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Nature of Suit Code: 423
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Withdrawal 28 USC 157
Cause of Action: 28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference

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STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING THE DISCOVERY CUT-OFF AND 

EXPERT DISCLOSURE DATES 2:19-CV-02470-KJM-JDP 

Patricia P. Hollenbeck (SBN 121765) 

Karen L. Alexander (SBN 265926) 

DUANE MORRIS LLP 

750 B Street, Suite 2900 

San Diego, CA 92101-4681 

Telephone: (619) 744-2200 

Facsimile: (619) 744-2201 

E-mail: phollenbeck@duanemorris.com 

 klalexander@duanemorris.com 

Counsel for Defendants, 

Richard Leon Roberts and Pamela Jean Hall 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YU FANG TAGGART AND MELISSA 

BOLTON, 

 PLAINTIFFS 

vs. 

RICHARD LEON ROBERTS AND 

PAMELA JEAN HALL, 

 DEFENDANTS 

 Case No.: 2:19-cv-02470-KJM-JDP 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING THE DISCOVERY CUTOFF AND EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

DATES 

Magistrate Judge: Hon. Jeremy D. Peterson 

This Stipulation is hereby entered into by and between Plaintiffs Yu Fang Taggart and 

Melissa Bolton (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant Richard Leon Roberts (“Defendant”) by and through 

their respective counsel of record, as follows: 

WHEREAS, the Court’s Minutes for Scheduling Conference (Dkt 23) and Scheduling Order 

(Dkt. 24), the currently sets forth the following dates regarding fact discovery and expert disclosure: 

Fact discovery cut-off: July 28, 2022 

Expert disclosures to be completed by: August 29, 2022 

Rebuttal expert witnesses to be exchanged by: September 19, 2022 

All expert discovery to be completed by: October 21, 2022; and 

All dispositive motions, except for motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or 

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other emergency applications, to be heard by: November 18, 2022. 

WHEREAS, the parties request that these dates be continued by three months. This request 

is based on the following: 

1. The parties have completed written discovery. 

2. The parties have agreed to proceed with the depositions of Plaintiffs and Defendant, 

and anticipate scheduling them for the week of July 18, 2020. 

3. A dispute has arisen between the parties as to whether additional depositions (beyond 

those of the two Plaintiffs and single Defendant) are appropriate in this matter. Specifically, on 

June 20 and 21, 2022, Plaintiffs noticed nine third party witness depositions (primarily former 

students and current employees of Defendant’s employer and non-party, Gurnick Academy) to take 

place between now and the close of fact discovery. Defendant’s counsel has objected to these 

depositions on the grounds that they exceed the narrow scope of the claims and discovery in this 

matter. Furthermore, Defendant’s counsel is presently preparing for a week-long civil jury trial in 

the Central District Court of California on August 4, 2022 and as such it would be extremely 

difficult to participate in nine third party depositions as well as the depositions of the two Plaintiffs 

and the Defendant before the close of fact discovery on July 28, 2022. 

4. The parties met and conferred on June 22, 2022 about the third party depositions, but 

were unable to informally resolve their dispute. Defendant’s counsel advised that they intend to 

raise this issue with the Magistrate Judge at the earliest available opportunity. The parties agreed to 

request a three-month continuance of the fact discovery cutoff and related deadlines so that the 

parties could get a ruling from the Magistrate Judge before proceeding with any third-party 

depositions, and also to accommodate Defendant’s counsel’s upcoming trial on August 4, 2022. 

5. This is the parties’ first request for a continuance of the fact discovery cutoff or 

related pre-trial dates, and the parties anticipate that three months will be sufficient time but not 

longer than necessary to obtain guidance from the Magistrate Judge and then complete all remaining 

discovery. 

6. Should the Court be disinclined to continue all pre-trial dates by three months, the 

parties respectfully request that the fact discovery cutoff by extended by at least a month for the 

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reasons stated herein; the parties believe that expert disclosures could be made concurrently with the 

close of fact discovery if necessary and all remaining dates could remain as currently set. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 

Dated: June 23, 2022 CLAYEO C. ARNOLD, PC

 By: /s/ Joshua H. Watson (as authorized on June 23, 2022 

 Joshua H. Watson 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Taggart and Bolton 

Dated: June 23, 2022 DUANE MORRIS LLP 

 By: /s/ Patricia P. Hollenbeck 

 Patricia P. Hollenbeck 

 Karen L. Alexander 

 Attorneys for Defendants, 

 Richard Leon Roberts and Pamela Jean Hall 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby approves grants this Stipulation and 

continues the dates in the current case schedule by three months to the following dates: 

Fact discovery cut-off: October 28, 2022 

Expert disclosures to be completed by: November 29, 2022 

Rebuttal expert witnesses to be exchanged by: December 19, 2022 

All expert discovery to be completed by: January 21, 2023; and 

All dispositive motions, except for motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or 

other emergency applications, to be heard by: February 17, 2023. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 30, 2022. 

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