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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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County Counsel

Tulare County

Visalia, California

William A. Romaine, #126966

Law Office of William A. Romaine

206 West Lacey Blvd. #309

Hanford, CA 93230

Telephone: (559) 582-9360

Facsimile: (559) 582-9350

Attorney for Plaintiff

KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE, #094765

County Counsel for the County of Tulare

Judith D. Chapman, #169479

Deputy County Counsel

2900 West Burrel, County Civic Center

Visalia, California 93291

Telephone: (559) 733-6263

Facsimile: (559) 737-4319

Attorneys for Defendant County of Tulare 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO

DENNIS ALBA, 

 Plaintiffs,

vs.

COUNTY OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA, 

TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY 

RONALD CROUCH, TULARE COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, TULARE 

COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY 

SERGEANT TORRES, TULARE COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPUTY DERRICK HOOD 

AND TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPUTY BERTOLDO,

 Defendants.

Case Number: 1:15-cv-01492-EPG

PARTIES’ JOINT STIPULATION 

AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE 

MANDATORY SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE HEARING DATE

Date: February 18, 2016

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 10

Erica P. Grojean

U.S. Magistrate Judge

JOINT STIPULATION

Plaintiff, DENNIS ALBA by and through his attorney of record, William A. Romaine 

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County Counsel

Tulare County

Visalia, California

and Defendants, COUNTY OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA, TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPUTY RONALD CROUCH, TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, 

TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SERGEANT TORRES, TULARE COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPUTY DERRICK HOOD AND TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY 

BERTOLDO, by and through Tulare County Counsel, Deputy County Counsel, Judith D. 

Chapman, stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS the parties are required pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), to meet and 

confer at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the Mandatory Scheduling Conference which is 

scheduled for February 18, 2016. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss on February 1, 2016

and hearing on the Motion to Dismiss has been set for March 11, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. The 

Plaintiff’s Opposition to the Motion Dismiss is due February 26, 2016 and Defendants’ 

Reply to Opposition is due March 4, 2016. The parties agree that a Scheduling Conference 

will be more productive and the parties will be able to discuss facts, issues and dates if the 

Scheduling Conference is continued until after the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss.

THEREFORE the parties respectfully request that the Mandatory Scheduling

Conference currently scheduled for February 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. be continued for a period 

of at least 45 days from the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss, or on or after April 26, 2016.

IT IS SO STIPULATED BY THE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD AND NAMED 

HEREIN.

Dated: 2-9-2016 LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM A. ROMAINE

____/s/ William A. Romaine______

William A. Romaine, Attorney for

Plaintiff

Dated: 2-9-2016 KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE

County Counsel

_____/s/Judith D. Chapman___

Judith D. Chapman, Attorney for

Defendants

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ORDER

Based on the parties’ Stipulation to continue Mandatory Scheduling Conference, and 

good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: The Mandatory Scheduling 

Conference in this matter, currently set for February 18, 2016, is vacated and continued to 

April 28, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in Department 10. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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