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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER 

COOPER, WHITE

& COOPER LLP

COOPER, WHITE & COOPER LLP

EDWARD L. SEIDEL (SBN 200865)

PATRICK M. ROSVALL (SBN 217468)

201 California Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 433-1900

Facsimile: (415) 433-5530

Attorneys for Defendant Comcast Cable 

Communications Management, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN CABLE 

TELEVISION COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 

MANAGEMENT, LLC,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:18-cv-00500-WBS-EFB

CASE NO. 2:18-cv-01212-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

REVISED SCHEDULING ORDER 

Judge: Hon. William B. Shubb

Trial Date: August 18, 2020

STIPULATION

To accommodate the fact that trial counsel for Defendant Comcast Cable Communications 

Management, LLC ("Comcast"), Jill Rowe, is substituting out of this matter and Edward L. Seidel 

is substituting in for Comcast, and because Mr. Seidel represents and has represented that he needs 

additional time to review case materials, prepare witnesses for depositions, prepare to take 

depositions, and prepare to draft and oppose the contemplated motions for summary judgment, the 

parties stipulate to a brief continuance of approximately 60-90 days of the deadlines provided in 

the Court's Scheduling Order filed on January 27, 2020 (Docket No. 29) as stated in the numbered 

paragraphs below.

1. The parties will complete non-expert depositions by June 1, 2020.

2. The parties intend to file motions for summary judgment. The Court will hear the 

motions on July 13, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. Briefs will be filed according to Eastern District Local Rule 

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230, i.e., opening briefs are due June 15, 2020; opposition briefs are due June 29, 2020; and reply 

briefs are due July 6, 2020.

This schedule reflects the re-setting of depositions previously on schedule to the following 

dates or approximate date ranges: 

- The week of April 20, 2020, on consecutive days, for the depositions in Philadelphia of 

Jeff Aldi, Joseph Lance, and Marc Lockard. If any of these witnesses become unexpectedly 

unavailable for their selected date, the parties will work to obtain the closest possible date to take 

the deposition(s).

- May 8, 2020: Deposition of Garth Ashpaugh in Florida. If Mr. Ashpaugh becomes 

unexpectedly unavailable that date, the parties will work to obtain the closest possible date to May 

8

th to take the deposition.

- Either May 12 and 13, 2020 or May 13 and 14, 2020: Consecutive day depositions of 

Robert Davison and Steven Detrick in Sacramento. This date is subject to further discussion if Mr. 

Davison or Mr. Detrick are unavailable on the selected dates.

- Either May 15, 2020 or May 19, 2020, Deposition of LeAnn Peling in San Francisco. 

This date is subject to further discussion if Ms. Peling is unavailable on the selected dates.

3. Comcast's counsel has agreed to pay the change fees associated with the re-setting 

of the Philadelphia and Florida depositions, in a sum not to exceed $500. 

4. In the event that the Court refuses to adjust the non-expert cutoff date or the MSJ 

hearing and briefing schedule the parties will work together to re-set depositions and no new 

deposition notices for appearance will be required to compel the appearance of for the above 

named witnesses. Expert disclosure shall remain per FRCP Rule 26 (90 days before trial).

5. The parties will attend a judicial settlement conference between the MSJ hearing 

and the pre-trial conference, on a date to be scheduled by the Court. Magistrate Judge Brennan's 

department has indicated availabilities for a 10:00 a.m. conference on Thursday, August 27, 2020, 

Thursday, September 3, 2020, and Thursday, September 10, 2020. Counsel are checking with 

their respective client's availability.

6. A pre-trial conference will be held on September 15, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

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7. A two-day bench trial will be held on November 10, at 9:00 a.m.

DATED: February 14, 2020 COOPER, WHITE & COOPER LLP

By: /s/ Edward L. Seidel

Edward L. Seidel

Attorneys for Defendant Comcast Cable 

Communications Management, LLC

DATED: February 14, 2020 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP

By: /s/ Mark Velaquez [Authorized 2/14/2020]

Mark Velasquez

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sacramento Metropolitan Cable 

Television Commission

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The parties shall complete non-expert depositions by June 1, 2020. Expert 

disclosure shall remain per FRCP Rule 26 (90 days before trial).

2. The Court will hear the parties' motions for partial summary judgment on July 13, 

2020 at 1:30 p.m. Briefs will be filed according to Eastern District Local Rule 230.

3. The parties shall attend a judicial settlement conference before the Hon. Edmund F. 

Brennan, Magistrate Judge, in Courtroom 8, 13th Floor, and shall inform his courtroom deputy of 

the date and time the parties selected no later than 12:00 PM (Noon) on February 20, 2020. 

Each party is directed to have a principal capable of disposition at the Settlement Conference or to 

be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms at the Settlement Conference. Each party is 

further directed to submit via email to EFBorders@caed.uscourts.gov a confidential settlement 

conference statement no later than 12:00 PM (Noon) one week prior to the settlement conference

date. Such statements are not to be filed with the clerk, although the parties may agree, or not, to 

serve each other with the settlement statements. However, each party shall e file a one -page 

document entitled "Notice of Submission of Confidential Settlement Conference Statement." If 

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the settlement judge is not the trial judge, the Confidential Settlement Conference Statement shall 

not be disclosed to the trial judge. If the parties have not already done so, the parties are further 

required to file a waiver of disqualification as to Magistrate Judge Brennan Case 2:18-cv-00500-

WBS-EFB within 7 days from the date of this order, and pursuant to Local Rule 270(b), since this 

judge is also the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case.

4. The parties will attend a pre-trial conference with the Court on September 14, 

2020 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5 (WBS).

5. The Court will commence a two-day bench trial on November 10, 2020 at 

9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 5 (WBS). 

Dated: February 19, 2020

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