling Order, with regard to designation of expert witnesses and preparation of their Rule 26 expert reports, was a bit too optimistic. Furthermore, the proposed amended deadlines do not alter the pretrial conference nor the trial date as agreed to in the Scheduling Order, Doc. No. 47.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
WEAKLEY & ARENDT, LLP
By: Roy C. Santos
James J. Arendt
Roy C. Santos
Attorneys for Defendants
By: _________________
David M. Hollingsworth
Attorney for Plaintiff
ORDER
Upon reviewing the Stipulation and for good cause being shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that expert witness disclosures by any party, including supplemental expert witness disclosures by any party, shall be served no later than March 9, 2012.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Barbara A. McAuliffe
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE