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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Merced County Counsel 

2222 M Street 

Merced, CA 95340 

(209) 385-7564 

RUBEN E. CASTILLO S.B.N. 113694 

MERCED COUNTY COUNSEL 

JAMES N. FINCHER S.B.N. 196837 

CHIEF CIVIL LITIGATOR 

2222 M Street 

Merced, CA 95340 

TEL: (209) 385-7564 

FAX: (209) 726-1337 

Attorney for Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin, 

and Deputy Sheriffs William Blake, Doug Hays, 

John McKnight, and Russ Sharrock. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HELEN WATHAN, JAMES F. WATHAN, 

and as surviving heirs of JAMES WATHAN, 

JR., deceased. 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF, MARK N. 

PAZIN, MERCED COUNTY DEPUTY 

SHERIFF WILLIAM BLAKE, DEPUTY 

DOUG HAYS, DEPUTY JOHN 

MCKNIGHT, AND DEPUTY RUSS 

SHARROCK, AND DOES 6-100, Inclusive 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 1:05-CV-01609-AWI-DLB 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT 

Complaint Filed: December 09, 2005 

First Service: January 26, 2006 

Scheduling Conference: March 28, 2006

TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

 Plaintiffs, Helen Wathan and James F. Wathan, and defendants, Merced County 

Sheriff Mark N. Pazin, and Deputy Sheriffs William Blake, Doug Hays, John McKnight and 

Russ Sharrock, hereby stipulate, by and through their undersigned counsel of record, to 

request and hereby request, that this court grant these stipulating defendants until March 16, 

to serve responsive pleadings to the plaintiffs’ complaint. It is further agreed that in 

furtherance of the Mandatory Scheduling Conference Order that Merced County Counsel 

Stipulation and Proposed Order to Extend 1:05-CV-01609-AWI-DLB 

Time for Defendants to File and Serve Response 

To Plaintiffs’ Complaint 

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Merced County Counsel 

2222 M Street 

Merced, CA 95340 

(209) 385-7564 

shall accept service on behalf of all remaining unserved named defendants, and that the 

Mandatory Scheduling conference shall be held April 25, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. with the parties to 

file their joint statement no later than 20 days prior to the conference pursuant to the Court’s 

prior order. 

Dated: February 6, 2006 RUBEN E. CASTILLO 

MERCED COUNTY COUNSEL 

 By: /s/ James N. Fincher_______ 

James N. Fincher, 

Chief Civil Litigator, Attorney 

for defendants, Gordon Spencer, 

 Marc Bacciarini, Merle Wayne Hutton 

 and County of Merced 

Dated: February 6, 2006 JOHN V. BELL 

 PACIFIC LAW CENTER 

 By: /s/ John V. Bell_______________ 

Attorney for plaintiffs Helen Wathan and 

 James E. Wathan and as surviving heirs 

 of James Wathan, Jr., deceased. 

ORDER

 The parties having stipulated, and pursuant to the Stipulation hereinabove, defendants, 

Gordon Spencer, Marc Bacciarini, Merle Wayne Hutton, and County of Merced hereby 

granted an extension to file and serve responsive pleadings to the plaintiff’s complaint until 

March 16, 2005. The Mandatory Scheduling Conference is hereby continued to April 25, 

2006 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9 (Sixth Floor, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA), with the 

parties to file their joint statement no later than 20 days prior to the conference pursuant to the 

Court’s prior order. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 8, 2006 ___/s/ Dennis L. Beck________ 

 U. S. Magistrate Judge 

Stipulation and Proposed Order to Extend 1:05-CV-01609-AWI-DLB 

Time for Defendants to File and Serve Response 

To Plaintiffs’ Complaint 

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