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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Stipulation & [Proposed] Order to Amend Scheduling Order No. 1:04-CV-06663-AWI-LJO

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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

MARY E. HACKENBRACHT 

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

ELLEN M. PETER, State Bar No. 72234

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

KATHLEEN KENEALY, State Bar No. 212289

CARYN L. CRAIG, State Bar No. 185621

JAN G. ZABRISKIE, State Bar No. 117049

Deputy Attorneys General

1300 "I" Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 327-5484

Fax: (916) 327-2319

MARC N. MELNICK, State Bar No. 168187

GAVIN G. McCABE, State Bar No. 130864

MARK W. POOLE, State Bar No. 194520

Deputy Attorneys General

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

P.O. Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

Attorneys for Defendant Catherine E. Witherspoon

Additional Counsel on Next Page

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA --- FRESNO DIVISION

CENTRAL VALLEY CHRYSLER-JEEP,

INC.; et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CATHERINE E. WITHERSPOON,

Defendant.

ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS,

 Plaintiff-Intervenor,

SIERRA CLUB, NATURAL RESOURCES

DEFENSE COUNCIL, ENVIRONMENTAL

DEFENSE, BLUEWATER NETWORK,

GLOBAL EXCHANGE and RAINFOREST

ACTION NETWORK, 

Defendant-Intervenors.

NO. 1:04-CV-06663-AWI-LJO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER TO

REVISE THE HEARING DATE FOR

PRETRIAL MOTIONS FILED ON

11/8/06, TO ALLOW THE COURT

TO SET THE MOTION IN LIMINE

DEADLINE AT THE PRETRIAL

CONFERENCE AND TO PERMIT

THE DEPOSITION OF CERTAIN

EXPERT WITNESSES TO TAKE

PLACE AFTER 11/10/06 DEADLINE 

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MATTHEW F. PAWA (pro hac vice)

BENJAMIN KRASS (pro hac vice)

LAW OFFICES OF MATTHEW F. PAWA, P.C.

1280 Centre Street, Suite 230

Newton Centre, MA 02459

Tel: (617) 641-9550

Fax: (617) 641-9551

DAVID BOOKBINDER (pro hac vice)

SIERRA CLUB

408 C Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

Tel: (202) 548-4598

Fax: (202) 547-6009

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Sierra Club, Natural

Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Defense

DANIELLE R. FUGERE, State Bar No. 160873

BLUEWATER NETWORK

311 California Street, Suite 510

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 544-0790 x15

Fax: (415) 544-0796

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Bluewater Network,

Global Exchange, and Rainforest Action Network

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The Parties have met and conferred and ask the Court to modify the Scheduling Order in

accordance with the stipulation set forth herein. 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Scheduling Order in this matter, signed on July 17, 2006,

(Docket Doc. #297), the Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline is now set for November 8, 2006 and

the Pretrial Motion Hearing Deadline is now set for Friday, December 8, 2006.

 WHEREAS, the Parties have learned the Honorable Anthony W. Ishii, the assigned

judge, does not typically hear civil motions on Fridays, and it has been suggested by the Court’s

Chambers that the hearing date for any pretrial motions which would have been heard on

December 8 be set for Monday, December 11, 2006.

WHEREAS, the Parties who may file pretrial motions on November 8, 2006 wish to

specify the final filing dates for any oppositions and any reply briefs for any pretrial motions set

for hearing on December 11, 2006.

WHEREAS, the Scheduling Order in this matter, signed on July 17, 2006, (Docket Doc.

#297), changed the dates of specific deadlines but did not replace the original Scheduling Order

in this matter, signed on September 19, 2005 (Docket Doc. # 140); presently, the motions in

limine must be filed and heard on the same schedule as the other pretrial motions (Docket Doc. #

140, pp. 14-15). 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Scheduling Order in this matter, signed on July 17, 2006,

(Docket Doc. #297), the Expert Discovery Cut-off is November 10, 2006.

