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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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MICHAEL J. CURLS (SBN 159651) 

NICHELLE D. JONES (SBN 186308) 

LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL J. CURLS 

4340 Leimert Blvd., Suite 200 

Los Angeles, CA 90008 

Telephone: (323) 293-2314 

Facsimile: (323) 293-2350 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs CAMERON MCDANIEL, DAMON MCDANIEL and THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER MCDANIEL 

THERESA A. GOLDNER, COUNTY COUNSEL STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

By: Marshall S. Fontes, Deputy (SBN 139567) Kathleen S. Rivera, Deputy (SBN 211606) Kern County Administrative Center 

1115 Truxton Ave., Fourth Floor 

Bakersfield, CA 93301 

Telephone: (661) 868-3800| 

Facsimile: (661) 868-3805 

Attorneys for Defendants, County of Kern, Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Aaron Warmerdam and Jeffrey Kelly 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER 

MCDANIEL, CAMERON MCDANIEL, 

individually and as Successor in 

Interest to CHRISTOPHER 

MCDANIEL, DAMON MCDANIEL 

individually, and GUNNER MCDANIEL, 

individually, by and through his 

Guardian Ad Litem CATHY LOWELL 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

COUNTY OF KERN, KERN COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, AARON 

WARMERDAM, JEFFREY KELLEY, 

and DOES 1 THROUGH 25, 

INCLUSIVE, 

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Case No.: 1:15-CV-01320-JAM-JLT

STIPULATION TO AUGMENT 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

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 TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 

 This stipulation is entered into by and between the plaintiffs and the 

defendants, by and through their respective counsel. 

1. Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order, the parties have completed 

written disclosures and propounded and responded to written discovery. 

2. There are approximately nineteen civilian witnesses and several Kern 

County Sheriff Department witnesses in this case. 

3. Despite the diligence of counsel, the parties have not been able to 

complete all depositions necessary to be properly prepared for trial. 

4. The deadline to complete expert witness disclosures was continued to 

October 14, 2016. However, expert reports will not be complete without additional 

non-expert depositions. For instance, Plaintiffs noticed two critical Person Most 

Knowledgeable Depositions, however as a result of scheduling issues, these 

depositions have yet to go forward. The inability to complete these depositions 

were not the result of any action of counsel. 

5. In addition, as discovery has progressed, the parties have discussed 

the possibility of engaging in meaningful settlement discussions via private 

mediation or scheduling conference. It would be in the best interest of the parties 

and judicial council if the scheduling order is modified slightly to enable these 

discussions to continue prior to the completion of expert witness discovery. 

6. Defense counsel has a jury trial scheduled for March 6, 2017. 

7. Based on the forgoing, the parties seek leave to amend the 

scheduling order thirty (30) to sixty (60) days as follows: 

Filing of Dispositive Motions: From November 15, 2016 to January 

 13, 2017 

Hearing of Dispositive Motions: From December 13, 2016 to 

 February 14, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. 

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Fact Discovery Cut-Off: From October 7, 2016 to December 

 6, 2016 

 Expert Disclosure: From October 14, 2016 to December 

 13, 2016 

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: From October 28, 2016 to December 

 27, 2016 

Expert Discovery Cut-Off: From November 4, 2016 to 

 January 3, 2016 

 Final Pre-Trial Conference: From January 20, 2017 to March 21, 

 2017 

Trial From February 27, 2017 to April 24, 

 2017 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the Parties, subject 

to approval by this Court that the Scheduling Order be amended as set forth 

above. 

DATED: October 12, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL J. CURLS

 By: /s/ 

 Nichelle D. Jones, Attorneys for 

 Plaintiffs THE ESTATE OF 

CHRISTOPHER MCDANIEL, et al. 

DATED: October 18, 2016 THERESA A. GOLDNER, COUNTY COUNSEL

 By: /s/ 

 Marshall S. Fontes, Deputy 

Kathleen S. Rivera, Deputy 

Attorneys for Respondents 

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ORDER

 PER STIPULATION OF COUNSEL, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

Scheduling Order be Amended as follows: 

Filing of Dispositive Motions: January 24, 2017 

Hearing of Dispositive Motions: February 21, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. 

Fact Discovery Cut-Off: December 6, 2016 

 Expert Disclosure: December 13, 2016 

 Supplemental Expert Disclosure: December 27, 2016 

 Expert Discovery Cut-Off: January 3, 2017 

 Joint pretrial statement: March 17, 2017 

 Final Pre-Trial Conference: March 24, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. 

 Trial: May 1, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. 

DATED: 10/18/2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_________________ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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