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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES IN THE COURT’S 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; ORDER THEREON

Jill K. Rizzo, SBN 236471

MECKLER BULGER TILSON MARICK & PEARSON LLP

575 Market Street, Suite 2200

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 644-0914

Facsimile: (415) 644-0978

Email: Jill.Rizzo@mbtlaw.com

Jeremy J. Glenn (admitted pro hac vice)

MECKLER BULGER TILSON MARICK & PEARSON LLP

123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1800

Chicago, IL 60606

Tel: (312) 474-7900

Fax: (312) 474-7898

Email: Jeremy.Glenn@mbtlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants

CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION and CARGILL, INC.

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN J. TOAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

BEEF PACKERS, INC., a California 

Corporation; CARGILL MEAT 

SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, a 

Minnesota Corporation; CARGILL, INC., a 

Kansas Corporation; and DOES 1-50, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01246-AWI-GSA

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

DEADLINES IN THE COURT’S 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; 

ORDER THEREON

(Doc. 23)

Plaintiff Steven J. Toal (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation

and Cargill, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their respective undersigned counsel, 

hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

Due to Plaintiff’s recent heart surgery on or about August 13, 2014 and his inability to 

travel from Pennsylvania, where he currently resides, to California, where he filed this lawsuit, for 

his noticed deposition, the parties have agreed to continue various deadlines in the Court’s 

Scheduling Conference Order by about 60 days as outlined below. 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES IN THE COURT’S 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; ORDER THEREON

To date, the parties have conducted written discovery in the case. Counsel for the parties 

have been meeting and conferring over the last five weeks to coordinate the parties’ depositions in

Fresno, California. Defendants had previously noticed Plaintiff’s deposition for July 21, 2014. 

However, due to Plaintiff’s inability to appear on that date, the parties agreed to continue the 

deposition to a mutually agreeable date and time. Roger Wilson, counsel for Plaintiff, informed 

Defendants’ counsels, Jill Rizzo and Jeremy Glenn, that Plaintiff desired to depose several of 

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation’s (“CMSC”) employees. After continuing to meet and confer, 

counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants planned the depositions for the week of August 25. 

On August 25, Mr. Glenn flew from Chicago, Illinois to Fresno, California to appear for 

the parties’ depositions. On August 26, Mr. Wilson, counsel for Plaintiff, spoke to Mr. Glenn by 

telephone to inform him that Plaintiff was having heart trouble and could not travel from 

Pennsylvania to California for his deposition. The parties met and conferred and agreed to an 

approximately 60-day continuance of deadlines in the Court’s scheduling order while Plaintiff 

recovered, including the possibility of traveling to Pennsylvania for Plaintiff’s deposition if that 

better suits his health.

Currently, the Court has set the following upcoming deadlines:

Non-expert discovery cutoff: September 2, 2014 

Expert discovery cutoff: October 20, 2014

Non-dispositive Motion

Filing deadline: November 3, 2014

Dispositive Motion

Filing deadline: November 3, 2014

Settlement Conference: Not set

Pretrial Conference February 5, 2015

8:30 a.m.

Dept. 2

Jury Trial April 7, 2015

8:30 a.m.

Dept. 2

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES IN THE COURT’S 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; ORDER THEREON

The parties propose the following new deadlines:

Non-expert discovery cutoff: November 3, 2014

Expert discovery cutoff: December 9, 2014

Non-dispositive Motion

Filing deadline: January 9, 2015

Dispositive Motion

Filing deadline: January 9, 2015

Settlement Conference: Not set

Pretrial Conference April 9, 2015

8:30 a.m.

Dept. 2

Jury Trial June 2, 2015

8:30 a.m.

Dept. 2

The parties have performed written discovery since the trial date was set and have worked 

through any discovery issues without the Court’s intervention. Due to Plaintiff’s unanticipated 

surgery and complications he is unable to travel for his deposition. The parties request a short 

continuance, and good cause exists to grant a continuance due to Plaintiff’s medical condition. 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DEADLINES IN THE COURT’S 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; ORDER THEREON

The parties have not previously requested a continuance of any deadlines.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: August __, 2014

JILL K. RIZZO

Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP

Attorneys for Defendants 

CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS 

CORPORATION and CARGILL, INC.

Dated: August , 2014 _____________________________________

Law Office of Roger D. Wilson

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STEVEN J. TOAL

ORDER

The Court adopts the dates and deadlines proposed in the parties’ stipulation set forth 

above (see Doc. 23 for the signed copy), with the exception that the Pretrial Conference will take 

place on April 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2 before District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. The 

Scheduling Conference Order, (Doc. 17), is modified accordingly. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 3, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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