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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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NOT. OF STIPULATION TO AMEND DEADLINE SET FORTH IN THIS COURT’S 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

DONALD H. MILLER and MARCIA 

MILLER,

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD; 

H.B. FULLER; CELANESE 

INTERNATIONAL CORP.; UNION 

PACIFIC RAILROAD and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive,

 Defendants. 

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NOTICE OF STIPULATION TO AMEND 

DEADLINE SET FORTH IN THIS 

COURT’S PRE-TRIAL/SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND ORDER 

First Am. Complaint Filed: April 6, 2005 

“AS MODIFIED”

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all parties to the above action hereby formally stipulate, 

agree, and approve the following changes to this Court’s Pre-Trial Order dated July 7, 2006: 

Percipient Witness/Party Depositions Deadline: March 15, 2007

The parties wish to extend this deadline (originally December 29, 2006) so that they can 

complete witness depositions (including Plaintiff’s depositions and the person most 

knowledgeable from Celanese along with Plaintiff’s document request set forth in such notice) 

noticed prior to the discovery deadline. Though Celanese objected to Plaintiff’s document 

request set forth in its Deposition Notice for the Person Most Knowledgeable in order to protect 

its interests, Celanese will search for documents that are responsive to the deposition notice and 

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will meet and confer with Plaintiff’s counsel over Celanese’s document production. The 

extension of the deadline also allows the parties to bring motions to compel, if necessary in 

compliance with the Court’s Order, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and local rules. This 

agreement by no way re-opens the deadline for written discovery and simply allows the parties 

additional time to complete party and witness depositions already noticed. Good cause exists as 

the parties were unable to complete these depositions prior to the discovery deadline due to the 

deponent’s unavailability on the scheduled date and time. 

Doctors’ Depositions Deadlines: March 31, 2007

Again, extending this deadline will allow the parties additional time to complete Plaintiff 

Donald Miller’s treating physician depositions that were noticed by Celanese on December 4, 

2006. Furthermore, it will allow the depositions of treating physicians identified in medical 

records recently received by Celanese. Though Celanese subpoenaed Plaintiff’s medical records 

on October 6, 2006, after receiving Plaintiff’s initial disclosures, many of the facilities failed to 

comply with the subpoenas in a timely manner. In fact, as of today Celanese is not in receipt of 

all of Plaintiff’s medical records. 

Expert Discovery Deadlines:

 Expert Disclosures: March 19, 2007 

 Supplemental Disclosures: April 2, 2007 

 Expert Discovery Cut-Off: May 21, 2007 

Though the parties already stipulated to a continuance of this deadline, due to this new 

proposed discovery schedule, the parties wish to have expert discovery continued to allow the 

parties sufficient time to retain necessary experts. Good cause exists, as the parties wish to 

conclude discovery that was properly noticed before the discovery cut-off of December 29, 2006 

but has yet to go forward due to witness unavailability. This extension will afford the parties an 

opportunity to fully examine whether certain experts are necessary in this action which will save 

both time and money for all involved. This stipulation does not alter any parties’ obligations 

under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including but not limited to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a). 

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Dispositive Motion Hearing Deadline: July 18, 2007

 Good cause exists to extend this deadline so that the parties may complete non-expert 

and expert discovery prior to the deadline for filing and serving dispositive motions. 

Pre-Trial Conference: August 20, 2007 (originally 7/25/07)

Good cause exists to extend the date for this Pre-Trial Conference in order for the parties 

to complete discovery and for this Court to hear dispositive motions. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED 

DATED: January 23, 2007 ANDRUS & ASSOCIATES 

 

By: /s/ Randy Andrus (approved on 1/31/07)

 RANDY ANDRUS 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DONALD MILLER and MARCIA MILLER 

DATED: January 23, 2007 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 

 

By: /s/ William H. Pohle (approved on 1/25/07 )

 WILLIAM H. POHLE, JR. 

Attorneys for Defendant UNION PACIFIC 

RAILROAD COMPANY. 

DATED: January 23, 2007 BURNHAM BROWN 

 

By: /s/ Allyson Cook 

 ALLYSON E. COOK 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CELANESE LTD. (sued erroneously herein as 

CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORP.) 

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ORDER 

The court adopts the stipulation of the parties relating to discovery and the completion of 

the depositions. In light of the extension of discovery all remaining dates set in the court’s July 

7, 2007 Pretrial Scheduling Order shall be reset. The new schedule is as follows: 

 Percipient Witness/Party Depositions Deadline: March 15, 2007 

 Doctors’ Depositions Deadlines: March 31, 2007 

 Expert Discovery Deadlines: 

 Expert Disclosures: March 19, 2007 

 Supplemental Disclosures: April 2, 2007 

 Expert Discovery Cut-Off: May 21, 2007 

 Dispositive Motion Hearing Deadline: July 27, 2007 

 Pre-Trial Conference: September 28, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. 

 Jury Trial: November 27, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. 

DATED: February 1, 2007 

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