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Parties Involved:
Ford Motor Company
Defendant
Shoukat Khan
Plaintiff
Sanober Mirza
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Barbara J. Frischholz (#088395)

Ryan A. McCarthy (#233093)

BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP

1741 Technology Drive, Suite 200

San Jose, CA 95110-1355

Telephone: (408) 279-5393

Facsimile: (408) 279-5845

Attorneys for Defendant

Ford Motor Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHOUKAT KHAN and SANOBER MIRZA,

 Plaintiffs,

vs.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware

Company DOES 1-100, inclusive,

 Defendants. 

 

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Case No. 1:05-CV-00303-LJODLB

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR THE

COURT’S ORDER EXTENDING THE

DATES FOR COURT ORDERED

DEADLINES AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Trial Date: 5/14/07

This case involves a September 10, 2003 automobile accident in

which plaintiff Shoukat Kahn was rendered a C7 quadriplegic. 

Plaintiffs have sued Ford Motor Company on theories of liability

for a defective product. The parties, by and through their

undersigned counsel, jointly request that the Court sign the

attached order vacating the currently scheduled Court-ordered

deadlines and entering a revised scheduling order as agreed to by

the parties. 

Pursuant to the Stipulation To Continue Scheduling, signed by

the Court on August 9, 2006, the present Court deadlines are as

follows:

Expert Witness Discovery Deadline: January 30, 2007

Settlement Conference Statement: February 28, 2007

Settlement Conference: March 7, 2007

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Joint Pre-Trial Statement: March 8, 2007 

Pre-Trial Conference: March 15, 2007

The parties held a private mediation on January 23, 2007 and

have agreed to a second private mediation on March 20, 2007. 

Consequently, the parties request that the March 7 settlement

conference be vacated and rescheduled to a later date, as outlined

below.

 Furthermore, in an effort to avoid the costs resulting from

expert depositions, which will prejudice the parties’ efforts to

resolve this serious injury case, the parties mutually agreed to

postpone expert depositions until after the second scheduled

mediation. Therefore, the parties request that the current

deadline for expert discovery be vacated. Additionally, due to

significant difficulties in scheduling expert depositions, the

parties have mutually agreed that the trial date of May 14, 2007

should be vacated in favor of a later trial date, as outlined

below.

 The parties request the scheduling order be amended as

follows:

Expert Witness Discovery Deadline: May 31, 2007 

Settlement Conference: late-June, 2007 (specific date TBD)

Joint Pre-Trial Statement: July 16, 2007 

Pre-Trial Conference: July 23, 2007 

Trial: September 4, 2007 

The attorneys for plaintiffs and defendant Ford are both very

experienced with this type of litigation and have litigated and

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resolved other cases in the past. This joint request to modify the

Court’s scheduling order is made in a genuine effort to avoid the

expense of further litigation and to avoid expenditure of the

Court’s time in presiding over what would be a lengthy trial.

For the foregoing reasons, good cause exists for the Court to

sign the accompanying Order extending the currently scheduled

deadlines.

Dated: February 21, 2007 Dated: February 21, 2007

WALKER, HAMILTON & WHITE BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP

________/s/_________________ ___________/s/_____________

Wilda L. White, Esq. Ryan A. McCarthy, Esq.

50 Francisco Street, Suite 460 1741 Technology Dr., Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94133 San Jose, CA 95110

Attorney for Plaintiffs Attorney for Defendant

Shoukat Khan and Sanober Mirza Ford Motor Company

ORDER

The Court, having read the Stipulation of the parties, and

good cause appearing therefore, order:

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that the expert

discovery cutoff date shall be May 31, 2007.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that the settlement

conference shall be continued to some date to be determined in

June, 2007 in light of the parties’ scheduled private mediation on

March 20. The settlement conference statement shall be filed and

served seven days prior to the conference.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED the joint pre-trial

statement shall be due July 16, 2007.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED the pre-trial

conference shall be July 23, 2007 at 8:30 a.m.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED the first day of

trial shall be September 4, 2007 at 9 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 26, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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