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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING ORDER FOR PRETRIAL PREPARATION 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH 

&

ROSENTHAL LLP 

525

MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

IVOR E. SAMSON (State Bar No. 52767) 

BONNIE LAU (State Bar No. 246188) 

MANUEL ALVAREZ JR. (State Bar No. 253874) 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

 525 Market Street, 26th Floor 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 

 Telephone: (415) 882-5000 

 Fax: (415) 882-0300 

 E-mail: Malvarez@sonnenschein.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lazarus Ortega 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAZARUS D. ORTEGA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DEPUTY MICHAEL GIAMMALVO, 

et al., 

Defendants. 

C 07-04436 SBA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING ORDER FOR 

PRETRIAL PREPARATION 

Case Filed: August 28, 2007 

Trial Date: June 7, 2010 

Judge: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

Through their counsel of record, Plaintiff Lazarus Ortega (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant 

Deputy Michael Giammalvo (“Defendant”) hereby stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS 

1. On May 28, 2009, this Court appointed Ivor E. Samson, Gary Martin Cohen and 

Manuel Alvarez, Jr., of the law firm Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP as Plaintiff’s pro 

bono counsel. 

2. Following the Initial Case Management Conference, this Court entered its Order 

for Pretrial Preparation on August 4, 2009. Pursuant to that order, trial in this matter is 

scheduled to begin on June 7, 2010 and the discovery cut-off date is February 23, 2010. 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH 

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ROSENTHAL LLP 

525

MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

3. Mr. Cohen left Sonnenschein in January 2010. Mr. Alvarez will be leaving 

Sonnenschein in February 2010. Because Messrs. Cohen and Alvarez were primarily 

responsible for handling this matter on behalf of Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s counsel anticipates that 

additional time for discovery and pretrial preparation will be needed so that the matter may be 

transferred to an additional Sonnenschein attorney without prejudicing Plaintiff. 

4. Additionally, while the parties have diligently exchanged written discovery 

requests and responses, and have taken depositions, additional time for discovery will be needed 

beyond the February 23, 2010 discovery cut-off. 

5. Finally, additional time for dispositive motions, if any, will be needed. 

STIPULATION 

Based on the above circumstances, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate and 

respectfully request that this Court modify its Order for Pretrial Preparation as follows: 

EVENT CURRENT

DEADLINE 

PROPOSED

MODIFICATION 

Expert Designations: February 23, 2010 July 19, 2010

Expert Rebuttal Designations: March 9, 2010 August 2, 2010

Non-expert discovery cut-off: February 23, 2010 

(discovery 

motions to be 

heard by) 

August 16, 2010 

(discovery motions to be 

heard by)

Expert discovery cut-off: March 23, 2010 August 16, 2010

Motion cut-off (including 

dispositive motions): 

April 13, 2010 (to 

be heard by) 

June 15, 2010 at 1:00 

p.m. 

Mandatory Settlement 

Conference: 

April 14 -- May 7, 

2010 

June 16, 2010 - July 1, 

2010 

Pretrial Preparation: May 11, 2010 October 4, 2010

July 6, 2010

Pretrial conference: June 1, 2010 October 11, 2010

July 27, 2010 at 1:00 

p.m. 

Trial: June 7, 2010 October 18, 2010

September 8, 2010 at 

8:30 a.m. 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH 

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ROSENTHAL LLP 

525

MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

 Should the Court’s calendar not be amenable to the above proposed dates, the parties stipulate 

to the next available date on the Court’s calendar. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

Dated: __________________ By: _______

 Manuel Alvarez, Jr. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lazarus Ortega 

 ANDRADA & ASSOCIATES PC 

Dated: __________________ By: _______

 Lynne G. Stocker 

 Attorneys for Defendant Deputy Michael Giammalvo 

ORDER 

 The above stipulation is approved as modified above. The parties shall meet and confer 

and propose for the Court’s review and approval revised dates for expert designations, expert 

rebuttal designations, non-expert discovery cut-off, and expert discovery cut-off. 

Dated: 4/7/10 By: _______

 The Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Court Judge 

Northern District of California 

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