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Parties Involved:
Adams & Associates, Inc.
Defendant
Kevin Bess
Plaintiff

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WILLIAM L. BOWEN, SBN. 229938 

BOWEN LAW FIRM 

2540 Douglas Blvd., Suite 200 

Roseville, CA 95661 

Tel: (916) 742-2220 

Fax: (916) 288-9858 

wlb@bowenlegal.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

KEVIN BESS 

JOHN H. ADAMS, JR., Bar No. 253341 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

500 Capitol Mall 

Suite 2000 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: 916.830.7200 

jhadams@littler.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN BESS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC., a Nevada 

corporation; and DOES 1 to 25 inclusive, 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: 2:17-cv-00173-TLN-KJN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

THE PERIOD FOR DISCOVERY AND TO 

CONTINUE EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINES 

 

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 Plaintiff Kevin Bess (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Adams & Associates, Inc. (“Defendant”) 

(collectively “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate to extend the 

non-expert discovery cutoff from April 6, 2020, to July 27, 2020, as well as the expert disclosure deadline 

and last day to hear dispositive motions. This is the third request by the parties to extend discovery, as 

the initial order from the court contained a discovery cutoff of November 8, 2019. This is the second 

request of the Parties to continue other deadlines in this action. In support of this stipulation, the Parties 

offer the following: 

 1. The Parties were set to complete the outstanding depositions before the current discovery 

cutoff but jointly decided to postpone further discovery due to concerns regarding travel and gathering in 

light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the State of California’s Stay at Home order. 

2. The Parties believe they require a limited extension of time to complete discovery and 

wish to continue the deadline for disclosure of expert witnesses and the last day to hear dispositive 

motions. The current expert disclosure deadline is January 9, 2020, and the current last day to hear 

dispositive motions is May 14, 2020. There is no trial currently date set in this action. 

 3. Having reviewed the respective schedules of counsel, the Parties believe that an 

extension of the fact discovery cutoff from April 6, 2020, to July 27, 2020, would allow the Parties 

sufficient time to complete fact discovery once the current Stay at Home order is lifted. The Parties also 

believe that a continuance of the expert disclosure deadline from April 16, 2020, to August 7, 2020, and 

a continuance of the last day to hear dispositive motions from August 14, 2020, to December 29, 2020, 

would allow for completion of all discovery and the filing of dispositive motions, should such be 

determined to be necessary, without undue delay of this matter. 

THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate and agree, subject to approval by the Court, that the cutoff 

for non-expert discovery be extended to July 27, 2020; that the expert witness disclosure deadline be 

extended to August 7, 2020; and the last day to hear dispositive motions be continued to December 29, 

2020. 

 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: March 24, 2020 By:_/s/ William L. Bowen (as authorized on 03.24.2020

WILLIAM L. BOWEN 

BOWEN LAW FIRM 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

KEVIN BESS 

Dated: Mach 24,2020 

By: _/s/ John H. Adams, Jr._______________ 

MICHAEL G. PEDHIRNEY 

JOHN H. ADAMS, JR. 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Attorney for Defendant, 

ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC. 

ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the cutoff for non-expert discovery is extended to July 27, 

2020; that the expert witness disclosure deadline is extended to August 7, 2020; and the last day to hear 

dispositive motions is continued to January 7, 2021. 

DATED: March 24, 2020 

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