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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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KENNETH C. ABSALOM (SBN 114607) 

JAMES J. ACHERMANN (SBN 262514) 

Law Offices of Nevin & Absalom 

22 Battery Street, Suite 333 

San Francisco, Ca. 94111 

Tel: 415-392-5040 

Fax: 415-392-3729 

Attorneys For Plaintiff 

E.B. KEYES, 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

E.B. KEYES, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGING SYSTEMS, 

INC., GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION, CHRISTINE COLEY, 

an individual; and DOES 1 through 10, 

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Case No.: 2:09-cv-01297 JAM EFB 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY STATUS (PRE-TRIAL) 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Pursuant to Civ. L.R. 7-12, the parties to the above-captioned action, by and through their 

undersigned counsel of record, hereby request that this Court approve the following Stipulation 

to modify the Status (Pre-trial) Scheduling Order and Trial Date so that the parties may complete 

percipient and expert discovery, and adjudicate dispositive motions. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED: 

CURRENT DATE NEW DATE

Close of Discovery: 7/2/10 10/1/10 

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Last day for Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure 4/26/10 8/13/10 

Last Day for Defendant’s Expert Disclosure 5/26/10 9/10/10 

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions 8/4/10 11/3/10 

Last Day to Hear Dispositive Motions 10/1/10 12/8/10 at 9:30 a.m. 

Pre-trial Conference 10/15/2010 1/28/11 at 3:00 p.m. 

Last Day to File Join Pre-Trial Statement 10/8/10 3/21/11 

Trial Date 12/6/10 3/14/11 at 9:00am 

 

GOOD CAUSE FOR THIS REQUESTED ORDER EXISTS FOR THE 

FOLLOWING REASONS: 

1. Plaintiff’s spent a considerable amount of time considering and examining 

Defendant United States of America, General Services Administration and Chris Coley’s Motion 

to Dismiss that was subsequently granted on March 15, 2010. During this time the parties did 

not engage in any discovery. As of today Plaintiff has propounded an initial set of written 

discovery on Defendant Fed Ex, including Special Interrogatories, Requests for Production of 

Documents, and Requests for Admissions. Plaintiff anticipates filing a motion for leave to amend 

its pleading to name Kelly Services as a Defendant. Kelly Services held a subcontract with 

Defendant FedEx at their GSA Worksite. Once a named Defendant, Plaintiff anticipates the need 

for further and more extensive written discovery as well as depositions of numerous persons 

including: Christine Coley (GSA); Angela Acmoody (FedEx Ground Senior Manager); Ryan 

Johnson (Kelly Services Supervisor); James Gorman (GSA Facility Manager) Kevin Carter 

(Sharpe Depot Security Guard) as well as those persons most knowledgeable as to the 

subcontract between Kelly Services and Fed Ex. The Parties have continued to successfully 

work cooperatively through all discovery matters and have at no time resorted to this Court for 

resolution of the same. 

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2. The parties believe that with the requested modification to the case management, 

percipient and expert discovery as well as the trial dates can be completed without causing undue 

burden to the witnesses. Without the requested modifications, on the other hand, the parties 

believe there will be significant burden imposed upon the parties, witnesses and their counsel in 

an effort to comply with the current case management dates. 

3. Both Parties have agreed to mediation. However, the requested modifications will 

Allow the parties access to further discovery that will only assist in any future mediation efforts. 

4. No party shall be prejudiced by this Order where the parties have stipulated to the new 

dates. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

 LAW OFFICES OF NEVIN & ABSALOM 

Dated: June 3, 2010 /S/ Kenneth C. Absalom 

 Kenneth C. Absalom 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC.

Dated: June 2, 2010 /S/ Benjamin J. Ferron 

 Benjamin J. Ferron 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND GOOD CAUSE OTHERWISE 

APPEARING, THE COURT SETS THE FOLLOWING PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING 

DATES IN THIS MATTER: 

Close of Discovery: 10/1/10 

Last day for Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure 8/13/10 

Last Day for Defendant’s Expert Disclosure 9/10/10 

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions 11/3/10 

Last Day to Hear Dispositive Motions 12/8/10 at 9:30 a.m. 

Pre-trial Conference 1/28/11 at 3:00 p.m. 

Last Day to File Join Pre-Trial Statement 3/21/11 

Trial Date 3/14/11 at 9:00am 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: June 3, 2010 /s/ John A. Mendez_____________

 HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 United States District Court For the 

Eastern District of California 

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