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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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[PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER Case No. 15-CV-05937-RMW

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Christopher A. Callihan, City Attorney #203010

CITY OF SALINAS

OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

200 Lincoln Avenue

Salinas, CA 93901

Telephone: (831) 758-7256

Facsimile: (831) 758-7257

Vincent P. Hurley #111215

Ryan Thompson #292281

LAW OFFICES OF VINCENT P. HURLEY

A Professional Corporation

28 Seascape Village

Aptos, California 95003

Telephone: (831) 661-4800

Facsimile: (831) 661-4804

Attorneys for Defendant

CITY OF SALINAS, CAMERON MURPHY, MARK LAZZARINI, WILLIAM YETTER, 

JEFF ARENSDORF, KELLY MCMILLIN and the SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JIHAN SHAWAR THISSEL, TONY LEE 

MATHEWS JR., SIDNEY THISSEL and 

JAMIE FRASIER and DOES 1-5

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

CAMERON MURPHY, an INDIVIDUAL and 

OFFICER, MARK LAZZARINI, an 

INDIVIDUAL and OFFICER, WILLIAM 

YETTER, an INDIVIDUAL and OFFICER, 

JEFF ARENSDORF, an INDIVIDUAL, 

KELLY MCMILLIN in his OFFICIAL 

CAPACITY, the SALINAS POLICE 

DEPARTMENT, the CITY OF SALINAS and 

DOES 1-25,

Defendants.

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Case No. 15-CV-05937-RMW

[PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT 

AND SCHEDULING ORDER

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Plaintiffs Jihan Shawar Thissel, Tony Lee Matthews Sr., Sidney Thissel, and Jamie 

Frasier (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Officer Cameron Murphy, Sergeant Mark Lazzarini, 

Officer William Yetter, Officer Jeff Arensdorf, Chief Kelly McMillin, the City of Salinas Police 

Department, and the City of Salinas (“Defendants”) by and through their respective counsel of 

record, filed a joint case management statement pursuant to Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure on March 22, 2016. On April 1, 2016, Wendy Chau appeared for Plaintiffs at 

the case management conference, and Vincent Hurley and Ryan Thompson appeared for the 

above-listed defendants. 

After considering the represented parties’ Rule 26(f) joint statement, and after consulting 

with the attorneys for the represented parties at the April 1, 2016 conference, THIS COURT 

HEREBY ENTERS THE FOLLOWING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING 

ORDER:

(1) Discovery shall be limited as follows:

a. Plaintiffs and Defendants are limited to ten (10) depositions each;

b. Plaintiffs and Defendants are limited to propounding a total of twenty-five 

(25) interrogatories per side;

c. Plaintiff and Defendants are limited to propounding a total of ten (10) requests 

for admissions per side;

d. Document requests are not limited in number, but they must be narrowly 

tailored;

e. All other discovery is to be conducted pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure; and

f. Any party seeking to exceed these limits must apply to this Court.

(2) The Discovery and trial schedule are the following:

a. Non-Expert discovery cutoff: April 10, 2017

b. Expert Designations and Reports Due: May 7, 2017

c. Expert Discovery Cutoff: June 5, 2017

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d. Deadline to file Dispositive Motions: June 30, 2017

e. Dispositive Motion Hearing: August 4, 2017

f. Final Pretrial Conference: September 14, 2017

f. Trial date (5 days): October 2, 2017

(3) The parties shall have a Mandatory Settlement Conference with the assigned 

Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins prior to the scheduled pretrial conference. 

The parties are directed to contact Magistrate Judge Cousins’ Court Clerk to 

schedule the settlement conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April ____, 2016

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The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

U.S. District Judge

Approved as to form:

 /s/ _

WENDY CHAU 

Attorney for Plaintiffs

JIHAN SHAWAR THISSEL, 

TONY LEE MATHEWS JR., 

SIDNEY THISSEL and JAMIE FRASIER

 /s/ _

RYAN M. THOMPSON

Attorney for Defendants

CITY OF SALINAS, CAMERON MURPHY, 

MARK LAZZARINI, WILLIAM YETTER, 

JEFF ARENSDORF, KELLY MCMILLIN. 

and the SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT

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