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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:2601 FMLA: Family and Medical Leave Act (Findings and Purposes)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARY GREENWOOD,

Plaintiff,

v.

PALOMAR HEALTH,

Defendant.

Case No.: 19cv1686-LAB (MSB)

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION FOR TRIAL 

CONTINUANCE AND AMENDED 

SCHEDULING ORDER

[ECF NO. 15]

On April 6, 2020, the parties filed a “Joint Stipulation for Trial Continuance,” 

(“Joint Motion”) which the Court construes as a joint motion to modify the scheduling 

order. (ECF No. 15.) In the Joint Motion, the parties ask the Court to continue the 

remaining discovery dates and the pretrial motion deadline by no less than 90 days. (Id.

at 2.) In support, they argue that they had been on track to complete discovery as 

required by the Scheduling Order [ECF No. 10], but due to the current global pandemic 

the parties and their witnesses will have extremely limited availability because they are 

healthcare workers focused on combatting COVID-19. (Id.) Finding good cause 

therefore, and after consultation with the chambers of Honorable Chief Judge Larry Alan 

Burns, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion and sua sponte CONTINUES the pretrial 

dates by approximately 90 days as follows:

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1. All fact discovery shall be completed by all parties on or before 

August 4, 2020. The deadline having already passed on March 6, 2020, no further 

interrogatories, requests for admission, or document production may be served.

2. The parties shall designate their respective experts in writing by

September 3, 2020. The date for exchange of rebuttal experts shall be by

September 17, 2020. 

3. By October 15, 2020, each party shall comply with the disclosure 

provisions in Rule 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

4. Any party shall supplement its disclosure regarding contradictory or rebuttal 

evidence under Rule 26(a)(2)(D) by October 29, 2020.

5. All expert discovery shall be completed by all parties by November 30, 

2020. 

6. All other pretrial motions must be filed by December 29, 2020. 

7. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on December 18, 

2020, at 1:30 p.m., in the chambers of Magistrate Judge Michael S. Berg located at 221 

West Broadway, second floor, San Diego, CA 92101. Confidential Settlement 

Statements must be lodged on or before December 11, 2020. 

8. Counsel shall comply with the pre-trial disclosure requirements of Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 26(a)(3) by April 5, 2021. 

9. Counsel shall meet and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) by

April 12, 2021. 

10. By April 19, 2021, plaintiff’s counsel must provide opposing counsel with 

the proposed pretrial order for review and approval. 

11. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including objections to any 

other parties’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and 

lodged with the assigned district judge by April 26, 2021.

12. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled on the calendar of the Honorable 

Larry Alan Burns on May 3, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.

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Excepting the modified dates set forth above, all other requirements and 

instructions from the November 7, 2019 Scheduling Order [ECF No. 10] remain in effect 

and are not modified by this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 7, 2020

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