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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZEALIN BARTEK, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF VISALIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-01436-JLT-SAB

ORDER RE STIPULATED MOTION TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

(ECF No. 25)

A scheduling order for this matter was issued on February 24, 2023. (ECF No. 18.) The 

scheduling order was previously modified on December 15, 2023. (ECF No. 21.) The scheduling 

order as modified contains the following dates and deadlines: 

1. Nonexpert Discovery Deadline: April 19, 2024;

2. Expert Disclosure Deadline: June 7, 2024;

3. Supplemental Expert Disclosure Deadline: July 8, 2024;

4. Expert Discovery Deadline: August 16, 2024;

5. Dispositive Motion Deadline: September 20, 2024; 

6. Pretrial Conference: February 24, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 4; and 

7. Trial: April 22, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., in Courtroom 4. 

(Id.) 

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On April 10, 2024, the parties filed a stipulated motion to continue the nonexpert

discovery deadline and all subsequent deadlines—except for the pretrial conference and trial 

dates—by approximately 60 days. (Id. at 2.) The parties proffer they have diligently conducted 

written discovery and have collectively taken six depositions. Defendants attempted to depose a 

percipient witness, but the witness failed to appear. Defendants require additional time beyond 

the approaching April 19, 2024 discovery deadline to bring a motion to compel the witness to 

appear for a deposition. 

The parties request “no change” to the pretrial conference currently set for February 24, 

2025 or trial set for April 22, 2025. (Id. at 2.) However, the parties’ requested extension of the 

dispositive motion date to November 20, 2024 does not allow the District Judge, whose schedule 

is extremely impacted, sufficient time to review and issue a ruling on any potential dispositive 

motions filed by the parties prior to the current pretrial conference date. The shortened timeframe 

would cause undue burden on the District Judge. Accordingly, the Court will continue the 

pretrial conference to March 17, 2025 and trial to May 13, 2025 to afford the District Judge 

sufficient time to issue rulings on any dispositive motions filed by the parties.

Based on the proffered reasons and with the exception to the parties’ proposal to retain the 

current pretrial conference and trial dates, the Court finds good cause to grant the parties’ 

requested modification to the scheduling order. 

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Accordingly, pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The parties’ stipulated motion to modify the scheduling order (ECF No. 25) is 

granted in part. The scheduling order is thus further modified as follows: 

a. Nonexpert Discovery Deadline: June 21, 2024;

b. Expert Disclosure Deadline: August 9, 2024;

c. Supplemental Expert Disclosure Deadline: September 9, 2024;

d. Expert Discovery Deadline: October 18, 2024;

e. Dispositive Motion Deadline: November 20, 2024; 

f. Pretrial Conference: March 17, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 4, 

before District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston; and 

g. Trial: May 13, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., in Courtroom 4, before District Judge 

Jennifer L. Thurston.

2. All other aspects of the scheduling order shall remain in effect. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 11, 2024 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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