Filed: Jan. 15, 2016
Latest Update: Jan. 15, 2016
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REQUEST TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT ALLISON CLAIRE , Magistrate Judge . The current deadline for the parties to file their joint status report is January 18, 2016. (Docket No. 229). 1 The deadline for the parties to file their joint status report has been extended by stipulation and order previously, mainly because Plaintiff's recently appointed pro bono counsel received the case file the day before the Thanksgiving holiday and coun
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REQUEST TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT ALLISON CLAIRE , Magistrate Judge . The current deadline for the parties to file their joint status report is January 18, 2016. (Docket No. 229). 1 The deadline for the parties to file their joint status report has been extended by stipulation and order previously, mainly because Plaintiff's recently appointed pro bono counsel received the case file the day before the Thanksgiving holiday and couns..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE REQUEST TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT
ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge.
The current deadline for the parties to file their joint status report is January 18, 2016. (Docket No. 229).1
The deadline for the parties to file their joint status report has been extended by stipulation and order previously, mainly because Plaintiff's recently appointed pro bono counsel received the case file the day before the Thanksgiving holiday and counsel has needed time, particularly with ensuing holidays, to: meet and confer with Plaintiff who is incarcerated, and review the voluminous file, pleadings and court docket in this case that has been pending since 2008. Plaintiff's pro bono counsel has worked diligently to complete his review, has met and conferred telephonically with Plaintiff numerous times, met and conferred with opposing counsel telephonically, and, this week, completed his review and assessment of the case and file pursuant to the Court's Order Appointing Pro Bono Counsel, dated November 4, 2015. (Docket No. 225).
Although the file has been reviewed, Plaintiff's pro bono counsel has not had an opportunity to discuss with Plaintiff (who is incarcerated in San Diego County) the outcome of counsel's review and recommendations for next steps. Plaintiff's pro bono counsel has arranged to speak with Plaintiff, who has limited access to telephones, during the week of January 18, 2016 to discuss the case and counsel's assessment of the file. Plaintiff's pro bono counsel, however, understands that it is only proper for him to discuss Plaintiff's case with Plaintiff before counsel discusses the same with the Court and opposing counsel.
For these reasons, the parties have stipulated to and request a short extension to February 3, 2016, to ensure that Plaintiff's pro bono counsel has adequate opportunity to discuss the case with his client the week of January 18, 2016, and then file their joint status report. No trial date has been set in this case. [PROPOSED] ORDER
Based on the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the request is granted and the parties are to file a joint status report on or before February 3, 2016.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
