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Parties Involved:
Robert Blum
Defendant
Rodrigo Flores
Plaintiff
Merced Irrigation District
Defendant
Dan Pope
Defendant

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 Case No. 1:09-cv-01529-LJO-DLB

Daley & Heft, LLP

Attorneys at Law

Neal S. Meyers, Esq. (SBN 109625)

Golnar J. Fozi, Esq. (SBN 167674)

Matthew T. Racine, Esq. (SBN 256865)

Athena B. Troy, Esq. (SBN 260092)

462 Stevens Avenue, Suite 201

Solana Beach, CA 92075

Telephone: (858) 755-5666

Facsimile: (858) 755-7870

E-mail: nmeyers@daley-heft.com

 gfozi@daley-heft.com

 mracine@daley-heft.com

 atroy@daley-heft.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Merced Irrigation District;

Dan Pope, and Robert Blum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT, FRESNO DIVISION

RODRIGO FLORES,

Plaintiff,

v.

MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a

public entity, DAN POPE, and ROBERT

BLUM,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:09-CV-01529-LJO-DLB

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY AND MOTION

DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

JUDGE : Lawrence J. O’Neill

COURTROOM: 9

MAGISTRATE: Dennis L. Beck

Rodrigo Flores ("plaintiff"), Merced Irrigation District, Robert Blum, and Dan Pope

(collectively "defendants"), by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate

to and request the Court enter a revised Scheduling Order, revising the Scheduling Order entered

by this Court on December 23, 2009 (see Order attached as “Exhibit A”). The revisions to the

Scheduling Order are as follows:

(a) Extend the completion date for non-expert discovery from April 30, 2010 to June 30,

2010;

(b) Extend the first expert witness disclosure from May 17, 2010 to July 20, 2010;

(c) Extend the supplemental expert disclosure from June 17, 2010 to August 20, 2010;

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(d) Extend the expert discovery cutoff from July 19, 2010 to September 20, 2010;

(e) Extend the non-dispositive pre-trial motion cutoff from July 19, 2010 to September 20,

2010;

(f) Extend the non-dispositive pre-trial motion hearing cutoff from August 13, 2010 to

October 15, 2010;

(g) Extend the dispositive pre-trial motions cutoff from September 15, 2010 to

November 15, 2010;

(h) Extend the dispositive pre-trial motions opposition cutoff from October 15, 2010 to

December 15, 2010;

(I) Extend the dispositive pre-trial motions reply cutoff from November 1, 2010 to

January 1, 2011;

(j) Extend the dispositive pre-trial motions hearing date cutoff from November 15, 2010

to January 14, 2011.

Good cause exists to extend these deadlines, in light of:

C It is anticipated that six or more depositions of parties and percipient witnesses will be

required.

C The parties are in dispute over the plaintiff’s deposition of Merced Irrigation District's

Person Most Knowledge on various matters. Counsel for defendants have or soon will

send a meet-and-confer letter to counsel for plaintiff regarding these issues. Counsel for

the parties believe this issue is unlikely to be resolved in time to conduct the PMK

depositions in advance of the current non-expert discovery cutoff.

C Counsel for the plaintiff has conflicts in March and April due to preparation for cases

which could potentially go to trial.

An order granting the requested extension will also allow both parties to better understand

the true nature of the supporting evidence underlying the allegations and defenses at issue in this

case, which will be significant in the formulation of opinions of the various experts, as well as the

drafting and arguments surrounding the dispositive motions. For these reasons, the parties

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respectfully request the Court modify the Pre-Trial Scheduling Order so that it conforms to the

following new dates:

(a) Non-expert discovery to be completed by June 30, 2010;

(b) First expert witness disclosure to take place on or before July 20, 2010;

(c) Supplemental expert disclosure to take place on or before August 20, 2010;

(d) Expert discovery to be completed September 20, 2010;

(e) Non-dispositive pre-trial motions to be filed no later than September 20, 2010;

(f) Non-dispositive pre-trial motions to be heard on or before October 15, 2010;

(g) Dispositive pre-trial motions to be filed no later than November 15, 2010;

(h) Dispositive pre-trial motions opposition to be filed by December 15, 2010;

(I) Dispositive pre-trial motions reply to be filed by December 31, 2010;

(j) Dispositive pre-trial motions to be heard no later than January 14, 2011.

Dated: March 19, 2010 Murray & Associates

By:/s/ Lawrence D. Murray 

 Lawrence D. Murray

 Attorney for Plaintiff

 Rodrigo Flores

 Dean@deangordonlaw.com

Dated: March 19, 2010 Daley & Heft, LLP

By:/s/ Golnar J. Fozi 

 Neal S. Meyers

 Golnar J. Fozi

 Matthew T. Racine

 Athena B. Troy

 Attorneys for Defendants Merced Irrigation

 District; Dan Pope, and Robert Blum

 E-mail: nmeyers@daley-heft.com

 gfozi@daley-heft.com

 mracine@daley-heft.com

 atroy@daley-heft.com

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ORDER ON STIPULATION FOR ORDER

HAVING READ AND CONSIDERED THE FOREGOING, and having found good 

cause does not exist the Court declines to extend the previously scheduled deadlines. 

However, because the parties have agreed the Court will order the discovery deadlines

 extended as follows:

 (a) Non-expert discovery to be completed by June 30, 2010;

 (b) First expert witness disclosure to take place on or before July 20, 2010;

(c) Supplemental expert disclosure to take place on or before August 20, 2010;

(d) Expert discovery to be completed September 20, 2010;

Date: 23 March 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck

 Hon. Dennis L. Beck

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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