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Nature of Suit Code: 441
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Voting
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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STIPULATION OF COUNSEL TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE & CASE NO. 06-CV-01526-OWW-DLB 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FELIX M. LOPEZ, ELIZABETH RUIZ, and 

the MEXICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL 

ASSOCIATION, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, and 

CITY OF LOS BANOS, CALIFORNIA, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 06-CV-01526-OWW-DLB 

STIPULATION OF COUNSEL TO 

CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND 

PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE DATE, 

PENDING A RULING ON 

SUBMITTED MOTION TO 

DISMISS AND MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

DATE: February 12, 2008 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

JUDGES: Hon. Jay S. Bybee 

 Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

 Hon. Anthony W. Ishii 

COUNTY OF MERCED COUNTY COUNSEL

JAMES N. FINCHER, SBN 196837 

COUNTY COUNSEL 

COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 

2222 M STREET, ROOM 309 

MERCED, CA 95340 

TELEPHONE (209) 385-7564 

NIELSEN, MERKSAMER, PARRINELLO, 

 MUELLER & NAYLOR, LLP 

MARGUERITE MARY LEONI, SBN 101696 

CHRISTOPHER E. SKINNELL, SBN 227093 

591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, #4000 

MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 

TELEPHONE (415) 389-6800 

FAX (415) 388-6874 

Attorneys for Defendant

COUNTY OF MERCED, CALIFORNIA

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STIPULATION OF COUNSEL TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE AND PRE-TRIAL 

CONFERENCE DATE, PENDING A RULING ON SUBMITTED MOTION TO DISMISS 

AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WHEREAS Defendant MERCED COUNTY has moved for summary judgment on all claims in the 

Second Amended Complaint, and the Plaintiffs have moved to dismiss Defendant CITY OF LOS 

BANOS; and 

WHEREAS both motions were argued on November 15, 2007, and taken under submission by 

this Court at the conclusion of that hearing, see Minute Order (Dkt. #210); and 

WHEREAS no decision has yet been rendered on either motion; and 

WHEREAS if the motions are successful, they will avoid the need for a trial—and further pre-trial 

proceedings—altogether, and if the COUNTY’S motion is even partially successful, the Court’s 

rulings may substantially narrow the issues that will need to be tried; and 

WHEREAS until a decision on the pending motions is received it will be difficult for the parties to 

identify the issues that may need to be tried, to prepare appropriate pre-trial statements, or prepare 

for such trial; and 

WHEREAS delaying the trial date, pre-trial conference, and the deadlines for the parties to file 

and serve pre-trial statements, until such time as a decision is rendered on the pending motions, 

would serve the salutary purposes of discouraging wasteful pretrial activities and improving the 

quality of any necessary trial through more focused and thorough preparation; 

Plaintiffs FELIX LOPEZ, ELIZABETH RUIZ and the MEXICAN AMERICAN 

POLITICAL ASSOCIATION, and Defendants COUNTY OF MERCED and CITY OF LOS 

BANOS, do hereby agree and stipulate to: 

(1) a continuance of the trial date, which is currently set to begin on February 12, 2008,1

(2) a continuance of the date of the pre-trial conference, which is currently set for 

January 7, 2008,2and 

(3) a corresponding continuance, pursuant to Local Rule 16-281, of the deadlines for 

 

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See Order Extending Defendant County Of Merced’s Time To Answer The Second Amended Complaint 

(Dkt. #176), p. 2:13-14. 

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 Id. at 2:11-12. 

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the parties to file pre-trial statements. 

The parties request that, if a trial is still necessary after a ruling issues on the pending 

motions, the Court order a scheduling conference at that point, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 16 and Local Rule 16-240, for the purpose of re-setting an appropriate trial date and pretrial conference date.3

DATED: December 19, 2007 COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH, LLP 

By: /s/ Charles M. Schaible (authorized 12/19/07).

Charles M. Schaible 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: December 19, 2007 NIELSEN, MERKSAMER, PARRINELLO, 

 MUELLER & NAYLOR, LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher E. Skinnell .

Christopher E. Skinnell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

COUNTY OF MERCED 

DATED: December 19, 2007 ABBOTT & KINDERMANN, LLP 

By: /s/ Joseph Wells Ellinwood (authorized 12/19/07).

Joseph Wells Ellinwood 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY OF LOS BANOS 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 27, 2007 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 Honorable OLIVER W. WANGER 

 United States District Judge 

 

3 The trial date and pre-trial conference date have been continued once before, to their currently scheduled 

dates, in connection with the stipulated extension of the time for Merced County to file an answer to the Second 

Amended Complaint. Id. at 2:11-14. 

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