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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare St., Ste. 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: 559/498-7272

Facsimile: 559/498-7432

Attorneys for Defendant

John E. Potter, Postmaster General 

United States Postal Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JODY K. GEORGE,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN E. POTTER,

Postmaster General,

United States Postal Service, 

Defendant.

 

 

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No. 1: 03 CV 6052 DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER

VACATING LITIGATION SCHEDULE

The present action comprises an employment dispute relating

to the employment of plaintiff Jody K. George (“plaintiff”) at

the Merced Post Office. Discovery commenced long ago, and the

parties have thus far requested and exchanged extensive written

discovery, including thousands of pages of documents. 

This action involves complex discovery issues, including

those pertaining to the production of both paper documents, as

well as the production of electronically stored information

(“ESI”). These discovery issues also include those relevant to

novel components of Federal Rules 26 and 37 regarding ESI and

expected to take effect in December 2006. In addition, the

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parties presently anticipate that this action will require the

taking of many depositions, most of which after the parties work

through the above document production issues.

Plaintiff and defendant John Potter, Postmaster General,

United States Postal Service (“Postal Service”) participated in

an informal discovery conference with the Honorable Dennis L.

Beck in his chambers on May 1, 2006. Within this conference, the

parties significantly briefed and then addressed outstanding

discovery issues in this case, and each requested that this

action’s litigation schedule be extended to allow for them to

continue working through these issues. Pursuant to what was

discussed at the informal discovery conference, the parties

understand that the Court is willing to vacate the litigation

schedule now, with the understanding that the parties would

propose a new schedule after diligently working through enough

discovery issues to enable them to determine an appropriate

schedule. 

The Postal Service’s counsel’s office contacted the Court

after the above discovery conference to ask if an order vacating

dates would be issued, and learned that the Court requested that

a stipulation and proposed order first be filed. 

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The parties therefore stipulate, by and through the

undersigned counsel, to the vacating this action’s litigation

schedule at this time.

Dated: May 22, 2006. May 22, 2006

Respectfully submitted,

Law Offices of Elaine W. Wallace McGREGOR W. SCOTT

 United States Attorney

As auth. 5/22/06

 /s/ Elaine W. Wallace /s/ Brian W. Enos 

ELAINE W. WALLACE BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorneys for Attorneys for

Plaintiff Jody K. George the United States

Postal Service

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 23, 2006 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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