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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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Joint Stipulation and Order 

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER, State Bar #114961

Chief Trial Attorney 

BLAKE P. LOEBS, State Bar #145790 

KIMBERLY A. BLISS, State Bar #207857 

Deputy City Attorney 

1390 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3861 

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

VICTOR WYRSCH AND JOANNE HAYES-WHITE 

MICHAEL D. MEADOWS, State Bar #62110

ANDREW C. SCHWARTZ, State Bar #64578 

CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ & COOK 

A Professional Corporation 

California Plaza 

2121 North California Blvd., Suite 1020 

Walnut Creek, California 94596 

Telephone: (925) 947-1147 

Facsimile: (925) 947-1131 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ESTATE OF NICHOLAS 

TORRICO, BONNIE JEAN TORRICO AND 

CARLOS TORRICO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ESTATE OF NICHOLAS TORRICO 

deceased, BONNIE JEAN TORRICO 

individually and as successor in interest to 

the Estate Of Nicholas Torrico and 

CARLOS TORRICO, individually and as 

successor in interest to the ESTATE OF 

NICHOLAS TORRICO, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, VICTOR WYRSCH and 

JOANNE HAYES-WHITE in her official 

capacity as Chief of the San Francisco 

Fire Department, and DOES 1 through 20, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 07-CV-03624-JCS 

JOINT STIPULATION RE 

CONTINUANCE OF DISCOVERY, 

PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES 

(REVISED AT COURT'S REQUEST); 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Trial Date: Feb. 2, 2009 

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The parties submit this revised Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order seeking a continuance 

of the discovery and pretrial dates per the Court's request. Despite diligently pursuing discovery to 

date, the parties need additional time to complete discovery. The continuance of the discovery cut-off 

date will also necessitate a continuance of the other pretrial and trial dates, as further described below. 

GOOD CAUSE 

The parties have diligently pursued discovery to date. The parties have exchanged initial 

disclosures, written discovery (including interrogatories and document requests), subpoenaed thirdparty records, and taken the depositions of six key parties and witnesses in anticipation of the 

upcoming mediation, set for April 10, 2008. (The parties are not asking to continue the mediation or 

the Further Case Management Conference, scheduled for April 19, 2008.) The parties have also 

scheduled depositions of eight additional City employees, family members and third-party witnesses 

after the mediation date of April 10, 2008. More specifically, the parties are set to take depositions of 

parties and witnesses on April 14, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25 and 29, 2008. In addition to the scheduled 

depositions, each party anticipates taking a number of additional party and third-party witness 

depositions before the discovery cut-off. Given the already crowded deposition schedule, and other 

calendar conflicts of counsel and witnesses (including vacations and scheduled trials), the parties 

need additional time to schedule the depositions, serve additional third-party witnesses with 

deposition subpoenas and complete the depositions. 

The parties have met and conferred and agreed that based on their calendars, a two month 

continuance of the discovery deadline should ensure the parties' ability to complete discovery. The 

parties also request a continuance of the associated pretrial and trial dates. First, a two-month 

continuance of the discovery cut-off necessarily requires a continuation of the expert discovery 

deadlines and dispositive motion deadlines. Second, the parties anticipate that defendants will file a 

summary judgment motion. Accordingly, the parties request a continuance of the pretrial and trial 

dates, because the parties: 1) want to ensure the Court has adequate time to consider and rule on the 

summary judgment motion before the parties and/or the Court expend considerable time and 

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resources on the pretrial filings; and 2) respectfully desire a continuance of the December 24, 2008 

pretrial filing deadline so as not to interfere with their holiday plans and vacations. 

The parties submit this stipulation and proposed order now, instead of waiting for the Further 

Case Management Conference on April 18, 2008. If the Court signs this the attached [Proposed] 

Order, the parties can continue to actively serve subpoenas, discovery requests, and schedule 

depositions. Without a signed order, however, the approaching discovery cut-off date would preclude 

the further serving and scheduling of discovery until after the April 18, 2008 Further Case 

Management Conference (assuming the Court were to grant a continuance at that time). 

STIPULATION 

The parties agree that there is good cause to continue the pretrial and trial dates in this matter. 

Accordingly, the parties stipulate to, and hereby request a continuance of the pretrial and trial dates in 

this matter as follows: 

Deadline Current Date New Date 

Close of non-expert discovery 5/2/08 7/3/08 

Expert disclosures due 6/6/08 8/8/08 

Expert rebuttal disclosures due 7/1//08 9/12/08 

Last day to file dispositive motions 8/1/08 10/3/08 

Expert discovery cut-off 8/8/08 10/10/08 

Last day to file oppositions to dispositive motions 8/15/08 10/17/08 

Last day to file reply on dispositive motions 8/22/08 10/24/08 

Last day to hear dispositive motions 9/5/08 11/7/08 

Pretrial filings (as specified in Court's pretrial order) 12/24/08 1/28/09 

Serve oppositions to Motions in Limine 1/6/09 2/10/09 

Last day to file objections to exhibits 1/6/09 2/10/09 

Submit order for admission of equipment to courthouse 1/10/09 2/13/09 

File motions in limine and oppositions with Court 1/9/09 2/13/09 

Final Pretrial Conference, 1:30 p.m. 1/16/09 2/20/09 

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Last day to make arrangements for daily transcript, etc. 1/23/09 2/20/09 

TRIAL (8:30-1:30 M-Th) 2/2/09 3/2/09 

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: April 2, 2008 

DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER 

Chief Trial Attorney 

BLAKE P. LOEBS 

KIMBERLY A. BLISS 

Deputy City Attorneys 

By:___/s/ Kimberly A. Bliss__________________

KIMBERLY A. BLISS 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY AND COUNTY OF 

SAN FRANCISCO, VICTOR WYRSCH AND 

JOANNE HAYES-WHITE 

Dated: April 2, 2008 

CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ & COOK 

By:___/s/ Michael D. Meadows_________________

MICHAEL D. MEADOWS 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ESTATE OF NICHOLAS 

TORRICO, BONNIE JEAN TORRICO AND CARLOS 

TORRICO 

Pursuant to General Order 45, §X.B., the filer of this 

document attests that she has received the concurrence 

of this signatory to file this document. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Based on the Stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing therefore, the pretrial and 

trial dates in this matter are continued as follows: 

Deadline Current Date New Date 

Close of non-expert discovery 5/2/08 7/3/08 

Expert disclosures due 6/6/08 8/8/08 

Expert rebuttal disclosures due 7/1//08 9/12/08 

Last day to file dispositive motions 8/1/08 10/3/08 

Expert discovery cut-off 8/8/08 10/10/08 

Last day to file oppositions to dispositive motions 8/15/08 10/17/08 

Last day to file reply on dispositive motions 8/22/08 10/24/08 

Last day to hear dispositive motions 9/5/08 11/7/08 

Pretrial filings (as specified in Court's pretrial order) 12/24/08 1/28/09 

Serve oppositions to Motions in Limine 1/6/09 2/10/09 

Last day to file objections to exhibits 1/6/09 2/10/09 

Submit order for admission of equipment to courthouse 1/10/09 2/13/09 

File motions in limine and oppositions with Court 1/9/09 2/13/09 

Final Pretrial Conference, 1:30 p.m. 1/16/09 2/20/09 

Last day to make arrangements for daily transcript, etc. 1/23/09 2/20/09 

TRIAL (8:30-1:30 M-Th) 2/2/09 3/2/09 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 HONORABLE JOSEPH C. SPERO 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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April 3, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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