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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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FURTHER JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 

AND STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL No. C-02-5940-MMC (MEJ) 

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Russel1 Robinson SBN:163937 

Law Office of Russell A. Robinson 

345 Grove Street, Level One 

San Francisco CA 94102 

Telephone: (415) 255-0462 

Facsimile: (415) 431-4526 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

HAROLD DUTRA, JR., JIMMY DUTRA and ADAM DUTRA 

Clifford F. Campbell, SBN: 60734 

Alan M. Cohen, SBN: 177662 

MEYERS, NAVE, RIBACK, SILVER & WILSON 

555 12th Street, Suite 1500 

Oakland, California 94607 

Telephone: (510) 808.2000 

Facsimile: (510) 444.1108 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF HALF MOON BAY, CHIEF OF POLICE IKE ORTIZ, COMMANDER LON 

WAXSTEIN, DAVID BOLSTER and MIKE O’MALLEY 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HAROLD DUTRA, JR.,; JIMMY DUTRA; 

and, ADAM DUTRA, 

Plaintiffs 

v. 

CITY OF HALF MOON BAY; CHIEF OF 

POLICE IKE ORTIZ; COMMANDER LON 

WAXSTEIN; DAVID BOLSTER; MIKE 

O’MALLEY; JAMES PENDERGAST; and 

DOES 1- 40, 

Defendants. 

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Case No: C 02 5940 MMC (MEJ) 

FURTHER JOINT CASE 

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT AND 

STIPULATION FOR A TRIAL 

CONTINUANCE, AND RE-SETTING 

PRE-TRIAL DEADLINES; ORDER 

APPROVING STIPULATION AND 

CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE 

 A further case management conference is set for May 13, 2005. The parties hereby submit 

the following stipulation and proposed order as their joint case management statement in the matter. 

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I. RECITALS: 

1. The trial in this matter is presently scheduled to commence on September 12, 

2005. 

2. Since approximately October 18, 2004, the plaintiffs have been delinquent in 

responding to certain discovery inquiries propounded upon them by Defendant City of Half Moon 

Bay. This delinquency has resulted in the City filing a motion to compel, and the matter being 

referred for resolution to Magistrate Judge Marie Elena James. Although there has been progress, 

major aspects of this dispute still remain unresolved. The City and its co-defendants have been 

unable to prepare their defense because of it. 

3. The City intends to present a dispositive motion, by which it will seek to eliminate 

all, or most of the claims of the plaintiffs. To be timely under the current Pretrial Preparation 

Order such motions must be filed on or before June 24, 2005. The City is unable to commence 

preparation of such a motion until it receives the discovery responses to which it is entitled. The 

City has been unable to take depositions because it cannot formulate its deposition questions until 

it receives the discovery responses upon which such questions will depend. The City has met and 

conferred with the plaintiffs yet again about the matter, and again expects to present the remaining 

controversy to Magistrate Judge James for her resolution. 

4. Defendants contend that plaintiffs’ failure to comply with the discovery inquires 

have prejudiced their ability to prepare for trial. The plaintiffs acknowledge that their failure to 

comply with the City’s discovery inquiries may have impeded the trial preparation activities of 

the City and its co-defendants. Plaintiff Jimmy Dutra was significantly injured in a motor vehicle 

accident in May 2004, and Adam Dutra, the primary plaintiff here, has been in and out of several 

jails over the past nine months (he was convicted of felony assault in mid-2004 and incarcerated). 

Adam Dutra is currently incarcerated in Redwood City. His continued incarceration has made it 

nearly impossible to obtain his participation in this action. In view of the fact that plaintiffs’ 

several "disabilities" have essentially precluded discovery in this case, the plaintiffs are willing to 

stipulate that the present trial date of September 12, 2005 be postponed. The defendants are also 

willing to stipulate that the present trial date of September 12, 2005 be postponed. 

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5. Plaintiffs recently propounded discovery on the defendants. Due to several issues 

regarding proper service of these requests, the plaintiffs have granted the defendants additional 

time to respond and the parties are meeting and conferring to place this discovery on track. The 

parties are meeting and conferring on deposition dates for key defense witnesses. These had been 

set for mid-May 2005, but due to service issues, they have been continued. Nonetheless, if 

Defendants' discovery responses are not complete, Plaintiffs will be prevented from preparing for 

these depositions and for the September 2005 trial. 

6. The parties are working in good faith to narrow the issues and to prepare the case 

for trial. Plaintiffs have also prepared and signed a stipulation allowing for dismissal of one 

named Defendant, Lon Waxstein. That stipulation was filed on April 27, 2005. 

7. All appearing and non-defaulting parties request that the trial be continued to May 

15, 2006. 

 PLAINTIFFS AND ALL NAMED DEFENDANTS SAVE JAMES PENDERGAST 

HEREBY STIPULATE, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD, AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The trial of this action, currently scheduled to commence on September 12, 2005, 

shall be postponed, and rescheduled to commence on May 15, 2006, at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 7, 

19th Floor. 

2. The case is to be heard before a jury. The length of time of trial is estimated to be 

7 to 10 days. 

3. Discovery plan: Per Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules, subject to 

any provisions below. 

4. Non-expert discovery shall cut off on February 27, 2006. 

5. All parties shall designate their experts as follows: 

a. Plaintiff: No later than 90 days prior to Pretrial conference. 

b. Defendant: No later than 60 days prior to Pretrial conference. 

c. Parties shall conform to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2). 

6. Expert discovery cut-off is March 20, 2006. 

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7. Discovery matters are referred to a Magistrate Judge and are to be noticed for 

hearing before the assigned Magistrate Judge. 

8. Dispositive motions shall be noticed for a hearing date which is no later than 45 

days prior to the date set for trial. 

9. Settlement conference shall be held before Magistrate Judge James Larson and 

scheduled to take place no later than 30 days prior to the Pretrial Conference. 

10. Pretrial Conference date shall be May 2, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. 

11. Meet and Confer (Civil L.R. 16-10(b)(5)): Lead trial counsel shall meet and 

confer no later than March 20, 2006. 

Date: May 4, 2005 /s/ Law Office of Russell A. Robinson 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

HAROLD DUTRA, JR., JIMMY DUTRA, and 

ADAM DUTRA 

Date: May 4, 2005 /s/ Alan M. Cohen 

 Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF HALF MOON BAY, CHIEF OF POLICE 

IKE ORTIZ, COMMANDER LON WAXSTEIN, 

DAVID BOLSTER and MIKE O’MALLEY 

 ORDER 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 The status conference is continued from May 13, 2005 to March 3, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. A 

joint status conference shall be filed no later than February 24, 2006. 

Date: May 5, 2005 /s/ Maxine M. Chesney 

 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

 JUDGE, USDC Northern Dist. Of Cal. 

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