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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER CONTINUING DATES—No. C-07-01902 RMW

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E-filed on: 2/22/08

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RAFAEL DIAZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAFEWAY INC.; UNITED FOOD &

COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, and

DOES ONE through TWENTY,

Defendants.

No. C-07-01902 RMW

ORDER CONTINUING DATES

In its minute order following the parties' December 7, 2007 case management conference, the

court set the following dates:

Fact discovery cutoff: March 28, 2008

Disclosure of experts: April 25, 2008

Disclosure of rebuttal experts: May 9, 2008

Expert discovery cutoff: June 5, 2008

Last hearing date for dispositive motions: July 25, 2008

Pretrial conference: May 15, 2008

Trial: June 2, 2008

See Docket No. 71. On February 14, 2008, after seeking to obtain a stipulation from Safeway's

counsel, Mr. Diaz submitted a letter asking the court to continue by five weeks the fact discovery

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 As Safeway notes, the schedule proposed by Diaz appears only to extend the pretrial and trial

dates by five weeks, but the text of his letter states that the proposed schedule changes "will only be

affecting the Fact Discovery Cutoff by five weeks." Thus, the court will assume that Diaz seeks to

continue by five weeks the fact discovery cutoff as well as the pretrial and trial dates.

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cutoff as well as the pretrial and trial dates.1 Diaz believes that he is close to securing representation

in this matter. The attorney that is currently reviewing his case file suggested that he seek a fiveweek continuance of these dates. Safeway opposes Diaz's request on the grounds that Diaz has not

shown good cause to modify the court's scheduling order. 

Although the court has not previously continued the discovery, pre-trial or trial dates in this

matter, it has continued the case management conference date at plaintiff's request to permit him to

seek counsel. This time, however, Diaz's present request for a five-week extension of all scheduling

dates appears to be at the suggestion of an attorney who is considering taking on his case. The court

finds that this circumstance presents good cause to grant a continuance of the scheduling dates.

Accordingly, the court resets the case management scheduling dates as follows:

Fact discovery cutoff: April 25, 2008

Disclosure of experts: April 25, 2008

Disclosure of rebuttal experts: May 9, 2008

Expert discovery cutoff: June 5, 2008

Last hearing date for dispositive motions: July 25, 2008

Pretrial conference: August 21, 2008

Trial: September 15, 2008

The court notes that it will not extend these dates again absent a showing of good cause other than a

need for Diaz to obtain an attorney.

DATED: 2/22/08

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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A copy of this order was mailed on 2/22/08 to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Rafael Diaz

835 Sylandale Avenue 

San Jose, CA 95111 

PRO SE

Counsel for Defendants:

Mark John Rogers

Dillingham & Murphy LLP

225 Bush Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

email: mjr@dillinghammurphy.com 

William F. Murphy

Dillingham & Murphy LLP

225 Bush Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

email: wfm@dillinghammurphy.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this order to co-counsel, as necessary.

Dated: 2/22/08 /s/ MAG

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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