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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 AND ORDER SETTING FURTHER BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS FAC 

AND TO CONTINUE HEARING DATE; Case No.: 19-cv-06157 NC 

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JAMES McMANIS (40958) 

MATTHEW SCHECHTER (212003) 

TYLER ATKINSON (257997) 

ANDREW PARKHURST (324173) 

McMANIS FAULKNER 

a Professional Corporation 

50 W. San Fernando Street, 10th Floor 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone: (408) 279-8700 

Facsimile: (408) 279-3244 

jmcmanis@mcmanislaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

GRADETECH, INC. and 

SAM RIVINIUS, and Petitioner, 

GRADETECH, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

GRADETECH, INC., a California corporation; 

SAM RIVINIUS, an individual, 

 Plaintiffs and Petitioner, 

v. 

CITY OF SAN JOSE, a public entity; JIM 

ORTBAL, in his official capacity as the City’s 

Hearing Officer on Gradetech’s protest of the 

City’s 2019 Minor Street Projects 

disqualification decision, and in his individual 

capacity; DAVID FRENCH, in his individual 

capacity; CHRIS MASTRODICASA, in his 

individual capacity; MATTHEW CANO, in his 

individual capacity; and MATTHEW 

LOESCH, in his individual capacity, and 

DOES 1-50, inclusive, 

 Defendants and Respondents. 

Case No. 19-cv-06157 NC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING 

FURTHER BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR 

THE OPPOSITION AND REPLY AS TO 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

TO CONTINUE HEARING DATE 

[Civil L.R. 7-11 and 7-12] 

Courtroom: 5, 4th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Nathanael Cousins

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Plaintiffs, GradeTech, Inc. and Sam Rivinius (“plaintiffs”), and defendants, the City of 

San Jose, Jim Ortbal, David French, Chris Mastrodicasa, Matthew Cano, and Matthew Loesch 

(collectively “defendants”), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as 

follows: 

WHEREAS, on December 20, 2019, plaintiffs filed their First Amended Complaint for 

Damages and Petition for Writ of Mandamus, or in the Alternative, for Writ of Administrative 

Mandamus; 

WHEREAS, on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss First 

Amended Complaint (“the Motion”); 

WHEREAS, on January 3, 2020, the Court granted a Stipulation between the parties 

continuing plaintiffs’ deadline to file their opposition to the Motion to January 21, 2020, 

defendants deadline to file a reply to February 4, 2020, and continuing the hearing date to 

February 26, 2020; 

WHEREAS, counsel for plaintiffs is scheduled to begin a trial in Alameda County on 

January 27, 2020, and has various pretrial filings due and pretrial appearance scheduled before 

that date; 

 WHEREAS, counsel for the parties have met and conferred regarding the briefing 

schedule for the Motion, and defendants will not oppose a further extension in the briefing 

schedule; 

 WHEREAS, the proposed briefing schedule will require the hearing on the Motion – 

currently set for Wednesday, February 26, 2020 – to be continued to a later date; 

 WHEREAS, the parties agree that defendants need not provide initial disclosures, and 

that the parties will not engage in discovery, before the Court issues its Order on the Motion; 

 WHEREAS, the parties agree that once an Order on the Motion is issued, they will 

discuss discovery and the discovery schedule; 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate, and plaintiffs request that the Court 

order, as follows: 

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Plaintiffs shall have until Tuesday, February 25, 2020, to file their opposition to the 

Motion; 

Defendants shall have until Tuesday, March 17, 2020, to file their reply in support of the 

Motion; 

The opposition and reply shall comply with the page limits set forth in Northern District 

Local Rule 7-4(b); and 

The parties are available for the hearing on the Motion to be continued to any Wednesday 

in the month of April 2020 at 1:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 14, 2020 McMANIS FAULKNER 

/s/ Matthew Schechter 

MATTHEW SCHECHTER 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Gradetech, Inc., and 

Sam Rivinius, and Petitioner, Gradetech, Inc. 

Dated: January 14, 2020 RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney

 /s/ Matthew Pritchard 

MATTHEW PRITCHARD 

Attorneys for Defendants, City of San Jose, Jim 

Ortbal, David French, Chris Mastrodicasa, 

Matthew Cano, and Matthew Loesch 

ATTESTATION 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories listed, and on 

whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing. 

Dated: January 14, 2020 /s/ Matthew Schechter____________ 

 MATTHEW SCHECHTER 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Plaintiffs’ Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint is now 

due by Tuesday, February 25, 2020. 

2. Defendants’ Reply in support of their Motion to Dismiss First Amended 

Complaint will be due by Tuesday, March 17, 2020. 

3. The hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint is 

hereby continued from Wednesday, February 26, 2020, to Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at 1:00 

p.m. 

4. Discovery is hereby stayed, and Defendants need not serve Plaintiffs with initial 

disclosures under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a), until the Court issues a ruling on 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss the first amended complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 15, 2020 __________

 MAGISTRATE JUDGE NATHANAEL COUSINS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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