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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Gary DICKEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

Gilbert MENDOZA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 17-cv-0206-WQH-AGS

ORDER REQUIRING JOINT 

DISCOVERY PLAN

The parties are ordered to provide a Joint Discovery Plan by March 16, 2018. The 

Joint Discovery Plan must be filed on the CM/ECF system as well as lodged with 

Magistrate Judge Schopler by emailing the Plan to efile_schopler@casd.uscourts.gov. If 

the Plan with its attachments exceeds 20 pages, a courtesy paper copy of the Plan must be 

delivered to Judge Schopler’s Chambers. Because the parties addressed the issue of failure 

to exhaust, the Plan should offer a brief schedule to adjudicate that issue before moving on 

to general discovery. See Albino v. Baca, 747 F.3d 1162, 1170 (9th Cir. 2014) (“Exhaustion 

should be decided, if feasible, before reaching the merits of a prisoner’s claim.”). The Plan 

must identify whether and what good cause exists to modify the Court’s tentative schedule 

of deadlines and limitations, which is as follows:

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Event Deadline

Defense Counsel Receiving and 

Serving All Grievances on File at 

the Institution

March 23, 2018

Plaintiff’s Deposition, not limited 

solely to issues of exhaustion

By April 6, 2018

Any Motions Concerning 

Exhaustion or Requests for 

Albino Hearing

April 20, 2018

Motions to Amend May 4, 2018

Expert Witness Designations and 

Disclosures

July 9, 2018

Rebuttal Expert Witness 

Designations and Disclosures

August 10, 2018

Expert Discovery Completion September 7, 2018

Fact Discovery Completion September 7, 2018

MSC Briefs September 14, 2018

Mandatory Settlement Conference September 21, 2018, at 2:00 p.m.

Pretrial Motions October 8, 2018

Rule 26(a)(3) Disclosures January 11, 2019

Meet and Confer on the PTO January 18, 2019

Draft PTO to Defense Counsel January 25, 2019

Lodge PTO February 1, 2019

Final Pretrial Conference February 8, 2019, at 11:00 a.m.

Discovery Type Restriction

Depositions No more than 4

Requests for Admission No more than 15

Interrogatories No more than 15

Requests to Produce Documents No more than 15

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Defense counsel is responsible for contacting plaintiff to prepare the joint discovery plan 

and, should plaintiff be incarcerated at the relevant time, for ensuring plaintiff’s 

participation in any telephonic or in-person hearings. 

Dated: February 13, 2018

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