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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AHKEEM DESHAVIER WILLIAMS,

 Plaintiff,

vs.

J. MARSH, #018609, California Highway

Patrol

 

Defendant.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:19-cv-00309-NONE-SKO

ORDER GRANTING IN PART THE 

PARTIES’ STIPULATED REQUEST

ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING 

ORDER

(Doc. 47)

ORDER

The Court entered a scheduling order in this case on July 17, 2019, setting the expert 

disclosures deadline for January 3, 2020, the expert discovery deadline for February 18, 2020, the 

dispositive motions filing deadline for March 2, 2020, and a trial date of August 4, 2020. (Doc. 25.) 

On January 3, 2020, at the parties’ request, the Court extended the scheduling order deadlines 

and, in relevant part, continued the expert disclosures deadline to February 18, 2020, the expert 

discovery deadline to April 3, 2020, the dispositive motions deadline to April 16, 2020, and the trial 

date to September 29, 2020. (Doc. 41; see Doc. 40.) 

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On February 6, 2020, the parties filed a stipulation requesting that the Court extend the expert 

disclosures, rebuttal expert disclosures, expert discovery, and non-dispositive and dispositive

motions deadlines by approximately 14 days. (Doc. 47 at 3.) The parties request that the Court 

keep the pretrial conference date and the September 29, 2020 trial date the same.1 (See id. at 1.) 

In their stipulation, the parties explain that although they have diligently pursued discovery 

in this case, they require more time to complete expert discovery. (Id. at 2.) Specifically, after 

Plaintiff’s deposition on December 16, 2019, Defendant retained an additional expert, who “stated 

that he required additional time to review several records in this case as well as Plaintiff’s deposition 

testimony.” (Id.) Plaintiff also “is still attempting to retain expert witnesses and will also require 

additional time.” (Id.) Thus, the parties agreed to request extensions of the existing case schedule. 

(Id.) 

The Court finds good cause under Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to 

extend the requested deadlines in the scheduling order to accommodate the parties’ request, but will 

also continue the pretrial conference and trial dates, to give the Court sufficient time to rule on 

dispositive motions. 

Accordingly, for good cause shown, the Court MODIFIES the scheduling order dates2as 

follows: 

1. The expert disclosures deadline is EXTENDED to March 3, 2020; 

2. The rebuttal expert disclosures deadline is EXTENDED to March 17, 2020; 

3. The expert discovery deadline is EXTENDED to April 16, 2020; 

4. The non-dispositive motions filing deadline is EXTENDED to April 30, 2020; 

5. The non-dispositive motions hearing deadline is EXTENDED to June 3, 2020; 

 

1 The Court previously set a telephonic conference for February 12, 2020, at 10:30 a.m., to discuss 

Defendant’s “Request to Opt-Out” of the March 10, 2020 settlement conference. (See Doc. 44.) That date, 

the pre-settlement conference date, and the settlement conference date remain unchanged. 

2 The Court adjusts certain of the parties’ proposed dates to conform to the Court’s scheduling preferences.

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6. The dispositive motions filing deadline is EXTENDED to April 30, 2020; 

7. The dispositive motions hearing deadline is EXTENDED to June 16, 2020; 

8. The pretrial conference date is CONTINUED to August 31, 2020; and

9. The trial date is CONTINUED to October 27, 2020. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 7, 2020 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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