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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Barker v. Yassine, Case No. 2:11-cv-00246-LKK-AC 

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Lynn Hubbard III, SBN 69773 

Scottlynn J Hubbard, SBN 212970 

DISABLED ADVOCACY GROUP, APLC 

12 Williamsburg Lane 

Chico, California 95926 

(530) 895-3252 

Attorneys for William Barker 

Susan E. Coleman, SBN 171832 

E-mail: scoleman@bwslaw.com 

Martin Kosla, SBN 247224 

E-mail: mkosla@bwslaw.com 

BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP 

444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953 

Telephone: (213) 236.0600 

Facsimile: (213) 236.2700 

Attorneys for Defendant R. Yassine 

United States District Court 

Eastern District of California 

William Barker, 

 Plaintiff, 

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R. Yassine, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:11-cv-246-LKK-AC 

Joint Stipulation to Modify 

Scheduling Order and Proposed 

Order 

[Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)] 

Date: 

Time: 

Room: 

Honorable Allison Claire 

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 On March 7, 2014, Dale Hubbard – mother for attorney Scottlynn 

Hubbard and wife of 47 years for attorney Lynn Hubbard III – passed away 

unexpectedly at her home in Chico, California.1 She was 67 years old. 

Disabled Advocacy Group is a family law firm and the death of its 

matriarch was devastating to its counsel and staff. Despite this loss, we 

have attempted to fulfill our obligations to both court and counsel, 

including the deadlines established under the current schedule. It has 

proven difficult (and not entirely successful) for obvious reasons. We are 

thus seeking to modify the scheduling order, and extend all remaining 

deadlines by three months to reflect the delay caused by her death. A 

schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge's consent. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). To establish “good cause,” parties seeking 

modification of a scheduling order must generally show that, even with the 

exercise of due diligence, they cannot meet the order's timetable. Johnson 

v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). To 

establish diligence, a movant should establish (1) they assisted the court in 

fashioning a workable scheduling order; (2) any actual or anticipated 

noncompliance resulted from circumstances not reasonably anticipated at 

the time of the scheduling conference; and (3) a prompt request for 

modification once it became apparent that compliance was not possible. 

Hood v. Hartford Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 567 F.Supp.2d 1221, 1224 (E.D. 

Cal. 2008) (Damrell, SJ). In this case, plaintiff’s counsel did not know that 

his mother was sick (much less that she would pass away) when fashioning 

the schedule, nor did he appreciate how her death would affect his father 

and their law practice. More importantly, once it became apparent that we 

 

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would be unable to fulfill our obligation under the current schedule, we 

immediately moved to modify the deadline. For these reasons, we hope the 

court will allow a short three month extension of all remaining deadlines so 

that the parties can complete trial preparation in this case. 

Dated: May 28, 2014 DISABLED ADVOCACY GROUP, APLC 

/s/ Scottlynn J Hubbard IV, esq. / 

SCOTTLYNN J HUBBARD IV 

Attorney for Plaintiff William Barker 

Dated: May 28, 2014 BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP

 

 /s/ Martin Kosla, esq. / 

 MARTIN KOSLA 

 Attorney for Defendant R. Yassine 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

Scheduling Order is modified to extend all remaining dates by three 

months. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 28, 2014 

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