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Parties Involved:
City of Sacramento
Defendant
Byron H. Levy
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO TAKE PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT’S DEPOSITION, 

DISCLOSE EXPERTS, AND FILE DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS 

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SUSANA ALCALA WOOD, City Attorney (SBN 156366) 

KATHLEEN T. ROGAN, Senior Deputy City Attorney (SBN 186055) 

KRogan@cityofsacramento.org 

CITY OF SACRAMENTO 

915 I Street, Room 4010 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2608 

Telephone: (916) 808-5346 

Facsimile: (916) 808-7455 

Attorneys for the CITY OF SACRAMENTO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BYRON H. LEVY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY OF SACRAMENTO, 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: 2:18-cv-02387-TLN-DB 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME 

TO TAKE PLAINTIFF AND 

DEFENDANT’S DEPOSITION, 

DISCLOSE EXPERTS, AND FILE 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS 

Pursuant to Rule 16, a party may seek to modify a scheduling order, including 

modification of a discovery cut-off date “for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” (Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4).) “good cause” exists when a scheduling deadline “cannot reasonably be 

met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension.” (Schaffner v. Crown Equipment 

Corporation, 2011 WL 6303408 at *2 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2011) (citing Johnson v. Mammoth 

Recreation, Inc., 975 F 2d. 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 

On September 30, 2019, this court approved the parties’ stipulation seeking the 

continuation of discovery cutoff, expert disclosure, and dispositive motion dates. (Docket 

number 8.) Discovery currently closes on March 1; expert disclosure occurs April 1, 2020; 

and dispositive motions are due August 28, 2020. The parties agree to continue these dates 

because of the inability to complete depositions of plaintiff and defendant City of 

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Sacramento within the current timeframe. 

Plaintiff’s deposition has been noticed three times. The City noticed it for January 22, 

February 12, and February 21, 2020. Due to a schedule conflict, the City had to continue the 

deposition from January 22, 2020 to February 12, 2020. Plaintiff has been unable to appear 

for deposition on either February 12 or February 21, 2020. Plaintiff’s counsel had trial in the 

matter of Frank Oti v. Arias in the Los Angeles Superior Court scheduled for February 20, 

2020. Discovery closes March 1, 2020. 

The deposition of defendant City of Sacramento’s person(s) most knowledgeable was 

noticed for February 26, 2020. Defendant is unavailable for the deposition due to scheduling 

conflict. 

The City has no availability in March for Plaintiff’s deposition and limited availability in 

April and May. 

The City filed its answer in this case on October 14, 2018. The case has been pending 

only sixteen months. There is no trial date. 

For the foregoing reasons, the parties stipulate and respectfully request the court’s 

consideration of the following modifications to the Rule 16 Scheduling order: 

1) Plaintiff’s deposition shall be completed not later than June 30, 2020; 

2) Defendant’s deposition shall be completed not later than July 30, 2020; 

3) Expert disclosure shall occur on August 17, 2020; 

4) Dispositive motions shall be filed by November 2, 2020. 

So Stipulated. 

Dated: February 25, 2020 SUSANA ALCALA WOOD, 

 City Attorney 

 By: /s/ Kathleen T. Rogan 

 KATHLEEN T. ROGAN

 Senior Deputy City Attorney 

 Attorneys for the 

 CITY OF SACRAMENTO 

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Dated: February 21, 2020 LAW OFFICES OF AKUDINOBI & IKONTE 

 

 By: /s/ Chijioke Ikonte 

 CHIJIOKE IKONTE 

 Attorney for the Plaintiff 

 BYRON LEVY 

ORDER 

The court finds sufficient good cause to continue plaintiff’s deposition, expert disclosure 

and the dispositive motion dates. The Rule 16 scheduling order is amended accordingly: 

Plaintiff’s deposition shall be completed not later than June 30, 2020, 2) Defendant’s 

deposition shall be completed not later than July 30, 2020, 3) Expert disclosure shall occur 

on August 17, 2020, 4) Dispositive motions shall be filed by November 2, 2020. 

Dated: February 25, 2020 

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