WHEREAS, the Parties designated 33 non-employee expert witnesses and the time for

depositions for these experts was between October 9, 2006 (when supplemental expert reports

were served) and November 10, 2006;

 WHEREAS, the Parties noticed the expert depositions of all of the 33 non-employee

expert witnesses prior to the November 10, 2006 deadline. Despite counsels’ best efforts, due to

scheduling conflicts for some of these expert witnesses, the depositions cannot be reasonably

taken and/or completed either as noticed or on another date before the November 10, 2006 expert

witness cut-off deadline. 

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WHEREAS, the Parties seek permission of the Court to set these depositions after the

November 10, 2006 deadline, but no later than December 8, 2006;

WHEREAS, the Parties seek permission to notice any motions to compel with respect to

these expert depositions within five days of the date the deposition is conducted; for any expert

deposition held on November 8, 9 or 10, 2006, the motion to compel shall be filed by November

16, 2006;

WHEREAS, the Parties have learned that it is atypical for the Court to require the

motions in limine to be filed at the time of the other pretrial motions, and, due to the upcoming

depositions of the expert witnesses, the Parties seek permission to revise the Scheduling Order to

allow the Court, at the Pretrial Conference now set for December 20, 2006 before the Honorable

Anthony J. Ishii, to set the final filing and hearing deadlines for any motions in limine. 

Plaintiff Central Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. and all of the other named plaintiffs in this

action, plaintiff-intervenor Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, defendant

Catherine E. Witherspoon and defendant-intervenors Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense

Council, Environmental Defense, Bluewater Network, Global Exchange and Rainforest Action

Network (Parties) each STIPULATE as follows and seek the Court’s approval of the following

provisions:

1. All pretrial motions which would have been set for hearing on Friday, December

8, 2006 pursuant to the Court’s scheduling order (Docket Doc. #297) shall be set for hearing on

Monday, December 11, 2006; 

2. The Parties agree that, for all of the motions set for hearing on December 11,

2006, that any oppositions be filed on or before Wednesday, November 22, 2006 and any reply

briefs be filed on or before Monday, December 4, 2006;

3. The Friday, November 10, 2006 deadline, contained in the Court’s scheduling

order (Docket Doc. #297), for the completion of the noticed expert witnesses depositions is

modified to permit the completion of those depositions on or before December 8, 2006.

4. With respect to any motions to compel for these expert depositions, any motion

should be filed ex parte, but no later than five days after the day the deposition is conducted for

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that specific expert; 

5. Should any party seek to make a discovery motion based upon an expert witness

deposition that is set for November 8, 9 or November 10, 2006, that motion shall be filed by

November 16, 2006;

6. This stipulation does not constitute a general agreement to hold depositions after

the November 10, 2006 expert discovery cut-off except as otherwise recited herein;

7. The original September 19, 2005 Scheduling Order is modified to provide that the

final filing and hearing deadlines for any motions in limine will be set by the Court at the Pretrial

Conference now scheduled for December 20, 2006 before the Honorable Anthony J. Ishii.

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: November 8, 2006 BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

/s/ Ellen M. Peter

ELLEN M. PETER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant

Dated: November 8, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF MATTHEW F. PAWA, P.C.

/s/ Matthew F. Pawa (as authorized on November 8, 2006)

MATTHEW F. PAWA

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Sierra Club, Natural

Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense

Dated: November 8, 2006 BLUEWATER NETWORK

/s/ Danielle R. Fugere (as authorized on November 8, 2006)

DANIELLE R. FUGERE

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Bluewater Network,

Global Exchange, and Rainforest Action Network

Dated: November 8, 2006 KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP

/s/ Stuart A. C. Drake (as authorized on November 8, 2006)

STUART A. C. DRAKE

Attorneys for All Plaintiffs

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Dated: November 8, 2006 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP

/s/ Charles Haake (as authorized on November 8, 2006)

CHARLES HAAKE

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor Association of

International Automobile Manufacturers

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 9, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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