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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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Mark E. Ellis - 127159 

Ronald R. Poirier - 175511 

Jennifer S. Gregory - 228593 

Naisha Covarrubias - 239499 

ELLIS, COLEMAN, POIRIER, LAVOIE, 

& STEINHEIMER, LLP 

555 University Avenue, Suite 200 East 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Tel: (916) 283-8820 

Fax: (916) 283-8821 

mellis@ecplslaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, JASON NIELSEN 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

TORY E. GRIFFIN (Bar No. 186181) 

MONICA S. HANS (Bar No. 227379) 

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4731 

Telephone: (916) 444-1000 

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100 

tgriffin@downeybrand.com 

mhans@downeybrand.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TROFHOLZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

a California Corporation; 

BRENNA PEDONE; YVONNE GLENN; 

TROY GLENN, and ANDREW PARKER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JASON NIELSEN, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

TROFHOLZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al., 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: 2:09-CV-00960-WBS-DAD

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) ORDER 

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Plaintiff JASON NIELSEN and Defendants TROFHOLZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC., TROY 

GLENN, YVONNE GLENN, BRENNA PEDONE, and ANDREW PARKER (collectively 

“Defendants”) of the above-entitled action jointly submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order to 

Modify the Court’s August 5, 2009, Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order. For the reasons set forth 

below, the parties request that the pretrial and trial dates be continued for 60-90 days. 

In support of this Stipulation, the parties provide the Court with the following background 

demonstrating good cause for the parties’ request, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

I. PROCEDURAL STATUS

A. Brief Summary of the Claims: 

Plaintiff Jason Nielsen (“Plaintiff”) is a former employee of Trofholz Technologies Inc, 

(“TTI”) and worked as a project manager out of the Rocklin office. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant 

Andrew Parker and a female employee, who was a direct subordinate of Plaintiff, at TTI had been 

engaging in a sexual relationship and that as a result of said relationship, Parker had been favoring his 

paramour and discriminating against Plaintiff. After Plaintiff’s report of the affair to TTI management 

Defendants, and each of them, subjected Plaintiff to a hostile work environment, discrimination, 

harassment, and retaliation, including, but not limited to, unjustified negative performance reviews, 

unwarranted disciplinary actions, denial of pay increases and/or bonuses, further harassment and 

retaliation, and ultimately, Defendant TTI’s wrongful termination of Plaintiff on or about December 

30, 2008. Defendants deny these allegations. 

B. Status of Service of Process 

As of the time the Court issued its Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order on August 5, 2009, 

Plaintiff had not served defendant Andrew Parker. In its Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, the Court 

ordered that Parker be served within forty (40) days of the date of the Order, or by September 14, 

2009. 

 Parker does not reside in California, and is on active military duty in Washington, D.C. 

Plaintiff was not able to serve Parker until on or around April 7, 2010. Parker answered Plaintiff’s 

Complaint on April 26, 2010. 

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C. Status of Discovery

 The parties have exchanged written discovery requests and responses thereto. 

 The parties have exchanged expert witness reports. 

Defendants TTI, Yvonne Glenn, Troy Glenn and Brenna Pedone took Plaintiff’s deposition on 

January 20, 2010. 

 Plaintiff has commenced depositions of defendants and various TTI employees, with several 

depositions noticed for May and early June 2010. 

 The parties have yet to take the depositions of the other party’s designated expert witnesses. 

II. GOOD CAUSE DEMONSTRATING NEED TO CONTINUE 

SCHEDULING ORDER DEADLINES

Scheduling orders entered before the final pretrial conference may be modified upon a showing 

of “good cause.” Hannon v. Chater, 887 F.Supp. 1303 (N.D.Cal. 1995); Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 

With this understanding in mind, the parties believe “good cause” is present to support the need for an 

extension of the case deadlines for approximately 60-90 days. 

Defendant Parker is a Lt. Colonel in the United States Army, and is stationed at the Pentagon. 

He resides in Arlington, Virginia. Although this case was filed on April 9, 2009, Plaintiff was unable 

to serve Parker until April 7, 2010. Plaintiff believes that Parker is an integral party to this case. 

Parker’s addition to this action at this time creates serious problems under the existing schedule. The 

current discovery cutoff date is June 7, 2010. Parker will serve written discovery shortly. Plaintiff of 

course desires to take Parker’s deposition, which given his military commitments may have to take 

place in Virginia. 

Counsel for the parties have met and conferred extensively on potential dates for various 

depositions, and their current schedules for May 2010, coupled with Parker’s current military schedule, 

do not allow for a deposition of Parker before the currently scheduled discovery cutoff. The parties 

believe his deposition will have to be scheduled some time in late June 2010. 

In addition, due to unforeseen circumstances, the deposition of Yvonne Glenn, which was 

scheduled for April 29, 2010, had to be rescheduled, and after meeting and conferring the parties’ 

counsel have no compatible dates on which to complete Ms. Glenn’s deposition prior to the current 

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discovery cutoff date. 

The parties already have several depositions set for May and early June 2010. Expert 

depositions still need to be scheduled, but given counsel’s respective schedules, those depositions will 

be unable to take place until at least mid-June 2010. Moreover, the parties desire to complete nonexpert discovery before taking the expert depositions. 

Therefore, to allow the parties to complete discovery in an orderly manner now that defendant 

Parker has been served and has appeared in this action, the parties propose to extend the discovery 

cutoff deadline by sixty (60) days, and to extent all other pretrial dates and the trial date by 60-90 days, 

as follows: 

Deadline/Event Current Date Proposed Date

Discovery Cut-Off 

(including experts) 

June 7, 2010 August 6, 2010 

Law and Motion Cutoff 

(filing deadline) 

July 26, 2010 September 24, 2010 

Pre-Trial Conference Date October 4, 2010 December 6, 2010 

Trial Date December 4, 2010 March 8, 20111

STIPULATION

 The parties, through their counsel, HEREBY STIPULATE to amend the Status (Pretrial 

Scheduling) Order as set forth above. 

 

DATED: May 4, 2010 Ellis, Coleman, Poirier, LaVoie, & Steinheimer LLP

By: /s/ Jennifer S. Gregory 

JENNIFER S. GREGORY 

Attorney For Plaintiff Jason Nielsen 

 

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 Defendants’ counsel’s current trial schedule precludes an earlier trial date in early 2011. 

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DATED: May 4, 2010 Downey Brand LLP

By: /s/ Tory E. Griffin 

TORY E. GRIFFIN 

Attorney for Defendants 

TROFHOLZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC., YVONNE 

GLENN, TROY GLENN, BRENNA PEDONE 

and ANDREW PARKER

ORDER

 Based on the stipulation of the parties, and finding good cause therefore, the Court hereby 

amends the August 5, 2009 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order as follows: 

 1. The discovery cutoff is extended to August 6, 2010; 

 2. All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders, or other 

emergency motions, shall be filed on or before September 24, 2010; 

 3. The Final Pretrial Conference is set for December 13, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 

No. 5; and 

 4. The jury trial is set for March 15, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 5, 2010 

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