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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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Case No: 2:14-cv-00483-KJM-KJN STIPULATION TO ALTER PRETRIAL 

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CLAUDIA M. QUINTANA 

City Attorney, SBN 178613 

BY: FRANK A. SPLENDORIO 

Deputy City Attorney, SBN 272601 

CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall 

555 Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068 

Vallejo, CA 94590 

Tel: (707) 648-4545 

Fax: (707) 648-4687 

E-mail: Frank.Splendorio@cityofvallejo.net 

Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF VALLEJO, et al. 

NICK CASPER, SBN 244637 

CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ & COOK

A Professional Corporation 

2121 North California Boulevard, Suite 1020 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 947-1147 

Facsimile: (925) 947-1131 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, GUILLERMO SOLIS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

GUILLERMO SOLIS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY OF VALLEJO; VALLEJO POLICE 

CHIEF JOSEPH KREINS, individually and in 

his official capacity; VALLEJO POLICE 

OFFICER JOSH CAITHAM, individually; 

COUNTY OF SOLANO; SOLANO COUNTY 

SHERIFF THOMAS A. FERRARA, 

individually and in his official capacity; and 

DOES 1 through 20, 

 Defendants. 

Case No: 2:14-cv-00483-KJM-KJN 

STIPULATION TO ALTER PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER 

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1. The City’s prior counsel departed for her new position in November 30, 2015; 

2. The City’s current counsel did not start until mid-January 2016; 

3. Due to the gap of litigation coverage between the prior and subsequent counsel, 

the City’s new counsel needed to address immediate issues on several cases, including full-time 

preparation for a 10-day trial set to commence on April 12, 2016; 

4. The parties agree that, in consideration of the facts that expert discovery and 

dispositive motion practice will shortly commence, and that the City’s new handling attorney 

now has had the opportunity to adequately apprise himself of this case, this represents a critical 

and ripe opportunity to consider resolving this case before costs grow considerably larger. 

5. The parties recently began discussing exploring settlement before this case gets 

much more expensive in expert discovery (disclosures currently set for June 21, 2016) and 

dispositive motion practice (deadline September 23, 2016). 

6. The parties mutually believe that if the schedule continues as currently set, they 

may lose this opportunity to resolve this in a manner that is economical and fair for both parties. 

7. The parties mutually believe that a 30 to 60 day time-period is necessary to give 

full vent to this process and explore meaningful settlement negotiation and mediation. 

8. Subject to the Court’s approval, the parties propose the following brief 

continuance of the following deadlines: 

Event Old Date Proposed New Date 

Discovery Cut Off May 30, 2016 July 29, 2016 

Expert Disclosures June 21, 2106 August 22, 2016 

Expert Rebuttals July 12, 2016 September 13, 2016 

Expert Discovery Cut Off August 17, 2016 October 24, 2016 

Dispositive Motion September 23, 2016 December 23, 2016 

Joint Pretrial Statement November 10, 2016 January 27, 2017 

Final Pretrial Conference December 2, 2016 February 10, 2017 

Trial Brief December 12, 2016 February 24, 2017 

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Jury Trial January 9, 2017 April 3, 2017 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

DATED: May 26, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Frank A. Splendorio 

FRANK A. SPLENDORIO 

Deputy City Attorney 

Attorney for Defendants, 

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al. 

DATED: May 26, 2016 /s/ Nick Casper 

NICK CASPER

CASPER, MEADOWS, SCHWARTZ & COOK 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

GUILLERMO SOLIS 

______________________________________________________________________________ 

The court approves the following schedule: 

Event Old Date New Date 

Discovery Cut Off May 30, 2016 July 29, 2016 

Expert Disclosures June 21, 2106 August 22, 2016 

Expert Rebuttals July 12, 2016 September 13, 2016 

Expert Discovery Cut Off August 17, 2016 October 24, 2016 

Dispositive Motion September 23, 2016 December 23, 2016 

Joint Pretrial Statement November 10, 2016 April 14, 2017 

Final Pretrial Conference December 2, 2016 May 5, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. 

Trial Brief December 12, 2016 June 5, 2017 

Jury Trial January 9, 2017 June 19, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. 

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IT IS SO ORDERD. 

DATED: June 22, 2016. 

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