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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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BEATIFICATO & ASSOCIATES Mary Helen Beatificato (State Bar No.: 220936) 

2 Venture Plaza, Suite 380 

Irvine, California 92618 

Telephone: (949) 585-0483 

Facsimile: (949) 585-0480 

E-Mail: mh@oclitigators.com

Tory M. Pankopf (SBN 202581) 

LAW OFFICES OF TORY M. PANKOPF 

611 Sierra Rose Drive 

Reno, Nevada 89511 

Telephone: (530) 725-8263 Fax: (530) 725-8264 

Email: tppankopf@sbcglobal.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYLVIA MAHACH-WATKINS, 

Individually and as the Successor in 

Interest to the Estate of JOHN JOSEPH 

WAYNE WATKINS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

LARRY DEPEE, STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, and DOES 1 through 100, 

Inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO: C-05-1143-SI 

[Proposed] STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO CHANGE TIME ON DISCLOSURE 

OF EXPERT WITNESSES 

[LR-6-2] 

Date: 

Time: 9:00 a.m. Courtroom: 10, 19th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston

Plaintiff SYLVIA MAHACH-WATKINS, by and through her undersigned counsel, and 

Defendants’ LARRY DEPEE and the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, by and through their 

undersigned counsel, pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, stipulate to change the time the parties are to 

designate their respective expert witnesses from October 6, 2006, to October 13, 2006 (the 

“Parties”). 

Date to Disclose Expert Witnesses Watkins v. Depee, et al. 

Case No. C-05 1143-SI

Tory M. Pankopf 611 Sierra Rose Drive 

Reno, NV 89511

(530) 725-8263

Case 3:05-cv-01143-SI Document 69-1 Filed 10/02/2006 Page 1 of 4
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Good cause exists for this continuance because the Plaintiff just learned on Friday, 

September 29, 2006, that their expert witness regarding police procedures died September 12, 

2006. Further, their ballistic expert just informed them that he has been diagnosed with cancer 

and is taking treatment which will make him unavailable for a December 11, 2006, trial date. 

Pursuant to the Pre-trial Order, expert witness disclosures are to be made October 6, 

2006. The Parties request that the date to disclose expert witnesses is continued 1 week for the 

purpose of discussing this issue and the issue of the trial date at the hearing on the motion for 

summary judgment that is currently set for this Friday, October 6, 2006. 

 

SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: October 2, 2006 BEATIFICATO & ASSOCIATES

 BY:_/S/ MARY H. BEATIFICATO 

 MARY H. BEATIFICATO

 Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATED: October 2, 2006 

 BY:_/S/ DAVID W. HAMILTON 

 DAVID W. HAMILTON

 Deputy Attorney General 

 Attorney for Defendants 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October ____, 2006 

 ___________________________

HON. SUSAN ILLSTON 

United States District Judge 

Date to Disclose Expert Witnesses Watkins v. Depee, et al. 

Case No. C-05 1143-SI

Tory M. Pankopf 611 Sierra Rose Drive 

Reno, NV 89511

(530) 725-8263

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 Case 3:05-cv-01143-SI Document 70 Filed 10/05/06 Page 2 of 4
 

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DECLARATION OF MARY HELEN BEATIFICATO

IN COMPLIANCE WITH LR 6-2

I, Mary Helen Beatificato, declare and state, 

1. I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California, and licensed to 

practice law before all of the courts of this state and this federal judiciary. If called as a witness, 

I could competently testify as to all of the matters contained herein. All of the facts set forth in 

this declaration are based on my own personal knowledge. 

2. The reason for the enlargement of the time from October 6, 2006, to October 13, 

2006, is because I just learned this last Friday, September 29, 2006, that our police procedures 

expert, Mr. Frank Saunders, passed away on September 12, 2006. Furthermore, our ballistic 

expert has advised us he has cancer and is undergoing therapy and treatment. As a result, he will 

not be available for a December 11, 2006, trial date. Given the untimely death of Mr. Saunders 

and our ballistic experts’ unfortunate serious illness, it will be impossible to find experts to 

replace either man and be ready for trial. 

3. The Court has previously issued an order continuing the non-expert discovery 

from August 4, 2006, to August 17, 2006. 

4. The Court, by stipulation and order, continued the date to respond to defendants’ 

motion for summary judgment from September 1, 2006, to September 8, 2006. Accordingly, the 

defendants’ reply was not due until September 22, 2006. And, for the purpose of 

accommodating the Court’s calendar, the hearing on the motion for summary judgment was 

continued to October 6, 2006, rather than September 29, 2006. 

5. There has been no other modification to the pre-trial order. 

6. The purpose of the request for only 1 week at this time is because the parties will 

be before the court this Friday, October 6, 2006, on the hearing regarding defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment. The parties wish to discuss the death of plaintiff’s expert witness and the 

unavailability of their ballistics expert at the hearing. 

Date to Disclose Expert Witnesses Watkins v. Depee, et al. 

Case No. C-05 1143-SI

Tory M. Pankopf 611 Sierra Rose Drive 

Reno, NV 89511

(530) 725-8263

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7. The effect of the request for continuing the disclosure of expert witnesses will 

necessitate the continuance of the trial date. Given that expert witness cutoff date is November 

3, 2006, and the trial date is December 11, it is inconceivable that we could find alternate expert 

witnesses to replace Mr. Saunders and our ballistics expert at this late date. 

I declare, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that 

the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated this 2nd day of October, 2006, at Irvine, California. 

 

/S/ MARY HELEN BEATIFICATO

 MARY HELEN BEATIFICATO 

 Declarant 

Date to Disclose Expert Witnesses Watkins v. Depee, et al. 

Case No. C-05 1143-SI

Tory M. Pankopf 611 Sierra Rose Drive 

Reno, NV 89511

(530) 725-8263

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