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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND TRIAL AND PRETRIAL 

DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

Kristina M. Launey (SBN 221335)

klauney@seyfarth.com

Michael W. Kopp (SBN 206385)

mkopp@seyfarth.com

Christina F. Jackson (SBN 281456)

cfjackson@seyfarth.com

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350

Sacramento, California 95814-4428

Telephone: (916) 448-0159

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839

Attorneys for Defendant

WINCO HOLDINGS, INC., sued herein as “WinCo

Holdings, Inc. dba WinCo Foods”

LAW OFFICES OF MICHELLE IARUSSO

Michelle Iarusso (SBN 280483)

michelle@mipilaw.com

Nicholas Dagher (SBN 275776)

64 N. Fair Oaks Avenue

Pasadena, CA 91103

Sacramento, California 95814-4428

Telephone: (626) 415-4422 

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Jerry W. Neufeld, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY W. NEUFELD, JR., an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

WINCO HOLDINGS, INC. dba WINCO FOODS, 

an Idaho corporation; and DOES 1 to 100, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:14-CV-01505-KJM-JLT

JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE EXPERT 

DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND PRETRIAL 

AND TRIAL DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

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TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE MUELLER:

WinCo Holdings, Inc. (“Defendant”) and Jerry W. Neufeld (“Plaintiff”) through their counsel of 

record jointly move for (1) a continuance of the expert discovery deadline, and (2) a continuance of the

current trial and pretrial filing deadlines, pending the outcome of WinCo’s pending motion for summary 

judgment. In support of this Motion, the parties stipulate as follows:

1. This matter was removed to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California on 

September 25, 2014. This Court issued a scheduling order on February 20, 2015, following the

February 19, 2015 status conference.

2. The parties have not previously sought the continuance of any deadline set in the original 

February 20, 2015 scheduling order, and have diligently complied with all scheduling deadlines to date.

3. Defendant promptly filed its “Motion for Summary Judgment or, In the Alternative, 

Motion for Summary Adjudication” on October 21, 2015, within one month of the close of all nonexpert discovery.

4. WinCo’s Motion for Summary Judgment was noticed for hearing for December 4, 2015, 

in advance of the current expert discovery cutoff and current pretrial filing deadlines. Plaintiff filed his 

Opposition on November 20, 2015, and WinCo filed its Reply on November 25, 2015.

5. By order dated December 1, 2015, the Court reset the hearing on Defendant’s Motion for 

Summary Judgment for January 15, 2016. 

6. Expert discovery is currently set to close on December 26, 2015, and the parties have an 

unresolved dispute concerning the sufficiency of Plaintiff’s disclosures of non-retained experts. The 

reset January 15, 2016 hearing date on Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is presently set to 

occur after the current expert discovery cutoff. The parties jointly wish to defer the expense of motion 

practice and depositions of Plaintiff’s retained and non-retained experts pending the resolution of the 

Motion for Summary Judgment. 

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7. The reset January 15, 2016 hearing date on WinCo’s Motion for Summary Judgment is 

also in close proximity to the January 28, 2016 deadline for the parties to file the comprehensive joint 

pretrial statement (identifying all non-discovery motions and their resolution, all undisputed and 

disputed facts core to each claim; lists of evidentiary issues subject to motions in limine, points of law in 

support of claims and defenses; a joint statement of the case; all witnesses and their expected testimony, 

all exhibits, and all further disclosures mandated by Local Rule 281).

8. The parties wish to avoid expert discovery expenses, discovery filings, and burdening the 

Court with further pretrial and trial filings pending the resolution of the pending Motion for Summary 

Judgment.

9. The Parties have met and conferred and have agreed to request (1) an extension of the 

expert discovery cutoff deadline from December 26, 2015 to March 15, 2016 (i.e., two months 

following the January 15, 2016 hearing on the motion for summary judgment); (2) a resetting of the 

current April 4, 2016 trial date to a date of the Court’s convenience in June or July 2016, with a 

corresponding adjustment of all pretrial deadlines (including the joint pretrial statement deadline, 

pretrial conference date, and the trial brief deadline).

10. No prior scheduling extensions have been sought by either party in this matter as to any 

scheduling deadline, and the proposed three month extensions on the current expert discovery and trial 

and pretrial deadlines are sought in good faith and for purpose of judicial economy, pending the

outcome of WinCo’s Motion for Summary Judgement.

NOW THEREFORE, all Parties hereto stipulate and agree that the Court may enter an Order 

(a) continuing the expert discovery deadline to March 15, 2016

(b) continuing the trial date from April 4, 2016 to a date of the Court’s convenience in June or July

(c) continuing the pretrial deadlines for the joint pretrial statement, pretrial conference, and the parties’ 

trial briefs to correspond with the reset trial date. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: December 14, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

By: /s/ Michael W. Kopp

Kristina M. Launey

Michael W. Kopp

Attorneys for Defendant

WINCO HOLDINGS, INC.

DATED: December 14, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF MICHELLE IARUSSO

By: /s/ Michelle Iarusso

Michelle Iarusso

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JERRY NEUFELD 

Attorney for Plaintiff agreed with the contents of 

this document and authorized the filer to use her 

electronic signature

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of counsel, the Court ORDERS:

1. The parties SHALL complete all expert discovery no later than March 15, 2016;

2. The trial is continued to June 20, 2016;

3. The deadline to file the joint pretrial statement is April 14, 2016;

4. The pretrial conference is continued to May 5, 2016;

5. The deadline to submit trial briefs is June 6, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 22, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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