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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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JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER - Case No. 15-cv-01673-RS

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PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

DAVID M. GIVEN (SBN 142375) 

dmg@phillaw.com 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP 

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: 415-398-0900

Fax: 415-398-0911 

DANIEL SMOLEN, OBA #19943 (Pro Hac Vice) 

danielsmolen@ssrok.com 

ROBERT M. BLAKEMORE, OBA #18656 (Pro Hac Vice) 

bobblakemore@ssrok.com 

SMOLEN SMOLEN & ROYTMAN, PLLC 

701 South Cincinnati Avenue 

Tulsa, OK 74119 

Telephone: (918) 585-2667 

Fax: (918) 585-2669 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JAMES V. FITZGERALD, III (State Bar No. 55632) 

ROBERT W. HODGES (State Bar No. 95033) 

MCNAMARA, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, 

BORGES & AMBACHER LLP 

1211 Newell Avenue 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 939-5330 

Facsimile: (925) 939-0203 

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHAUN A. ANDERSON, etc., 

Plaintiff, 

v.

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, a 

municipal corporation, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 15-CV-01673-RS 

JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY 

SCHEDULING ORDER; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Complaint Filed: April 13, 2015 

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PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

The parties to the above-entitled action jointly request that this Court modify the existing 

Case Management Scheduling Order (Dkt. #42) and “Joint Stipulation and Order to Extend 

Deadline for Disclosure of Expert Witnesses and Pretrial Motions” (Dkt. #47) by extending all 

current and pending deadlines and dates as set forth herein . In support of this Motion, the 

parties show the Court as follows: 

1. On September 24, 2015, the Court entered its Case Management Scheduling 

Order (“Scheduling Order”). See Dkt #42. Under the Scheduling Order, the fact discovery 

cutoff date is June 17, 2016. Id.

2. On February 29, 2016, the Court entered a certain “Joint Stipulation and Order to 

Extend Deadline for Disclosure of Expert Witnesses and Pretrial Motions” (hereinafter, 

“February 29 Order”). See Dkt. #47. Under that February 29 Order the last day for: (A) parties 

to designate experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) is June 14, 

2016; (B) parties to designate supplemental and rebuttal experts in accordance with Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) is July 14, 2016; (C) parties to complete discovery of expert 

witnesses is August 12, 2016; and (D) pretrial motions to be heard is September 9, 2016. 

3. Recently, the parties have indicated a willingness to participate in a private 

mediation, and have set a mediation date for August 4, 2016. 

4. It is the parties’ hope that this mediation will result in a final, amicable resolution 

of this matter. And the parties wish to avoid further expenditure of resources on the litigation 

while exploring settlement. 

5. In order to accommodate the parties’ attempt to settle this case, and to assure that 

no current deadlines lapse, the parties are seeking an extension, as set forth below, of all current 

dates and deadlines in the Scheduling Order and February 29, 2016 Order. 

6. More specifically, the parties are seeking to modify the Scheduling Order and 

February 29, 2016 Order as follows: 

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PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

A. Scheduling Order (Dkt. #42) 

Deadline Current Date Extended Date 

Fact Discovery Cutoff June 17, 2016 September 16, 2016 

Further Case Management 

Conference

June 23, 2016 @ 10:00 am October 13, 2016 @ 

10:00 am 

Pretrial Conference September 15, 2016 @ 

10:00 am 

January 12, 2017 @ 

10:00 am 

Jury Trial October 17, 2016 @ 9:00 

am

To be set by the 

Court

B. February 29, 2016 Order (Dkt. #47) 

Deadline Current Date Extended Date 

Last day for parties to designate experts in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) 

June 14, 2016 September 12, 2016 

Last day for parties to designate 

supplemental and rebuttal experts in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) 

July 14, 2016 October 12, 2016 

Last day for parties to complete discovery 

of expert witnesses is August 12, 2016 

August 12, 2016 November 11, 2016 

Last day for pretrial motions to be heard September 9, 2016 December 8, 2016 

7. A scheduling order may be modified “for good cause and with the judge’s 

consent.” Fed. R. Civ.P. 16(b)(4). District Courts are the masters of their own calendars, and 

thus enjoy “broad discretion” in reviewing motions for continuance and determining deadlines 

for pretrial and trial activities. Morris v. Slappy, 461 U.S. 1, 11 (1983); Phillips v. Ferguson, 182 

F.3d 769, 775 (10th Cir. 1999).

8. Under the circumstances, as set forth herein, the parties believe, and urge the 

Court to find, that there is “good cause” to modify the existing Case Management Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. #42) and “Joint Stipulation and Order to Extend Deadline for Disclosure of Expert 

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PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

Witnesses and Pretrial Motions” (Dkt. #47) by extending all current and pending deadlines and 

dates by sixty (60) days (as set forth in ¶ 6, supra).

9. This Motion is not sought for the purpose of unnecessary delay, or for any other 

improper purpose. 

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the parties jointly request that Court enter an Order 

modifying the existing Case Management Scheduling Order (Dkt. #42) and “Joint Stipulation 

and Order to Extend Deadline for Disclosure of Expert Witnesses and Pretrial Motions” (Dkt. 

#47) by extending all current and pending deadlines and dates as set forth in ¶ 6, supra.

Dated: June 13, 2016 Dated: June 13, 2016 

 /s/Robert M. Blakemore /s/ James V. Fitzgerald, III 

Robert M. Blakemore James V. Fitzgerald, III 

SMOLEN SMOLEN & ROYTMAN, PLLC McNAMARA, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, 

 BORGES & AMBACHER, LLP 

/s/ David M. Given 

David M. Given Attorneys for Defendants 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN 

& CARLIN LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ATTESTATION 

 I, David M. Given, am the ECF user whose identification and password is being used to 

file the instant document. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all counsel 

whose electronic signatures appear above provided their authority and concurrence to file this 

document. 

/s/ David M. Given 

 David M. Given 

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PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that the 

schedule of this case shall be modified as follows: 

1. Last day for parties to designate experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) shall be September 12, 2016. 

2. Fact Discovery Cut-off shall be September 16, 2016. 

3. Last day for parties to designate supplemental and rebuttal experts in accordance 

with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) shall be October 12, 2016. 

4. Further Case Management Conference shall be held on October 13, 2016 at 10:00 

am. 

5. Last day for parties to complete discovery of expert witnesses is November 11, 

2016

6. Last day for pretrial motions to be heard December 8, 2016. 

7. Pretrial Conference shall be held on January 12, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. 

 8. Jury trial shall be set for ______________________, 2017. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________________ 

 ________________________________________ 

 Honorable Richard Seeborg 

 United States District Judge 

January 23

6/13/16

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