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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Motor Vehicle Product Liability

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT DEADLINES

Case No. C 05-00233 HRL -1-

KEVIN V. RYAN (CSBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

CLAIRE T. CORMIER (CSBN 154364)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5082

FAX: (408) 535-5081

Claire.Cormier@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SHIRLEY PONCINI,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 

Defendants.

 

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Case No. C 05-00233 HRL

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT

DEADLINES

The parties to the above-entitled action, through their attorneys of record, hereby

STIPULATE AND REQUEST as follows.

The parties to this action participated in a mediation on September 25, 2006. During the

mediation, it was determined that the results of an additional medical diagnostic procedure might

improve the settlement prospects for the case. Accordingly, the parties requested and the Court

granted certain extensions of time relating to expert disclosure and discovery in order to allow for

the possibility of resuming the mediation and settling the case prior to the expense of expert

disclosures. The case has not settled. 

Defendant’s counsel has informed plaintiff’s counsel that defendant is attempting to

schedule a Rule 35 examination of the plaintiff, but defendant’s expert is not available to

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT DEADLINES

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perform the examination until early December. Accordingly, defendant has requested and

plaintiff has agreed to a short extension of certain pretrial dates, subject to order of the Court.

The parties therefore stipulate and request the following changes to the pretrial schedule.

Event Current Date Proposed Date

Expert Disclosure December 1, 2006 December 22, 2006

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure January 5, 2007 January 26, 2007

Expert Discovery Cutoff February 2, 2007 February 23, 2007

Motions Hearing Deadline March 13, 2007, 10:00 a.m. no change

Final Pretrial Conference April 17, 2007, 1:30 p.m. no change

Bench Trial (2-4 Court days) April 23, 2007, 9:30 a.m. no change

The parties currently do not anticipate dispositive motions relating to expert testimony

and therefore have not requested an extension of the hearing date for dispositive motions.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: November 2, 2006 KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

CLAIRE T. CORMIER

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: November 6, 2006 SCHER & BASSET

 /s/ 

GERALD H. SCHER

Attorney for Plaintiff

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:_________________ _____________________________________ 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

11/14/06

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