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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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CASE NO. CV13-00714 WHA (PR) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

TO EXTEND SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

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IVOR SAMSON (State Bar No. 52767)

ivor.samson@dentons.com

BONNIE LAU (State Bar No. 246188)

bonnie.lau@dentons.com

JESSICA L. DUGGAN (State Bar No. 271703)

jessica.duggan@dentons.com

DENTONS US LLP

525 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-2708

Telephone: (415) 882-5000

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300

Attorneys for Plaintiff TIO DINERO SESSOMS

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

JOHN P. DEVINE

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

SUSAN J. KAWALA (State Bar No. 178612)

Susan.Kawala@doj.ca.gov

Deputy Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5708

Facsimile: (415) 703-5480

Attorneys for Defendant DARRIN BRIGHT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIO DINERO SESSOMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

R.N. HELEN THORNTON; R.N. FRANCES

SSEMPEBWA; DR. EDWARD BIRDSONG;

DR. KUMAR; DR. POMPAN; DR. JOHN

DOWBAK; DR. ELIZABETH B.

SCHNEIDER; DR. T.W. WY; DR. BRIGHT;

DR. A. ADAMS; G. ELLIS; RANDY

GROUNDS,

Defendants.

Case No. CV 13-0714 WHA (PR)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO EXTEND SUMMARY

JUDGMENT AND CASE

MANAGEMENT DEADLINES

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STIPULATION

Plaintiff Tio Dinero Sessoms and Defendant Darren Bright, by and through their

undersigned counsel, respectfully request that the Court enter the following stipulation pursuant

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b) and Civil Local Rule 6-2 for a brief extension of (1) the

opposition and reply brief deadlines and hearing date for Defendant’s motion for summary

judgment; and (2) the case management statement deadline and case management conference.

In support of this stipulation, the undersigned parties provide the following facts:

1. On May 5, 2015, this Court issued an order setting Defendants’ deadline to file a

motion for summary judgment on June 4, 2015. Due to the withdrawal of Plaintiff’s former

pro bono counsel, the Court referred the case to the Federal Pro Bono Project and granted

Plaintiff a four-week extension of the deadline to respond. The order also stated that the Court

“would also consider a reasonable motion to extend or to continue deadlines (where good cause is

shown) brought by new appointed pro bono counsel.” (Dkt. 91.)

2. On June 1, 2015, the Court appointed Ivor Samson, Bonnie Lau and Jessica

Duggan, all of Dentons US LLP, as pro bono counsel for Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

1915(e)(1) and the Court’s Federal Pro Bono Project guidelines. The Court set the briefing

schedule on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment as follows: Defendants’ motion for

summary judgment due on June 4, 2015; Plaintiff’s opposition brief due on July 16, 2015; and

Defendants’ reply brief due on July 23, 2015. The Court scheduled the hearing on the motion for

summary judgment on August 13, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. (Dkt. 96.)

3. The Court also ordered the parties to file a joint case management statement

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-9 no later than August 6, 2015, and scheduled a case

management conference on August 13, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. (Dkt. 96).

4. Defendant Bright filed a “Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment” on

June 4, 2015. (Dkt. 98.)

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5. Good cause exists to extend the opposition and reply deadlines and hearing date

for Defendant Bright’s Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment, as well as the case

management statement deadline and case management conference. Ms. Lau has a Federal Circuit

appeal brief due on July 6 and a summary judgment motion due on July 8. Ms. Lau also has a

previously-scheduled work trip to Japan from July 13-24 for an investigation in another matter.

Ms. Duggan has a post-trial brief due on June 8 and closing arguments in that same trial on June

22. In addition, Ms. Duggan has previously-scheduled out-of-state family commitments from

July 2-9 and July 30-August 3. Counsel for Defendant Bright, Susan Kawala, has a prepaid

vacation from August 9-16, which conflicts with the current hearing date.

In light of the above facts, the parties jointly request that the Court briefly extend the

summary judgment and case management deadlines, and enter the following stipulation as an

Order of the Court:

A. Plaintiff shall file his opposition brief by August 17, 2015.

B. Defendant shall file his reply brief by August 24, 2015.

C. The hearing on Defendant Bright’s Supplemental Motion for Summary Judgment

shall be on September 10, 2015 at 8:00 a.m.

D. The case management conference shall be on September 10, 2015 at 8:00 a.m.

E. The parties shall file a joint case management statement no later than September 3,

2015.

Dated: June 10, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

DENTONS US LLP

BY: /s/ Bonnie Lau

Bonnie Lau

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TIO DINERO SESSOMS

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

BY: /s/ Susan J. Kawala

Susan J. Kawala

Attorneys for Defendant

DARREN BRIGHT

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PROPOSED ORDER

Pursuant to Stipulation and for good cause shown,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

BY:

Hon. William Alsup

United States District Judge

June 15, 2015.

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