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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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Second Stipulation and Order Modifying Pretrial Scheduling Order

(2:12-CV-2196 MCE DAD)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

ALBERTO L. GONZÁLEZ, State Bar No. 117605

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

NELI N. PALMA, State Bar No. 203374

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-2482

Fax: (916) 322-8288

E-mail: Neli.Palma@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants California Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Murrill and California 

Highway Patrol Officer J. Sherman California Highway Patrol Sergeant Kevin Pierce; 

California Highway Patrol Lieutenant John Arrabit; California Patrol Assistant Chief 

Kenneth Hill; and California Highway Patrol Commander Chief Stephen Lerwill

LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

STEWART KATZ, State Bar #127425

555 University Avenue, Suite 270

Sacramento, CA 95825

Telephone: (916) 444-5678 

Attorney for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OLEGS KOZACENKO,

Plaintiff,

v.

California Highway Patrol Officer 

ANDREW P. MURRILL (Badge #19671); 

California Highway Patrol Officer J. 

SHERMAN (Badge #11614); California 

Highway Patrol Sergeant KEVIN PIERCE; 

California Highway Patrol Lieutenant 

JOHN ARRABIT; California Patrol 

Assistant Chief KENNETH HILL; and 

California Highway Patrol Commander 

Chief STEPHEN LERWILL,

Defendants.

2:12-CV-2196 MCE DAD

SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

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COME NOW THE PARTIES by and through their respective parties and subject to the 

approval of this Court, hereby stipulate and respectfully request the following modifications 

and/or amendments to this Court’s Stipulation and Order Modifying Pretrial Scheduling Order of 

February 17, 2014 (Doc. 43) regarding the scheduling of this case for good cause:

• That the non-expert discovery cut-off date currently set for September 10, 2014, be 

moved to January 9, 2015.

• That the expert witness disclosure cut-off date currently set for November 10, 2014, be 

moved to March 10, 2015.

• That the Dispositive Motion cut-off date currently set for March 19, 2015, be moved to

July 10, 2015.

• That the Final Joint Pretrial Conference Statement currently due April 29, 2015, be 

moved to August 10, 2015.

• That the Final Pretrial Conference currently set for May 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. be moved 

to September 3, 2015. 

• That the deadline to file any trial briefs, currently set for May 7, 2015, be moved to 

August 12, 2015.

• That the deadline to file any evidentiary or procedural motions, currently set for 

April 29, 2015, be moved to August 10, 2015.

• That the deadline to file an opposition to any evidentiary or procedural motion,

currently set for May 7, 2015, be moved to August 17, 2015.

• That the deadline to file a reply to an opposition to any evidentiary or procedural 

motion, currently set for May 14, 2015, be moved to August 24, 2015. 

• That the Trial currently set for July 6, 2015 at 9 a.m., be moved to October 12, 2015.

This calendaring modification is requested due in part to the change in Deputy Attorneys 

General assigned to this matter due to the retirement of Deputy Attorney General Jill Scally. The 

prior modification agreed to by Deputy Attorney General Scally does not allow for new and 

unforeseen demands of the litigation. New counsel has been diligently reviewing the litigation 

files and discovered, for example, that requested medical records from several medical providers 

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have not been produced. Mr. Kozacenko alleges severe medical and mental injuries that require 

an assessment of all available medical and mental records. Plaintiff’s medical care and treatment, 

moreover, is ongoing among several medical treatment providers. Defendants are also retaining 

the requisite experts to conduct medical and neuro-psychological examination and testing. Their 

examinations will be delayed until available medical and mental records are obtained. Plaintiff’s 

counsel has diligently sought to comply with discovery and requests for signed authorizations but 

the language and other barriers with plaintiff have delayed obtaining the authorizations and 

completion of outstanding discovery. Deposition discovery of witnesses is continuing and 

extensive expert discovery is expected. It is now evident the prior modification was overly 

optimistic. This calendaring modification is also requested to allow the parties to complete 

discovery, narrow the issues, and prepare the case for a time-efficient trial should a resolution not 

be reached.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 15, 2014 KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

ALBERTO L. GONZÁLEZ

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Neli Palma

NELI PALMA

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants California Highway Patrol 

Officer Andrew Murrill; California Highway Patrol 

Officer J. Sherman; California Highway Patrol 

Sergeant Kevin Pierce; California Highway Patrol 

Lieutenant John Arrabit; California Patrol Assistant 

Chief Kenneth Hill; and California Highway Patrol 

Commander Chief Stephen Lerwill

Dated: August 14, 2014 LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

/s/ Stewart Katz Stewart Katz Attorney for Plaintiff

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ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties and good cause having been shown, the existing 

scheduling order and all dates included therein is VACATED. An amended scheduling order will 

follow. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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