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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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THERESA A. GOLDNER, COUNTY COUNSEL 

By: MARSHALL S. FONTES, DEPUTY (SBN 139567)

KATHLEEN RIVERA (SBN 211606) 

Kern County Administrative Center

1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fourth Floor

Bakersfield, CA 93301

Telephone 661-868-3800

Fax 661-868-3805

Attorneys for Defendant County of Kern 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JANE DOE, an individual,

 Plaintiff,

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COUNTY OF KERN, a municipality; 

CESAR NAVEJAR; an individual; and 

DOES 1-10, inclusive,

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CASE NO. 1:15-CV-01637-DAD-JLT

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

DISCOVERY CUT OFF DATES; 

[PROPOSED ORDER]

Trial Date: June 13, 2017

Action Filed: October 28, 2015

COME NOW, Plaintiff, JANE DOE, and Defendants COUNTY OF KERN and CESAR 

NAVEJAR, who have met and conferred through their respective attorneys of record, and now 

make this joint stipulated request of the Court: 

REPRESENTATIONS AND JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST:

1. Pursuant to the Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 20) the deadline for completion of 

non-expert discovery is September 9, 2016 and the deadline for expert discovery is November 

14, 2016. After meeting and conferring, the parties have agreed to a 60 day continuance of both 

deadlines for the reasons set forth below. 

2. While the parties have been engaged in the timely exchange of multiple sets of 

written discovery requests, no depositions have yet been taken, but are in the process of being 

noticed. Plaintiff has noticed defendant Navajer’s deposition for July 6, 2016. While 

defendants wish to schedule the deposition of plaintiff, there are several outstanding issues that 

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must be resolved first.

3. Presently defendants are seeking juvenile court records concerning the plaintiff, 

with a hearing scheduled on the request for June 29, 2016 in the Kern County Superior Court. 

The acquisition of these records, to the extent allowed by the Juvenile Court, is necessary before 

the defense can notice and properly depose the plaintiff.

4. The parties are also engaged in the process of meeting and conferring regarding 

the permissible scope of questioning of the plaintiff in her deposition based upon her counsel’s 

assertion of various rape shield laws. These issues must also be resolved before the plaintiff’s 

deposition can be completed.

5. Defendants also anticipate the potential for a mental examination of plaintiff 

after the completion of her deposition, depending upon the substance of her testimony.

6. Additionally, it is anticipated that there are approximately 15 other non-expert 

depositions which need to be completed after the depositions of the named parties.

7. The scheduling of the foregoing discovery has also been complicated by the 

County’s defense being recently reassigned to counsel unfamiliar with the case on June 4, 2016. 

While counsel is expeditiously familiarizing himself with the case, the change in counsel has 

caused a short delay in the development of a coordinated discovery plan with all other counsel.

8. Therefore, Plaintiff and Defendants stipulate that the Court continue the following 

dates and propose the following Discovery Deadlines:

Current Date: Proposed New Date:

Non-Expert Discovery Deadline: 9/9/2016 11/8/16

Expert Disclosure: 9/19/2016 11/18/16

Expert Rebuttal Disclosure: 10/7/2016 12/6/16

Expert Discovery Deadline: 10/28/2016 12/27/16

The requested continuance is limited to aforementioned discovery deadlines and will 

not impact the settlement conference, pretrial conference or trial dates as originally set forth in 

the Scheduling Order. 

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Dated: June 21, 2016 CHAIN-COHN-STILES 

By: /s/ Neil K. Gehlawat _ 

David K. Cohn and Neil K. Gehlawat

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Jane Doe

Dated: June 21, 2016 THERESA A. GOLDNER, COUNTY COUNSEL

By: /s/ Andrew C. Thomson _ 

Marshall S. Fontes and Kathleen Rivera

 Attorneys for Defendant, County of Kern 

Dated: June 21, 2016 WEAKLEY AND ARENDT

By: /s/ James D. Weakley _ 

James D. Weakley and Leslie M. Dillahunty 

 Attorneys for Defendant, Cesar Navejar

ORDER

Good cause appearing, based upon a sufficient showing of diligence since the issuance of 

the scheduling report on April 5, 2016 and sufficient reason to believe the parties cannot comply 

with the current case schedule, the Court GRANTS the request to amend the case schedule as 

follows:

1. All non-expert SHALL be completed no later than November 18, 2016 and all 

expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than December 27, 2016; 

2. Experts SHALL be disclosed no later than November 18, 2016 and any rebuttal 

experts SHALL be disclosed no later than December 6, 2016;

3. Any nondispositive motions may be filed no later than January 6, 2017 and heard 

no later than February 3, 2017.

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The Court does not contemplate that any other changes to the case schedule will be 

sought or granted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 23, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

For GOOD CAUSE shown, and based upon the mutual Stipulation of all parties to this 

action, the court hereby continues the following dates:

Current Date: New Date:

Non-Expert Discovery Deadline: 9/9/2016 11/8/16

Expert Disclosure: 9/19/2016 11/18/16

Expert Rebuttal Disclosure: 10/7/2016 12/6/16

Expert Discovery Deadline: 10/28/2016 12/27/16

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June ___, 2016

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HON. JENNIFER L. THURSTON, 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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