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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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Joint Stipulation To Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order and Continue Trial 

Case No. 2:08-cv-02237-MCE-KJN 

Jill E. Barwick, Esq. 

BARWICK LAW FIRM 

1303 Jefferson Street, Suite 200A 

Napa, CA 94559 

Telephone: (707) 258-1799 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Steven R. Blackburn State Bar No. 154797 

Matthew A. Goodin State Bar No. 169674 

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C. 

One California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-5427 

Telephone: 415.398.3500 

Facsimile: 415.398.0955 

sblackburn@ebglaw.com 

mgoodin@ebglaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS 

(successor in interest to ALBERTSONS INC. 

and ALBERTSONS LLC) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANDREA VAN SCOY, LYNDA AZEVEDO, 

DIANA MURDOCK, CHRISTINA 

CARNES, MINA JO GUERRERO, 

MIRACLE JOHNSON, ROSANNE 

LAZUKA, PATRICIA LOGAN, TERESA 

LYON, THERESA ORTH, AND MARA 

GRACE SMITH, 

CASE NO. 2:08-cv-02237-MCE-KJN

JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST 

TO MODIFY PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND TO CONTINUE TRIAL 

AND ALL TRIAL-RELATED DATES; 

ORDER THEREON 

Plaintiff,

v. 

NEW ALBERTSON’S, INC., 

ALBERTSON’S, INC., SAVE-MART 

SUPERMARKETS, INC., LUCKY’S INC.; 

and DOES 1 through 25 inclusive, 

Defendant.

The parties hereby jointly submit the following stipulation and request to continue the 

dates set forth in the Court’s February 2, 2010 minute order setting trial and trial-related dates, 

and to modify the Court’s pre-trial scheduling order dated February 10, 2010: 

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Joint Stipulation To Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order and Continue Trial 

Case No. 2:08-cv-02237-MCE-KJN 

WHEREAS, in late 2009, Plaintiff’s counsel, Jill Barwick, was notified that her father 

was gravely and terminally ill; 

WHEREAS Plaintiffs’ counsel is a sole practitioner and needed to take time off to care 

for her father and to administer his estate; that the day-to-day demands combined with the 

uncertainty of his final day, other than it being “imminent,” limited counsel’s availability to 

participate in discovery during that time period; 

WHEREAS the parties accordingly agreed to place discovery on hold in this matter until 

February 1, 2010; 

WHEREAS, as of the date of this stipulation, Defendant has yet to complete the 

depositions of eight (8) of the eleven (11) Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs also need to complete the 

depositions of key witnesses. Depositions in this matter have been difficult to coordinate due to 

the conflicting schedules of counsel and the witnesses. Additionally, and pursuant to stipulation 

by the parties, certain of the plaintiffs’ depositions have taken more than one day to complete, 

and it is expected that some of the remaining depositions of plaintiffs and key defense witnesses 

will take more than one day to complete; 

WHEREAS the parties believe that a modification of the current pre-trial scheduling 

order and a continuance of the trial and trial-related dates is necessary to ensure that they can 

conduct the necessary discovery related to their respective claims and defenses, and that 

Defendant may timely file additional summary judgment motions as appropriate; and 

WHEREAS the discovery cutoff date in this matter is currently set for August 2, 2010, 

the expert discovery deadline is set for September 8, 2010, and the deadline for hearings on 

motions for summary judgment is set for November 1, 2010. The trial in this matter is currently 

set for September 6, 2011, and the final pretrial conference is set for July 7, 2011. The joint final 

pretrial statement is due June 16, 2011, with evidentiary or procedural motions, oppositions and 

replies thereto due filed by June 16, June 23, and June 30, respectively. These motions are 

currently scheduled to be heard at the final pretrial conference on July 7, 2011. Trial briefs, 

witness lists and exhibit lists are currently due filed by June 23, 2011. The parties jointly 

respectfully request that these dates be continued as follows: 

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Joint Stipulation To Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order and Continue Trial 

Case No. 2:08-cv-02237-MCE-KJN 

• Discovery Cutoff: December 31, 2010 

• Expert Disclosure: February 28, 2010 

• Designation of Rebuttal Experts: March 21, 2010 

• Last Day for Hearing on Dispositive Motions: April 29, 2011 

• Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement: July 18, 2011 

• Evidentiary or Procedural Motions Due Filed: July 18, 2011 

• Oppositions to Evidentiary/Procedural Motions: July 25, 2011 

• Replies re: Evidentiary/ Procedural Motions: August 1, 2011 

• Final Pretrial Conference: August 8, 2011 

• Trial Briefs/Witness Lists/Exhibit Lists: July 25, 2011 

• Trial: October 3, 2011 

DATED: August 5, 2010

Respectfully submitted,

BARWICK LAW FIRM 

By: /s/

Jill E. Barwick

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: August 5, 2010 EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

By: /s/

Steven R. Blackburn

Matthew A. Goodin

Attorneys for Defendant

SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS

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Joint Stipulation To Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order and Continue Trial 

Case No. 2:08-cv-02237-MCE-KJN 

ORDER

Upon reviewing the parties’ Stipulation and request to modify pre-trial scheduling order 

and continue trial and trial-related dates, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court hereby 

grants the parties’ requests, in part, and modifies the current pre-trial scheduling order as 

follows: 

• Discovery Cutoff: December 31, 2010 

• Expert Disclosure: February 28, 2010 

• Designation of Rebuttal Experts: March 21, 2010 

• Last Day for Hearing on Dispositive Motions: April 29, 2011 

The dates associated with the Final Pretrial Conference and Trial will remain the same as 

previously established inasmuch as those dates have already been reserved by the Court and need 

not be changed, even after accommodating the extended deadlines now being afforded pursuant 

to the parties’ stipulation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 5, 2010 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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