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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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COX, WOOTTON,

GRIFFIN, HANSEN

& POULOS, LLP

190 THE EMBARCADERO

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

94105

TEL: 415-438-4600

FAX: 415-438-4601

NAV.Higgins/2675

COX, WOOTTON, GRIFFIN,

HANSEN & POULOS, LLP

Richard C. Wootton (SBN 088390)

Jody M. Taliaferro (SBN 252453)

190 The Embarcadero

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone No.: 415-438-4600

Facsimile No.: 415-438-4601

Attorneys for Defendants

Brusco Tug and Barge and The Dutra Group

E-Filing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN D. HIGGINS, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRUSCO TUG AND BARGE AND THE 

DUTRA GROUP, 

Defendants.

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Case No.: 2:08-CV-02300-WBS-KJN

JOINT STIPULATION TO 

EXTEND DISCOVERY CUT-OFF 

DATE AND ORDER

WHEREAS the Parties have disclosed expert witnesses and scheduled some 

depositions of those experts, three doctors who are named experts, Dr. Michael Sutro, Dr. 

Bernard Rappaport, defense experts, and Dr. Samuel Benson, an expert for the Plaintiff, are 

unable to have their depositions taken before the discovery cut-off date of May 1, 2010. In 

addition the depositions of Dr. Rinzler and Dr. Pantazis were commenced on April 26, 2010 

but cut short due to scheduling conflicts on behalf of the doctors. 

The Parties request and hereby stipulate to an extension of the discovery cut-off date 

from May 1, 2010 up to and including May 21, 2010 in order to complete the 

aforementioned discovery in this matter as well as any other expert depositions commenced 

prior to May 1, 2010 but which are unable to be completed prior to that date. Currently the 

case is set for a Pre-Trial Conference on June 14, 2010 and is set for a Trial on July 20, 

2010. This is a maritime case wherein the Plaintiff, JOHN HIGGINS, a resident of Walnut 

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FAX: 415-438-4601

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Grove, California, living on a houseboat called the JAMIE LYNN docked at Deckhand’s 

Marine Center, Inc. in Walnut Grove, California on the Sacramento River, was injured 

when a barge named “THE OAKLAND,” owned by Defendant BRUSCO TUG AND 

BARGE, INC. a Washington Corporation, located in Longview, Washington and DUTRA 

MATERIALS, erroneously named DUTRA GROUP, a California corporation located in 

San Rafael, California collided on October 3, 2006, into plaintiff’s houseboat which was 

docked at Deckhand’s Marina.

DATED: April 29, 2010 COX, WOOTTON, GRIFFIN,

HANSEN & POULOS, LLP

Attorneys for Defendants

Brusco Tug and Barge and The Dutra Group

By ________/s/______________________

Richard C. Wootton

DATED: April 29, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL RAY BACON

Attorneys for Plaintiff

John D. Higgins, Jr.

By ____/s/__________________________

Daniel Ray Bacon

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the Parties in this action, through the respective 

counsel for the parties,

IT IS ORDERED that the Discovery cut-off dated is extended from May 1, 2010 to 

May 21, 2010 for the completion of the depositions of Drs Sutro, Rappaport, Benson, 

Rinzler, and Pantazis, as well as any other expert depositions commenced prior to May 1, 

2010, but which are unable to be completed prior to that date Completion means that all 

depositions have been taken and any disputes relevant to those depositions shall have 

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FAX: 415-438-4601

NAV.Higgins/2675

been resolved by appropriate order, if necessary and, where discovery has been

ordered, the order has been obeyed. 

DATED: April 29, 2010 

/s/ Kendall J. Newman_________

KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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