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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINE

Case No. 2:10-cv-02009-MCE-EFB

Julie A. Shepard (SBN 175538)

JShepard@jenner.com

Alice S. Kim (SBN 317479)

AKim@jenner.com

Eric Wolff (SBN 341180)

Eric.Wolff@jenner.com

Tal Ratner Solovey (SBN 348113)

TRatnerSolovey@jenner.com

JENNER & BLOCK LLP

515 South Flower Street, Suite 3300

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2246

Telephone: +1 213 239 5100

Facsimile: +1 213 239 5199

Attorneys for Plaintiff Danny Murphy Coston

Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DANNY MURPHY COSTON

Plaintiff,

v.

ANDREW NANGALAMA, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 2:10-cv-02009-MCE-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY DEADLINE

[Declaration of Eric Wolff filed concurrently 

herewith]

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

Courtroom: 7

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINE

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SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT, Plaintiff Danny Murphy Coston (“Mr. 

Coston”) and Defendant Andrew Nangalama (“Dr. Nangalama,” together, the “Parties”), through 

their counsel, jointly submit the following Stipulation and Proposed Order for an extension of the 

discovery cut-off due to additional delays in California State Prison – Sacramento’s (“CSP-Sac”)

production of documents and the need to reschedule depositions due to Dr. Nangalama’s counsel’s

scheduling conflicts.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, by the Order reopening discovery for 120 days from the date the Order was 

electronically filed, October 17, 2022, (ECF No. 226), the close of discovery was set for February 

14, 2023;

WHEREAS, Mr. Coston promptly prepared and served written discovery on Defendants 

Dr. Nangalama and Randall Hale1(together, “Defendants”), serving requests for production on 

November 3, 2022, and serving requests for admission and interrogatories on December 13, 2022;

WHEREAS, Mr. Coston personally served non-party CSP-Sac with Subpoenas Duces 

Tecum on November 15, 2022 and January 30, 2023 (the “Subpoenas”);

WHEREAS, CSP-Sac did not respond to either of the Subpoenas by their respective 

deadlines;

WHEREAS, during the period of December 2022 through June 2023, CSP-Sac represented 

that it was experiencing staff shortages, a backlog of requests, and technical issues that contributed 

to its delays in responding to the Subpoenas;

WHEREAS, due to the delays in CSP-Sac’s production, on December 27, February 9, and 

April 20, 2023, this Court granted the Parties’ prior stipulations to extend discovery, ultimately 

extending the close of discovery to August 28, 2023 (ECF Nos. 234, 238, 240);

1 Randall Hale is currently unrepresented in this proceeding. The Court granted counsel’s motion 

to withdraw from the representation of Mr. Hale and ordered him to file a status report with the 

court by thirty days after proof of service of the order on Mr. Hale was filed (ECF No. 232). 

Withdrawal was effective on January 3, 2023 when the proof of service of the Order on Mr. Hale 

was filed. (See ECF No. 235). Mr. Hale has not filed a status report, and, as described in the 

Parties’ motion to extend discovery deadline, appears not to be participating in the litigation. (See 

ECF No. 236 at 5). 

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WHEREAS, since then, counsel for Mr. Coston has attempted to move the case forward. 

As an example, on June 5, 2023, Mr. Coston filed a motion to compel Dr. Nangalama to 

supplement his incomplete responses to Mr. Coston’s interrogatories and requests for admission, 

and provide verifications for those responses (ECF No. 243).

WHEREAS, on June 12, 2023, Dr. Nangalama resolved the issues raised in Mr. Coston’s 

Motion by providing amended responses to his requests for admission and interrogatories along 

with verifications and Mr. Coston withdrew the Motion on January 15, 2023 (ECF No. 245). 

WHEREAS, on July11 and 14, 2023, Mr. Coston noticed the depositions of Defendants 

and served deposition subpoenas on seven non-party witnesses scheduling their depositions for 

various dates in mid-July and August and before the close of discovery on August 28, 2023;

WHEREAS, counsel for Dr. Nangalama requested to reschedule all of the depositions 

except for Dr. Nangalama’s; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Mr. Coston intends to reschedule Dr. Nangalama’s deposition in 

order to depose him after most if not all of the other witnesses and the CSP-SAC documents have

been produced;

WHEREAS, on July 27, 2023, Mr. Coston filed a second Motion to Compel Discovery. 

This motion was filed against CSP-Sac due to its failure to conduct a diligent search for, and 

produce, all documents responsive to the Subpoenas (ECF No. 247);

WHEREAS, the parties resolved the second Motion by stipulating to conduct the search 

and find the information as requested in the Motion; 

WHEREAS, CSP-Sac’s production of document responses to Mr. Coston’s Subpoenas are 

not set to be completed until August 23, 2023 which is less than a week before the current close 

of discovery;

WHEREAS, the Parties need additional time to prepare for, reschedule, and conduct 

depositions given CSP-Sac’s ongoing delay in producing documents in response to the Subpoenas 

and counsel’s scheduling conflicts; and

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WHEREAS, a trial date has not been set in this case, so extending the discovery deadline 

would not affect the schedule in this case except to require an adjustment to the date by which the 

Parties are to file a Joint Status Report.

STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE,the Parties hereby agree as follows subject to the Court’s approval:

The parties agree to extend the close of discovery by 60 days to Friday, October 27, 2023.

SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 9, 2023 JENNER & BLOCK LLP

By: /s/ Julie A. Shepard

Julie A. Shepard

Alice S. Kim

Eric Wolff

Tal Ratner Solovey

Attorneys for Plaintiff Danny Murphy Coston

Dated: August 9, 2023

 /s/ Amie Bears (as authorized on 8/9/2023)

Catherine Woodbridge (SBN 186186)

Amie Bears (SBN 242372)

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 210-7663

Facsimile: (916) 322-8288

Amie.Bears@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Nangalama

Attorneys for Non-Party California State Prison – 

Sacramento

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINE

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ORDER

Based on the above stipulation , the joint motion of the parties for an extension of the 

close of discovery is granted. The Order reopening discovery (ECF No. 226) is amended to 

extend the close of discovery by 60 days to Friday, October 27, 2023. The Parties are further 

ordered to file a Joint Status Report not later than 30 days after the close of discovery.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 11, 2023

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