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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER VACATING CURRENT CASE DEADLINES AND HEARING 

DATES AND RE-SETTING NEW CASE DEADLINES AND HEARING DATES

Samuel H. Ruby, SBN 191091

E-mail:samuel.ruby@bullivant.com

Matthew A. Trejo, SBN 320464

E-mail: matthew.trejo@bullivant.com

BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: 415.352.2700

Facsimile: 415.352.2701

Attorneys for Defendants

Liberty Mutual Insurance and Peerless 

Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

DAVID JESSEN and GRETCHEN JESSEN,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE, a 

business entity; PEERLESS INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a business entity; UNITED 

VALLEY INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., a 

corporation; LEAVITT GROUP, a business 

entity and LEAVITT UNITED INSURANCE 

SERVICES, INC., directly, and dba CUTLERSEGERSTROM INSURANCE AGENCY; 

CUNNINGHAM LINDSEY, a business entity, 

and DOES 1 through 50,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:19-cv-00415-DAD-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

VACATING CURRENT CASE 

DEADLINES AND HEARING DATES 

AND RE-SETTING NEW CASE 

DEADLINES AND HEARING DATES

Defendants, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Peerless Insurance Company, and plaintiffs, 

David Jessen and Gretchen Jessen, stipulate and respectfully request as follows:

1. On February 4, 2020, this Court issued a Standing Order in Light of Ongoing Judicial 

Emergency in the Eastern District of California. The Order stated that, given the ongoing 

judicial emergency, it is unlikely that civil cases set for trial in 2020 and 2021 will be able to 

proceed to trial on the currently scheduled date.

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2. In addition, the COVID-19 outbreak has only magnified this problem and has affected 

the parties’ ability to complete discovery. COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic, 

national emergency and California has declared its own state of emergency. Various 

municipalities in California have shelter-in-place orders in effect until at least May 1, 2020. 

3. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the ability of the parties to complete in-person 

discovery, which inherently impacts the parties’ ability to conduct meaningful settlement 

discussions and/or prepare for dispositive motions and trial.

4. The parties have considered using virtual alternatives to in-person depositions, but do 

not believe they will be suitable in all instances. 

5. The parties are uncertain when the current state of emergency in California will 

terminate such that the parties may resume in-person litigation activities.

6. Pursuant to the good cause described above, the parties respectfully request the Court 

freeze the scheduling status quo as it was as of the date this stipulation was filed, vacate the

current deadlines and hearings below and re-set the deadlines and hearings to the parties’ 

“Proposed New Date.”

Deadline/Hearing Current Date Proposed New Date

Non-expert 

Discovery Cutoff

May 1, 2020 November 2, 2020

Expert Disclosure July 15, 2020 January 15, 2021

Supplemental 

Expert Disclosure

August 31, 2020 March 1, 2021

Expert 

Discovery Cutoff

October 13, 2020 April 13, 2021

Pretrial Motion 

Filing Deadline

November 13, 2020 May 13, 2021

Pretrial Conf. April 19, 2021 October 19, 2021

Jury Trial June 22, 2021 February 22, 2022

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DATES AND RE-SETTING NEW CASE DEADLINES AND HEARING DATES

DATED: April 3, 2020 GEORGESON LAW OFFICES

By /s/ Robert J. Willis 

C. Russell Georgeson 

Robert J. Willis

Attorneys for Plaintiffs DAVID JESSEN and 

GRETCHEN JESSEN

DATED: April 3, 2020 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC

By ____/s/ Matthew A. Trejo______________________

Samuel H. Ruby

Matthew A. Trejo

Attorney for Defendants LIBERTY MUTUAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY and PEERLESS 

INSURANCE COMPANY

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DATES AND RE-SETTING NEW CASE DEADLINES AND HEARING DATES

ORDER

Good cause appearing, and the parties having stipulated,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. The following deadlines and hearings are hereby vacated:

Deadline/Hearing Date

Non-expert Discovery Cutoff May 1, 2020

Expert Disclosure July 15, 2020

Supplemental Expert Disclosure August 31, 2020

Expert Discovery Cutoff October 13, 2020

Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline November 13, 2020

Pretrial Conf. April 19, 2021

Jury Trial June 22, 2021

2. The above deadlines and hearings are re-set as follows:

Deadline/Hearing Date

Non-expert Discovery Cutoff November 2, 2020

Expert Disclosure January 15, 2021

Supplemental Expert Disclosure March 1, 2021

Expert Discovery Cutoff April 13, 2021

Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline May 13, 2021

Pretrial Conf. October 19, 2021

3:30 PM

Courtroom 5 (DAD)

Jury Trial February 22, 2022

8:30 AM

Courtroom 5 (DAD)

The parties are cautioned that further modifications of the Scheduling Order will not be 

granted absent a demonstrated showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Good cause may 

consist of the inability to comply with court orders in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Any 

such future difficulties should be explained. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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