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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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7995730.5 TR318-021 CASE NO.: 2:15-CV-00751-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION CONTINUING JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Jesse J. Maddox, Bar No. 219091

jmaddox@lcwlegal.com

Arlin Kachalia, Bar No. 193752

akachalia@lcwlegal.com

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: 415.512.3000

Facsimile: 415.856.0306

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF TRACY 

and R. LEON CHURCHILL, JR.

Russell A. Robinson (163937)

LAW OFFICE OF RUSSELL A. ROBINSON

345 Grove Street, First Floor

San Francisco CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 861-4416

Facsimile: (415) 431-4526

rlaw345@gmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff JUAN ESPINOZA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN ESPINOZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF TRACY, CHIEF OF POLICE

GARY HAMPTON, R. LEON

CHURCHILL, JR., AND DOES 1

through 40, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:15-cv-00751-WBS-KJN

Complaint Filed: April 6, 2015

STIPULATION CONTINUING JOINT 

STATUS CONFERENCE AND RELATED 

DATES; [PROPOSED] ORDER
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7995730.5 TR318-021 1 CASE NO.: 2:15-CV-00751-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION CONTINUING JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND TO THE PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS 

OF RECORD:

Defendants CITY OF TRACY and R. LEON CHURCHILL, JR. (“Defendants”) and 

Plaintiff Juan Espinoza (“Plaintiff”) (collectively the “Parties”), through their respective 

undersigned attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

A. WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his Complaint on April 6, 2015;

B. WHEREAS, Defendants were served with the Complaint on August 25, 2016;

C. WHEREAS, Defendants and Plaintiff stipulated to a 14-day extension for 

Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint;

D. WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint on 

September 29, 2016;

E. WHEREAS, on October 5, 2016, the Court scheduled a Joint Status Conference 

for January 3, 2017, ordering the parties 1) to meet and attempt to agree upon a

FRCP 26(f) discovery plan 21 calendar days in advance, on or before December 

13, 2016; and 2) to submit a JOINT status report 14 days in advance, on or before 

December 20, 2016;

F. WHEREAS, on November 15, 2016, the Court granted Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss in its entirety with leave to amend;

G. WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint on December 5, 2016.

H. WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file a Motion to Dismiss the Amended 

Complaint on or before December 22, 2016, with a motion hearing date 

anticipated to be in February 2017;

NOW THEREFORE, the Plaintiffs and Defendants stipulate, by and through their counsel 

and pursuant to Court approval, that:

1. That in the interest of justice and to minimize litigation costs and the expenditure 

of public resources, and because Plaintiff recently filed an Amended Complaint on 

December 5, 2016, the case is not at issue, and Defendants will be filing a Motion 

to Dismiss the Amended Complaint on or before December 22, 2016, the parties 
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7995730.5 TR318-021 2 CASE NO.: 2:15-CV-00751-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION CONTINUING JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

request that this Court continue the Joint Status Conference from January 3, 2017, 

in Courtroom 5 of the above-entitled Court, to April 10, 2017, or as soon thereafter 

as the Court’s schedule permits, and that the related dates be continued 

accordingly. 

2. No party will be prejudiced by a continuance of the Joint Status Conference from 

January 3, 2017 to April 10, 2017. 

3. The parties further stipulate 1) that a Joint Status Report must be filed 14 calendar 

days in advance of the continued joint status conference; and 2) to meet and 

attempt to agree upon a FRCP 26(f) discovery plan 21 calendar days in advance of 

the continued joint status conference. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: December 9, 2016

By:

Respectfully submitted,

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE

 /s/ Jesse J. Maddox

Jesse J. Maddox

Arlin Kachalia

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF 

TRACY 

and R. LEON CHURCHILL, JR.

Dated: December 9, 2016

By:

LAW OFFICE OF RUSSELL A. 

ROBINSON 

 /s/ Russell A. Robinson

Russell A. Robinson

Attorneys for Plaintiff JUAN ESPINOZA
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7995730.5 TR318-021 3 CASE NO.: 2:15-CV-00751-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION CONTINUING JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE AND RELATED DATES; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore

A Professional Law Corporation

135 Main Street, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

ESPINOZA V. CITY OF TRACY, ET AL.

Case No.: 2:15-cv-00751-WBS-KJN

ORDER

1. The Joint Status Conference is continued from January 3, 2016, to April 10, 2017 

at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5 of the above-entitled Court. 

2. At least twenty-one (21) calendar days before the scheduling conference is held, 

the parties shall confer and attempt to agree upon a discovery plan, as required by Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26(f). 

3. Pursuant to Local Rule 240, the parties shall submit to the court a JOINT Status 

Report fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the continued date of the joint status conference, as 

described in this Court’s October 5, 2016 order, and no later than March 27, 2017.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 12, 2016