Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-01855/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-01855-7/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1

Stipulation to Continue Trial and [Proposed] Order (4:15-cv-01855 (KAW))

3099539.v1

XAVIER BECERRA

Attorney General of California

JEFFREY R. VINCENT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

ROHIT S. KODICAL

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 215497

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

P.O. Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

Telephone: (510) 879-0282

Fax: (510) 622-2121

E-mail: Rohit.Kodical@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Dr. Ahmed

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANTIAGO CRUZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

ZAHED UDDIN AHMED, et al. 

Defendant.

Case No. 4:15-cv-01855 (KAW)

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL 

AND MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

AS MODIFIED

Judge: Hon. Kandis A. Westmore

Trial Date: July 16, 2018

Action Filed: April 4, 2016

Civil L.R. 40-1 provides that the Court may continue a scheduled trial date in response to a 

motion made in accordance with the provisions of Civil L.R. 7. Under Civil L.R. 7, motions 

include stipulations by the affected parties. (See Civil L.R. 7-1(a)(5) and 7-12.)

Pursuant to the Local Rules and this stipulation, the parties request an order continuing trial 

of this matter and modification of the current scheduling order. The parties’ stipulation and 

request is based on the scheduling needs of both plaintiff and defense counsel. 

On January 23, 2018, defendant’s counsel underwent arthroscopic knee surgery, which 

required a longer-than-anticipated recovery period of two weeks. Thus, the parties were unable to

Case 4:15-cv-01855-KAW Document 74 Filed 02/06/18 Page 1 of 3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2

Stipulation to Continue Trial and [Proposed] Order (4:15-cv-01855 (KAW))

3099539.v1

complete scheduled depositions necessary to evaluate and prepare dispositive motions and 

meaningfully engage in the settlement conference previously scheduled for February 23, 2018. 

Defendant’s counsel will undergo another knee operation in June 2018 with a recovery time 

of eight to twelve weeks, and will therefore be unavailable for trial and unable to devote adequate 

time and resources to prepare for trial on the currently scheduled date of July 16, 2018. Plaintiff’s 

counsel is now also scheduled to begin a jury trial with multiple parties in a separate matter on 

July 2, 2018 and may also be unavailable for trial on the currently scheduled trial date and/or

unable to devote adequate time and resources to prepare for trial. 

Based on the foregoing, the parties request that the court continue trial of this matter from 

July 16, 2018 to October 9, 2018 and that the court vacate all presently set deadlines and 

hearings, including the settlement conference currently scheduled for February 21, 2018.

The parties request the following pre-trial schedule [the Court’s modifications are in 

bold]:

Non-expert Discovery Cut-off April 13, 2018

Expert Disclosure and Reports Provided April 20, 2018

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure and Reports Provided May 11, 2018

Expert Discovery Cutoff June 8, 2018

Last day to Hear Dispositive Motions July 19, 2018

Meet and Confer (re: pretrial conference) August 20, 2018

Joint Pretrial Statement / Trial Filings August 30, 2018

Objections/Motions in Limine September 14, 2018

Pretrial Conference September 26, 2018

Trial October 9, 2018

Case 4:15-cv-01855-KAW Document 74 Filed 02/06/18 Page 2 of 3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

3

Stipulation to Continue Trial and [Proposed] Order (4:15-cv-01855 (KAW))

3099539.v1

Dated: January 25, 2018 Respectfully submitted,

XAVIER BECERRA

Attorney General of California

JEFFREY R. VINCENT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Rohit Kodical

ROHIT KODICAL

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant Dr. Ahmed

Dated: January 25, 2018 JULIA R. GRAESER 

/s/ Julia R. Graeser

R. MORGAN GILHULY

JULIA R. GRAESER

BARG, COFFIN, LEWIS & TRAPP, LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff Santiago Cruz

ORDER

The stipulation is GRANTED AS MODIFIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 6, 2018 _________________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 4:15-cv-01855-KAW Document 74 Filed 02/06/18 Page 3 of 3