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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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11300604.3

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME AND SETTING CASE SCHEDULE 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE & JACKSON, P.C. 

JEFFREY LEWIS, SBN 066587 

jlewis@lewisfeinberg.com 

DARIN D. RANAHAN, SBN 273532 

dranahan@lewisfeinberg.com 

LINDA LAM, SBN 301461 

llam@lewisfeinberg.com 

476 9th Street 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SONOMA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED EMPLOYEES 

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

RAYMOND F. LYNCH, SBN 119065 

rlynch@hansonbridgett.com 

BATYA F. FORSYTH, SBN 192396 

bforsyth@hansonbridgett.com 

STEPHEN B. PECK, SBN 72214 

speck@hansonbridgett.com 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 

Attorneys for Defendant COUNTY OF SONOMA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION 

SONOMA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF 

RETIRED EMPLOYEES,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SONOMA COUNTY,

Defendant. 

CASE NO. CV 09-4432 CW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING TIME AND 

SETTING CASE SCHEDULE

Judge: Hon. Claudia Wilken

MODIFIED

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11300604.3 -1- CV 09-4432 CW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME AND SETTING CASE SCHEDULE 

Plaintiff Sonoma County Association of Retired Employees (“SCARE” or "Plaintiff") and 

Defendant County of Sonoma (the “County” or "Defendant") (collectively the “Parties”), by and 

through their respective counsel of record, hereby enter into the following stipulated request for an 

order extending time pursuant to Local Rule 6-2 and related orders. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on May 28, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the current summary judgment motion ("dispositive motion" or "dispositive 

motions") and case schedule (ECF 163) provides that Defendant’s opposition to Plaintiff's 

dispositive motion its and dispositive cross-motion are due on June 25, 2015, Plaintiff’s reply in 

support of its dispositive motion and/or opposition to Defendant’s dispositive cross-motion are 

due July 9, 2015, Defendant’s reply in support of its dispositive cross-motion is due July 23, 2015, 

the Parties’ dispositive motions are to be heard 14 days after Defendant's reply, or as soon 

thereafter as the Court schedules a hearing, the fact discovery cut-off is June 23, 2015, and the 

expert discovery cut-off is July 7, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to establish the below case schedule to allow additional time 

to prepare dispositive motion papers, to facilitate the completion of limited remaining discovery, 

and to have a hearing on a date available to both lead attorneys; 

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED THAT:

The current case schedule shall be modified as follows: 

Event Deadline

Fact Discovery Cut-off June 23, 2015, except (i) Defendant may take the 

depositions of Bill Robotka and Nick Velichinsky as 

agreed by Plaintiff, (ii) Plaintiff may take the deposition 

of Dania Torres Wong as agreed by Defendant, (iii) 

Defendant may re-open the deposition of Ray Myers as 

agreed by Plaintiff, and (iv) discovery motions by either 

Plaintiff or Defendant limited to challenging (a) the 

withholding of documents solely on the grounds 

identified in privilege logs, including but not limited to 

attorney-client privilege, work product, deliberative 

process privilege, closed session, mediation privilege, 

and Evidence Code § 1152, and (b) assertions of 

privilege at the depositions identified above in items (i) 

through (iii), including in objections to any 

accompanying subpoenas. 

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11300604.3 -2- CV 09-4432 CW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME 

Event Deadline

The fact discovery cut-off date for the completion of 

the Robotka, Velichinsky, Myers and Wong depositions 

and the filing of any motion pursuant to item (iv) is 

July 21, 2015.

Expert Discovery Cut-off August 14, 2015

County's dispositive motion and 

opposition to Plaintiff's dispositive 

motion Due [35 page brief]

July 23, 2015

SCARE's Reply to County 

dispositive motion Due [25 page 

brief]

September 8, 2015

County's Reply to Plaintiff's 

opposition to County's dispositive 

motion Due [15 page brief]

October 1, 2015

Hearing on Dispositive Motions and 

Case Management Conference

October 15, 2015 or as soon thereafter as the Court 

schedules a hearing.

DATED: June 15, 2015 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE & JACKSON, P.C. 

By: /s/ Darin Ranahan 

JEFFREY LEWIS 

DARIN RANAHAN

LINDA LAM

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SONOMA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF 

RETIRED EMPLOYEES 

DATED: June 15, 2015 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

By: /s/ Batya F. Forsyth

RAYMOND F. LYNCH 

BATYA F. FORSYTH

STEPHEN B. PECK

Attorneys for Defendant 

COUNTY OF SONOMA 

This Court, having considered the Parties’ stipulated request for the above modified case 

schedule, hereby GRANTS said request. The case schedule shall be: 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME 

Event Deadline

Fact Discovery Cut-off June 23, 2015, except (i) Defendant may take the 

depositions of Bill Robotka and Nick Velichinsky as 

agreed by Plaintiff, (ii) Plaintiff may take the deposition 

of Dania Torres Wong as agreed by Defendant, (iii) 

Defendant may re-open the deposition of Ray Myers as 

agreed by Plaintiff, and (iv) discovery motions by either 

Plaintiff or Defendant limited to challenging (a) the 

withholding of documents solely on the grounds 

identified in privilege logs, including but not limited to 

attorney-client privilege, work product, deliberative 

process privilege, closed session, mediation privilege, 

and Evidence Code § 1152, and (b) assertions of 

privilege at the depositions identified above in items (i) 

through (iii), including in objections to any 

accompanying subpoenas.

The fact discovery cut-off date for the completion of 

the Robotka, Velichinsky, Myers and Wong depositions 

and the filing of any motion pursuant to item (iv) is 

July 21, 2015.

Expert Discovery Cut-off August 14, 2015

County's dispositive motion and 

opposition to Plaintiff's dispositive 

motion Due [35 page brief]

July 23, 2015

SCARE's Reply to County's 

dispositive motion Due [25 page 

brief]

September 8, 2015

County's Reply to Plaintiff's 

opposition to County's dispositive 

motion Due [15 page brief]

October 1, 2015

Hearing on Dispositive Motions and 

Case Management Conference

October 15, 2015 or as soon thereafter as the Court 

schedules a hearing.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________, 2015 

 THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

 

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AS MODIFIED.

06/16

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Claudia Wilken

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