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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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James A. Hennefer (SBN 059490)

jhennefer@hennefer-wood.com 

HENNEFER, FINLEY & WOOD, LLP

Embarcadero West, 275 Battery Street

Second Floor, Suite 200 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 421-6100

Facsimile: (415) 421-1815 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

J. Augusto Bastidas, M.D.

MICHAEL LI-MING WONG (SBN 194130)

mwong@gibsondunn.com

VANESSA A. PASTORA (SBN 277837)

vpastora@gibsondunn.com

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000

San Francisco, CA 94105-0921

Telephone: 415.393.8200

Facsimile: 415.393.8306

Attorneys for Defendants Good Samaritan Hospital LP, Good Samaritan Hospital,

LLC, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Staff, Steven M. Schwartz, M.D., and

Bruce G. Wilbur, M.D. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

J. AUGUSTO BASTIDAS, M.D.;

Plaintiff,

vs.

GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL LP, 

a Delaware Limited Partnership;

SAMARITAN LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company; GOOD SAMARITAN

HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF, 

a California unincorporated association;

 HCA, Inc., a Delaware corporation; 

STEVEN M. SCHWARTZ, M.D.; and

BRUCE G. WILBUR, M.D.

Defendants.

 

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CASE NO. C-13-4388-SI

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE

PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Honorable Susan Illston

Complaint Filed: September 20, 2013

Trial Date: November 30, 2015

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Bastidas.v. Good Samaritan, et al. Case No. C-13-4388 SI

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WHEREAS, the operative complaint in this action, the Third Amended Complaint, was filed

on August 6, 2014 [Doc. No. 83]; 

WHEREAS, theCourt issued orders continuing the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

the Third Amended Complaint to December 12, 2014, and continuing the Initial Case Management

Conference to December 12, 2014 [Doc. Nos. 86, 88, 91] and the Court issued its Order Granting

in Part and Denying in Part Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss on December 8, 2014 [Doc. No. 93]; 

WHEREAS, the answer to the Third Amended Complaint was filed on April 15, 2015 [Doc.

No. 99]; 

WHEREAS, under the original schedule in the Pretrial Preparation Order [Doc. No. 95], the

trial was scheduled for November 30, 2015 with dispositive motions to be heard by September 11,

2015 and expert discovery cut off as of October 30, 2015;

WHEREAS, by Joint Stipulation and Order to Extend Time to File Dispositive Motions and

Continue Related Deadlines [Doc. No. 108, Doc. No 110], on August 7, 2015, the date for filing

dispositive motions was extended to August 28, 2015, the oppositions to dispositive motions were

set for September 11, 2015, the replies were set for September 18, 2015; and the hearing on the

dispositive motions was set for October 2, 2015;

WHEREAS, by Joint Stipulation to Extend Briefing Dates and Order [Doc. No. 119 , Doc.,

No. 120] on September 10, 2015, opposition to the summary judgment was set for September 16,

2015; reply briefs for the summary judgment were set for September 28, 2015; and the hearing on

summary judgment was set for October 16, 2015;

WHEREAS, by Joint Stipulation and Order to Extend Time to File Dispositive Motions and

Continue Related Deadlines [Doc. No. 130] on October 1, 2015 the Court ordered that the Parties

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shall designate experts by October 26, 2015; the deadline for designating experts for rebuttal was set

for November 2, 2015; and the expert discovery cutoff date set for November 13, 2015;

WHEREAS the motion for summaryjudgement, the opposition to the summaryjudgment and

the reply briefs have all been filed; 

WHEREAS, by its Order for Supplemental Briefing [Doc. No. 126] on September 30, 2015

the court ordered supplemental briefs on defendants’ motion for summary judgment to be filed

October 13, 2015 and defendants timely filed their supplemental brief; 

WHEREAS, severe injuries resulting from being hit by an automobile, including fractures

of the skull, spine, rib and pelvis, put plaintiff’s counsel in the San Francisco General Hospital

Trauma Unit through October 12, 2015 and have since greatly restricted his ability to work;

WHEREAS, the parties initially agreed and the Court ordered that the plaintiff should file its

Supplemental Brief on October 26, 2015 and that the summary judgment oral argument would be 

rescheduled for November 9, 2015 [Doc. No. 134];

WHEREAS the parties have further conferred and agreed, based on the continuing restrictions

on plaintiff’s counsel work, in the interests of providing adequate time for expert designation and and

discovery and pretrial preparation, subject to the Court’s approval, upon the following revised

schedule for the trial date and pretrial dates: 

C Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief, ordered bythe Court on October 26, 2015 shall be filed

November 9, 2015; 

C Defendants may file a reply brief to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief on November 17,

2015; 

C A hearing on the summary judgment motion will be held on November 20, 2015 or

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a date thereafter that is convenient for the Court;

C The parties shall Designate their Expert Witnesses by December 7, 2015; 

C Rebuttal Expert Witnesses shall be identified by December 18, 2015; 

C Expert Discovery shall be completed by January 15, 2016; 

C The Pretrial Conference date shall be February 17, 2016; and

C The Jury Trial date shall be February 29, 2016.

WHEREAS, these modification will not alter the dates of any other events or deadlines fixed

by any Court order.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the Court’s approval, that: 

C Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief, ordered by the Court on October 26, 2015 shall be filed

November 9, 2015; 

C Defendants may file a reply brief to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief on November 17,

2015; 

C A hearing on the summary judgment motion will be held on November 20, 2015 or

a date thereafter that is convenient for the Court;

C The parties shall Designate their Expert Witnesses by December 7, 2015; 

C Rebuttal Expert Witnesses shall be identified by December 18, 2015; 

C Expert Discovery shall be completed by January 15, 2016; 

C The Pretrial Conference date shall be February 17, 2016; and

C The Jury Trial date shall be February 29, 2016.

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DATED: October 23, 2015 HENNEFER, FINLEY & WOOD, LLP

By: /s/ James A. Hennefer 

 James A. Hennefer

Attorneys for Plaintiff

J. Augusto Bastidas, M.D.

DATED: October 23, 2015

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

By: /s/ Michael Li-Ming Wong 

 Michael Li-Ming Wong

Attorneys for Defendants

Good Samaritan Hospital LP, Good

Samaritan Hospital Medical Staff,

Samaritan LLC, Steven M. Schwartz,

M.D. and Bruce G. Wilbur, M.D.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________, 2015 By: _________________________________

HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON

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FILER’S ATTESTATION

I, James A. Hennefer, hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this Joint Stipulation

to Continue Pretrial and Trial Dates and [Proposed] Order has been obtained from each of the

other signatories listed above, each of whom authorizes me to affix their electronic signature to

this Joint Stipulation to Extend Briefing Date and Oral Argument and [Proposed] Order and to file

it electronically.

Dated: October 23, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

HENNEFER, FINLEY & WOOD, LLP

By: /s/ James A. Hennefer 

 James A. Hennefer

Attorneys for J. Augusto Bastidas, M.D.

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