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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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COTA COLE LLP

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ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95661

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Continue Trial, Pre-Trial, Law and Motion and Discovery Dates

Case No. 2:15-CV-00565-WBS-DB

JOHN M. LUEBBERKE, City Attorney

State Bar No 164893

JAMES F. WILSON, Deputy City Attorney

State Bar No. 107289

425 N. El Dorado Street, 2nd Floor

Stockton, CA 95202

Telephone: (209) 937-8333

Facsimile (209) 937-8898

DENNIS M. COTA, Bar No. 127992

dcota@cotalawfirm.com

RONALD J. SCHOLAR, Bar No. 187948

rscholar@cotalawfirm.com

SAMANTHA L. CHEN, Bar No. 307155

schen@cotalawfirm.com

COTA COLE LLP

2261 Lava Ridge Court

Roseville, CA 95661

Telephone: (916) 780-9009

Facsimile: (916) 780-9050

Attorneys for Defendants ROBERT JOHNSON, 

WILLIAM KAMBIC, DANA MOSHER, and 

RYAN MORRIS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYLVIA HAYNES, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ROBERT JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:15-CV-00565-WBS-DB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE TRIAL, PRETRIAL, LAW AND MOTION AND 

DISCOVERY DATES

Assigned to Judge:

Senior Judge William B. Shubb

Referred to: 

Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS the parties, by and through their respective counsel have met and conferred

and agreed;

WHEREAS discovery and dispositive motions were substantially delayed in order to 

permit sufficient time for Plaintiffs’ counsel to file a motion to withdraw, for the Court to rule on 

the matter and for Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ counsel to reconcile and be able to move forward with 

the case;

WHEREAS two litigation attorneys, including former counsel of record Ted Wood, have 

departed from the City of Stockton City Attorney’s Office;

WHEREAS effective December 30, 2016, new counsel from Cota Cole LLP have 

associated into the case for Defendants;

WHEREAS due to the holiday period, obtaining fully executed substitutions of attorney 

from each individual defendant have been temporarily delayed;

WHEREAS Cota Cole LLP will be fully substituting into the case for the City Attorney as 

soon as the appropriate substitution documents are prepared and filed with the Court;

WHEREAS new counsel needs sufficient time to review and analyze the case, the current 

state of discovery, which is incomplete and prepare the case for the completion of discovery, 

potential dispositive motions and trial;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs have also not yet completed discovery;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs’ counsel is set for two trials in February 2017;

WHEREAS pre-trial and trial will need to be continued to accommodate continuing 

discovery and dispositive motions;

WHEREAS pending the Court’s approval, the parties have agreed to continue all dates 

approximately 4-6 months depending upon the Court’s schedule and ability to accommodate as 

follows:

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Current New

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures 01/06/17 04/24/17

Fact Discovery Deadline 01/24/17 05/29/17

Expert Discovery Deadline 02/28/17 06/06/17

Discovery Motion Hearing Deadline N/A 07/18/17

Dispositive Motion Hearing Deadline N/A 08/21/17

Mandatory Settlement Conference N/A 09/26/17

Pre-Trial Conference 07/03/17 10/16/17

Trial 09/16/17 01/30/17

SO STIPULATED

Dated: January 3, 2017 COTA COLE LLP

By: /s/ Ronald J. Scholar

Dennis M. Cota

Ronald J. Scholar

Samantha L. Chen

Attorneys for Defendants ROBERT JOHNSON, 

WILLIAM KAMBIC, DANA MOSHER, and RYAN 

MORRIS

Dated: January 3, 2017 JOHN M. LUEBBERKE, CITY ATTORNEY

By: /s/ James F. Wilson

JAMES F. WILSON

Attorneys for Defendants ROBERT JOHNSON, 

WILLIAM KAMBIC, DANA MOSHER, and RYAN 

MORRIS

Dated: January 3, 2017 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

By: /s/ Dewitt M. Lacy

DEWITT M. LACY

Attorneys for Plaintiffs SYLVIA HAYNES, 

ANNTIONETT HAYNES and THE ESTATE OF 

DONALD RAY HAYNES

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Case No. 2:15-CV-00565-WBS-DB

ORDER

The Court having considered the above stipulation of the parties and good cause 

appearing, hereby orders the following dates and deadlines be reset and continued as follows:

Current New

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures 01/06/17 03/03/17

Fact Discovery Deadline 01/24/17 03/21/17

Expert Discovery Deadline 02/28/17 04/28/17

Discovery Motion Filing Deadline N/A 05/25/17

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline N/A 06/23/17

Pre-Trial Conference 07/03/17 09/11/17

at 1:30 p.m.

Trial 09/6/17 11/28/17

at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2017

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