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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DEADLINE

MARK D. LONERGAN (State Bar No. 143622)

THOMAS N. ABBOTT (State Bar No. 245568)

JASON M. JULIAN (State Bar No. 215342)

jmj@severson.com

SEVERSON & WERSON

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 398-3344

Facsimile: (415) 956-0439

Attorneys for Defendant

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

MATHEW D. MELLEN (Bar No. 233350)

SARAH SHAPERO (Bar No. 281748) 

MELLEN LAW FIRM

One Embarcadero Center, Fifth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415)315-1653

Facsimile: (415)276-1902

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, BRET MACDONALD and AMALIA MACDONALD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRET MACDONALD, an individual; and 

AMALIA MACDONALD, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:14-CV-04970-HSG

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF 

DEADLINE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Action Filed: November 10, 2014

Trial Date: May 1, 2016

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JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DEADLINE

Pursuant to the Civil Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, the parties, Plaintiffs BRETT MACDONALD and AMALIA 

MACDONALD (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”), 

through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the following:

WHEREAS, on November 10 2014, Plaintiff filed her Complaint in the above-captioned 

court against Defendants;

WHEREAS, on April 12, 2016, the Court issued a Scheduling Order, setting a jury trial 

for March 13, 2017 and the following trial related deadlines:

a. Fact Discovery Cutoff on September 13, 2016

b. Initial Expert Disclosures on September 27, 2016

c. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures on October 11, 2016

d. Expert Discovery Cutoff on October 25, 2016

e. Dispositive Motion Hearing Deadline on December 8, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

f. Pretrial Conference on February 28, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.;

g. Jury Trial on March 13, 2017.

WHEREAS, on or around September 21, 2016, pursuant to the Parties stipulation to 

continue all deadlines in this matter, the Court ordered that Expert Discovery Cut-off be 

December 9, 2016; 

WHEREAS, on or around November 10, 2016, the Parties submitted a stipulation to 

further extend the Expert Discovery Cut-Off and related disclosure deadlines, which the Court 

granted, setting the deadline to exchange Initial Expert Disclosures to December 9, 2016, 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures to December 23, 2016 and Expert Discovery Cut-off to January 6, 

2017; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs submitted their Initial Expert Disclosure on December 9, 2016, 

disclosing the intent to use an expert to testify at trial on Plaintiffs’ behalf;

WHEREAS, Defendant intends to designate a Rebuttal Expert by December 23, 2016 and 

will furnish the deferred rebuttal expert report within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of the 

transcript of the deposition of Plaintiffs’ expert;

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JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DEADLINE

WHEREAS, given the holidays between December 23, 2016 and January 6, 2017, counsel 

for Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendant, along with the experts designated by the parties, are 

largely unavailable to prepare for depositions and take depositions until after January 3, 2017;

WHEREAS, the Parties request that the deadline to conduct all Expert Discovery be 

extended for three weeks, from January 6, 2017 to January 27, 2017 to allow the parties and their 

experts time to prepare for and take the depositions of the designated experts;

WHEREAS, no other deadlines in this matter will be affected by the requested 

continuance.

STIPULATION

The parties stipulate to and request a two-week continuance of the Expert Discovery Cutoff Deadline from January 6, 2017 to January 27, 2017. 

Respectfully Submitted,

Dated: December 22, 2016 SEVERSON & WERSON

By: _/s/ Thomas Abbott________ Thomas Abbott, Esq.

Attorney for Defendant

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Dated: December 22, 2016 MELLEN LAW FIRM

By: _/s/ Sarah Shapero_________ 

Sarah Shapero, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiffs

BRETT MACDONALD and AMALIA 

MACDONALD

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JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO CONTINUE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DEADLINE

ORDER

This Court, having received and reviewed the stipulation of the parties referenced 

immediately above, and finding good cause therefore, pursuant to the stipulation of the parties;

The expert discovery cut-off deadline is continued to January 27, 2017. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _____________, 2016

________________________________________

 Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

 December 22, 2016

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