Opinion
Case No. 2:10-CV-00523 GEB-JFM
07-02-2012
Z.F, a minor, by and through his parents M.A.F. and J.F. and M.A.F. and J.F individually; L.H. and J.H., minors, by and through their parents J.A. and J.R.H. and J.A. and J.R.H. individually; A.N., a minor, by and through his parents, G.N. and M.R., and G.N. and M.R. individually, Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, (RUSD); RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES,; SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION; VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER (VMRC), MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS, MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, RICHARD JACOBS, Executive Director of VMRC, in his official and individual capacity, TARA SISEMORE-HESTER, Coordinator for Autism Services for VMRC, in her official and individual capacity; VIRGINIA JOHNSON, Director of Modesto City Schools SELPA, in her official and individual capacity; SUE SWARTZLANDER, Program Director for Modesto City Schools, in her official and individual capacity and Does 1-200. Defendants.
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP G. Daniel Newland (SBN 087965) Cassandra H. Carroll (SBN 209123) Eric M. Lloyd (SBN 254390) Matthew J. Mason (SBN 271344) Attorneys for Defendants/Counter-Claimants VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER, RICHARD JACOBS, and TARA SISEMORE-HESTER KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIDEMANN & GIRARD Michelle L. Cannon (SBN 172680) Attorneys for Modesto City Schools, Modesto City Schools Board of Education, Virginia Johnson and Sue Swartzlander MCARTHUR & LEVIN, LLP Rodney L. Levin (SBN 169360) Attorneys for Ripon Unified School District, Ripon Unified School District Board of Trustees and San Joaquin County Office of Education LOUGHREY & ASSOCIATES Tamara L. Loughrey (SBN 227001) Loughrey & Associates Lawyers & Advocates for Disability Rights, Inc. Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants LEIGH LAW GROUP Mandy Leigh (SBN 225748) Jay T. Jambeck (SBN 226018) Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
G. Daniel Newland (SBN 087965)
Cassandra H. Carroll (SBN 209123)
Eric M. Lloyd (SBN 254390)
Matthew J. Mason (SBN 271344)
Attorneys for Defendants/Counter-Claimants
VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER,
RICHARD JACOBS, and TARA SISEMORE-HESTER
KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIDEMANN & GIRARD
Michelle L. Cannon (SBN 172680)
Attorneys for Modesto City Schools, Modesto City Schools Board of Education, Virginia
Johnson and Sue Swartzlander
MCARTHUR & LEVIN, LLP
Rodney L. Levin (SBN 169360)
Attorneys for Ripon Unified School District, Ripon Unified School District Board of Trustees
and San Joaquin County Office of Education
LOUGHREY & ASSOCIATES
Tamara L. Loughrey (SBN 227001)
Loughrey & Associates
Lawyers & Advocates for Disability Rights, Inc.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
LEIGH LAW GROUP
Mandy Leigh (SBN 225748)
Jay T. Jambeck (SBN 226018)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
REQUEST AND JOINT STIPULATION
TO CONTINUE CLASS
CERTIFICATION DEADLINES;
[PROPOSED] ORDER
The parties in the above-captioned case hereby stipulate to continue certain deadlines for Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification. The reason for this stipulation and request is due to unanticipated issues that have arisen in connection with the scheduling of depositions for certain Plaintiffs that could not have been avoided despite the parties' diligence. Accordingly, the parties have agreed to the following schedule for the pending motions:
1. Defendants' Responses/Oppositions to the Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification will be due on August 16, 2012.
2. Plaintiffs' Reply will be due on August 30, 2012.
Presently, Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification is set to be heard before this Court on September 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. However, the parties are amenable to a hearing continuance, in the event the Court's calendar so requires.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
By:_____________
Cassandra H. Carroll
Attorneys for Defendant
VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL
CENTER
KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIDEMANN &
GIRARD
By:_____________
Michelle Cannon
Attorneys for Defendants Modesto City
Schools, Modesto City Schools Board of
Education, Virginia Johnson and Sue
Swartzlander
MCARTHUR & LEVIN, LLP
By:_____________
Rodney L. Levin
Attorneys for Defendants Ripon Unified
School District, Ripon Unified School District
Board of Trustees and San Joaquin County
Office of Education
LOUGHREY & ASSOCIATES
By:_____________
Tamara L. Loughrey
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
LEIGH LAW GROUP
By:_____________
Mandy Leigh
Jay Jambeck
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ORDER
Based on the parties stipulation,
1. Defendants' Responses/Oppositions to Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification will now be due on August 16, 2012.
2. Plaintiffs' Reply will be due on August 30, 2012.
3. Oral argument is scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on September 10, 2012. It is so ordered.
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GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.
United States District Judge
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