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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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Amy R. Lovegren-Tipton (SBN 258697)

LAW OFFICE OF AMY R.

LOVEGREN-TIPTON, APLC

5703 N. West Avenue, Suite 103

Fresno, California 93711

Telephone: (559) 421-9137

Facsimile: (559) 921-4333

Email: ATipton@TiptonLegal.com

Attorney for Plaintiff REGINALD MADUAKO, an individual

EDWARD GARCIA, Bar No. 173487

KULUVA, ARMIJO & GARCIA

One California Street, Suite 1150

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 273-6500

(415) 273-6535 Fax

edgarcia@kuluvalaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant,

Horizon Health and Subacute, LLC dba

Horizon Health and Subacute Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

REGINALD MADUAKO, AN INDIVIDUAL,

Plaintiff,

vs.

HORIZON HEALTH AND SUBACUTE, LLC, 

A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY 

COMPANY DOING BUSINESS AS HORIZON 

HEALTH AND SUBACUTE CENTER; AND 

DOES 1 THROUGH 25, INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:16-CV-00652-DAD-EPG

STIPULATION, DECLARATION OF AMY R. 

LOVEGREN-TIPTON TO MODIFY THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND 

DEADLINES AND DATES

Complaint Filed: May 9, 2016

Trial Date: February 21, 2018

Plaintiff Reginald Maduako and Horizon Health and Subacute, LLC dba Horizon Health and 

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Subacute Center, through their respective counsel, respectfully request the Court modify its pretrial 

scheduling order (ECF No. 15) to extend the discovery and expert witness disclosure deadlines. Good 

cause exists to extend such the discovery and expert witness disclosure deadlines.

1. The Parties request the Court extend the following deadlines for non-expert and expert 

discovery, dispositive motions, Pretrial Conference, and Trial:

Event Current Deadline/Date Extended Deadline/Date

Non-expert Discovery 

Cutoff

April 7, 2017 June 16, 2017

Expert Disclosure May 8, 2017 July 14, 2017

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure June 8, 2017 August 14, 2017

Expert Discovery Cutoff July 7, 2017 September 15, 2017

Dispositive Motion Filing August 21, 2017 October 20, 2017

Pretrial Conference December 18, 2017 February 19, 2018,

at 1:30 p.m.

Trial February 21, 2018 May 1, 2018,

at 1:00 p.m.

2. The Parties further request that the Early Settlement Conference be rescheduled to June 20, 

2017. The current conference date is March 30, 2017.

3. The parties have exchanged written discovery, including completion of initial disclosures. 

Plaintiff’s deposition has been taken, but not completed.

4. Plaintiff’s counsel has recently determined it necessary to file a motion to substitute out as 

counsel for Plaintiff. This has delayed Defendant’s ability to complete Plaintiff’s deposition, and 

also necessitates the rescheduling of the Early Settlement Conference. 

5. This is the Parties’ first request to modify the Scheduling Order.

6. Therefore, pursuant to the Court’s scheduling order (ECF No. 15) and Local Rule

143, the Parties herby submit this stipulation for modification of the pretrial scheduling order

(ECF No. 15).

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DATED: March 24, 2017 LAW OFFICE OF AMY R. LOVEGREN-TIPTON

By: /s/ Amy R. Lovegren-Tipton __________

AMY R. LOVEGREN-TIPTON

Attorneys for Plaintiff

REGINALD MADUAKO

DATED: March 24, 2017 KULUVA, ARMIJO & GARCIA

By: /s/ Edward Garcia___________________

EDWARD GARCIA

 Attorneys for Defendant

Horizon Health and Subacute, LLC dba 

Horizon Health and Subacute Center

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DECLARATION OF AMY R. LOVEGREN-TIPTON

I, Amy R. Lovegren-Tipton, declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice in the State of California, and I am

with the law firm of Law Office of Amy R. Lovegren-Tipton, APLC. I am counsel of record for

Plaintiff Reginald Maduako in the above-captioned matter. The following is based on

my personal knowledge, and if called upon to do so, I could and would competently

testify thereto.

2. I submit this declaration in accordance with the Court’s Scheduling Order (ECF

No. 15), which states that stipulations to continue the dates in the Scheduling Order should be 

accompanied by affidavits or declarations.

3. I will be filing a motion to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff. This in turn has delayed the 

completion of discovery in this matter and also necessitates the need to reschedule the discovery 

cutoff deadlines, early settlement conference, pretrial conference, and trial dates.

4. Extending the non-expert and expert discovery cut-off dates and hearing dates will give the 

Parties more time to complete discovery. 

5. This is the Parties’ first request to modify the Scheduling Order.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America and the 

State of California that the foregoing is true and correct, and this declaration was executed on March 

24, 2017 in Fresno, California.

_/s/ Amy R. Lovegren-Tipton__________

AMY R. LOVEGREN-TIPTON

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

The Scheduling Order (ECF No. 15) is modified to extend the deadlines for all discovery, 

expert witness disclosures, and dispositive motion filing as follows:

Event New Deadline/Date

Non-expert Discovery 

Cutoff

June 16, 2017

Expert Disclosure July 14, 2017

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure August 14, 2017

Expert Discovery Cutoff September 15, 2017

Dispositive Motion Filing October 20, 2017

Pretrial Conference February 20, 2018,

at 1:30 p.m.

Trial May 1, 2018,

at 1:00 p.m.

The Court continues the Settlement Conference for March 30, 2017 (ECF No. 17) until June 20, 2017 

at 1:00 PM in Courtroom 10 (EPG) before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 27, 2017 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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