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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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JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888

BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./State Bar #222173

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Centre

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, California 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 Facsimile: (510) 839-3882

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KATHLEEN ESPINOSA, individually and as

personal representative of the Estate of decedent

ASA SULLIVAN; A.S., by and through his

Guardian ad Litem, NICOLE GUERRA;

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

a municipal corporation; HEATHER FONG, in

her capacity as Chief of Police for the CITY

AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; JOHN

KEESOR, individually, and in his capacity as a

police officer for the CITY AND COUNTY OF

SAN FRANCISCO; MICHELLE ALVIS,

individually and in her capacity as a police

officer for the CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN

FRANCISCO; PAUL MORGADO, individually

and in his capacity as a police officer for the

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO;

and, San Francisco police officers DOES 1-25,

inclusive,

 Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER

CONTINUING TRIAL DATE AND PRETRIAL DATES

ALL PARTIES to this action hereby stipulate and agree, by and through their respective

counsel, as follows:

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1. Due to the timing of Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ trial obligations in other cases, as well

as timing issues beyond the control of the parties regarding the availability of certain discoverable

materials, which are explained in detail below, the parties to this matter are hereby jointly requesting

a brief extension of the trial date and various cut-off dates in this matter.

2. The current pre-trial order, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A, provides for a

June 2, 2008 trial date as well as the following pre-trial deadlines:

Close of Non-Expert Discovery 1/8/08

Last Day For Expert Discovery 3/10/08

Last Day To Hear Dispositive Motions 3/14/08

Pretrial Conference 5/12/08, 2 p.m.

Trial 6/2/08

The current pre-trial order does not include a date for expert disclosures.

3. Both attorneys for Defendants have recently been involved in two separate lengthy

federal trials that have just concluded, which prevented the parties from conducting any significant

discovery during the months of August and September. During the preceding months, and in

October 2007, the parties have, however, issued written discovery and taken the depositions of many

of the witnesses in this matter. The depositions of individual parties have not yet been taken. In

addition, certain discovery has just become available which the parties would like to have time to

evaluate before concluding the final discovery in this matter. Specifically, the defendants have

recently become aware that the Office of Citizen Complaints ("OCC") the Management Control

Division of the San Francisco Police Department ("MCD") have completed their investigations of

this matter, and therefore the Defendants have no further objection to disclosing certain materials

from these files to the Plaintiffs, subject to the Protective Order already endorsed by the Court.1

Defendants are in the process of copying the discoverable documents from these files and producing

 

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 Defendants have taken the position that producing the contents of an on-going investigation would potentially

compromise that investigation. Plaintiffs only became aware of the MCD investigation and some of its contents at the

deposition of one of the witness police officers, taken on October 25, 2007.

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them to Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs, who have not yet taken the depositions of the defendant officers, require

some time to review the material from these investigations before deposing the defendant officers.

Plaintiffs' counsel currently has a trial scheduled for November 26th, which will make it difficult for

Plaintiffs to review this material and depose the officers during the month of November and early

December. In addition, depending on the nature of the material produced, Plaintiffs may need to

issue additional discovery requests.

4. The parties have resolved their earlier discovery disputes through the specific meetand-confer process required by the Court’s order without requiring submission of a joint letter to the

Court. The parties do not know whether the same will be true of potential disputes arising out of the

remaining materials to be disclosed to Plaintiffs.

5. The parties agree that the short time frame between the anticipated taking of

depositions of the defendant officers, the close of non-expert discovery, and the filing time

requirements to hear dispositive motions necessitate a continuance of the pre-trial and trial dates.

6. In addition to the foregoing, Plaintiffs’ counsel are set for trial in another wrongfuldeath matter on the same trial date as the instant-matter, June 2, 2008, in Kim v. County of Alameda,

et al. Northern District Case No. C 07 01281 WHA.

7. Notwithstanding the Kim trial, good cause for the requested continuance is based upon

the tight schedule for remaining discovery, which is a result of all counsel’s other trial obligations as

well as a matter beyond the control of the parties – the late availability of other investigative files

regarding the subject incident in this case. In addition, because the original Pretrial Order did not

include expert disclosure dates, an additional Pretrial Order is needed to set those dates.

8. Counsel for the parties have conferred extensively, and request that the previously set

pre-trial and trial dates in this matter be vacated, and that the Court continue the trial date to a time of

the Court’s convenience, not sooner than September 15, 2008, with pre-trial dates for the close of

non-expert discovery, expert discovery, and dispositive motions adjusted consistent with the

requested continued trial dates. The parties jointly propose the following dates:

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Close of Non-Expert Discovery 4/4/08

Expert Disclosures 5/2/08

Last Day For Expert Discovery 6/13/08

Last Day To Hear Dispositive Motions 6/20/08

Pretrial Conference (Three to four weeks prior to trial)

Trial (est. 3 weeks) (On or after September 15, 2008

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: November 1, 2007 The Law Offices of John L. Burris

/s/ John L. Burris 

John L. Burris

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: November 1, 2007

DENNIS J. HERRERA

City Attorney

JOANNE HOEPER

Chief Trial Attorney

BLAKE P. LOEBS

Chief of Civil Rights Litigation

PETER J. KEITH

Deputy City Attorney

By //s// Blake P. Loebs 

BLAKE P. LOEBS

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

HEATHER FONG, in her official capacity,

JOHN KESSOR, MICHELLE ALVIS and

PAUL MORGADO

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(PROPOSED) ORDER

Good cause appearing, the Court hereby orders that the dates listed in Part A of the Court’s

Pretrial Order issued on January 1, 2007, be amended as follows:

Close of Non-Expert Discovery 4/4/08

Expert Disclosures 5/2/08

Last Day For Expert Discovery 6/13/08

Last Day To Hear Dispositive Motions 6/20/08

Pretrial Conference ______

Trial (est. 3 weeks) ______

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________________________

HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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July 25, 2008 October 6, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.

October 27, 2008 at 8:30 a.m.

November 5, 2007

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