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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Second Req. and Stip. to Modify Scheduling Order; Order (1:16-cv-00021 SKO)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

MISHA D. IGRA, State Bar No. 208711

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

BYRON M. MILLER, State Bar No. 279762

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 323-2606

Fax: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Byron.Miller@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

Gipson and Davey

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

OSCAR VIDRIO,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. GIPSON, et al.,

Defendants.

1:16-cv-00021 SKO

SECOND REQUEST AND 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER 

EXTENDING NON-EXPERT 

DISCOVERY DEADLINE

Judge: Hon. Sheila K. Oberto

Action Filed: January 6, 2016

REQUEST TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER

A scheduling order may be modified upon a showing of good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

Good cause exists when the deadline cannot be met despite due diligence. Johnson v. Mammoth 

Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992).

Defendants have diligently defended this action, expending time and resources challenging 

the sufficiency of Plaintiff’s original complaint (ECF Nos. 10, 11), answering Plaintiff’s amended 

complaint (ECF No. 19), timely responding to Plaintiff’s written discovery (Miller Decl., ¶ 2), 

and serving written discovery on Plaintiff (Miller Decl., ¶ 3). 

On October 25, 2016, Plaintiff’s counsel requested additional time to respond to 

Defendants’ written discovery. (Miller Dec., ¶ 3). Defense counsel agreed to a two-week

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extension of time, as long as the non-expert discovery date was extended to allow the parties 

sufficient time to meet and confer regarding discovery responses and have a potential motion to 

compel heard by the Court. (ECF No. 26). Accordingly, upon the parties’ stipulation, this Court 

modified the scheduling order to extend the non-expert discovery deadline to January 17, 2017. 

(ECF No. 27.) 

With the two-week extension, Plaintiff’s responses to Defendants’ written discovery were 

due by November 23, 2016. (Miller Dec., ¶ 3.) On November 17, 2016, Plaintiff’s counsel 

informed defense counsel he was reviewing a large volume of medical records in the case, and on 

December 8, 2016, Plaintiff’s counsel represented his intention to withdraw as Plaintiff’s 

attorney. (Id. at ¶ 4.) Defendants have not received responses to their discovery requests. (Id. at 

¶ 5.) 

Due to these circumstances, the parties respectfully request that the Court extend the 

deadline for non-expert discovery to March 20, 2017 (the expert discovery deadline). This will 

allow Plaintiff’s counsel sufficient time to have a motion to withdraw heard and allow Plaintiff or 

his substituted counsel sufficient time to review and respond to Defendants’ written discovery. 

This will also allow the parties to avoid incurring time and expense on a potentially unnecessary 

motion to compel, which would otherwise be due on December 14, 2016. 

STIPULATION

The parties, through their respective counsel of record, stipulate to extend the deadline nondispositive discovery to March 20, 2017.

Dated: December 12, 2016 /s/ PETER M. WILLIAMSON_

Williamson Law Firm

Attorneys for Plaintiff Oscar Vidrio

Dated: December 12, 2016 /s/ BYRON M. MILLER ______

Byron M. Miller

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants Gipson and Davey

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ Second Request and Stipulation to Modify the Scheduling (Doc. 

28), and for good cause shown, the Court hereby amends the Scheduling Order (Doc. 22) as 

follows: the parties are ordered to complete all non-expert discovery on or before March 20, 

2017.

This modification does not change any other existing scheduling deadlines, including the 

pretrial conference and trial dates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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