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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARTHA ZEPEDA OLIVARES, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FRESNO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01575-JLT-SAB

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO EXTEND THE 

RESPONSIVE PLEADING DEADLINE AND

CONTINUING THE MANDATORY 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE TO SEPTEMBER 

24, 2024

(ECF No. 31)

On March 6, 2024, the parties filed a stipulation requesting the deadlines for the 

responsive pleading date and the scheduling conference either be continued until September 2024

or “taken off calendar.” (ECF No. 31.) The stipulation proffers that Plaintiffs have not named 

all heirs of the decedent as parties in the instant action. (Id. at 2.) The parties contend that the 

decedent’s wife and children, who would be proper parties to a wrongful death lawsuit under 

California law, are represented by separate counsel who have indicated that they will not be filing 

a complaint until potentially August 2024. (Id.) The Court shall grant the instant stipulation to 

the extent it requests a continuance to the initial scheduling conference and deadline for 

Defendants to file their responsive pleading.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The stipulation to continue Defendants’ responsive pleading date and the 

scheduling conference is GRANTED; 

2. Defendants shall file a responsive pleading to the first amended complaint no later 

than September 6, 2024; 

3. The initial scheduling conference currently set for May 30, 2024 is CONTINUED 

to September 24, 2024 at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 9 and the parties shall file a 

joint scheduling report at least seven (7) days prior to the scheduling conference; 

and

3. Failure to comply with this order may result in the issuance of sanctions, up to and 

including dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2024 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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