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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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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RULE 26(F) REPORT; [PROPOSED] ORDER

[CASE NO. CV 09-4432 CW] Page 1

Jeffrey Lewis – CA State Bar No. 066587

Email: jlewis@lewisfeinberg.com

Bill Lann Lee – CA State Bar No. 108452

Email: blee@lewisfeinberg.com

Andrew Lah – CA State Bar No. 234580

Email: alah@lewisfeinberg.com

Sacha Crittenden Steinberger – CA State Bar No. 253823

Email: ssteinberger@lewisfeinberg.com

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C.

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-6824

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sonoma County Association 

of Retired Employees 

Raymond F. Lynch – CA State Bar No. 119065

Email: rlynch@hansonbridgett.com

Sarah D. Mott – CA State Bar No. 148597

Email: smott@hansonbridgett.com

Caroline Burnett – CA State Bar No. 259389

Email: cburnett@hansonbridgett.com

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 777-3200

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366

Attorneys for Defendant Sonoma County

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SONOMA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF

RETIRED EMPLOYEES,

Plaintiff,

vs.

SONOMA COUNTY,

Defendant.

 

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Case No. CV 09-4432 CW

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO

FILE RULE 26(f) REPORT;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

[No Hearing Required]

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RULE 26(F) REPORT; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Plaintiff the Sonoma County Association of Retired Employees (“SCARE”) and

Defendant the County of Sonoma (the “County”), through their respective counsel of record,

hereby agree and stipulate as follows.

1. SCARE filed and served its complaint in this action on September 22, 2009, 

seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the County with respect to retiree health

benefits.

2. The County filed a Motion to Dismiss SCARE’s Complaint on December 18, 

2009. (Docket “Dkt.” No. 13) Plaintiffs filed their Opposition to the County’s Motion to

Dismiss on January 21, 2010. (Dkt. 17.) Defendant's Reply to Plaintiff's Opposition is due on

January 28, 2010. 

3. The Parties’ Joint Case Management Conference statement (“CMC Statement”) is

currently due March 30, 2010. The Parties previously stipulated to make initial disclosures, file

the Rule 26(f) Report, and commence written discovery on February 5, 2010. (Dkt. 10.) 

4. The Parties met and conferred on January 21, 2010, and again on January 25,

2010. As a result of and during these discussions, the Parties reconsidered the value of

submitting a Rule 26(f) Report on February 5, 2010, well in advance of the April 6, 2010 Initial

Case Management Conference. It is evident that the Parties’ positions on the scope of discovery

and, therefore, their ability to submit a realistic discovery plan and schedule, could be

substantially affected by the Court’s analysis and disposition of the County’s pending Motion to

Dismiss. The Parties now believe that the submission of their Rule 26(f) Report should be

deferred until the date of the submission of the CMC Statement, as is the usual practice, so that

the parties will have the benefit of the Court’s disposition of the County’s Motion to Dismiss.

5. Accordingly, the Parties stipulate and agree that they will file the Rule 26(f) report

in conjunction with the CMC Statement on or before March 30, 2010. The Parties have

scheduled additional meet and confer dates for March 17, 2010 and March 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

to further address the Rule 26(f) Report and the CMC Statement. 

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Dated: February 3, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE,

RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C.

By: /s/ Andrew Lah 

Andrew Lah

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Jeffrey Lewis

Bill Lann Lee

Andrew Lah

Sacha Steinberger

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, 

RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-6824

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP

By: /s/Sarah D. Mott 

 Sarah D. Mott

Attorneys for Defendant

Raymond F. Lynch

Robert A. Blum

Sarah D. Mott

Caroline B. Burnett

425 Market Street, 26 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 777-3200

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366

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ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, it is so ordered.

Dated: __________________ _______________________________

HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2/5/10

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I, Andrew Lah, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to file this

Stipulation to Extend Time to File Rule 26(f) Report; [Proposed] Order, on behalf of all Parties

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-11. I hereby attest that, pursuant to General Order 45, Section

XB, concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other

signatories herein.

Dated: February 3, 2010 By: /s/ Andrew Lah 

Andrew Lah, Attorney

Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.

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