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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Federal Building, Room 3654

1130 “O” Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 498-7272

Facsimile: (559) 498-7432

Attorneys for Defendant Anthony J. Principi, 

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND LEGARRETA, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI, )

Secretary of the U.S. )

Department of Veterans )

Affairs, )

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Defendant. )

______________________________)

1: 02 CV 6634 AWI DLB

(Consolidated with 

 1: 03 CV 6091)

STIPULATION RE CASE SCHEDULE 

and ORDER 

Plaintiff Raymond LeGarreta and Defendant Anthony J.

Principi, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,

hereby stipulate through the undersigned counsel to extending

this action’s expert schedule and settlement conference as set

forth below. The parties also respectfully request that the

Court approve this stipulation by way of formal order.

The parties explain the basis for their stipulation as

follows:

Pursuant to the Court’s November 2, 2004 Scheduling Order:

(1) experts are scheduled to be disclosed on August 2, 2005, (2)

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supplemental experts are scheduled to be disclosed on August 26,

2005, (3) expert discovery closes on September 26, 2005 and (4)

this action’s settlement conference is scheduled to take place on

September 29, 2005. 

Pursuant to this action’s April 27, 2005 order extending

discovery deadlines, however, discovery is not scheduled to close

until August 19, 2005. As a result, experts are presently

required to produce reports before the close of discovery, and

therefore risk being obligated to publicize expert reports prior

to being able to analyze all relevant discovery. The parties

wish to avoid this result, and agree to initially disclose

experts on a date after the close of discovery. The parties

therefore stipulate to extending each of the above

deadlines/scheduled dates, and base this stipulation on the

above-described good cause.

Since the initial expert disclosure deadline needs to be

extended to allow all experts sufficient time to complete their

reports equipped with all relevant discovery, this action’s

supplemental expert disclosure date and expert discovery deadline

likewise warrant extensions. In addition, the settlement

conference needs to be briefly extended so that all parties can

approach settlement with the court equipped with all available

discovery and expert opinions. Accordingly, the parties hereby

stipulate to the continuance of this action’s expert deadlines

and settlement conference as specified below. The parties also

request the Court to endorse this stipulation by way of formal

order. 

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Old Dates New Dates

Expert Disclosure: Aug. 2, 2005 Sep. 6, 2005

Supplemental Expert 

Disclosure: Aug. 26, 2005 Sep. 30, 2005

Expert Discovery 

Cutoff: Sep. 26, 2005 Oct. 31, 2005

Settlement

Conference: Sep. 29, 2005 Nov. 2, 2005

10:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m.

Courtroom 5 (DLB) Courtroom 5 

 (DLB)

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All other case dates shall remain as set in this Court's

prior scheduling orders dated November 2, 2004 and April 27,

2005.

Dated: July 18, 2005.

Respectfully submitted,

Suzanne Kehde, Attorney at Law McGREGOR W. SCOTT

 United States Attorney

/s/ Suzanne Kehde (as auth. 7/15) /s/ Brian W. Enos 

SUZANNE KEHDE BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorney for Plaintiff Attorneys for Defendant

Raymond LeGaretta United States of America

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 25, 2005 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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