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Parties Involved:
Kristiana Smith
Plaintiff
Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING DISCOVERY AND EXPERT DEADLINES

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Christopher H. Knauf, State Bar No. 185180

 ck@goodlaw.biz

Laura N. Diamond, State Bar No. 185062

 laura@goodlaw.biz

KNAUF ASSOCIATES

2001 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 205

Santa Monica, California 90403

Tel: (310) 829-4250 Fax: (310) 622-7263

Attorneys for Plaintiff

T. MARK SMITH, ESQ. – SBN 162370

CLIFFORD & BROWN

A Professional Corporation

Attorneys at Law

Bank of America Building

1430 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 900

Bakersfield, CA 93301-5230

Tel: (661) 322-6023 Fax: (661) 322-3508

Attorneys for Defendant

TEHACHAPI VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KRISTIANA SMITH, on behalf of 

herself and the general public, 

Plaintiff,

v.

TEHACHAPI VALLEY 

HEALTHCARE DISTRCIT, a 

public entity; and DOES 1 to 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-CV-1555 (JLT)

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DISCOVERY AND 

EXPERT DEADLINES

(Doc. 24)

COME NOW, the parties to the above-identified litigation, and hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court’s Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) Order dated January 20, 

2015, any dispositive motions in this matter are presently required to be heard no later than January 

20, 2016, with filing of dispositive motions no later than December 8, 2015; any non-dispositive 

motions in this matter are presently required to be heard no later than November 23, 2015, with 

filing of non-dispositive motions no later than December 8, 2015; non-expert discovery cut-off is no 

later than September 30, 2015; expert discovery cut-off is no later than October 15, 2015; expert 

disclosure is no later than August 14, 2015; and rebuttal expert disclosure is no later than September 

8, 2015;

WHEREAS the parties are engaged in ongoing settlement negotiations;

WHEREAS the parties believe that an extension of time on the above mentioned deadlines 

would facilitate the ongoing discussions;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the parties agree to the following modifications to the 

Scheduling Order:

Deadline for Non-Expert Discovery - October 28, 2015

Deadline for Expert Discovery - November 5, 2015

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline - November 9, 2015

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline - December 22, 2015

Disclosure of Expert Witnesses - August 28, 2015

Disclosure of Rebuttal Expert Witnesses - September 22, 2015

DATED: July 31, 2015 KNAUF ASSOCIATES

By: /s/ Christopher Knauf

 CHRISTOPHER KNAUF

 Attorneys for Plaintiff

 KRISTIANA SMITH

 (as authorized 7/31/2015)

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DATED: July 31, 2015 CLIFFORD & BROWN

By: /s/ T. Mark Smith

 T. MARK SMITH

 Attorneys for Defendant

 TEHACHAPI VALLEY 

 HEALTHCARE DISTRICT

ORDER

In the stipulation, counsel explain that they are engaged in settlement discussions and, 

therefore, wish to extend the case deadlines. (Doc. 24) Presumably the extension is to allow the 

parties to focus on settlement without expending further resources toward discovering the case.

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The parties do not explain what discovery remains to be completed but when the parties filed 

their joint mid-discovery status report it appeared that there was little left to do. (Doc. 22) Only

because there is excess time in the schedule, the Court will GRANT the request (Doc. 24) as 

follows:

1. The case schedule is amended as follows:

a. Non-expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than October 28, 2015 and 

expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than November 5, 2015;

b. Experts SHALL be disclosed no later than August 28, 2015;

c. Rebuttal experts SHALL be disclosed no later than September 22, 2015;

d. Non-dispositive motions SHALL be filed no later than November 9, 2015 and 

heard no later than December 7, 2015.

e. Dispositive motions SHALL be filed no later than December 21, 2015 and heard 

no later than February 5, 2016. Toward this end, opposing papers SHALL be filed no later than 

 

1 Generally, the desire to engage in settlement discussions is not good cause to amend a case schedule. Such a future 

desire is known to the parties at the time of the making of the case schedule and, therefore, they should have 

proposed a case schedule that would have taken this possibility into account.

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January 15, 2016 or 25 days after the filing of the motion, whichever is earlier. The reply, if any, 

SHALL be filed no later than January 25, 2016 or no later than ten days after the filing of the 

opposition, whichever is earlier.

Absolutely no other amendments to the case schedule are authorized nor will any 

further requests to modify the case schedule be entertained absent a showing of exceptional 

good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 4, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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