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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., SBN 69888 

BEN NISENBAUM, Esq. SBN 222173 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Center 

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120 

Oakland, California 94621 

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

John.Burris@johnburrislaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BREANNA COOKE, individually and as CoSuccessor-in-Interest for Decedent JAMES 

COOKE; SAYEE MCCARTHY, individually 

and as Co-Successor-in-Interest for Decedent 

JAMES COOKE and SHEILA BLAKELYSINCLAIR, Guardian Ad Litem for minor 

A.C., individually and as Co-Successor-inInterest 

Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

 

CITY OF STOCKTON, a municipal 

corporation; JEREMY EDENS, in his 

individual and official capacity as Police 

Officer for the City of Stockton; KEVIN 

HESS, in his individual and official capacity 

as Police Officer for the City of Stockton; 

GABRIEL GUERRERO, in his individual 

and official capacity as Police Officer for the 

City of Stockton; JAMES MANOR, in his 

individual and official capacity as Police 

Officer for the City of Stockton; and IRSHAD 

MOHAMMED, in his individual and official 

capacity as Police Officer for the City of 

Stockton and DOES 1-50, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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Case No.: 2:14-cv-00908-KJM-KJN

ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULING 

ORDER TO ALLOW FOR PHASED 

DISCOVERY 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, good cause based on the parties’ 

good-faith efforts to mitigate costs while conducting phased discovery 

necessary to conduct settlement discussions, the Court hereby grants the parties 

stipulation and orders as follows: 

a. Each party shall take up to five fact discovery depositions; 

b. The parties shall exchange liability and causation expert 

witness reports confidentially subject to the mediation 

privilege by April 14, 2017; 

c. The parties shall confer after the confidential exchange of 

liability and causation by April 21, 2017, regarding whether to 

engage in further settlement discussions. Following the meet 

and confer, the parties shall notify Magistrate Judge Newman 

if they decide to engage in a further settlement conference, in 

which case the settlement conference shall be completed by 

May 26, 2017. Should the case not resolve at a further 

settlement conference, the Court shall adopt the modifications 

to its Scheduling Order set forth in section (d) below. 

d. In the event the parties do not agree to a further settlement 

conference after conferring, the parties shall notify the Court, 

and the Court shall issue the following modification to the its 

Scheduling Order: 

1. The parties shall exchange Opening Expert Witness 

Designations and Reports by June 2, 2017; 

2. The parties shall exchange Rebuttal Expert Witness 

Designations and Reports by July 10, 2017; 

3. Fact discovery shall re-open June 29, 2017, and all 

discovery shall close by July 24, 2017. 

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4. No other dates in the Court’s Scheduling Order shall 

be affected and all other provisions of that Order remain 

in effect. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 Dated: March 3, 2017. 

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