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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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James D. Weakley, Esq. Bar No. 082853

Brande L. Gustafson, Esq. Bar No. 267130

Weakley & Arendt

A Professional Corporation

5200 N. Palm Avenue, Suite 211

Fresno, California 93704

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

Jim@walaw-fresno.com

Brande@walaw-fresno.com

Attorneys for Defendants, County of Fresno and Correctional Sergeant Oliver

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES ROBERT MONTEZ, II, et al.

Plaintiff,

vs.

FRESNO COUNTY CORRECTIONAL 

OFFICER OLIVER; UNKNOWN LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; COUNTY OF 

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA,

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CASE NO. 1:18-cv-01510-AWI-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

Complaint Filed: October 30, 2018

Trial Date: September 15, 2020

The parties, through their respective counsel, stipulate and jointly request the Court to 

extend the deadlines for non-expert discovery, expert disclosures, supplemental expert 

disclosures, and expert discover, all of which are set forth in the Court’s Scheduling Order at 

Docket Number 13.

Good cause exists for this requested modification as follows:

On September 20, 2019, Defendants served Special Interrogatories, Request for 

Production of Documents, and Request for Admissions. Declaration of Brande L. Gustafson 

(“Gustafson Decl.”), para. 3. Plaintiff was granted an extension of time to respond and served 

his responses on November 1, 2019. Gustafson Decl., para. 4. The parties engaged in efforts to 

meet and confer about Plaintiff’s discovery responses and as a result, Plaintiff served amended

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responses on January 6, 2020, which also produced the first medical records related to treatment 

received by Plaintiff. Gustafson Decl., para. 6. 

Plaintiff’s discovery responses identified the names and addresses for several health care 

providers and Defendants issued subpoenas for the records of those health care providers. 

Gustafson Decl., para. 5. The record custodian for one of those health care providers

(University Psychiatry Associates), however, represented that Plaintiff had never been treated 

by their facility. Gustafson Decl., para. 8. Additionally, the documents produced with the 

amended responses disclosed that Plaintiff was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

(PTSD), anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, including nearly daily panic attacks. Gustafson

Decl., para. 7. As a result, the parties have been coordinating with each other to schedule a 

Rule 35 mental exam of Plaintiff, but have as of yet been unable to find a date available for both 

Plaintiff and the examining psychologist. Gustafson Decl., para. 11. 

In the meantime, Defendants properly noticed and took Plaintiff’s deposition on January 

20, 2020. Gustafson Decl., para. 9. During Plaintiff’s deposition, Defendants learned for the 

first time the name of the psychiatrist treating Plaintiff and that the psychiatrist practices in 

Kerman and not Fresno. Id. A new subpoena for those records was required. Gustafson Decl., 

para. 10. The records will not be received before the close of the non-expert discovery deadline 

and will leave minimal time for expert review and incorporation into a report prior to the expert

disclosure deadline.

Event/Deadline Existing Date Stipulated New Date

Non-Expert Discovery Deadline January 31, 2020 February 21, 2020

Expert Witness Disclosure February 28, 2020 March 20, 2020

Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosure March 27, 2020 April 17, 2020

Expert Discovery Deadline April 17, 2020 May 8, 2020

Dispositive Motion Deadline May 15, 2020 No Change

Pre-Trial Conference July 29, 2020 No Change

Trial September 15, 2020 No Change

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Modification of the Scheduling Order is not anticipated to affect the dispositive motion 

deadline, pre-trial conference, or trial dates.

In light of the foregoing good cause, the parties hereby stipulate and jointly request that 

the Court issue an order modifying the current Scheduling Order as detailed above.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: January 29, 2020 WEAKLEY & ARENDT

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Brande L. Gustafson 

James D. Weakley

Brande L. Gustafson

Attorneys for Defendants, 

County of Fresno and Correctional Sergeant Oliver

Dated: January 30, 2020 LAW OFFICE OF KEVIN G. LITTLE

By: /s/ Kevin G. Little (As authorized on 1/30/20)

Kevin G. Little

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

James Robert Montez, II

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ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS 

the parties’ request to modify the Scheduling Order. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

Scheduling Order in this action is modified as follows:

1. Expert Disclosures: March 20, 2020

2. Supplemental Expert Disclosures: April 17, 2020

3. Non-Expert Discovery Cutoff: February 21, 2020

4. Expert Discovery Cutoff: May 8, 2020

The dispositive motion filing deadline and the pretrial conference and trial dates remain 

unchanged. The parties are advised that no further extensions or modifications of the deadlines 

in this case will be granted absent a demonstrated showing of good cause. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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