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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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KING HALL CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC

CARTER C. WHITE, CSB #165149

U.C. Davis School of Law

One Shields Avenue, Bldg. TB-30

Davis, CA 95616-8821

(530) 752-5440

Fax (530) 752-5788

Assisted by: Walid F. Kandeel and Julia Mendoza,

 Certified Law Students

Attorney for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BABB, )

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Plaintiff,

vs.

DR. KENNETH LOW, et al., 

Defendants.

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No. 2:00-cv-00023-MCE-DAD-P

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING

THE TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESS

BERNICE WHITFIELD

TRIAL: August 20, 2007

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

JUDGE: HON. MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

The parties, through their undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree that

the witness, Bernice Whitfield, be allowed to testify at the upcoming trial of this case by

deposition. Ms. Whitfield is a non-party witness, and a correctional officer. She has a planned

two-week vacation scheduled to begin on August 20, 2007, the day the trial of this matter is

scheduled to begin. The parties will take the deposition of the witness, and the deposition of the

witness will be recorded by both stenographic means and by videotape pursuant to Rule 30. 

Following the deposition the parties will designate sections of the deposition to be read to the

jury, and to the extent the parties cannot agree on these designations they will ask the Court the

rule on any objections at the pretrial hearing scheduled on August 17, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. The

parties will either read their designated section of the deposition testimony to the jury, or, to the

extent that the videotape can be edited by the time of the trial, a videotape of the deposition will

be shown to the jury. 

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The Court finds that the requirements of Rule 32 are met in that the witness will be greater than

100 miles from the place of the trial, and that exceptional circumstances exist as to make it

desirable in the interest of justice that the witness’ testimony be presented by deposition.

The parties respectfully request the Court enter this Stipulation as an Order of the Court.

Dated: August 9, 2007

Signed:

/S/ Carter C. White

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Carter C. White

Attorney for Plaintiff

/S/ Catherine W. Guess

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Catherine Woodbridge Guess

Attorney for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

In the event there are any objections to the deposition testimony, such objection(s) shall

be made in writing and delivered to this Court not later than August 15, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. The

Court will not hear objections raised for the first time on the day of the pretrial hearing. 

In the event no such written objection(s) is/are received by the Court on the date and time

indicated, it will be conclusively presumed that either there are no objections or that any

objections have been waived. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Court reserves the right to exclude any testimony

which is violative of FRE 403.

Dated: August 10, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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