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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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SACRAMENTO\LSTEVENS\36715.1 

Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Conference Order; 

[Proposed] Order 

DENNIS M. COTA, Bar No. 127992 

DEREK P. COLE, Bar No. 204250 

LINDSAY N. STEVENS, Bar No. 238227 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1650 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 325-4000 

Telecopier: (916) 325-4010 

Attorneys for Defendants 

County of Madera, Angela Basch, 

Mark Meyers and Gary Gilbert 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

ERNEST MERRILL, LILA MERRILL, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COUNTY OF MADERA, ANGELA BASCH 

Individually and as an Employee of Madera 

County, MARK MEYERS Individually and as 

an Employee of Madera County, GARY 

GILBERT Individually and as an agent for 

Madera County, and DOE DEFENDANTS 1 

TO 10, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 1:05-cv-00195 AWI SMS 

Honorable Anthony W. Ishii 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER 

TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

AND MOTION DEADLINES; 

ORDER 

 

COUNTY OF MADERA, 

 Counter-Claimant, 

 v. 

ERNEST MERRILL, LILA MERRILL, 

DREAM CATCHER RANCH, INC., a Nevada 

Corporation, LITTLE BUTTE CATTLE 

COMPANY, INC., a Nevada Corporation, 

DUANE JONES, PIA BURROUGH-POND, 

JOHN M. BURROUGH, GENE MEDFORD, 

ROSE MEDFORD, KRISTIN McFALL, 

HOFFMAN RANCH, LLC., a California 

limited liability Company, and DOES 1-10, 

 Counter-Defendants. 

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SACRAMENTO\LSTEVENS\36715.1 1 Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Conference Order; 

[Proposed] Order 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiffs, Ernest and Lila Merrill; Defendants County of Madera, Mark Meyers, Gary 

Gilbert, and Angela Basch; and Counter Defendants Duane Jones, Pia Burrough-Pond, John M. 

Burrough, Gene Medford, Rose Medford, and Kristin McFall (collectively, "parties"), stipulate as 

follows: 

WHEREAS, the Court entered a Scheduling Conference Order on July 6, 2006 that 

established (1) a non-expert discovery cutoff of October 30, 2006; (2) a deadline for nondispositive motions of November 15, 2006; and (3) a deadline for dispositive motions of 

November 17, 2006; 

WHEREAS the parties have worked cooperatively in exchanging written discovery and 

scheduling and conducting several depositions prior to filing this stipulation; 

WHEREAS depositions are currently scheduled on the days remaining prior to the 

discovery cutoff on which counsel are available; 

WHEREAS the parties intend to take at least three depositions of witnesses whose 

availability has not yet been confirmed and who would not likely be able to appear prior to the 

discovery cutoff; 

WHEREAS to allow the parties to complete the depositions of these and any additional 

desired witnesses, the parties seek a brief, approximately three-week continuance of the discovery 

cutoff; 

WHEREAS if such an extension were permitted, the parties would also seek an 

approximately two-week extension of the deadlines for filing dispositive and non-dispositive 

motions; and 

WHEREAS the parties do not seek, nor believe it is necessary, to continue the trial date 

(set for April 3, 2007) or any of the other deadlines set forth in the Scheduling Conference Order. 

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SACRAMENTO\LSTEVENS\36715.1 2 Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Conference Order; 

[Proposed] Order 

In light of the foregoing, the parties stipulate as follows: 

1. The discovery cut-off in this action is continued from October 30, 2006 to 

November 22, 2006; 

2. The deadline for filing non-dispositive motions is continued from November 15, 

2006 to November 29, 2006; 

3. The deadline for filing dispositive motions is continued from November 17, 2006 

to December 1, 2006; 

4. All other deadlines and dates set forth in the Scheduling Conference Order, 

including the April 3, 2007 trial date, shall remain the same. 

Dated: October __19_, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF LAYNE HAYDEN 

By: /S/ Scott Lyons 

Layne Hayden 

Scott Lyons 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and CrossDefendants 

Ernest and Lila Merrill, Dream Catcher 

Ranch, Inc., and Little Butte Cattle 

Company, Inc. 

Dated: October __20_, 2006 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

By: /S/ Derek Cole 

Dennis M. Cota 

Derek P. Cole 

Lindsay N. Stevens 

Attorneys for Defendants and Cross 

Claimant, County of Madera, Gary Gilbert, 

and Angela Basch 

 

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SACRAMENTO\LSTEVENS\36715.1 3 Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Conference Order; 

[Proposed] Order 

Dated: October __20_, 2006 NUTTING & JORGENSEN LLP 

By: /S/ Kenneth Jorgenson 

Kenneth Jorgenson 

Attorneys for Counter Defendants Duane 

Jones, Pia Burrough-Pond, and John 

Burrough 

Dated: October __19__, 2006 LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD ARCHBOLD 

By: /S/ Richard Archbold 

Richard Archbold 

Attorneys for Counter Defendants Gene 

Medford, Rose Medford, and Kristin 

McFall, 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/23/2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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