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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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William J. Smith, CA Bar No. 056116

wsmith@wjslawoffice.com

SMITH JOHNSON, INC.

5588 N. Palm Ave

Fresno, CA 93704

Telephone: 559.432.0986

Facsimile: 559.432.0988

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

TREVOR WEEKS

Charles L. Thompson, IV, CA Bar No. 139927

charles.thompson@ogletreedeakins.com

Jill V. Cartwright, CA Bar No. 260519

jill.cartwright@ogletreedeakins.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

Steuart Tower, Suite 1300

One Market Plaza

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415.442.4810

Facsimile: 415.442.4870

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TREVOR WEEKS

Plaintiff,

v.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, 

a Delaware Corporation

Defendant.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01641-AWI-JLT

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE 

OR CONTINUE TRIAL 

Complaint Filed: October 10, 2013

Trial Date: August 4, 2015

Plaintiff Trevor Weeks and Defendant Union Pacific Railroad Company (“UPRR”) 

(collectively, the “Parties”) submit this stipulation to vacate or continue the trial date. 

Trial is currently set for August 4, 2015. (ECF Nos. 11 and 32). On March 2, 2015, in 

compliance with the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order, UPRR filed its Motion for Summary 

Judgment, or Alternatively, Partial Summary Judgment. (ECF Nos. 25 and 32). Hearing on the 

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motion was set for April 6, 2015. (ECF No. 32). Plaintiff failed to timely file an Opposition and 

the Court took the matter under submission. (ECF No. 28). 

On April 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed an ex parte application to extend time to file an Opposition. 

(ECF No. 31-32). On April 10, 2015, the Court granted Plaintiff’s ex parte application and 

permitted Plaintiff to file an Opposition to Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 32). In the Order, the 

Court declined to reset the hearing date on the Summary Judgment Motion and indicated it would 

only set the motion for hearing if it is necessary, after the Court reviews the papers. (ECF No. 32). 

On April 20, 2015, Plaintiff filed his Opposition to Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 33). On 

April 27, 2015, UPRR filed its Reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition to Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 

34). Pursuant to the Court’s April 10, 2015 Order, the motion is taken under submission by the 

Court with no oral argument scheduled. 

Given the uncertainty of when the Court may rule on the Motion, to promote judicial 

economy, and to keep the parties from expending resources to prepare the case for trial when there 

is uncertainty regarding the outcome of the Summary Judgment Motion, the parties respectfully 

request the Court vacate the trial date or continue trial until after it is sure to rule on the Summary 

Judgment Motion. This request will promote judicial economy by freeing up the Court’s calendar 

to schedule trial in cases that are confirmed to need a trial, as well as not make the parties appear 

for pretrial proceedings that are uncertain. This request will also conserve the Parties’ resources in 

not having to prepare for trial when the case may be dismissed on Summary Judgment. 

Given these reasons, the Parties respectfully request the Court vacate the August 4, 2015 

trial date. The Parties request the Court schedule a case management conference after it rules on 

the summary judgment motion, and that the parties appear at the conference ready to set a trial 

date. In the event the Court grants UPRR’s summary judgment motion, a case management 

conference will not be necessary.

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Respectfully submitted,

DATED: May 4, 2015 SMITH JOHNSON, INC.

By: /s/ Williiam Smith (as authorized on 5/1/15)

William J. Smith

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TREVOR WEEKS

DATED: May 4, 2015 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C.

By: /s/ Jill V. Cartwright

Charles L. Thompson, IV

Jill V. Cartwright

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED,

The trial date is vacated until after the Court rules on Defendant’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment. (ECF 25). Court will schedule a case management conference after it decides 

Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and the parties shall be prepared to set a trial date at 

that case management conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 4, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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