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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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Raymond P. Boucher, State Bar No. 115364

Hermez Moreno, State Bar No. 72009

BOUCHER LLP

21600 Oxnard Street, Suite 600

Woodland Hills, California 91367-4903

Tel: (818) 340-5400

Fax: (818) 340-5401

Emails: ray@boucher.la

 moreno@boucher.la

Jason K. Feldman, State Bar No. 213386

Ian Wallach, State Bar No. 237849

FELDMAN & WALLACH

606 Venice Boulevard, Suite C

Venice, California 90291

Tel: (310) 577-2001

Fax: (310) 564-2004

Emails: jason@feldmanwallach.com

 ian@feldmanwallach.com

Mark A. Ozzello, State Bar No. 116595

Suzy E. Lee, State Bar No.271120

ARIAS, OZZELLO, & GIGNAC, LLP

6701 Center Drive West, Suite 1400

Los Angeles, CA 90045

Tel: (310) 670-1600

Fax: (310) 670-1231

Emails: mozello@aogllp.com

 slee@aogllp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

Miguel Angel Sanchez Morales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

MIGUEL ANGEL SANCHEZ MORALES ,

Plaintiff,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., GOVERNOR; 

JEFFREY BEARD, SECRETARY OF THE 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION 

(CDCR); MATTHEW CATE, FORMER 

SECRETARY OF THE CDCR; MARTIN 

BITER, WARDEN OF THE KERN VALLEY 

STATE PRISON (KVSP0; ANTHONY 

HEDGPETH, FORMER WARDEN OF 

KVSP; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:14-CV-01717-LJO-SAB

JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST 

TO CONTINUE APRIL 7, 2015 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE; ORDER

By and through their respective counsel, the parties stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, on February 20, 2015, the Court entered an Order Setting Scheduling 

Conference, pursuant to which the parties must meet and confer on a discovery plan by March 18, 

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2015 (ECF No. 15);

WHEREAS, on March 12, 2015, Judge Boone signed the proposed order providing 

Defendants Beard, Cate, and Biter until March 19, 2015 to file a responsive pleading (ECF No. 

17), and Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss;

WHEREAS, Defendants Brown and Hedgpeth have not yet been served or appeared in the 

action;

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties agree that a continuance is warranted to allow 

Plaintiffs adequate time to review and evaluate Defendants’ response to the Complaint prior to 

meeting and conferring regarding scheduling;

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties further agree that judicial economy will be best served 

if the Scheduling Conference is continued for sixty (60) days to allow the Court to rule on the 

motion to dismiss Defendants intend to file and to allow adequate time for a meaningful 

conference of the parties;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court continue the 

Scheduling Conference and any deadlines pertaining thereto for sixty (60) days. 

Dated: March 16, 2015 BOUCHER, LLP

 By: /s/ Hermez Moreno

HERMEZ MORENO

BOUCHER, LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: March 16, 2015 KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

 By: /s/ Jon S. Allin

JON S. ALLIN

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

Beard, Cate, and Biter

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby approves this Stipulation by and 

between the parties and continues the Scheduling Conference to June 15, 2015 at 9:00 am 

before Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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