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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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CASE NO. C15-01202-DMR

JOINT PROPOSED CASE SCHEDULE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Joseph S. May SBN 245924

LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH S. MAY

1388 Sutter Street, Suite 810

San Francisco, CA 94109

Tel: (415) 781-3333

Fax: (415) 707-6600

joseph@josephmaylaw.com

R. Wesley Pratt SBN 191159

BRENT, FIOL & PRATT, LLP

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2860

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: (415) 259-4515

Fax: (415) 373-4420

wpratt@bfplawyers.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff GARY RICHARD LAWMAN

by and through his Guardian ad Litem Richard de Villiers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

GARY RICHARD LAWMAN by and 

through his Guardian ad Litem Richard de 

Villiers,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO; PHILLIP M. GORDON; 

GLEN PAUL MINIOZA; BRIAN W. 

KNEUKER; CARLOS GUTIERREZ;

CRAIG F. TOM; PATRICK F. PENE; 

JULIO C. PALENCIA; ANDREW N. 

BROWN; PAUL E. RAPICAVOLI; 

MATTHEW M. O’SHEA; MICHAEL 

HENNESSEY; GREG SUHR; ROEL L. 

LAPITAN; FRANK LATKO a.k.a. 

FRANZI LATKO; and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

CASE NO. C15-01202-DMR

JOINT PROPOSED CASE SCHEDULE

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Action Filed: December 31, 2013

Removal: March 13, 2015

Trial Date: June 6, 2016

(AS MODIFIED)

(AS MODIFIED)

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The Parties, through their respective undersigned counsel, submit the following proposed 

case schedule in order to supplement the schedule set forth in the minutes of the July 1, 2015 

case management conference (Dkt. No. 17). The Parties seek a case management order in 

accordance with the following:

1. The Parties agree to bifurcate liability and damages for purposes of discovery, 

such that discovery related to damages will be stayed until January 4, 2016, or until the Court 

rules on any motion for summary judgment regarding liability issues, whichever is sooner, 

except as otherwise set forth below.

2. If a witness who has been deposed on issues related to liability is sought to be 

deposed on issues related to damages, the parties agree to make such witness available, to the 

extent possible, for such further deposition during the second phase of the case. 

3. The Parties may begin serving interrogatories, requests for admission, requests for 

production of documents, and subpoenas duces tecum related to damages on November 5, 2015. 

4. Plaintiff agrees in principle to make himself available for one physical 

examination, one mental examination, and one neuropsychological examination by defenseretained doctors in January 2016, assuming the Court orders Plaintiff to attend such exams, 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 35, for good cause shown; however, Plaintiff expressly reserves 

any and all rights to assert available objections, oppositions, qualifications, or limitations related 

to the conduct of the examinations, including but not limited to the identity and qualification of 

the examiner and scope, duration, and battery of tests given at any examination. 

5. The last day to file a summary judgment motion on liability issues is November 5, 

2015.

6. The last day for the hearing on a summary judgment motion on liability issues is 

December 10, 2015.

7. The Parties request that the case be submitted to a settlement conference with a 

magistrate judge the week of January 4, 2016, or after the Court rules on any motion for 

summary judgment on liability issues, whichever is later. 

8. Fact discovery to close February 26, 2016.

(AS MODIFIED)

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9. Expert witness disclosures must be served no later than March 8, 2016.

10. Expert discovery to close April 29, 2016.

Dated: July 22, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH S. MAY

and

BRENT, FIOL & PRATT, LLP

/s/ Joseph S. May

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By: JOSEPH S. MAY, Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GARY RICHARD LAWMAN

Dated: July 22, 2015

DENNIS J. HERRERA

City Attorney

CHERYL ADAMS

Chief Trial Deputy

JAMES F. HANNAWALT

Deputy City Attorney

/s/ James F. Hannawalt*

By:

JAMES F. HANNAWALT

Attorneys for Defendants

*Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer of 

this document attests that concurrence has been 

obtained from each of the other Signatories to this 

document.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, it is hereby ordered: 

1. The issues of liability and damages shall be bifurcated for purposes of discovery; 

discovery related to damages will be stayed until January 4, 2016, or until the Court rules on any 

motion for summary judgment regarding liability issues, whichever is sooner, except as 

otherwise set forth below.

(AS MODIFIED)

(AS MODIFIED)

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2. If a witness who has been deposed on issues related to liability is sought to be 

deposed on issues related to damages, the parties shall make such witness available, to the extent 

possible, for such further deposition during the second phase of the case. 

3. The Parties may begin serving interrogatories, requests for admission, requests for 

production of documents, and subpoenas duces tecum related to damages on November 5, 2015. 

4. Plaintiff shall make himself generally available for one physical examination, one 

mental examination, and one neuropsychological examination by defense-retained doctors in 

January 2016, assuming the Court orders Plaintiff to attend such exams, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. 

Proc. 35, for good cause shown; however, Plaintiff may assert available objections, oppositions, 

qualifications, or limitations related to the conduct of the examinations, including but not limited 

to the identity and qualification of the examiner and scope, duration, and battery of tests given at 

any examination. 

5. The last day to file any summary judgment motion on liability issues is November 

5, 2015.

6. The last day for the hearing on any summary judgment motion on liability issues 

is December 10, 2015.

7. The case shall be submitted to a settlement conference with a magistrate judge the 

week of January 4, 2016, or after the Court rules on any motion for summary judgment on 

liability issues, whichever is later. 

8. Fact discovery shall close February 26, 2016.

9. Expert witness disclosures must be served no later than March 8, 2016.

10. Expert discovery shall close April 29, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________ __________________________________

HON. DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

(AS MODIFIED)

7/29/2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

Matters re Nos. 5-10 are covered in the CMC & Pretrial Order. See CMC & Pretrial Order [Doc. 20].

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