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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Airline Crash

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AMENDED STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXT. OF DISC. DEADLINES AND CON'T STATUS CONF.

Case No. C 03-04957 MMC

Sara A. Simmons, Esq. (SB# 087029)

LAW OFFICES OF SARA A. SIMMONS, APC

221 Main Street, Sixteenth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-1936

Telephone: (415) 344-0244

Facsimile: (415) 348-8720

Attorneys for Defendant

Northwest Airlines, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WILLIAM R. KLEMME, M.D., 

Plaintiff,

v.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.; BLACK

COMPANY; WHITE COMPANY; BLUE

COMPANY; RED COMPANY; and DOES 1

through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 03-04957 MMC

AMENDED STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF

DISCOVERY DEADLINES AND

CONTINUANCE OF STATUS

CONFERENCE

[ Civil LR 6-1 (b), 6-2 (a), 16-2.]

Complaint filed: September 6, 2003

Trial Date: August 20, 2007 

 (reset after case reopened

 lifting bankruptcy stay)

This case was automatically stayed September 22, 2005, as a result of Defendant's filing of a

notice of bankruptcy. Prior to September 22, 2005, the trial in this matter had been continued four

times, due to continued mediation efforts, Plaintiff's condition, and the need to obtain Plaintiff’s VA

medical records. It was not until February 2007, that Defendant received the long-awaited records

of Plaintiff related to his pending disability claim with the Veteran's Administration that had been

originally subpoenaed August 16, 2004, and September 1, 2004.

Counsel for the parties met today with mediator William Strickland for further mediation,

and have agreed to a further mediation May 18, 2007. In addition, it was agreed that the parties will

ORDER DENYING

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AMENDED STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXT. OF DISC. DEADLINES AND CON'T STATUS CONF.

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informally disclose evaluations or reports prior thereto, with the exception that formal reports, as

well as liability expert disclosures, are reserved as per the dates set forth below. 

In light of the recent receipt of vital records and the parties’ continued mediation efforts with

mediator, William R. Strickland, the parties hereto, by and through their respective counsel, hereby

agree and stipulate, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1 (b), 6-2, and 16-2, to an extension of expert discovery

and dispositive motion deadlines, and a continuance of the further status conference.

The parties hereto, by and through their respective counsel, hereby agree and stipulate

to extend discovery deadlines, as follows:

1. Experts shall be disclosed and reports provided by plaintiff and defendant by

6/13/07. (presently March 30, 2007)

2. Rebuttal experts shall be disclosed and reports provided 6/20/07. (presently set for

4/13/07)

3. All discovery from experts shall be completed by 7/15/07. (presently set for 5/4/07)

4. Dispositive motions shall be filed no later than 7/15/07, to be heard on shortened

time. (presently set for 5/18/07)

5. Further Status Conference Statement due 6/8/07. (presently set for 5/18/07)

6. Further Status Conference 6/15/07. (presently set for 5/25/07)

This stipulation may be executed in counterparts by facsimile, each of which shall be

deemed an original, but which taken together will constitute one and the same document.

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AMENDED STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXT. OF DISC. DEADLINES AND CON'T STATUS CONF.

Case No. C 03-04957 MMC

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Date: March 21, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF SARA A. SIMMONS, APC

By: /s/

Sara A. Simmons

Attorneys for Defendant

Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Date: March 21, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF J. FRANK GEORGE, APC

By: /s/

J. Frank George

Attorneys for Plaintiff

William R. Klemme, M.D.

The above stipulation fails to provide adequate time for the parties and the Court to prepare for

the August 7, 2007 pretrial conference and, accordingly, is hereby DENIED, without prejudice

to the parties' submitting a revised proposal.

Dated: March 21, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Maxine M. Chesney

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