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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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LEGAL\42347978\1 1 CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01857-JST

STIPULATION AND MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE SCHEDULE DEADLINES

Michael W. Melendez (SBN 125895)

Teri Mae Rutledge (SBN 261229)

COZEN O'CONNOR

101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: 415.644.0914

Fax: 415.644.0978

Email: mmelendez@cozen.com

trutledge@cozen.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOHNDELL HENDERSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNDELL HENDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN HERNANDEZ; W.L. MUNIZ, et al. 

,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:14-cv-01857-JST

STIPULATION AND MOTION TO STAY

CASE SCHEDULE DEADLINES / TO 

ORDER SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

FED. R. CIV. PROC. 16(B)(4); L.R. 16-

2(D); L.R. 7-1; L.R. 7-12

Judge: Jon S. Tigar

Defendants C. Hernandez, W.L. Muniz, M. Hodges and J.D. Lozano, joined by Plaintiff 

Johndell Henderson (the “Parties”) hereby stipulate and move for the following modifications of the 

Case Schedule pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) and Local Rule 16-2(d), for the 

reasons set forth below. 

I. CIRCUMSTANCES CONSTITUTING GOOD FAITH REASONS TO MODIFY 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

The Parties have both expressed interest in attempting to settle the claims in this action. 

They seek a stay to accommodate these efforts.1 The Parties’ first settlement conference occurred 

when the plaintiff was unrepresented. 

 

1 Fact discovery is not quite complete. The final deposition in this matter, of Plaintiff, was not completed due to a 

mandatory inmate count at Salinas Valley State Prison while the deposition was in progress. Counsel for the 

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II. PROPOSED STAY; REQUESTED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The Parties hereby stipulate, and respectfully request that the Court stay the case schedule. 

The Parties further hereby request the Court set a Settlement Conference to assist the parties with 

their efforts to negotiate and settle Mr. Henderson’s claims.

III. IN THE ALTERNATIVE: PROPOSED CASE MODIFICATION

In the alternative, if the Court denies the Parties’ request for a stay, the Parties seek an 

approximately 60-day continuance2of case deadlines to allow them to negotiate and settle the case: 

Event

Currently 

Scheduled Date

Proposed 

Modification

Close of Fact Discovery July 31, 2019 September 30, 2019

Expert Disclosures and Opening Expert Reports Due August 16, 2019 October 15, 2019

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures & Rebuttal Reports Due September 13, 2019 November 12, 2019

Expert Discovery Cut-off October 4, 2019 December 2, 2019

Summary-Judgment Deadline October 25, 2019 January 13, 2019

Pretrial Conference Statement Due January 24, 2020 April 1, 2020

Pretrial Conference January 31, 2020 at 

2:00 p.m.

April 17, 2020 

(Friday) 2:00 p.m.

Trial February 24, 2020 

at 8:00 a.m.

May 4, 2020 

(Monday) at 8:00 

a.m. 

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defendants has estimated three hours remain for further questioning. Should the case deadlines be continued rather 

than stayed, the fact discovery period should remain open for the purpose of completing this final deposition. 

2 The Summary Judgment deadline is expanded approximately 80 days to account for the end-of-year holiday season. 

All subsequent deadlines are extended approximately 70 days to better accommodate the schedule of defense 

counsel Nasstaran Ruhparwar, who has preplanned international travel from May 25, 2020, through June 8, 2020.

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LEGAL\42347978\1 3 CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01857-JST

STIPULATION AND MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE SCHEDULE DEADLINES

Dated: August 7, 2019 COZEN O'CONNOR

By: /s/ Teri Mae Rutledge

Michael W. Melendez

Teri Mae Rutledge

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOHNDELL HENDERSON

Dated: August 7, 2019 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ATTORNEY 

GENERAL’S OFFICE

By: /s/ Nasstaran Ruhparwar

Xavier Becerra

Attorney General of California

William C. Kwong

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Jeffrey Fisher

Deputy Attorney General

Nasstaran Tara Ruhparwar

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

C. HERNANDEZ; W.L. MUNIZ; M. HODGES; 

and J.D. LOZANO

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ECF ATTESTATION

I, Teri Mae Rutledge, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Nasstaran Tara 

Ruhparwar has concurred in this filing.

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and good cause appearing therein, the deadlines in this case are 

stayed pending a Settlement Conference and further order of this Court. 

Such Settlement Conference will take place within 120 days of the date this order is filed, or 

as soon thereafter as Magistrate Judge Illman’s calendar will permit. Magistrate Judge Illman will 

coordinate a time, place, and date for one or more settlement conferences with all interested parties 

or their representatives and, within fifteen days of the conclusion of all settlement proceedings, will 

file with the Court a report thereon. 

The Clerk will send Magistrate Judge Illman a copy of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

The Honorable Jon S. Tigar

United States District Court

Northern District of California

Dated: August 8, 2019

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, declare that I am employed in the city of San Francisco, State of 

California. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within cause; my business address 

is 101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400, San Francisco, California.

On August 7, 2019, I served the following documents:

STIPULATION AND MOTION TO STAY CASE SCHEDULE 

DEADLINES / TO ORDER SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

on the following interested party(ies) in the matter of Henderson v. Hernandez, et al., U.S.D.C. 

Northern California Case No. 3:14-cv-01857-JST:

SERVICE LIST

Nasstaran Tara Ruhparwar

Jeffrey Fisher

Deputy Attorney General, 

Correctional Law Section

Office of the Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Counsel for Defendants,

Carolyn Hernandez; W.L. Muniz, M. Hodges 

and Jared D. Lozano

Tel: (415) 510-3567

Fax: (415) 703-5843

Email: Nasstaran.Ruhparwar@doj.ca.gov

Jeffrey.Fisher@doj.ca.gov

 By electronic service. Based on a court order or an agreement of the parties 

to accept electronic service, I caused the documents to be sent to the persons 

at the electronic service addresses listed.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this 

declaration was executed on August 7, 2019 at San Francisco, California.

Andrea Mackenzie

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