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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

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JOSE ZEPEDA ALCARAZ, an 

individual; MARIBEL ALCALA DE 

PEREZ, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD, a 

corporation; JERRY WAYNE DUDLEY 

JR, an individual; and DOES 1 to 25 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-CV-00615-JLT-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. 32)

Assigned to: Hon. Jennifer L. Thurston

Magistrate Judge: Hon. Sheila K. Oberto

Complaint Filed: March 9, 2023

Trial: March 4, 2025

Pursuant to Rules 6(b) and 29(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and

Pursuant to Local Rule 143 Plaintiffs JOSE ZEPEDA ALCARAZ and MARIBEL 

ALCALA DE PEREZ (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD and 

Bradford G. Hughes, Esq., SBN 247141

Seta Sarabekian, Esq., SBN 299578

CLARK HILL LLP

555 South Flower Street, 24th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone:(213) 891-9100

Facsimile: (213) 488-1178

bhughes@ClarkHill.com

ssarabekian@clarkhill.com

Attorneys for Defendants MARTEN 

TRANSPORT LTD 

and JERRY WAYNE DUDLEY JR.

OLIVIER A. TAILLIEU (SBN 206546)

 ot@bhattorneys.com

JENNIFER BAGOSY (SBN 223145)

 jby@bhattorneys.com

BD&J, PC

9701 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Telephone: (310) 887-1818

Facsimile: (310) 299-7592

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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JERRY WAYNE DUDLEY JR (“Defendants”) (collectively the “Parties”) hereby 

respectfully stipulate and request the Court amend the Scheduling Order (ECF No. 29)

for good cause, and in support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:

On August 17, 2023, a Scheduling Conference was held; the Court set the 

following deadlines pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 

240:

Non Expert Discovery: June 14, 2024

Expert Disclosures: August 1, 2024

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: August 29, 2024

Expert Discovery: September 27, 2024

These deadlines were amended on May 9, 2024 via Stipulation and Order as 

follows:

Non Expert Discovery: August 16, 2024

Expert Disclosures: September 26, 2024

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: October 24, 2024

Expert Discovery: November 22, 2024

Plaintiffs now request a further amendment to the discovery cutoff dates as 

follows:

Non Expert Discovery: September 16, 2024

Expert Disclosures: October 16, 2024

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: November 14, 2024

Expert Discovery: December 12, 2024

Good cause exists to grant this joint stipulation and the Parties request this reset 

and amendment to the Scheduling Order for the following reasons:

The parties have been diligently conducting written discovery, and are in the 

process of scheduling the necessary fact depositions as soon as practicable. Plaintiffs 

are waiting on key evidence in the form of police and ambulance records, photographs, 

and videos, which have been subpoenaed from the relevant agencies, and which 

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Plaintiffs require before deposing Defendant Dudley and Defendant Marten’s Person 

Most Qualified. 

The depositions of police officers at the scene of the Incident, Officers Aldrete 

and Diaz, have been noticed for July 19, 2024. Depositions of Plaintiffs Jose Zepeda 

Alcaraz and Maribel Alcala de Perez are scheduled for July 29 and 30, 2024, and Plaintiff 

plans to take the depositions of Defendant Dudley and Defendant Marten’s PMQ as soon 

as possible thereafter. Plaintiffs have also been trying to locate and subpoena accident 

eyewitness Kenny Gerard, who was named in the Traffic Collision Report, but have not 

yet located him. 

In addition, Plaintiffs have retained an accident reconstruction expert to conduct 

an inspection of Defendant’s vehicle at issue in the case. Plaintiffs hope to arrange that 

inspection to take place in early August. 

Further, Plaintiffs are unable to conduct these depositions during June or early 

July, because Plaintiffs’ counsels of record are each going to be out of town and 

unavailable between Sunday, June 16 and Thursday, July 11 (and, in the case of day-today handling attorney Jennifer Bagosy, out of the country during those dates). For each 

attorney, these travels have been paid for and planned for many months. Plaintiffs’ and 

Defendants’ counsels are working together to set firm dates for all outstanding 

depositions before mid-August; however, it is unlikely that all fact discovery can be 

completed by August 16, 2024.

The additional brief continuance may aid the facilitation of settlement, it will not 

cause any prejudice to the Parties or any third-party, and it is not requested for any 

improper purpose. 

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Dated: 6/7/2024 CLARK HILL LLP

By: /s/ 

Bradford G. Hughes

Seta Sarabekian

Attorneys for Defendants MARTEN 

TRANSPORTS LTD and JERRY WAYNE 

DUDLEY JR.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER MODYFING SCHEDULING ORDER

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Dated: 6/7/2024 BD&J, PC

By: /s/ Jennifer Bagosy

 Olivier Taillieu

Jennifer Bagosy

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOSE ZEPEDA 

ALCARAZ and MARIBEL ALCALA DE 

PEREZ

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ foregoing stipulation (Doc. 32), and for good cause shown (see Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 16(b)(4)), the case schedule (Doc. 31) is MODIFIED as follows:

Previous Deadline New Deadline

Non-Expert 

Discovery

August 16, 2024 September 16, 2024

Expert Disclosures September 26, 2024 October 16, 2024

Rebuttal Expert

Disclosures

October 24, 2024 November 14, 2024

Expert Discovery November 22, 2024 December 12, 2024

Non-Dispositive 

Motion

Deadline

Filing: December 6, 

2024

Hearing: January 15, 

2025

Filing: December 13, 

2024

Hearing: January 22, 

2025

All other dates in the case schedule (Doc. 31) REMAIN AS SET.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 14, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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