Opinion
Case No. 2:10-CV-00523 GEB-JFM
07-21-2012
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, 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 Cassandra H. Carroll Matthew J. Mason Attorneys for Defendants / Counter Claimants VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER, RICHARD JACOBS, and TARA SISEMORE- HESTER LOUGHREY & ASSOCIATES Tamara Loughrey Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants LEIGH LAW GROUP Mandy Leigh Jay T. Jambeck Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Michelle L. Cannon Attorneys for Defendants MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS McARTHUR & LEVIN, LLP Rodney L. Levin Attorneys for Defendants RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and SAN JOAQUIN OFFICE OF EDUCATION
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
G. Daniel Newland (SBN 87965)
Cassandra H. Carroll (SBN 209123)
Matthew J. Mason (SBN 271344)
Attorneys for Defendants
VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER, RICHARD JACOBS,
and TARA SISEMORE-HESTER
LOUGHREY & ASSOCIATES
Tamara Loughrey (SBN 227001)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
LEIGH LAW GROUP
Mandy Leigh (SBN 225748)
Jay T. Jambeck (SBN 226018)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD
Michelle L. Cannon (SBN: 172680)
Attorneys for Defendants
MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS
McARTHUR & LEVIN, LLP
Rodney L. Levin (SBN: 169360)
Attorneys for Defendants
RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and SAN JOAQUIN OFFICE
OF EDUCATION
STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DATE
OF STATUS CONFERENCE
Date: August 6, 2012
The parties in the above-captioned case hereby stipulate, provided the Court is agreeable, to continue the Status Conference currently set for August 6, 2012 in this matter. The Status Conference was set by way of this Court's Order dated September 29, 2011 (Dkt. No. 143). Since that time, the parties have stipulated to two extensions of deadlines associated with Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification (Dkt. No. 152, Filed June 18, 2012) and Plaintiffs' Motion for Joinder of Defendants (Substitution of Doe Defendants) (Dkt. No. 164, Filed June 18, 2012). (See Dkt. Nos. 148, 168.) The parties previously stipulated to the extensions due to Plaintiffs' counsel's medical needs, Plaintiffs' need to obtain additional counsel, and Plaintiffs' newly obtained counsel's need to become familiar with the case.
Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification and Motion for Joinder of Defendants (Substitution of Doe Defendants) are currently noticed for hearing on September 10, 2012. The parties agree that the Court's rulings on Plaintiffs' motions will have a profound effect in determining the course of this case (i.e. whether it will proceed as a class action or as individual actions, etc.), which will likely influence the Court's determination of further dates, deadlines and scheduling.
The parties therefore agree that holding the Status Conference on August 6, 2012 as currently scheduled will likely be of little benefit to the Court or the parties, and request that the Court continue the Status Conference to a date as soon as is practicable after it issues its ruling on Plaintiffs' motions identified above.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
By: ______________________
G. Daniel Newland
Cassandra H. Carroll
Matthew J. Mason
Attorneys for Defendants / Counter Claimants
VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER,
RICHARD JACOBS, and TARA SISEMORE
HESTER
LOUGHREY & ASSOCIATES
By: ______________________
Tamara Loughrey
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
LEIGH LAW GROUP
By: ______________________
Mandy Leigh
Jay T. Jambeck
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants
KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN &
GIRARD
By: ______________________
Michelle L. Cannon
Attorneys for Defendants
MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS
McARTHUR & LEVIN, LLP
By: ______________________
Rodney L. Levin
Attorneys for Defendants
RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and
SAN JOAQUIN OFFICE OF EDUCATION
[PROPOSED] ORDER
The Status Conference currently scheduled for August 6, 2012 shall be continued to November 26, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. A joint status report shall be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
______________________
GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.
Senior United States District Judge