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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 23:134 P.I.- Auto Negligence

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Second Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Order 1

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Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH HELM,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:11-cv-01703 MCE EFB

SECOND STIPULATION REQUESTING 

MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULING 

ORDER

The parties to this action, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree 

as follows:

1. On December 20, 2012, the Court entered its Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order. Docket 

28. On June 15, 2013, upon the parties’ stipulation, the Court extended the discovery cutoff to 

September 27, 2013. Dockets 33, 34. Accordingly, the deadlines for this case are as follows:

Discovery Cutoff September 27, 2013

Expert Witness Disclosure August 21, 2013

Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosure September 10, 2013

Dispositive Motions Heard By December 19, 2013

Joint Pretrial Conference Statement Due February 13, 2014

Evidentiary/Procedural Motions Due February 13, 2014

Oppositions to Evidentiary/Procedural Due February 20, 2014

Replies to Evidentiary/Procedural Due February 27, 2014

Final Pretrial Conference March 6, 2014

Trial Briefs Due April 7, 2014

Trial April 21, 2014

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorneys

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2720 

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Second Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Order 2

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2. Plaintiff alleges that Jay Negus, at the time a federal employee, caused an auto accident 

that injured plaintiff. Criminal charges are pending against Negus in San Joaquin Superior Court. His 

defense attorneys will not make him available for deposition until the criminal case has concluded. The 

August 2, 2013 trial date recently was again moved, this time to September 13, 2013. 

3. The expert witness disclosure deadline is August 21, 2013, and the parties’ experts, 

including accident reconstruction experts, need Negus’ testimony about the incident in order to complete 

their reports. With the earlier August 2 trial date, the parties had anticipated being able to meet the 

existing expert witness disclosure deadline, but that is no longer possible now that the criminal trial has 

been moved to September 13, 2013. Therefore, the parties believe that good cause exists for the Court 

to further modify its scheduling order so that Negus may be deposed after the criminal case is over. 

4. In an effort to avoid the need to request further modification in the event the criminal trial 

is kicked again, the parties request that the Court modify the scheduling order as follows:

Old Date New Date

Expert Witness Disclosure August 21, 2013 December 4, 2013

Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosure September 10, 2013 January 8, 2014

Discovery Cutoff September 27, 2013 February 5, 2014

Dispositive Motions Heard By December 19, 2013 April 9, 2014

Joint Pretrial Conference Statement Due February 13, 2014 June 11, 2014

Evidentiary/Procedural Motions Due February 13, 2014 June 11, 2014

Oppositions to Evidentiary/Procedural Due February 20, 2014 June 18, 2014

Replies to Evidentiary/Procedural Due February 27, 2014 June 25, 2014

Final Pretrial Conference March 6, 2014 July 2014

Trial Briefs Due April 7, 2014 July 2014

Trial April 21, 2014 Early August 2014

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The parties respectfully request a trial date the week of August 4, 2014 if possible as plaintiff’s counsel 

has trials set in the Northern District of California beginning on August 18 and August 25, 2014. Please 

also note that the United States’ counsel has a one-week trial scheduled for September 8, 2014. 

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: August 16, 2013 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 By: /s/ Lynn Trinka Ernce LYNN TRINKA ERNCE Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: August 16, 2013 By: /s/ Russell A. Robinson

 Russell A. Robinson

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

The parties’ stipulated request is hereby GRANTED. The amended pretrial scheduling order 

will issue.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 20, 2013

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