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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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Aquino v. County of Monterey Sheriff’s Department, et al. CV14-cv-03387-EJD

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CHARLES J. McKEE, SBN 152458

County Counsel

MICHAEL R. PHILIPPI, SBN 120967

Deputy County Counsel

County of Monterey

168 West Alisal Street, Third Floor

Salinas, California 93901-2653

Telephone: (831) 755-5045

Facsimile: (831) 755-5283

philippimr@co.monterey.ca.us

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF MONTEREY 

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IVAN RODRIGUEZ and DAVID

MURRAY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Jose Division

NICOLAS AQUINO,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COUNTY OF MONTEREY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT; IVAN RODRIGUEZ, an 

individual; DAVID MURRAY, an individual; and 

DOES 1 through 25, inclusive, 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 14-CV-03387 EJD

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

TRIAL DATE AND MODIFY THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER

Trial Date: June 28, 2016

The Court previously issued a Pre-Trial order on September 3, 2015 setting this case for trial 

starting June 28, 2016 and setting dates for the close of discovery and expert witness discovery, 

along with other pre-trial deadlines [ECF Docket 32].

The parties now stipulate as follows:

1. The parties have diligently engaged in discovery in this case, having deposed all of 

the known available fact witnesses and having propounded written discovery to each side.

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2. There currently exits a discovery dispute which the parties are actively trying to 

resolve through meet and confer conferences in order to allow each side to properly prepare for 

trial.

3. As a result of the claims being made by Plaintiff and the defenses being raised by 

Defendants, and a review of some partial records from the Plaintiff’s military personnel file, the 

complete military personnel file and medical records of Plaintiff have become critical for each side 

to review.

4. Defendants subpoenaed the United States Air Force to obtain those records in 

October 2015.

5. The USAF requested releases be provided by Plaintiff before complying with the 

subpoena.

6. Plaintiff executed the necessary releases and provided the necessary releases to 

Defendants’ counsel in October 2015, who promptly forwarded those releases to the USAF.

7. Defendants’ counsel has been in contact with Randall Russel of the U.S. Navy and 

Captain Stella Phillips of the USAF to attempt to obtain the necessary documents.

8. Plaintiff’s counsel was contacted by Captain Stella Phillips on March 24, 2016 and 

once again authorized the release of Plaintiff’s records to Defendants’ counsel.

9. Defendants’ counsel received an email from Captain Stella Phillips on March 24, 

2016 stating she hoped to be able to produce the subpoenaed records soon.

10. Expert discovery is currently set to close on May 20, 2016. The parties will need 

time to review the military records once they are produced and provide those records to their 

respective experts in order to allow the experts to finalize their opinions. The parties wish to avoid 

the time and cost associated with having to take multiple depositions of each expert.

11. The parties need to be able to review the military records prior to preparation of 

motions in limine, exhibit lists, jury instructions and voir dire questions.

12. The parties request the Court modify the scheduling Order as follows:

a. Expert Discovery Cutoff October 28, 2016

b. Final Pretrial Conference December 15, 2016

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c. Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement December 1, 2016

d. Motions in limine and exchange of exhibits December 1, 2016

e. Voir Dire, Jury Instructions and Verdict forms December 8, 2016

f. Trial Sometime in Mid-January 2017

12. The parties have not previously asked for any continuance in this matter and have 

been diligent in their trial preparations.

13. The parties contend the foregoing constitutes good cause to continue the trial date in 

this matter and modify the scheduling Order as previously set forth.

WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request the Court issue an Order modifying the 

previous scheduling Order as set forth herein.

Dated: April 4, 2016

CHARLES J. McKEE

County Counsel

By /s/ Michael R. Philippi

MICHAEL R. PHILIPPI, Deputy County Counsel

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF MONTEREY 

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IVAN RODRIGUEZ and 

DAVID MURRAY

Dated: April 4, 2016

PATANE GUMBERG AVILA LLP

By /s/ Nina M. Patane

NINA M. PATANE

Attorneys for Plaintiff NICOLAS AQUINO

Pursuant to Northern District General Order 45(X)(B), I hereby attest that I have on file approvals 

for any signatures indicated by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this efiled document

DATED: April 4, 2016

By /s/ Michael R. Philippi

MICHAEL R. PHILIPPI, Deputy County Counsel

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF MONTEREY 

SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IVAN RODRIGUEZ and 

DAVID MURRAY

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The parties have stipulated that the scheduling Order of this court issued on September 3, 2015 

be modified to allow the USAF to provide copies of Plaintiff’s military personnel file and medical file to 

the parties in sufficient time to properly prepare for trial, as set forth in the above stipulation. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The Honorable Edward J. Davila

United States District Court Judge

The pretrial and trial dates and deadlines set pursuant to the Order filed on 

September 3, 2015 (Dkt. No. 32) are VACATED. The court schedules a Trial Setting 

Conference for 11:00 a.m. on September 15, 2016. The parties shall file an updated 

Joint Trial Setting Conference Statement on or before September 5, 2016. 

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