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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FERNIE J. GARZA, 

Plaintiff,

v.

RAYTHEL FISHER, JR.,

Defendant.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-00234-AWI-SKO

ORDER GRANTING PARTIES’ 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO AMEND THE 

PLEADINGS

(Doc. 21)

INTRODUCTION

The Court’s scheduling order set October 2, 2015, as the deadline for the parties to file any 

motions or stipulations requesting leave to amend the pleadings. (ECF No. 14 at 2.) Four weeks 

ago, the parties jointly moved to extend this deadline by an additional 30 days. (ECF No. 16.) As 

the parties explained in their filing, various documents from non-party inmate Jeremy Tourdot’s 

central file and medical file were needed to proceed with discovery. (Id. at 1.) The status of those 

documents was undetermined when the parties filed their joint request. (Id. at 1-2.) The Court 

granted the parties’ request and reset the deadline for filing any motions or stipulations relating to 

amending the pleadings to November 2, 2015. (ECF No. 18.)

/ / /

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER, State Bar No. 230529

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

TIMOTHY H. DELGADO, State Bar No. 275580

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 322-6372

Fax: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Timothy.Delgado@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Fisher

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At the outset of this case, Plaintiff requested the names of the CDCR officials who made 

the housing decision at issue informally, and then through discovery. Until now, Defendant Fisher 

has maintained that he was unable to identify these officials, based on the confidentiality of Mr. 

Tourdot’s records. Counsel have met and conferred on this issue for weeks without a resolution. 

Recently, the Court granted the parties’ separate request to release Mr. Tourdot’s records, 

subject to an agreement protecting the confidentiality of those records. (ECF No. 20.) Defense 

counsel is producing to Plaintiff’s counsel approximately 2,000 pages of responsive documents 

concurrent with this filing. Defendant Fisher is reviewing these records as the only source of 

information regarding who made the housing decisions at issue in order to provide the requested 

names. Defendant Fisher anticipates supplementing his discovery responses after reviewing these 

materials, which will permit the naming of Doe Defendants in an amended complaint. Plaintiff 

must amend the complaint to identify the proper Doe Defendants as parties.

For these reasons, the parties agree that a 21-day extension of time to file any motions or 

stipulations requesting leave to amend the pleadings is appropriate, and that the deadline for a 

hearing on any such motions should be reset accordingly.

A proposed order is being submitted with this stipulation.

STIPULATION

The parties stipulate that the deadline for filing any motions or stipulations requesting 

leave to amend the pleadings be extended to November 23, 2015.

Dated: October 30, 2015 __/s/ THD for Ken I. Karan______

Ken I. Karan, Esq. 

Law Offices of Ken I. Karan

Attorney for Plaintiff Fernie J. Garza

Dated October 30, 2015 __/s/ Timothy H. Delgado_______

Timothy H. Delgado

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendant Raythel Fisher, Jr.

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, the parties’ joint stipulation for an extension of 

time to amend the pleadings is granted. The deadline for amendments to the pleadings currently 

set for November 2, 2015, is continued to November 23, 2015. Any motions or stipulations

requesting leave to amend the pleadings will now be due on or before November 23, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 2, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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