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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR COMPLETION OF MEDIATION 

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JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar # 69888 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

Airport Corporate Center 

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120 

Oakland, CA 94621 

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 

Facsimile: (510) 839-3882 

E-mail: john.burris@johnburrislaw.com 

GAYLA B. LIBET, Esq./ State Bar # 109173 

LAW OFFICES OF GAYLA B. LIBET 

486 41st Street, # 3 

Oakland, CA 94609 

Telephone: (510) 420-0324 

Facsimile: (510) 420-0324 

E-Mail: Glibet@sbcglobal.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

JAMES V. FITZGERALD, III, Esq. 

NOAH G. BLECHMAN, Esq. 

McNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, 

PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP 

1211 Newell Avenue 

P.O. Box 5288 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 939-5330 

Facsimile: (925) 939-0203 

E-Mail: james.fitzgerald@mcnamaralaw.com; noah.blechman@mcnamaralaw.com 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARISELA MARTINEZ; JOSE CHAVEZ, JR.; No. C-06-07030-SBA 

MARTIN ESPINOZA, JR.; and JUAN MEJIA, 

 STIPULATION AND ORDER

 Plaintiffs, EXTENDING TIME FOR COMPLETION 

 OF MEDIATION 

vs. 

 

CITY OF LIVERMORE, a governmental entity; 

STEVE KRULL, in his capacity as Chief of Police 

for CITY OF LIVERMORE; Livermore police officers 

CINDY MOORE; ANTHONY GRAJEDA; ROBERT 

LANAM; ERNEST GUMBAN; MICHAEL 

KRYWOKULSKY; JOSHUA RATCLIFFE; DANIEL 

CLEGHORN; and DOES 1-25, inclusive, individually, 

and in their capacity as police officers for 

CITY OF LIVERMORE, 

 Defendants. / 

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 STIPULATION 

 All parties to this action stipulate and agree, by and through their respective counsel, 

as follows:

 1. Counsel for plaintiffs and defendants have discussed with the Mediator, Ms. Jo 

Hoenninger, their need for further time to conduct discovery, and Ms. Hoenninger agrees with 

the extension of time deadline proposed in the Stipulation. This extension of time for 

Mediation is needed so that all parties can engage in a productive Mediation hearing. 

 2. Prior to a meaningful Mediation, the parties need to conduct the following discovery: 

 Plaintiffs’ service of Responses to thirty-three sets (33) of Special Interrogatories; 

thirty-six (36) sets of Requests for Production of Documents; and, thirty-six (36) sets of 

Requests for Admissions (which Responses are not due until 6-29-07, and plaintiffs may well 

require an extension to serve Responses to this huge amount of written discovery from 

defendants); take the depositions of the parties; locate and take the depositions of witnesses; 

and receive important medical records and billings and wage loss information for plaintiffs 

(which has been requested, but not yet received); and, defense counsel have just recently 

served Defendant’s Responses to Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories and Request for 

Production of Documents, however defense counsel has not yet prepared or served a 

Stipulated Protective Order, which would include in camera review by the Court of 

responsive confidential/privileged documents and a subsequent Court Order that defendants 

produce some or all of said documents to plaintiffs’ counsel. Then, plaintiffs’ counsel will 

need to review this material and decide whether any further discovery is necessitated by 

information contained in those documents; 

 3. Mr. Burris is lead counsel and will attend the Mediation Conference. He and Ms. Libet 

have been swamped with work in a case wit a lot of witnesses and discovery for the last five 

weeks, and during this month and July, will also have to conduct a great deal of discovery in 

several cases, including this case; 

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 4. Mr. Burris will be on vacation from June 24th through July 7th 2007, and during the 

first week of August 2007; and, 

 5. Accordingly, the parties, by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and 

jointly request that the deadline for the occurrence of the Mediation hearing in this case be 

extended from July 30, 2007 to September 30, 2007, or as soon thereafter as the Court deems 

appropriate. 

 LAW OFFICES OF GAYLA B. LIBET 

Dated: 6/12/07 By: /s/ Gayla B. Libet 

 GAYLA B. LIBET, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

Dated: 6/12/07 By: /s/ John L. Burris 

 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 McNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, 

 PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP 

Dated: 6/12/07 By: /s/ James V. Fitzgerald, III 

 

 JAMES V. FITZGERALD, III, Esq. 

 NOAH BLECHMAN, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

ORDER

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 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 7/16/07 

 

 HONORABLE SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

 United States District Court Judge 

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