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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 MODIFICATION OF PRE-TRIAL ORDERS 

SAPP. V. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, ET. AL. Case No. C 03-0106 PJH

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TRUDY L. MARTIN

LAW OFFICES OF TRUDY L. MARTIN

State Bar No. 148515

1808 Sixth Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

(510) 843-4300

Attorneys for Plaintiff RAMON JERMAINE SAPP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMON JERMAINE SAPP, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, COUNTY OF

ALAMEDA SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT,

SHERIFF CHARLES PLUMMER, sued herein

individually and in his capacity as Sheriff, Alameda

County, PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC,

ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER dba

HIGHLAND HOSPITAL, and DOES 1 through 30,

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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NO. 03-1066 PJH

STIPULATION FOR MODIFICATION

OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND

PRETRIAL ORDERS; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Current Trial Date: November 27, 2006

Time: 8:30 a.m

Place: Courtroom 3, 17th Floor

I. Introduction

The parties, through their respective attorneys of record, request a continuance of case

management and pre-trial orders from those set forth in the, Case Management And Pretrial Order

filed August 25, 2005. This request is brought on the grounds that additional time is required to

complete discovery due to, among other things, illness and other personal circumstances in the

plaintiff’s attorney’s family and obstacles in scheduling outstanding discovery.

II. Facts

On August 25, 2005, this Court continued trial from January 9, 2005, until November 27,

2006, with expert and non-expert discovery extended from August 10, 2004, until January 31, 2006,

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and March 31, 2006, respectively. Deadlines for hearing dispositive motions was moved from October

5, 2005, until 120 days before the reset trial date.

Since this continuance, the parties have attempted to schedule completion of outstanding

discovery and discovery of remaining non-expert witnesses. This schedule has been delayed by the

prolonged flu illness of plaintiff’s counsel and personal family circumstances. In her estimation, these

circumstances significantly disrupted the progress of discovery she believes is necessary to properly

prosecute her client’s case in that she has been unable to complete any of the expert and non-expert

depositions she anticipated completing prior to the discovery cut-off. Contributing to this delay has

been the holidays and scheduling conflicts for deposition of non-expert witnesses and trial schedules

of counsel. 

Defendants and plaintiff jointly request this modification of case management and pre-trial

schedules because the parties agree additional discovery is necessary before the case will be ready for

trial.

III. Stipulation

For the foregoing reasons, and pursuant to Local Rule 7-10(b), the parties hereto, by and

through their respective attorneys of record hereby stipulate and request as follows:

1. that the January 31, 2006, non-expert discovery cutoff be continued to March 31,

2006, on the condition that: (a) no further written discovery shall be permitted, and (b)

that plaintiff may take no more than 5 total depositions of current or former employees

of Prison Health Services, Inc., Alameda County, or Alameda County Sheriff’s

Department, excepting good cause shown; and

2. that the deadline for disclosure of additional experts, absent good cause, shall remain

closed, but the March 31, 2006, deadline for completing expert depositions shall be

continued to June 15, 2006.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

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DATED: LAW OFFICES OF TRUDY L. MARTIN

 

Trudy L. Martin

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RAMON JERMAINE SAPP

GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, EVERSON & PICCHI

 

Martin J. Everson

Attorneys for Alameda County Medical Center

LAW OFFICES OF NANCY E. HUDGINS

 

Matthew Grigg

Attorneys for Alameda County, Alameda County

Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Charles Plummer and

Prison Health Services, Inc.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. that the January 31, 2006, non-expert discovery cutoff be continued to March 31,

2006, on the condition that: (a) no further written discovery shall be permitted, and (b)

that plaintiff may take no more than 5 total depositions of current or former employees

of Prison Health Services, Inc., Alameda County, or Alameda County Sheriff’s

Department, excepting good cause shown; and

2. that the deadline for disclosure of additional experts, absent good cause, shall remain

closed, but the March 31, 2006, deadline for completing expert depositions shall be

continued to June 15, 2006.

3. no further written discovery shall be permitted by any party, absent good cause; and

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4. plaintiff may take no more than 5 total depositions of current or former employees of

Prison Health Services, Inc., Alameda County, and/or Alameda County Sheriff’s

Department, absent good cause.

SO ORDERED THIS ____ day of January, 2006.

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

1st day of February, 2006 NO FURTHER CONTINUANCES WILL BE APPROVED.

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