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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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STIPULATION CONTINUING CLOSE OF DISCOVERY 

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KATHLEEN E. FINNERTY (SBN 157638)

MARC B. KOENIGSBERG (SBN 204265) 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

1201 K Street, Suite 1100 

Sacramento, CA 95814-3938 

Telephone: (916) 442-1111 

Facsimile: (916) 448-1709 

Finnertyk@gtlaw.com 

Koenigsbergm@gtlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Virgin Sturgeon, Inc., Buffer Properties, 

and Laraine C. Patching 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CONNIE ARNOLD, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

VIRGIN STURGEON, INC.; VIRGIN 

STURGEON, LLC,; BUFFER 

PROPERTIES, LLC.; LARAINE C. 

PATCHING; and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

 Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 2:07-CV-01600-WBS-DAD 

STIPULATION EXTENDING CLOSE 

OF DISCOVERY AND ORDER 

THEREON 

Plaintiff, CONNIE ARNOLD and Defendants VIRGIN STURGEON, INC., 

BUFFER PROPERTIES, LLC, LARAINE C. PATCHING and VIRGIN STURGEON, 

LLC (“Defendants”), by and through their designated counsel, stipulate as follows: 

1. During the last several months, the parties have been engaging in 

substantive settlement negotiations pertaining to the injunctive relief plaintiff seeks in 

this case. Specifically, on December 7, 2007, plaintiff produced her expert’s report 

detailing various alleged violations. In response, on December 26, 2007, the defendants 

proposed modifying a number of the alleged violations in the interest of resolving 

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matters. The plaintiff responded on January 30, 2008 agreeing to three items, 

requesting additional modifications on about six items. The parties agreed on 

February 4, 2008, through counsel, that considerable progress had been made, and that 

further investigation of construction and engineering issues were needed to continue the 

settlement dialogue. The parties, through their experienced ADA counsel, therefore 

agreed that it would be most cost efficient to continue their settlement discussions 

informally to determine if settlement could be reached. 

2. Given the parties’ cooperation and active settlement negotiations, and 

potential for success, the parties have not engaged in extensive discovery among them 

in an effort to conserve limited resources and enhance the viability of settlement. 

3. The defendant, Laurie Patching, now resides in Costa Rica, and is not 

retuning to Sacramento until mid-March, 2008. 

4. The parties’ first settlement conference was scheduled for January 10, 

2008. Due to defense expert Kim Blackseth’s hospitalization, Magistrate Drozd 

continued the settlement conference to February 5, 2008. Given the parties recent 

progress, and Mr. Blackseth’s continued hospitalization, the parties stipulated to a 

second continuance of the settlement conference to March 20, 2008, with rebuttal expert 

reports and revised plaintiff’s report due March 28, 2008. The parties also agreed that 

defendants will then have 14 days in which to serve a supplemental rebuttal report 

responding to plaintiff’s revised report. 

5. The parties desire to continue the close of discovery from March 28, 2008, 

to April 28, 2008, to allow them additional time to resolve this case without having to 

conduct what will likely be unnecessary and expensive oral and written discovery likely 

make settlement more difficult. 

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6. Continuing the date of the close of discovery will not affect any other 

deadlines in this case (e.g. May 30, 2008, the last day to file motions, and October 15, 

2008, the date set for trial will remain unchanged). 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: February 5, 2008 LAW OFFICES OF PAUL L. REIN 

 By: /s/ Julie Ostil 

 JULIE OSTIL 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 Connie Arnold 

DATED: February 5, 2008 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 

 By: /s/ Marc B. Koenigsberg 

 KATHLEEN E. FINNERTY 

 MARC B. KOENIGSBERG 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 Virgin Sturgeon, Inc., Buffer 

 Properties, and Laraine C. Patching 

DATED: February 5, 2008 LINDSAY & STONEBARGER 

 By: /s/ Gene Stonebarger 

 Gene Stonebarger 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 Virgin Sturgeon, LLC 

ORDER

Good cause appearing, the request of the parties to continue the close of 

discovery is GRANTED. The close of discovery is extended from March 28, 2008 to 

April 28, 2008. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 5, 2008. 

Ddad1/orders.civil/arnold1600.stipord.disc 

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