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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 REGARDING ADR, EXPERT WITNESS DESIGNATIONS, AND FACT DISCOVERY CUTOFF

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JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq. (SBN 69888)

BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq. (SBN 222173)

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Centre

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, California 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200

Facsimile: (510) 839-3882 

bnisenbaum@hotmail.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CAROLYN COPELAND, et al.,

 

 Plaintiffs,

vs.

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al.,

 Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 4:12-cv-04286 JST

STIPULATION REGARDING ADR, 

EXPERT WITNESS DESIGNATIONS, AND 

FACT DISCOVERY CUTOFF (PROPOSED) 

ORDER

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, the parties have proceeded with conducting discovery in the instant action;

WHEREAS, the parties previously submitted to the Court a Notice of Need for ADR phone 

conference, on October 14, 2014, to select an ADR method to attempt to resolve the instant action, 

pursuant to the Court’s Order of October 8, 2014;

WHEREAS, no ADR phone conference has been scheduled yet;

WHEREAS, the parties are completing discovery;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs had previously set Defendants’ depositions to take place in early 

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December, 2014, and moved Defendants ‘depositions, at their request to the end of January 2015;

WHEREAS, Defendants set Plaintiffs’ depositions for January 30, 2015;

WHEREAS, Defendants have propounded contention interrogatories on Plaintiffs, which 

cannot be meaningfully completed until the depositions of defendants have been completed;

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred regarding ADR, and wish to select a mediator 

from the Court’s ADR panel, in furtherance of resolving the instant action;

WHEREAS, fact discovery in this action is set to cutoff on February 3, 2015;

WHEREAS, Expert Witness Designations are due to be exchanged by February 27, 2015;

WHEREAS, Expert discovery in this action is set to cutoff on April 29, 2015;

WHEREAS, the retention of retained expert witnesses in this matter will be one of the most 

significant costs each party incurs in this action, and will include, at a minimum, retained use of 

force, jail practice, and medical experts;

WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the Court’s scheduling order in this action 

(Doc. 56) be modified to allow the parties to attempt to resolve this action through the Court’s ADR 

mediation program without incurring the substantial cost of expert witnesses, by:

1. Extending the completion of fact discovery to March 5, 2015, such that Plaintiffs can 

meaningfully respond to Defendants’ contention interrogatories after having deposed defendants.

2. Extending the date for exchange of Opening Expert Witnesses Designations and 

Reports to April 29, 2015;

3. Extending the Expert Discovery date to June 12, 2015;

4. Ordering the Court’s ADR unit to send the case to mediation to one of the ADR unit’s 

mediators with expertise in section 1983 use of force cases, such that mediation is conducted prior to 

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the exchange of expert witness designations. Counsel for the parties agree that sinking significant 

costs into expert witnesses in this case may be counterproductive to this case’s settlement prospects.

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: February 2, 2015 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

/s Benjamin Nisenbaum__

 Benjamin Nisenbaum

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: February 2, 2015 BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT

/s/_______________________

 Michael Wenzel

Attorney for Defendants

(PROPOSED) ORDER

GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, the Court hereby orders as follows:

1. This case is referred immediately forthwith the Court’s ADR unit, for the parties to 

select an available mediator. The ADR unit shall contact the parties counsel to discuss 

available mediators within one week of the issuance of this Order.

2. The close of fact discovery is hereby extended to March 5, 2015, such that Plaintiffs 

shall respond to Defendants’ contention interrogatories by the close of fact discovery. 

3. The date of exchange for Opening Expert Witness Designations and report is hereby 

extended to April 29, 2015.

4. The close of expert discovery is hereby extended to June 12, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:______________ _________________________

HON. JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

February 6, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

 Judge Jon S. Tigar 

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