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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE ORDER RE TRIAL DATE

CASE NO. CIV S-04-873 WBS GGH 

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Gibbons & Conley 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

1333 N. California Blvd 

Suite 110 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

(925) 932-3600 

Fax (925) 932-1623 

AUSTIN R. GIBBONS, ESQ. SBN 034619 

SEAN C. CONLEY, ESQ. SBN 130814 

GIBBONS & CONLEY 

1333 North California Boulevard, Suite 110 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 932-3600 Fax: (925) 932-1623 

Attorneys for Manteca Police Dept., Officers 

Doty, Muller, Schluer, Peters & Renfroe 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SEAN GREGSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MANTECA POLICE 

DEPARTMENT; OFFICER DOTY, 

Individually and in his capacity as a 

Manteca Police Officer; OFFICER 

MULLER, Individually and in his 

capacity as a Manteca Police Officer; 

OFFICER SCHLUER, Individually 

and in his capacity as a Manteca 

Police Officer; OFFICER PETERS, 

Individually and in his capacity as a 

Manteca Police Officer; and 

OFFICER RENFROE, Individually 

and in her capacity as a Manteca 

Police Officer; and DOES 1-100, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO. CIV S-04-873 WBS GGH 

 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER RE TRIAL 

DATE 

 

Pre-trial Conf.: 2/12/07 

Trial Date: 3/27/07 

Honorable William B. Shubb

The parties hereby stipulate to and request an order modifying the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order with respect to the trial date, and associated dates, in this action, 

due to defendants’ trial counsel’s medical unavailability. 

Austin Gibbons is the lead trial counsel for defendants in this action. In 

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Gibbons & Conley 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

1333 N. California Blvd 

Suite 110 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

(925) 932-3600 

Fax (925) 932-1623 

January, Mr. Gibbons underwent heart surgery. At the time, Mr. Gibbons believed 

that he would be sufficiently recovered to try this case as scheduled on March 27, 

2007. However, since the time of the surgery, Mr. Gibbons has had medical 

setbacks, including contracting pneumonia. It is now clear that Mr. Gibbons will 

not be medically available to try this case as scheduled. 

As soon as this disability became apparent, defense counsel contacted 

plaintiff’s counsel, who agreed to continuing the trial date. The parties suggest a 

continued trial date of May 21, 2007, June 18 or 25, 2007 or July 2 or 9, 2007. 

Defense counsel could not have foreseen these circumstances at the time this 

matter was originally scheduled for trial in January 2006. Further, defendants 

moved promptly to bring this matter to the Court as soon as it became apparent that 

defense counsel would not be medically available for trial of this case. 

The parties have diligently proceeded with all other scheduled matters in this 

case. The parties previously sought one extension of time to allow deposition of an 

expert after the cutoff in order to accommodate an unforeseen scheduling conflict. 

The parties timely conducted that deposition within the extended timeline. 

The parties request that all scheduled pretrial activities, including the pretrial 

conference, be rescheduled to accommodate the new trial date. Plaintiff has also 

requested, and defendants agree to, plaintiff being allowed to file an amended 

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Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

(925) 932-3600 

Fax (925) 932-1623 

pretrial conference statement within the time allowed prior to the continued trial 

date. 

Dated: February 5, 2007 GIBBONS & CONLEY 

By: /s/ Sean Conley 

AUSTIN R. GIBBONS 

SEAN C. CONLEY 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: February 5, 2007 

By: /s/ Dennis Fleming 

DENNIS FLEMING 

Attorney for Plaintiff SHAWN GREGSON 

ORIGINAL SIGNATURES ON FILE WITH COUNSEL 

ORDER

The Court, having considered the Stipulation and request of the parties 

concerning the continuation of the trial date and associated dates, and good cause 

appearing, orders as follows: 

The Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) Order of January 25, 2006 is modified as 

follows: 

Trial of this matter is continued to July 10, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. All scheduled 

pretrial activities shall be rescheduled in conformance with this new trial date. The 

pretrial conference in this matter shall be conducted on June 4, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. 

Dated: February 5, 2007 

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