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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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Michael G. Marderosian, No. 77296

Heather S. Cohen, No. 263093

MARDEROSIAN, CERCONE & COHEN

1260 Fulton Mall

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 441-7991

Facsimile: (559) 441-8170

Virginia Gennaro, No. 138877

City Attorney

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD

1501 Truxtun Avenue

Bakersfield, CA 93301

Telephone: (661) 326-3721

Facsimile: (661) 852-2020

Attorneys for: Defendants CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, GREG WILLIAMSON,

SEAN WOESSNER, and ISAAC ALEMAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

R.D.G., et al.

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:13-CV-02057-JLT

STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER; DECLARATION 

OF MICHAEL G. MARDEROSIAN IN 

SUPPORT; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

THEREON

(Doc. 39)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto through their respective attorneys 

of record that the Court should enter an Order amending the scheduling order in this case, such that the 

schedule be modified as follows: 

Deadline Current Date Requested Date

Expert Disclosures March 27, 2015 April 27, 2015

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures April 17, 2015 May 18, 2015

Expert Discovery Cutoff May 11, 2015 June 12, 2015

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GOOD CAUSE appears to modify the Scheduling Order because additional time is needed to 

complete the expert discovery process because:

1. Defense counsel was unavailable from the latter part of January to mid February due to 

preparing for trial in the case of Gonzalez-Chavez v. City of Bakersfield, et al., United States District 

Court Case No. 1:12-CV-02053-JLT and attending that trial which began on February 9, 2015, and 

ended on February 13, 2015. As a result, key depositions in this matter are scheduled to take place in 

the beginning and middle of March. These depositions will need to be considered by the parties’ 

experts.

2. Since completing the above-referenced trial, Defense counsel has been and is currently in 

the process of preparing a Petition for Review to the Supreme Court of California from a January 23, 

2015, Opinion issued by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in the case of Harb, et al. v. City of 

Bakersfield, et al., Fifth District Court of Appeal Case No. F066839/Kern County Superior Court Case 

No. S-1500-CV-265887. The Petition for Review is due on or before March 4, 2015, and this case has 

an extensive record comprised of 22 volumes of the reporter’s transcript on appeal.

3. Defense counsel has been and is currently in the process of preparing a Respondents’ 

Opening Brief in the case of Willis v. Mullins, et al., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 14-16071, 

United States District Court Case No. 1:04-CV-6542-AWI-BAM. The brief is due on or before March 

9, 2015, and stems from a week and a half long trial in a case that has been pending for over ten years.

4. Defense counsel is also involved in a second federal case, Lopez et al. v. City of 

Bakersfield., et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:13-CV-01725-LJO-JLT, which has 

discovery cut off and expert disclosures on the exact same day as this matter. 

5. The requested continuances will not, in any way, affect the date to file dispositive 

motions, the pretrial date, or the trial date of February 2, 2016. 

Dated: February 23, 2015 MARDEROSIAN, CERCONE & COHEN

/s/ Michael G. Marderosian

By:_________________________________ 

Michael G. Marderosian,

Attorneys for Defendants 

above-named.

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Dated: February 23, 2015 McMURRAY HENRIKS LLP

/s/ Peter G. Haber

By:_________________________________ 

Peter G. Haber,

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL G. MARDEROSIAN

I, Michael G. Marderosian, hereby declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice in all courts of the State of California and am 

the attorney of record for defendants in this matter. 

2. I was unavailable from the latter part of January to mid February due to preparing for trial 

in the case of Gonzalez-Chavez v. City of Bakersfield, et al., United States District Court Case No. 1:12-

CV-02053-JLT and attending that trial which began on February 9, 2015, and ended on February 13, 

2015. As a result, key depositions in this matter are scheduled to take place in the beginning and middle 

of March. These depositions will need to be considered by the parties’ experts.

3. Since completing the above referenced trial, I have been and am currently in the process 

of preparing a Petition for Review to the Supreme Court of California from a January 23, 2015, Opinion 

issued by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in the case of Harb, et al. v. City of Bakersfield, et al., Fifth 

District Court of Appeal Case No. F066839/Kern County Superior Court Case No. S-1500-CV-265887. 

The Petition for Review is due on or before March 4, 2015, and this case has an extensive record 

comprised of 22 volumes of the reporter’s transcript on appeal.

4. I have been and am currently in the process of preparing a Respondents’ Opening Brief in 

the case of Willis v. Mullins, et al., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 14-16071, United States 

District Court Case No. 1:04-CV-6542-AWI-BAM. The brief is due on or before March 9, 2015, and 

stems from a week and a half long trial in a case that has been pending for over ten years.

5. I am also involved in a second federal case, Lopez et al. v. City of Bakersfield., et al., 

United States District Court Case No. 1:13-CV-01725-LJO-JLT, which has discovery cut off and expert 

disclosures on the exact same day as this matter. 

6. The requested continuances will not, in any way, affect the date to file dispositive 

motions, the pretrial date, or the trial date of February 2, 2016. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true 

and correct. Executed on February 20, 2015, at Fresno, California.

/s/ Michael G. Marderosian

_________________________________________

MICHAEL G. MARDEROSIAN

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ORDER

The parties having stipulated, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby orders that the 

scheduling order be modified as follows:

Deadline/Hearing Current Date New Date

Expert Disclosures March 27, 2015 April 27, 2015

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures April 17, 2015 May 18, 2015

Expert Discovery Cutoff May 11, 2015 June 12, 2015

No other amendments to the case schedule are authorized.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 23, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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