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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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Stipulation to Continue Trial and Other Deadlines, and Order Thereon 

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MICHAEL J. CHRISTIAN (Cal. Bar No. 173727) 

JAMES T. JONES (SBN 167967) 

JERRY J. DESCHLER, JR. (Cal. Bar No. 215691) 

JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

801 "K" Street, Suite 2300 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 341-0404 

Facsimile: (916) 341-0141 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TARGET CORPORATION and 

MICHAEL JENNINGS 

Randal M. Barnum (Cal. Bar No. 111287) 

LAW OFFICES OF RANDAL M. BARNUM 

279 East H Street 

Benicia, California 94510 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

VANESSA LYNN FILES 

OK/HAV 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VANESSA LYNN FILES, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TARGET CORPORATION, MICHAEL 

JENNINGS and Does 1 through 20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-00139-DFL/GGH 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

TRIAL AND OTHER DEADLINES, 

AND ORDER THEREON 

Complaint Filed: July 23, 2004 

Trial Date: July 24, 2006 

Plaintiff Vanessa Lynn Files (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Target Corporation and Michael 

Jennings (“Defendants;” Plaintiff and Defendants and collectively referred to herein as the 

“Parties”), through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree that: The Parties 

have agreed to mediate the case on May 18, 2006 with mediator Charles Lauderback of The 

Lauderback Law Firm. Accordingly, the Parties stipulate and request that the Count continue the 

trial, final pretrial conference, deadline for completing written discovery and depositions, and 

deadline for filing dispositive motions be continued for 120 days. Good cause exists to grant this 

request, as set forth below. 

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Trial for this matter is currently set for July 24, 2006 at 9:00 a.m., and the final pretrial 

conference is set for June 16, 2006. The current deadline to complete written discovery and 

depositions, including depositions of expert witnesses, is April 30, 2006. The deadline to file 

dispositive motions is April 12, 2006, and the date for hearing such motions is May 10, 2006. 

The Parties are scheduled to mediate this case on May 18, 2006 with Charles Lauderback 

of The Lauderback Law Firm, and believe there is a significant chance that mediation will be 

successful. This case has been actively litigated which has included substantial discovery 

including six depositions to date. The attorneys for the respective parties have worked 

cooperatively with each other during the pendancy of this matter. 

The parties have agreed to utilize an experienced mediator at significant expense to help 

resolve this matter. The parties believe that continuing the above dates for mediation will 

potentially save significant litigation costs (including additional discovery costs), and will 

promote the chances of an informal resolution of the case. 

If the current deadlines are not continued, Defendants will be forced to incur the expense 

of preparing a motion for summary judgment by the April 12, 2006 deadline while 

simultaneously preparing to mediate. The Plaintiff will also need to take additional depositions. 

The Parties believe that those resources would be more productively invested in exploring 

settlement at mediation. 

Additionally, if the case does not settle, Plaintiff plans to conduct the depositions of Chet 

Gilmartin, Marion Bilda (who resides in Florida), Stephen Fuller and Defendants’ disclosed 

expert witness Walter Palmer, and Defendants plan to conduct the deposition of Jason W. Files, 

and the Parties will need sufficient time to conduct such additional discovery. 

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF 

RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

The trial of this matter and final pretrial conference currently set for July 24, 2006 at 9:00 

a.m., the final pretrial conference set for June 16, 2006, deadline for completing written discovery 

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and depositions set for April 30, 2006, and deadline for filing dispositive motions set for 

April 12, 2006 shall be continued for 120 days as set forth in the Court’s order below. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Date: April __, 2006 JACKSON LEWIS LLP 

By: /s/ Michael J. Christian

MICHAEL J. CHRISTIAN 

JAMES T. JONES 

JERRY J. DESCHLER JR. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TARGET CORPORATION and MICHAEL JENNINGS 

Date: April __, 2006 THE LAW OFFICES OF RANDAL M. BARNUM 

By: /s/ Randal M. Barnum

RANDAL M. BARNUM 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

VANESSA LYNN FILES 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Trial of this matter currently scheduled for July 24, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. shall be continued to 

January 8, 2007 at 8:30 a.m.; 

The final pretrial conference set for June 16, 2006 shall be continued to November 17, 

2006 at 3:00 P.M. and the Parties joint pretrial statement shall be filed by November 9, 2006; 

The deadline for completing written discovery and depositions set for April 30, 2006 shall 

be continued to August 4, 2006; 

The deadline for filing dispositive motions set for April 12, 2006 shall be continued to 

September 6, 2006, with hearing set for October 4, 2006 at 10:00 A.M.; and 

All other deadlines set forth in the Court’s Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order dated 

March 24, 2005 shall remain as set forth in the Status Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: 4/6/2006 /s/ David F. Levi_____ 

HON. DAVID F. LEVI 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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