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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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GREGORY M. FOX, State Bar No. 070876 

BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT 

The Waterfront Building

2749 Hyde Street 

San Francisco, CA 94109 

Telephone: 415.353.0999 

Facsimile: 415.353.0990 

CAROL A. KORADE, State Bar No. 082133 

CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF ALAMEDA 

City Hall 

2263 Santa Clara Avenue, Room 280 

Alameda, CA 94501 

Telephone: 510.748.4544 

Facsimile: 510.748.4691 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF ALAMEDA and OFFICER PATRICK WYETH 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN C. ATKINS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

 CITY OF ALAMEDA, OFFICER P. WYETH, 

and DOES I - X 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 03 3566 MHP 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

APPROVING CONTINUANCE OF 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR CROSSMOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

AND HEARING DATE 

The parties stipulate and respectfully request the Court order a change in the briefing schedule 

and hearing date for their respective cross-motions for summary judgment. Good cause exists due to 

scheduling difficulties regarding Mrs. Sheila Atkins and daughter Stephanie Atkins. Both witnesses 

were represented by Susan Petro, Esq., 400 Montgomery Street, Suite 810, San Francisco, CA 

94104, and telephone 415.586.3066. Mrs. Atkins had asserted her marital privilege not to testify as a 

witness and Ms. Petro has also objected to Mrs. Atkins testifying. The parties met and conferred 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING CONTINUANCE OF MOTIONS 

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regarding the scope and applicability of the marital privilege. Based on the meet and confer process 

Mrs. Sheila Atkins has decided to represent herself and has stated she will assert her marital privilege 

and on that basis objects to giving a deposition. The parties have agreed to contact the Court with

their respective positions for a resolution of this issue. Ms. Petro continues to represent Stephanie

Atkins and has agreed that she will appear to give her deposition as a witness to the incident. Ms. 

Petro is unavailable for depositions between December 22 and January 4th and because of scheduling 

conflicts the depositions may not occur until after January 4, 2006. 

The parties have made progress on discovery with defendant Officer Wyeth and plaintiff 

Stephen Atkins depositions having been completed as well as the deposition of a witness police 

officer. 

Based on the need for more time to complete the depositions of Mrs. Atkins and Ms. Atkins 

the parties stipulate and request that the Cross Motions due to be filed by December 6, 2005, be 

continued with a new filing and service date of January 31, 2006. The parties further stipulate and 

request that the respective oppositions briefs previously scheduled to be filed by December 12, 2005, 

now be filed by February 14, 2006, and the parties also stipulate and request that the hearing on both 

motions that was scheduled to be heard on Monday, February 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. be continued to 

Monday, February 27, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. All of these dates are mutually agreeable to the parties as 

set forth below. 

STIPULATION

All parties agree to an extension to file the Cross Motions For Summary Judgment from

December 6, 2005 to January 31 2006 , the parties stipulate and request that the opposition briefs 

previously scheduled to be filed by December 12, 2005, now be filed by February 14, 2006 . These 

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parties further stipulate and agree to continue the motions to be heard on Monday, February 6, 2006 

at 2:00 p.m. to Monday, February 27, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. or on that date convenient to the Court. 

So stipulated. 

Dated: December 5, 2005 

 /s/ 

Steven C. Atkins 

Plaintiff in Pro Per 

Dated: December 8, 2005 

By: /s/ 

GREGORY M. FOX 

Attorney for the City of Alameda 

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this E-filed document. Dated: December 8 , 2005. 

 

 By: /s/ 

GREGORY M. FOX 

BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT 

[Proposed] ORDER

Having reviewed the Stipulation of these parties, and good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Cross Motions due to be filed and served by Friday 

December 6, 2005 be continued to January 31, 2006, the opposition briefs to be filed and served 

December 12, 2006, now be filed and served by February 14, 2006 and the Motions that were 

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scheduled to be heard on Monday February 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. be heard now on Monday, February 

27, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. 

SO ORDERED. 

____________________ ______________________________________ 

DATE MARILYN H. PATEL 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

January 26, 2006

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