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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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County Counsel

Tulare County

Visalia, California

William A. Romaine, #126966

Law Office of William A. Romaine

206 West Lacey Blvd. #309

Hanford, CA 93230

Telephone: (559) 582-9360

Facsimile: (559) 582-9350

Attorney for Plaintiff

KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE, #094765

County Counsel for the County of Tulare

Judith D. Chapman, #169479

Deputy County Counsel

2900 West Burrel, County Civic Center

Visalia, California 93291

Telephone: (559) 733-6263

Facsimile: (559) 737-4319

Attorneys for Defendant County of Tulare 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO

DENNIS ALBA, 

 Plaintiffs,

vs.

COUNTY OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA, 

TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY 

RONALD CROUCH, TULARE COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, TULARE 

COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY 

SERGEANT TORRES, TULARE COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S DEPUTY DERRICK HOOD 

AND TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPUTY BERTOLDO,

 Defendants.

Case Number: 1:15-cv-01492-GSA

PARTIES’ JOINT STIPULATION 

AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE 

MANDATORY SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE HEARING DATE

AND EXTEND TIME FOR FILING 

OF RESPONSE TO THE 

COMPLAINT

Date: January 14, 2016

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 10

Erika J. Grosjean

U.S. Magistrate Judge

JOINT STIPULATION

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County Counsel

Tulare County

Visalia, California

Plaintiff, DENNIS ALBA by and through his attorneys of record and Defendants, COUNTY 

OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA, TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY RONALD CROUCH, 

TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY 

SERGEANT TORRES, TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY DERRICK HOOD AND 

TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY BERTOLDO , by and through Tulare County Counsel, 

Deputy County Counsel, Judith D. Chapman, stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS Defendant was served with the Summons and Complaint on December 15, 2015

and needs time to gather information regarding the Plaintiff’s claims. In order to meaningfully 

participate in the meet and confer and the scheduling conference and to prepare a proper response to 

the Complaint;

WHEREAS the parties are required pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), to meet and confer at 

least twenty-one (21) days prior to the Mandatory Scheduling Conference, the parties agree that 

counsel for Defendant will be able to meaningfully participate in the conference after she has had 

time to review the case documents and information.

THEREFORE the parties respectfully request that the time to file a response to the 

Complaint be extended for 18 days and Mandatory Scheduling Conference currently scheduled for 

January 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. be continued for a period of 30 days.

IT IS SO STIPULATED BY THE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD AND NAMED HEREIN.

Dated: _12/23/15_________ LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM A. ROMAINE

________/s/_________________

William A. Romaine, Attorney for

Plaintiff

Dated: _12/23/15_________ KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE

County Counsel

_____/s/_____________________

Judith D. Chapman, Attorney for

Defendant County of Tulare

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ORDER

Based on the parties’ Stipulation to extend time to file the responsive pleading and Continue 

Mandatory Scheduling Conference, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: The

Mandatory Scheduling Conference in this matter, currently set for January 14, 2016, is vacated and 

continued to February 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., in Department 10. Further, the responsive pleading is 

now due on or before February 1, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 28, 2015 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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