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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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STIPULATION TO STAY DISCOVERY DEADLINE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Real v. Ramos; United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:09-cv-03273-GEB-KJN

Mark E. Merin (State Bar No. 043849)

Paul H. Masuhara (State Bar No. 289805)

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

1010 F Street, Suite 300

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 443-6911

Facsimile: (916) 447-8336

E-Mail: mark@markmerin.com

paul@markmerin.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RANDY REAL

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

MONICA N. ANDERSON, State Bar No. 182970

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

JAIME M. GANSON, State Bar No. 230206

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 324-6421

Fax: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Jaime.Ganson@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

R. RAMOS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

RANDY REAL,

Plaintiff,

vs.

R. RAMOS,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:09-cv-03273-GEB-KJN (PC)

STIPULATION TO VACATE DISCOVERY 

DEADLINE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Randy Real (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Captain Ramos (“Defendant”) request that the 

Court vacate the discovery and dispositive-motion deadlines while the parties pursue settlement 

discussions. A stipulation and proposed order reflecting this request is included below.

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Real v. Ramos; United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:09-cv-03273-GEB-KJN

RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION

1. The current discovery deadline in this matter is October 23, 2015. (ECF No. 89 at 5:12.)

2. The pretrial-motion deadline, excluding motions to compel discovery, is January 8, 2015. 

(ECF No. 89 at 5:15-16.)

3. Plaintiff’s motion to strike affirmative defenses from Defendant’s answer to the second

amended complaint is currently pending decision by this Court. (ECF No. 96.)

4. Plaintiff intends to serve discovery concerning the affirmative defenses that remain 

following the ruling on the motion to strike. 

5. Defendant has served written discovery on Plaintiff, including requests for admissions, 

requests for production, and interrogatories. Plaintiff’s responses to these requests are still outstanding. 

Defendant also intends to take Plaintiff’s deposition.

6. The parties wish to engage in settlement discussions in a good faith effort to resolve this 

matter short of continued litigation. However, Plaintiff’s incarceration has prolonged settlement 

discussions because correspondence between the Plaintiff and his counsel is limited and delayed. 

7. In the event that settlement discussions are unsuccessful, the parties wish to reserve their 

right to complete the remaining and outstanding discovery necessary to effectively litigate this matter to 

conclusion. Furthermore, some subjects of discovery may be mooted by the Court’s entry of an order 

regarding Plaintiff’s pending motion to strike.

8. To permit the parties adequate time to focus on settlement without incurring further 

litigation costs that could hinder the settlement discussions, the parties request that the Court vacate the 

current discovery and dispositive-motion deadlines and reset them, if necessary, if the settlement efforts 

fail. The parties will promptly alert the Court if the case does not settle and will propose new discovery 

and dispositive-motion deadlines for the Court’s consideration.

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Real v. Ramos; United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:09-cv-03273-GEB-KJN

STIPULATION

The parties STIPULATE to vacate the October 23, 2015 discovery deadline and the 

January 8, 2015 pretrial-motion deadline, and to stay the deadline for responding to all outstanding 

discovery requests until the parties’ settlement discussions have concluded and the Court issues a 

decision regarding Plaintiff’s pending motion to strike.

Dated: September 18, 2015 Respectfully Submitted,

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

/s/ Paul H. Masuhara

By: __________________________________

Paul H. Masuhara

Attorney for Plaintiff

RANDY REAL

Dated: September 18, 2015 Respectfully Submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

MONICA N. ANDERSON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Jaime M. Ganson

(as authorized on September 18, 2015)

By: __________________________________

JAIME M. GANSON

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant 

R. RAMOS

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The October 23, 2015 discovery deadline is vacated.

2. The January 8, 2015 pretrial-motion deadline is vacated.

3. If the case does not settle, within fifteen days of the conclusion of settlement negotiations

or the entry of the Court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s motion to strike, whichever is later, but in no case later 

than December 31, 2015, the parties shall file a joint proposal to reset the discovery and pretrial-motion 

deadlines.

Dated: September 28, 2015

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