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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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DANIEL C. CEDERBORG

 County Counsel

MICHAEL R. LINDEN

 Deputy County Counsel – State Bar No. 192485

FRESNO COUNTY COUNSEL

2220 Tulare Street, 5th Floor

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 600-3479

Facsimile: (559) 600-3480

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF FRESNO and TRACY SINK,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

RICHARD P. BERMAN, 

 Plaintiff,

 v.

DEPUTY T. SINK; SGT. GEORGE 

BERTSCH; LT. JOHN REYNOLDS; 

SHERIFF MARGARET MIMS; THE 

COUNTY OF FRESNO, THE JUDICIAL 

COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA; DOES 1-

10,

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-00597-LJO-SAB

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

 

Defendants COUNTY OF FRESNO and TRACY SINK (hereinafter 

“Defendants”), and plaintiff RICHARD BERMAN (hereinafter “Plaintiff”) hereby submit 

the following Stipulation to Modify the current Scheduling Order in the above-captioned 

action.

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RECITALS

WHEREAS, on July 24, 2013, the Court issued its initial Scheduling Order. In 

said order, the trial was set for January 20, 2015. The non-expert discovery cut-off was 

set for September 10, 2014. The expert witness disclosure deadline was set for August 

13, 2014.

WHEREAS, on June 20, 2014, the Court issued, pursuant to the parties’ 

stipulation, an order modifying the Scheduling Order to extend the expert witness 

designation date to September 10, 2014, and order expert discovery to be completed no 

later than October 31, 2014.

WHEREAS, on June 23, 2014, the Court issued an order substituting attorney 

Jacob Weisberg as counsel of record for Plaintiff in place of attorney Kevin G. Little. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s new counsel of record will need time to review the case 

files and familiarize himself with this action. 

WHEREAS, no depositions have been taken during the discovery phase of this 

action, and Plaintiff’s counsel believes that it would be a significant burden on him and 

his client if non-expert discovery had to be completed before September 10, 2014.

WHEREAS, on Plaintiff’s counsel is set to commence a trial on January 12, 2015 

in the case Hamby v. Raley’s Inc., Madera County Superior Court Case No. 

MCV064118. 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ counsel is set to commence a trial on February 24, 

2015 in the case Richard Phillips, et al. v. County of Fresno, et al., Eastern District Case 

No. 1:13-cv-00538 AWI BAM.

WHEREAS, Defendants’ counsel is set to commence a trial on July 13, 2015 in 

the case Mercury Insurance Co. v. County of Fresno, Fresno County Superior Court 

Case No. 14 CE CL 01762.

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WHEREAS, on June 30, 2014, counsel for the parties conferred about the instant 

stipulation, and agreed to a trial date of August 18, 2015. 

WHEREAS, there have been no previous trial continuances in this case.

STIPULATION

Now, therefore, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between 

the parties, through their respective attorneys of record that the dates on the existing 

Scheduling Order be vacated, and that the following dates be entered as the operative 

discovery and scheduling deadlines in this case:

Non-Expert Discovery Cut-off: February 13, 2015

Last Day to Disclose Experts: February 20, 2015

Last Day to Disclose Supplemental Experts: February 27, 2015

Last Day to Complete Expert Discovery: April 3, 2015

Last Day to File Non-Dispositive Motions: April 3, 2015

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions: April 17, 2015

Pre-Trial Conference: July 1, 2015

Trial: August 18, 2015.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: July 1, 2014

DANIEL C. CEDERBORG

County Counsel

By: /s/ Michael Linden

Michael R. Linden, Deputy

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: July 1, 2014

LAW OFFICE OF JACOB WEISBERG

By: /s/ Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg

Attorney for Plaintiff

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 11, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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