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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Breach of Contract

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JUL-11-2007 16:43 Frorn:US GTTORNEY 4154367169 To: 7075441388 P.2/4 

I TEAL 6 MONTGOMERY 

STEVEN 0. TEAL @u No. 58454) 

1 IVIICHflELS.HENDEEON @arNo. 175608) 

815 Fifth Street, Suite 200 

SantaRos;4 Caliiomia 95404 

Telephone: v07) 525-1212 

Pacsimile: (707) 544-1388 

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5 11 ATTORNEYS FOR PWNnFFS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

11 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

Plaintiffs, 

Y. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

SHEILA CLEVELAND, CHELSEA 

CLEVELAND, TYSON CLEVELAND, 

STIPULATION EXTENDING 

TIME FOR DISCOVERY 

[PROPOSED ORDER] 

CaseNo. C 06-3853 PJH 

E-Filing Case 

Defendant. 1 

18 11 The following is hereby stipulated by and between the undersigned, subject to approval of 

19 the Court: (I 

20 11 I. The date for the close of fact discovery, currently set for July 20,2006, should be 

21 I1 continued to August 10,2007. 

22 I1 2. The date for filing Motions for Summay ludgnent and the date to complete 

23 I mediation, currently set for August 22,2007 and October 26,2007, respectively, 

24 1 will be enlarged to September 19,2007 and November 21,2007 to allow the 

25 11 for parties to obtain final and (if necessary) corrected transcripts fiom these 

26 I1 depositioi~s which will be necessary to prepare the motion. No trial date is 

27 I1 currently set and, therefore, this request to continue the close of fact discovery 

28 11 will not cause any delay in trial. 

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3. An extension of the close of fact discove~yis required in order to allow the parties 

to complete certain key depositions. On October 16, 2006, the parties exchanged 

Rule 26 initial disclosures. Substa~tial documentation was exchanged between 

the parties and numerous witnesses identified. Plaintiffs have taken the 

depositions of four key federal employees in this case, including the District 

Ranger, a Forest Service law enfomemeat officcr axid a Forest Service safety 

officer. 

4. InMay of 2007, the U.S. Government responded to plaiutiffs' discovery request 

and identified two additional witnesses: Jailine Clayton, Assistant Director 

Minerals & Geology Management; Curtis Cross, Assistant Forest Engineer. 

These witnesses are located in Washington, D.C. On June 19,2007, Tom Bucl~ta, 

Abandoned Mine Land Program Leader, also located in D.C. was further added in 

a supplemental disclosure. 

5. On July 2,2007, Plaintiffs served notices for the depositions of the above thee 

Forest Service employees, as well as Bud Zangger, (previously employed as a 

Forest Engineer), and Lou Wolterin~ (previously employed as a Forest 

Supenisor). The names of Mr. Zanger and Mr. Woltaring were brought up in 

response to questions during deposition testimony of other Forest Service 

employees in May 2007. 

6. The U.S. Attorney's Office was able to secure July 5,2007 and July 6,2007 for 

the depositions of the thee witnesses in D.C., which did not work for plau~tiffs' 

counsel given the Holiday week. Also, given the Holiday week, it was difficult to 

track down several of the requested witnesses and unfortunately, alternative dates 

prior to the close of discovery set for July 20,2007 could not be secured for all of 

the individuals given work schedules, availability and need for travel to three 

different states. Mr. Buchta, Ms. Clayton and Mr. Cross are currently scheduled 

to be deposed at their offices in Washington, D.C. on July 24,2007. Mr. Zangper 

who now lives and works in Oregon, is available to be deposed on August 7, 

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be producing a Auther supplemmtation of plaintlffs' document request and 

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plaintiffs' will be pmvid'mg their responses to dofondant's written discovery on or -, 

boforc July 20,2007. 

2007 in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Wokring is available hr deposition on August 9 

or 10,2007 in New Mexico, where he curmnt1.y lives and works. 

7. In addition to these depositions, which need to be completed, the defadant will 

For the foregoing masons, the parties belitve that a c0IIriII~anCe of the close of fact 

9 aiscovery to August 10,2007, an enlargement of the summary judgmmt fifilung date to September I 

10 I 19,2007 and an enlargement of the mediation date to November 21,2007, i8 W& and 

11 necessary. This is the second request for an extension of time for fact discovexy of u 

12 1 approximately one month. P&es do not anticipate the need for any Mer masnsio116 of time 

13 for fact disoovery. I 

15 DATED: July 11,2007 

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19 I DATED: July 11,2007 

TEAL & MONTGOMERY 

By: 

CHAEL S. HENDERSON 

S~n N. SCHOOLS 

Uaihd States Attorney 

By: 

orneys for DtSsndant 

24 I1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

26 DATED: 

25 I Honombk Phyllis J. Hamilton 

United States Dktrict Court Judge 

1 S~ULATION EXTENDING TIME FOR DmVERY PAGB 3 

7/13/07

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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