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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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LEGAL\35592807\1 1 CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01857-JST

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CMC 21 DAYS, TO 05/30/2018

Michael W. Melendez (SBN 125895)

Teri Mae Rutledge (SBN 261229)

COZEN O'CONNOR

101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: 415.644.0914

Fax: 415.644.0978

Email: mmelendez@cozen.com

trutledge@cozen.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOHNDELL HENDERSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNDELL HENDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN HERNANDEZ; W.L. MUNIZ, et al. 

,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:14-cv-01857-JST

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

21 DAYS, TO 05/30/2018

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar

Because newly retained counsel for the plaintiff will be making their initial contact with 

plaintiff on Friday, April 27, 2018, the parties stipulate to a short, 21-day continuance of the case 

management conference, currently scheduled for May 9, 2018, to May 30, 2018.

RECITALS

1. On March 5, 2018, the Court appointed counsel for the plaintiff, Johndell Henderson,

and set a case management conference date of May 9, 2018 at 2:00 pm. (Order, Mar. 5, 2018, ECF 

No. 117.) 

2. Thereafter, appointed counsel for Mr. Henderson have written to him, sending him a 

retention agreement and requesting contact via telephone and by in-person visit. 

3. Counsel for Mr. Henderson also began the process to obtain authorization from his

institution for an in-person visit. 

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4. Thereafter, on April 20, 2018, counsel for Mr. Henderson were approved for an inperson visit with plaintiff him on April 27, 2018. 

5. Thereafter, on April 24, 2018, counsel for Mr. Henderson received his signed 

retention agreement.

6. During this period, counsel for the defendants were also communicating with the 

plaintiff’s counsel respecting agreements the parties may reach regarding discovery and other issues. 

Counsel believe they will confer early next week (April 30-May 4).

7. Counsel for plaintiff believe that consulting with Mr. Henderson is necessary for a 

productive case management conference, and wish to allow for any contingencies that might arise 

respecting their scheduled visit on April 27, 2018 (such as a lockdown or any other circumstance

that would necessitate rescheduling the visit) to ensure it occurs before the conference and the joint 

statement deadline a week prior.

STIPULATION

Because counsel for Mr. Henderson require additional time to make contact with their newly 

retained client in order for the case management conference to be productive, and wish a short 

amount of time to address any contingencies that may arise regarding their initial conference with 

their client on April 27, 2018, the plaintiff respectfully requests, and the defendants agree, that the 

case management conference be continued 21 days to May 30 at 2:00 p.m., or to a date thereafter 

most convenient to the Court.

Dated: April 25, 2018 COZEN O'CONNOR

By: /s/ Theresa Mae Rutledge 

Michael W. Melendez

Theresa Mae Rutledge

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOHNDELL HENDERSON

Dated: April 25, 2018 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

By: /s/ Jeffrey T. Fisher

Ian M. Ellis

Jeffrey T. Fisher

Attorneys for Defendants

CAROLYN HERNANDEZ and W.L. MUNIZ

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CMC 21 DAYS, TO 05/30/2018

ATTESTATION UNDER NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)

I, Theresa Mae Rutledge, attest and declare as follows:

Concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from all signatories, and shall 

serve in lieu of their signatures on the document.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my 

knowledge. Signed on April 25, 2018 in San Francisco, California.

By: /s/ Theresa Mae Rutledge 

Theresa Mae Rutledge

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOHNDELL HENDERSON

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND BASED ON GOOD CAUSE, THE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE IS CONTINUED 21 DAYS TO MAY 30, 2018, AT 2:00 P.M. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________________

THE HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

April 26, 2018

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