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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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Stipulation for Two-Day Extension of Expert Discovery Deadline (2:08-cv-00455 GEB-EFB)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER, State Bar No. 230529

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DIANA ESQUIVEL, State Bar No. 202954

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-4928

Facsimile: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Diana.Esquivel@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Cahoon, Holliday, 

Nuehring, and Sisto

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SHERIE LEMIRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION,

Defendants.

No. 2:08-cv-00455 GEB-EFB

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER FOR TWO-DAY EXTENSION 

OF DEADLINE TO COMPLETE 

EXPERT DISCOVERY

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) and Local Rule 143, the parties, through 

their counsel of record, agree to and request a two-day extension of the deadline to complete 

expert discovery that is currently set for November 19, 2014, based on the parties‟ prior request 

for an extension. (See Order (10/30/14) at 3:2-5, ECF No. 145.) Good cause exists to grant this 

stipulation because the only available date Plaintiff‟s expert witness his available for deposition 

during the week of November 17 is November 21, 2014. 

A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and by leave of 

Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A), 16(b)(4); see, e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 

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F.2d 604, 609 (describing the factors a court should consider in ruling on such a motion). In 

considering whether a party moving for a schedule modification has good cause, the Court 

primarily focuses on the diligence of the party seeking the modification. Johnson, 975 F.2d at 

609 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee‟s notes of 1983 amendment). “The district 

court may modify the pretrial schedule „if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the 

party seeking the amendment.‟” Id. (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee notes of 1983 

amendment). 

Plaintiff‟s counsel, Geri Green, had an ongoing medical situation involving her ill father 

that required the parties to request a three-week extension of the expert discovery deadline, which 

the Court granted. (ECF Nos. 144-145.) Despite the parties‟ best efforts to complete expert 

discovery by November 19, as ordered by the Court, Plaintiff‟s economist was not available 

before that date, and the earliest date he is available is November 21. Defendants have scheduled 

his deposition for that date, secured a location and reporter, and are ready to proceed with the 

deposition. The parties do not believe that this short extension will affect the remaining 

scheduling deadlines. For these reasons, the parties request an extension of the expert-discovery 

deadline to November 21, 2014. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: November 19, 2014 Respectfully submitted,

LAW OFFICES OF GREEN & GREEN, LLP

/s/ Geri Lynn Green

GERI LYNN GREEN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: November 19, 2014

SA2008302509

11598124.doc

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Diana Esquivel

DIANA ESQUIVEL

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants 

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ORDER

Good cause appearing, the parties‟ stipulated request for a two-day extension of time to 

complete expert discovery is granted. 

Expert discovery shall be completed by November 21, 2014. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 20, 2014

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