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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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Case No. 3:14-cv-03088-VC: STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO AMEND SCHEDULING 

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114)

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268)

GENEVIEVE K. GUERTIN (State Bar No. 262479)

T. KENNEDY HELM (State Bar No. 282319)

HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP

505 Seventeenth Street

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 452-5500

Fax: (510) 452-5510

JAMES B. CHANIN (State Bar No. 76043)

Law Offices of James B. Chanin

3050 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94705

Telephone: (510) 848-4752

Fax: (510) 848-5819

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOSHUA DANIELS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA DANIELS, individually,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF OAKLAND, a public entity, 

SONNY SOWLES (A.K.A. SONNY 

HIGHTOWER), WALTER GARRETT, 

DAMEION THOMAS, and DOES 4-10, 

individually, jointly and severally,

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:14-cv-03088-VC

STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) 

ORDER TO AMEND CASE 

MANAGEMENT ORDER AS 

MODIFIED BY THE COURT

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ALL PARTIES, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY 

STIPULATE, AND REQUEST THIS COURT TO ORDER, THAT the case management order 

be amended as follows: 

This is a complex civil rights case with 3 individual Defendants and 7 remaining Doe 

Defendants. The parties have exchanged initial disclosures, exchanged written discovery, and 

have subpoenaed records. Plaintiff has deposed the three individual Defendants. Defendants have 

completed Plaintiff's deposition. Depositions of additional eye and percipient witnesses and Rule 

30(b)(6) witnesses have been noticed. Expert discovery is scheduled to open on August 31, 2015.

The parties have agreed that private mediation is appropriate at this stage of litigation, and 

if successful would minimize all parties' costs and attorneys' fees in this civil rights case. A 

private mediation is tentatively scheduled for September 11, 2015 with Hon. James Larson at 

JAMS.

Trial in this case is currently set for March 7, 2016. Expert reports are due August 31, 

2015, rebuttal expert reports are due on September 21, 2015 and expert discovery will close on 

February 5, 2016. Fact discovery is set to close on September 30, 2015.

In order to maximize the chances of settlement, and of avoiding incurring otherwise 

unnecessary costs and fees, including those associated with expert disclosures and discovery, the 

parties stipulate to continue the current case management deadlines and trial date. This is the first

request for extension of such deadlines.

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Therefore, the parties respectfully request that this Court continue the current deadlines in 

this matter as follows:

Deadline Description Current Deadline/Date Proposed Modified 

Deadline/Date

Completion of Fact Discovery September 30, 2015 December 9, 2015

Disclosure of Expert Witnesses’ 

Identities and Reports 

August 31, 2015 November 9, 2015

Disclosure of Rebuttal Expert 

Witnesses' Identity and Reports

September 21, 2015 December 9, 2015

Dispositive Motion Hearing 

Deadline

December 3, 2015 January 28, 2016

Settlement Conference December 9, 2015 February 9, 2016

Completion of Expert Discovery February 5, 2016 February 5, 2016

Pretrial Conference February 23, 2016 February 22, 2016

Jury Selection March 2, 2016

Trial March 7, 2016 March 7, 2016

**See Judge Chhabria's Civil Standing Order, paragraph 9.

SO STIPULATED:

Dated: August 12, 2015 HADDAD & SHERWIN

/s/ Michael J. Haddad

MICHAEL J. HADDAD

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: August 12, 2015 BARBARA J. PARKER, City Attorney

OTIS McGEE, Jr., Chief Assistant City Attorney

MARIA S. BEE, Supervising Trial Attorney

DAVID A. PEREDA, Deputy City Attorney

/s/ * David A. Pereda

DAVID A. PEREDA

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Attorney for Defendants CITY OF OAKLAND AND 

DAMEION THOMAS

Dated: August 12, 2015 BURNHAM BROWN

/s/ * John J. Verber

JOHN J. VERBER

Attorney for Defendants SONNY SOWLES AND 

WALTER GARRETT

* Mr. Haddad, Mr. Pereda and Mr. Verber provided their consent that this document be 

electronically filed. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: _______________ _______________________________

HONORABLE VINCE CHHABRIA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

August 20, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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