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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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Stipulation for Three-Week Extension of Expert Discovery Deadline (2:08-cv-00455 GEB-EFB)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER, State Bar No. 230529

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DIANA ESQUIVEL, State Bar No. 202954

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-4928

Facsimile: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Diana.Esquivel@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Cahoon, Holliday, 

Nuehring, and Sisto

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SHERIE LEMIRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION,

Defendants.

No. 2:08-cv-00455 GEB-EFB

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER FOR THREE-WEEK 

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO 

COMPLETE EXPERT DISCOVERY

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) and Local Rule 143, the parties, through 

their counsel of record, agree to and request a three-week continuance of the deadline current to 

complete expert discovery that is currently set for October 29, 2014. (See Order (3/3/14) at 2:1-2, 

ECF No. 138.) Good cause exists to grant this stipulation because Plaintiff‟s counsel has an 

ongoing family medical emergency that requires her attention, and she is unavailable for 

deposition in the time remaining before the deadline. 

A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and by leave of 

Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A), 16(b)(4); see, e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 

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F.2d 604, 609 (describing the factors a court should consider in ruling on such a motion). In 

considering whether a party moving for a schedule modification has good cause, the Court 

primarily focuses on the diligence of the party seeking the modification. Johnson, 975 F.2d at 

609 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee‟s notes of 1983 amendment). “The district 

court may modify the pretrial schedule „if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the 

party seeking the amendment.‟” Id. (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee notes of 1983 

amendment). 

Plaintiff‟s counsel, Geri Green, has an ongoing medical situation involving her ill father 

that has required her to be away from her office for the remainder of the month. Thus, she has 

been unable to provide defense counsel with a date for the deposition of Plaintiff‟s economist. 

Defendants do not believe the deposition will last more than two hours. The parties have agreed 

to a three-week extension to complete expert discovery. The parties do not believe that the 

requested extension will affect the remaining scheduling deadlines. For these reasons, the parties 

request an extension of the of the expert-discovery deadline to November 19, 2014. 

Dated: October 28, 2014 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Diana Esquivel

DIANA ESQUIVEL

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: October 28, 2014 LAW OFFICES OF GREEN & GREEN, LLP

/s/ Geri Lynn Green

GERI LYNN GREEN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ORDER

Good cause appearing, the parties‟ stipulated request for a three-week extension of time to 

complete expert discovery is granted. 

Expert discovery shall be completed by November 19, 2014. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 29, 2014

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