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Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER DEADLINES MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr. , District Judge . IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Plaintiffs, through their attorneys of record, James Cook and Ben Nisenbaum, Law Offices of John Burris; and Defendants, City of Stockton, et al., by and through attorneys of record, Ted Wood, Office of the City Attorney, that the following deadlines be continued: Discovery Completion: Doctober 21, 2016 (Prior date was
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER DEADLINES MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr. , District Judge . IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Plaintiffs, through their attorneys of record, James Cook and Ben Nisenbaum, Law Offices of John Burris; and Defendants, City of Stockton, et al., by and through attorneys of record, Ted Wood, Office of the City Attorney, that the following deadlines be continued: Discovery Completion: Doctober 21, 2016 (Prior date was ..
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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER DEADLINES
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Plaintiffs, through their attorneys of record, James Cook and Ben Nisenbaum, Law Offices of John Burris; and Defendants, City of Stockton, et al., by and through attorneys of record, Ted Wood, Office of the City Attorney, that the following deadlines be continued:
Discovery Completion: Doctober 21, 2016 (Prior date was July 18, 2016)
Expert Disclosure: December 1, 2016 (Prior date was August 1, 2016)
Supplemental Expert Disc.: December 22, 2016 (Prior date was August 20, 2016)
Last Day for Dispositive Motions: April 1, 2017 (Prior Date was November 15, 2016)
Final Pre-trial Conference: ____________________ (Prior date was January 19, 2017)
Trial: _____________________ (Prior date was March 13, 2017)
The brief continuance is requested to permit counsel for Plaintiffs to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 17 and Local Rules 202(a) as to the minor Plaintiffs. Magistrate Judge Brennan has ordered counsel for Plaintiffs to comply with these rules by July 27, 2016. (See, Doc. 52.) Counsel for Plaintiffs has been out of contact with the clients since approximately September 2015 due to Plaintiffs' participation in a witness protection program. Discovery to Plaintiffs from Defendants has been outstanding since August 2015 and remains unresolved. The parties request the additional time to permit counsel for Plaintiffs to contact Plaintiffs and determine whether to proceed with the litigation and/or to establish a process for timely and effective communication with the Plaintiffs through a guardian ad litem. The parties respectfully request the Court grant this stipulation to allow them adequate time to prepare the case for trial.
IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
ORDER
In accordance with the parties' stipulation, and good cause appearing, the deadline for the completion of discovery in this matter is continued to October 21, 2016, expert disclosure is now due on December 1, 2016, and supplemental expert disclosure shall occur not later than December 22, 2016. Plaintiffs' counsel is further directed to file a status report by October 12, 2016 informing the Court as to their efforts to contact Plaintiffs and to ascertain whether Plaintiffs intend to proceed with this litigation. Following receipt of that report, Final Pretrial Conference and trial dates will be scheduled as necessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
