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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – CASE NO. 5:13-CV-04388-SI 

Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher LLP 

JAMES A. HENNEFER (SBN 059490) 

HENNEFER, FINLEY & WOOD, LLP 

425 California Street, 19th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2296 

Telephone: (413) 421-6100 

Facsimile: (413) 421-1815 

Email: jhennefer@hennefer-wood.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff J. Augusto Bastidas 

MICHAEL LI-MING WONG, SBN 194130

mwong@gibsondunn.com 

VANESSA A. PASTORA, SBN 277837 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 

Telephone: 415.393.8200 

Facsimile: 415.393.8306 

Attorneys for Defendants Good Samaritan Hospital LP, a 

Delaware limited partnership, Samaritan, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company, Good Samaritan 

Hospital Medical Staff, a California unincorporated 

association, Steven M. Schwartz, M.D., and Bruce G. 

Wilbur, M.D. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

J. AUGUSTO BASTIDAS, M.D.,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL LP, a 

Delaware limited partnership; SAMARITAN 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; 

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL MEDICAL 

STAFF, a California unincorporated 

association; STEVEN M. SCHWARTZ, M.D.; 

and BRUCE G. WILBUR, M.D., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 5:13-cv-04388-SI 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND 

PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND BRIEFING 

DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 

Complaint Filed: December 4, 2015 

Trial Date: 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – CASE NO. 5:13-CV-04388-SI 

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Crutcher LLP 

WHEREAS, on August 6, 2014, Plaintiff J. Augusto Bastidas, M.D. filed a Third Amended 

Complaint against Defendants Good Samaritan Hospital LP, Samaritan LLC, Good Samaritan 

Hospital Medical Staff, Steven M. Schwartz, M.D., and Bruce G. Wilbur, M.D. for racial 

discrimination and retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (“Third Amended Complaint”); 

WHEREAS, by Joint Stipulation to Continue Trial and Pretrial Dates (Dkt. No. 135), on 

October 29, 2015, the Court ordered the following pretrial and trial schedule for the case: 

• Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief, ordered by the Court on October 26, 2015 shall be filed 

November 9, 2015; 

• Defendants may file a reply brief to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief on November 17, 2015; 

• A hearing on the summary judgment motion will be held on November 20, 2015 or a date 

thereafter that is convenient for the Court; 

• The parties shall Designate their Expert Witnesses by December 7, 2015; 

• Rebuttal Expert Witnesses shall be identified by December 18, 2015; 

• Expert Discovery shall be completed by January 15, 2016; 

• The Pretrial Conference Date shall be February 17, 2016; and 

• The Jury Trial date shall be February 29, 2016; 

WHEREAS, on November 9, 2015, upon the Order for Supplemental Briefing dated 

September 30, 2015 (Dkt. No. 126), Plaintiff filed his Supplemental Brief, which indicated that 

Plaintiff would request leave to file an amended complaint; 

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2015, the Court issued an Order Granting Plaintiff’s Request 

for Leave to File a Fourth Amended Complaint and Denying Defendants’ Motion for Summary 

Judgment as moot (Dkt. No. 138); 

WHEREAS, on December 4, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Fourth Amended Complaint against 

Defendants for retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Dkt. No. 140); 

WHEREAS, the Fourth Amended Complaint raises matters that were not in the Third 

Amended Complaint and require further discovery by the parties; 

WHEREAS, due to the additional matters in the Fourth Amended Complaint and the need for 

further discovery, the parties have conferred and agreed to request that the pretrial and trial dates that 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – CASE NO. 5:13-CV-04388-SI 

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the Court established in its Order to Continue Pretrial and Trial Dates (Dkt. No. 136) be vacated and 

that new discovery deadlines, dispositive motion deadlines, and pretrial and trial dates be set; 

WHEREAS, due to the complexity of the pertinent legal and factual issues in this case and 

current conflicts of counsel on other matters, the parties have conferred and agreed, subject the 

Court’s approval, that (1) the deadline for Plaintiff to file an opposition to Defendant’s Motion to 

Dismiss the Fourth Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 144) be extended to February 12, 2016, and (2) 

the deadline for Defendants to file a reply to Plaintiff’s opposition be extended to March 4, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed that the efficiency of the handling and 

scheduling of this case would be enhanced if a Case Management Conference were scheduled for 

March 18, 2016, the date of the hearing regarding Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Fourth 

Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 144); 

WHEREAS, the parties also agree to file a Joint Case Management Statement seven days 

before the conference; and 

WHEREAS, this modification will not alter the date of any other event or deadline fixed by 

any Court order, 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the Court’s approval, that: 

• The pretrial and trial dates established by the Court’s Order to Continue Pretrial and Trial 

Dates (Dkt. No. 136) are vacated; 

• Plaintiff’s opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Fourth Amended Complaint will 

be due on February 12, 2016; 

• Defendants’ reply in support of their Motion to Dismiss the Fourth Amended Complaint will 

be due on March 4, 2016; 

• A Case Management Conference shall be conducted on March 18, 2016; and 

• The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement March 11, 2016. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – CASE NO. 5:13-CV-04388-SI 

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DATED: January 22, 2015 HENNEFER, FINLEY & WOOD, LLP 

 BY: /s/ James A. Hennefer 

JAMES A. HENNEFER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff J. Augusto Bastidas, M.D. 

DATED: January 22, 2015 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

 BY: /s/ Michael Li-Ming Wong 

MICHAEL LI-MING WONG 

VANESSA A. PASTORA 

Attorneys for Defendants Good Samaritan 

Hospital, L.P., Samaritan LLC, Good Samaritan 

Hospital Medical Staff, Steven M. Schwartz, M.D., 

and Bruce G. Wilbur, M.D.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – CASE NO. 5:13-CV-04388-SI 

Gibson, Dunn & 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

DATED: _________________, 2015 By: _________________________________ 

 HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

1/26/16

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE ALL TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES, EXTEND 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, AND SCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – CASE NO. 5:13-CV-04388-SI 

Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher LLP 

FILER’S ATTESTATION 

I, Michael Li-Ming Wong, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this Joint 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Vacate All Trial and Pretrial Dates, Extend Briefing Deadlines, 

and Schedule Case Management Conference. I hereby attest that James A. Hennefer has concurred in 

this and has authorized me to affix his electronic signature to this Stipulation. 

 

Dated: January 22, 2015 By: _/s/ Michael Li-Ming Wong__________ 

 Michael Li-Ming Wong 

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