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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stipulation and Order Extending Discovery Deadline for Limited Purpose of Completing Party Depositions 

(1:10-cv-01501 SKO)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER, State Bar No. 230529

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DIANA ESQUIVEL, State Bar No. 202954

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-4928

Facsimile: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Diana.Esquivel@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Adams, Dicks, Hubach, 

Jennings, Matthews, Payne, and Rickman

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JOHN R. MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

JAMES TILTON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:10-cv-01501 SKO

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION 

TO EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

FOR LIMITED PURPOSE OF 

COMPLETING PARTY DEPOSITIONS

(Doc. 47)

Under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1)(A), 16(b)(4), and 26(d) and Local Rules 

143 and 144, the parties, through their counsel of record, agree to extend the discovery deadline 

for thirty days, up to and including December 26, 2013, for the limited purpose of completing the 

depositions of the parties. 

A scheduling order may be modified only upon a showing of good cause and by leave of 

Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A), 16(b)(4); see, e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 

F.2d 604, 609 (describing the factors a court should consider in ruling on such a motion). In 

considering whether a party moving for a schedule modification has good cause, the Court 

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primarily focuses on the diligence of the party seeking the modification. Johnson, 975 F.2d at 

609 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee‟s notes of 1983 amendment). “The district 

court may modify the pretrial schedule „if it cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the 

party seeking the amendment.‟” Id. (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 advisory committee notes of 1983 

amendment). 

Good cause exists to grant this extension because the parties require more time to take the 

deposition of the parties. Discovery is scheduled to close on November 29, 2013, based on the 

Court‟s Scheduling Order issued on March 29, 2013. (ECF No. 25.) The depositions of four

Defendants are scheduled for November 18 to 19, 2013. Defendants Hubach and Matthews now 

work at institutions near the Sacramento area, but Plaintiff‟s counsel is unavailable to travel to 

Sacramento before the close of discovery. Defendant Adams lives out of state, and Plaintiff‟s 

counsel may not need to take his deposition depending on Adams‟s responses to written 

discovery. Also, Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, 

and counsel are unable to travel to the prison before the close of discovery. Counsel have agreed 

to take Plaintiff‟s deposition by videoconference to reduce the expense associated with his 

deposition. However, the earliest the parties and the prison can accommodate his deposition is 

December 19, 2013. Thus, the parties request a thirty-day extension of the discovery deadline to 

complete these depositions. 

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Dated: November 22, 2013 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Diana Esquivel

DIANA ESQUIVEL

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: November 22, 2013

SA2012307677

31828817.doc

WILLIAM L. SCHMIDT

ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.C.

/s/ William L. Schmidt

WILLIAM L. SCHMIDT

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ORDER

Based on the parties‟ stipulation and good cause appearing, the discovery deadline is 

extended to December 26, 2013, for the limited purpose of completing the parties‟ depositions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 25, 2013 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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