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

Neuroth, et al. v. Mendocino County, et al., U.S.D.C. No. 3:15-cv-03226-RS

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114)

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268)

MAYA SORENSON (State Bar No. 250722)

TERESA ALLEN (State Bar No. 264865)

HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP

505 Seventeenth Street

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 452-5500

Fax: (510) 452-5510

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JAMES NEUROTH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES NEUROTH, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MENDOCINO COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-CV-03226-RS

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL 

AND PRETRIAL DATES; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

This Stipulation to modify the trial and pretrial schedule, is submitted by all parties in this 

action, through their respective counsel, including: Plaintiff James Neuroth (“Plaintiff”); Defendants 

the County of Mendocino, Mendocino County Sheriff Thomas Allman, Sheriff’s Captain Timothy 

Pearce, and current/former Sheriff’s Deputies Lorrie Knapp, Frank Masterson, Craig Bernardi, 

Michael Grant, Robert Page, and Christine De Los Santos (collectively, “County Defendants”); 

California Forensic Medical Group, Inc. and LVN Jennifer Caudillo (collectively, “CFMG

Defendants”); and the City of Willits and current/former Willits Police Officers Kevin Leef and Jeff 

Andrade (collectively, the “Willits Defendants”). Pursuant to this Stipulation, the parties jointly 

request the Court to modify the trial date and pretrial deadlines, as set forth below.

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RECITALS

On October 3, 2018, counsel for all parties had a settlement conference scheduling call with 

Judge Beeler, and Judge Beeler scheduled a further settlement conference in this case for her first 

available date: November 26, 2018. Judge Beeler also suggested that, given the uncertainty around 

the current January 7, 2019 trial date, the parties should consider continuing the trial and pretrial 

dates to commence after the settlement conference to conserve attorneys’ fees and costs. Thereafter, 

the parties met and conferred and agreed to inquire with this Court as to this Court’s other trial 

conflicts on January 7, 2019, and the feasibility of continuing pretrial deadlines. The parties now 

understand that there continues to be uncertainty as to whether this case can be tried on January 7, 

2019, and that such uncertainty will likely persist until at least December 7, 2018 (after the 

December 6, 2018 pretrial conference in this case). Further, the current pretrial filing deadlines 

would require the parties to expend considerable time and resources in advance of the settlement 

conference. 

AGREEMENT

Therefore, to conserve the parties’ resources in advance of the settlement conference and to 

allow for a more certain trial schedule, the parties stipulate and agree to vacate the current trial date 

and pretrial conference, and set new pretrial dates as follows:

a. December 6, 2018: Case Management and Trial Setting Conference.

b. December 20, 2018: Last day to file Motions in Limine, and last day to 

file Joint Pretrial Statement and Proposed Order (per the Court’s Jury 

Trial Standing Order, Section B). The parties will also exchange any new 

or previously undisclosed exhibits to be used at trial other than solely for 

impeachment or rebuttal.

c. January 24, 2019: Oppositions to Motions in Limine due.

d. February 20, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.: Final Pretrial Conference.

e. The parties will exchange pre-marked binders of trial exhibits two weeks 

before the new trial date.

f. All other dates will be in accordance with this Court’s Jury Trial Standing 

Order.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Patton & Ryan LLC

Dated: October 9, 2018 By: /s/ Michael G. Vranicar

Michael G. Vranicar

Attorneys for County Defendants

Bertling Law Group

Dated: October 9, 2018 By: /s/ Peter G. Bertling

Peter G. Bertling

Attorneys for Defendant CMFG

Dated: October 9, 2018 By: /s/ Jerome Varamini

Jerome Varanini

Attorney for Defendant Jennifer Caudillo

Perry, Johnson, Anders, Miller &

Moskowitz LLP

Dated: October 9, 2018 By: /s/ Scott A. Lewis

Scott A. Lewis

Attorneys for Willits Defendants

Haddad & Sherwin LLP

Dated: October 9, 2018 By: /s/ Michael J. Haddad

Michael J. Haddad

Attorneys for Plaintiff

* Approval in the filing of this document has been obtained from all signatories.

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ORDER

Based on the parties’ stipulation, and with good cause appearing therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following dates are set in the instant case:

a. December 6, 2018: Case Management and Trial Setting Conference.

b. December 20, 2018: Last day to file Motions in Limine, and last day to 

file Joint Pretrial Statement and Proposed Order (per the Court’s Jury 

Trial Standing Order, Section B). The parties will also exchange any new 

or previously undisclosed exhibits to be used at trial other than solely for 

impeachment or rebuttal.

c. January 24, 2019: Oppositions to Motions in Limine due.

d. February 20, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.: Final Pretrial Conference.

e. The parties will exchange pre-marked binders of trial exhibits two weeks 

before the new trial date.

f. All other dates will be in accordance with this Court’s Jury Trial Standing 

Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _____________ ____________________________________

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Court Judge

10/9/18

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