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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Jt. Stip. to Cont. Hr’g on Mot. to Dismiss & Req. to Stay Deadlines until Final Order on Mot. to Dismiss; 

Order Thereon (2:16-cv-01297-MCE-GGH)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California 

JON S. ALLIN, State Bar No. 155069 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

MAUREEN C. ONYEAGBAKO, State Bar No. 238419 

Deputy Attorney General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 322-7119 

Fax: (916) 324-5205 

E-mail: Maureen.Onyeagbako@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants Maydole, State 

of California, California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, and 

California Correctional Center 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

JONATHAN VELARDE, by and through 

his successor in interest, MARIA 

AGUIRRE, MARIA AGUIRRE, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION; CALIFORNIA 

CORRECTIONAL CENTER; WARDEN 

ROBERT GOWER; DONALD 

MAYDOLE; and DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants.

2:16-cv-01297-MCE-GGH 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

HEARING ON MOTION TO DISMISS 

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

REQUEST TO STAY LITIGATION 

DEADLINES PENDING FINAL ORDER 

ON MOTION TO DISMISS; 

ORDER THEREON 

 

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

Trial Date: N/A 

Action Filed: June 9, 2016 

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Plaintiff Maria Aguirre and Defendants State of California, California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, California Correctional Center, and D. Maydole (collectively, the 

“Stipulating Parties”), stipulate and request modification of the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order 

as follows: 

1. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Amended 

Complaint, which is noticed for hearing on November 17, 2016. (Defs.’ Mot. to Dismiss, 

Oct. 13, 2016, ECF No. 16.) Plaintiff’s counsel, Virginia Narian, has requested to continue the 

hearing date because Plaintiff’s November 3 deadline to respond to the motion conflicts with her 

pre-existing November 2 deadline to file an opposition to a motion for summary judgment in 

Arnita Haley v. American Medical Response, Case No. BC585596 (Los Angeles Cnty.). The 

Stipulating Parties agree that the hearing date should be continued to the next available date of 

December 1, 2016, in order to accommodate Ms. Narian’s schedule. 

2. The parties also agree to modify the briefing schedule for the motion to dismiss 

because the reply brief deadline falls on a state holiday and defense counsel will be out of the 

office and unavailable. Conflicts with the Thanksgiving holiday and defense counsel’s preexisting, pre-paid travel plans further constrain her availability between November 18 and 

November 24. Thus, the parties agree that Plaintiff shall file her opposition, if any, by 

November 9, and Defendants shall file their reply by November 18. 

3. Additionally, Plaintiff’s counsel has represented that a purported eyewitness to the 

prison riot alleged in this case, former inmate Alexander Santos, will be moving out of the State 

of California by November 21, 2016, and is not expected to return. Thus, Ms. Narian requests an 

accommodation to take Mr. Santos’s deposition before November 21 and before finalizing a 

scheduling order in this case. In exchange, Plaintiff stipulates to stay all deadlines under Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26, and under the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order until after the 

Court issues a final order on Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. 

Defendants’ agreement to participate in Santos’s deposition does not constitute a willingness to 

begin any other discovery in this case. Additionally, this stipulation does not constitute a waiver 

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of objections to the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order. 

4. The Stipulating Parties further agree that there is good cause to continue all 

deadlines under Rules 16 and 26 and the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order because the parties, 

claims, and defenses in this case remain uncertain in light of Defendants’ motion to dismiss. This 

uncertainty precludes the parties from effectively preparing disclosures and discussing the 

discovery issues outlined in Rules 16 and 26. Additionally, Defendants’ motion asserts qualified 

immunity, which should be resolved before imposing the expense and burden of discovery. 

5. Based on the foregoing, the Stipulating Parties request that the Court stay all 

deadlines under Rules 16 and 26 and the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order until after the Court 

issues a final order on Defendants’ motion to dismiss. In the event that this case is not dismissed 

in its entirety, the Stipulating Parties request that new deadlines be set no sooner than twenty-one 

days following service of the final order on the motion to dismiss. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

JON S. ALLIN

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Maureen Onyeagbako 

MAUREEN C. ONYEAGBAKO

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants Maydole, State 

of California, California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, and 

California Correctional Center 

Dated: October 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

LARRY RABINEAU

VIRGINIA NARIAN

Law Offices of Larry Rabineau 

/s/ Virginia Narian 

(as authorized on October 28, 2016) 

VIRGINIA NARIAN

Attorneys for Plaintiff Maria Aguirre

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ORDER 

In accordance with the parties’ foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing, the hearing 

on Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint shall be continued from November 17, 

2016 to December 1, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

Additionally, all deadlines under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26 and the Initial 

Pretrial Scheduling Order are stayed pending issuance of a final order on Defendants’ motion to 

dismiss the Amended Complaint. If the case survives the motion to dismiss, new deadlines shall 

be set no sooner than twenty-one days following service of the Court’s final order on Defendants’ 

motion to dismiss. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 14, 2016 

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