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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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Glenn Katon (SBN 281841)

KATON.LAW

385 Grand Avenue, Suite 200

Oakland, CA 94610

T: (510) 463-3350

F: (510) 463-3349

gkaton@katon.law

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

TIMOTHY M. BRENNER, JR., 

Plaintiff,

vs.

LISA R. YBARRA, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 2:18-cv-02610-JAM-DB

STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER 

FOR INTERIM ORDER EXTENDING 

DISCOVERY

(AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT)_

Plaintiff files this Motion for Interim Order Extending Discovery pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1)(A), to which Defendants Ybarra and Cisneros stipulate, based 

upon the following:

Plaintiff filed his original Complaint in this case on September 24, 2018, alleging 

violations of his civil rights and negligence by Defendants, resulting in him being brutally 

attacked by another prisoner. At that time, he knew only the first initial and last name of 

Defendant Ybarra, and the phonetic last name of Defendant Cisneros, both of whom are officers 

with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at California State Prison, 

Sacramento, where Plaintiff was and is in custody. Plaintiff filed two amended pleadings adding 

the full names of Defendants Ybarra and Cisneros, who filed their Answers denying liability on 

April 8, 2019 and April 16, 2019, respectively. Through discovery, Plaintiff learned of the 

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involvement of then-officer with CDCR, Mitchell Bolt, who he believed to also be responsible 

for the same attack.

On November 21, 2019, Plaintiff filed a separate Complaint against Bolt,1 which the 

Court determined is related to the instant case. Dkt 35. Plaintiff has gone to great lengths to 

locate and serve Bolt through discovery subpoenas on CDCR and the Department of Motor 

Vehicles, and the extensive efforts of a private investigator which are described in detail in 

Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time to Serve Defendant Mitchell Bolt and declarations in support. 

Dkt 9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 in Case No. 2:19-CV-02361.

This is the parties’ third request to extend deadlines in the case. The first request was to 

allow additional time to submit a Joint Status Report in light of the parties’ participation in a 

settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Newman, which the Court granted. Dkt 29. The 

second request followed the filing of the separate Complaint against Bolt, which the Court also 

granted. Dkt 33. Plaintiff did not anticipate the extraordinary difficulty he would face in serving 

Bolt. See Dkt 9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 in Case No. 2:19-CV-02361. If Plaintiff has not effected

service on Bolt within 30 days of filing this motion, he will be positioned to move for leave to 

serve by publication and will do so promptly.

The parties agree that the related cases will proceed most efficiently when Defendants 

Ybarra, Cisneros, and Bolt are all participating in their defense, since proceeding without Bolt 

would require duplicative discovery by Bolt after he is added to the case.

Accordingly, the parties move pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1)(A) for 

an interim order extending discovery for 90 days from the current deadline of March 19, 2020, to 

allow for service on Defendant Bolt, and for all parties to submit a proposed amended scheduling 

order within 30 days after Bolt files a responsive pleading.

1 Case No. 2:19-CV-02361.

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Respectfully Submitted,

KATON.LAW

/s/ Glenn Katon 

GLENN KATON

Attorney for Plaintiff

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

/s/ Lucas L. Hennes

LUCAS L. HENNES

Attorney for Defendant Lisa R. Ybarra

SAVAGE DAY

/s/ Kelly Savage Day

KELLY SAVAGE DAY

Attorney for Defendant Ismael Cisneros

ORDER (AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

The Court hereby GRANTS the parties’ motion for an interim order extending discovery 

for 90 days, until June 17, 2020. The Court vacates any subsequent dates in the June 21, 2019 

[29] scheduling order and requires that the parties submit an updated joint status report within 30 

days after Defendant Bolt files a responsive pleading.

It is SO ORDERED this 12th day of March, 2020.

/s/ John A. Mendez______________________

United States District Court Judge 

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