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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DATES

Julian Burns King, SBN 298617

julian@kingsiegel.com

Rachael E. Sauer, SBN 308549

rsauer@kingsiegel.com 

KING & SIEGEL LLP

724 S. Spring Street, Suite 201

Los Angeles, CA 90014

Telephone: 213-465-4802

Facsimile: 213-465-4803

Attorneys for Plaintiff STEVE WHEAT

JAMES T. CONLEY, SBN 224174

james.conley@ogletree.com

HAIDY M. RIVERA, SBN 322117

haidy.rivera@ogletree.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH,

SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2800

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: 916-840-3150

Facsimile: 916-840-3159

Attorneys for Defendant

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVE WHEAT, an individual,

Plaintiff,

vs.

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation, and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-01524-BAM

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL 

DATES

Action Filed: October 27, 2022

Trial Date: June 9, 2025

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DATES

Plaintiff STEVE WHEAT (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.

(“Defendant”), by and through their counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, the Parties’ deadline to complete expert discovery is January 17, 2025;

WHEREAS, the Parties have not taken the expert depositions of Plaintiff’s expert, Brad 

Abbott, and Defendant’s expert, Dr. Judy Ho; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have actively engaged in efforts to identify dates for Plaintiff’s and 

Defendant’s experts’ depositions, but have been unable to come to a mutually agreed-upon date for 

either expert in light of the experts’ and counsels’ schedules and due to previously-scheduled travel 

in light of the holiday season;

WHEREAS, Dr. Judy Ho is currently holding January 31, 2025, and February 3, 2025, as 

her first available dates;

WHEREAS, Brad Abbott is currently holding February 4, 2025 as his first available date;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the interests of justice are best served by a continuance 

of the Expert Discovery Cutoff so that the Parties have sufficient time to complete these essential 

depositions;

WHEREAS, the Parties are making this request as soon as reasonably practicable once the 

Parties realized the necessity of the extension based on the availability of the experts and the 

schedules of counsel;

WHEREAS, both Parties will suffer significant prejudice if discovery is not extended, 

because neither Party will have sufficient time to conduct discovery necessary for trial; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that neither Party will suffer any prejudice if the Court 

extends discovery as requested;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the interests of justice are best served by an extension of 

expert discovery;

THEREFORE, for the reasons set forth above, good cause exists for an extension of the 

Expert Discovery Cutoff and Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline set forth in the Court’s September 17, 

2025 Order (Document 65) solely to take Dr. Judy Ho’s and Mr. Brad Abbott’s deposition. Thus,

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DATES

subject to the Court’s approval, the Parties stipulate and agree to the proposed revised deadlines 

below:

Event Current Date Proposed Date

Expert Discovery Cutoff Solely to 

Take the Deposition of Dr. Judy 

Ho and Mr. Brad Abbott.

January 17, 2025 February 7, 2025

Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline January 17, 2025 February 14, 2025

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: January 7, 2025 KING & SIEGEL LLP

By: /s/ Rachael E. Sauer 

 Julian Burns King

Rachael E. Sauer

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff STEVE WHEAT

DATED: January 7, 2025 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, 

SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

By: /s/ Haidy M. Rivera

James T. Conley

Haidy M. Rivera

Attorneys for Defendant 

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.

ATTESTATION

Concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the individual whose 

electronic signature is attributed above.

DATED: January 7, 2025 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, 

SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

By: /s/ Haidy M. Rivera

James T. Conley

Haidy M. Rivera

Attorneys for Defendant 

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DATES

ORDER

The Court having read and considered the Parties’ Joint Stipulation to Continue Pretrial 

Dates, and good cause appearing:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the pretrial dates shall be as follows:

Event Current Date Proposed Date

Expert Discovery Cutoff Solely to 

Take the Deposition of Dr. Judy 

Ho and Mr. Brad Abbott.

January 17, 2025 February 7, 2025

Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline January 17, 2025 February 14, 2025

The Court notes that the Expert Discovery is solely extended for the limited purpose of 

taking the deposition of Plaintiff’s expert, Brad Abbott, and Defendant’s expert, Dr. Judy Ho, and 

not for broader purposes.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2025 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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