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Parties Involved:
Big Lagoon Rancheria
Plaintiff
State of California
Defendant

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Stipulation to Continue Dispositive Mot. Filing & Hearing Dates (CV 09-1471 CW (JCS)) 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. 

Attorney General of California 

SARA J. DRAKE

Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General 

RANDALL A. PINAL

Deputy Attorney General 

State Bar No. 192199 

110 West A Street, Suite 1100 

San Diego, CA 92101 

P.O. Box 85266 

San Diego, CA 92186-5266 

Telephone: (619) 645-3075 

Fax: (619) 645-2012 

E-mail: Randy.Pinal@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant State of California 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

BIG LAGOON RANCHERIA, a Federally 

Recognized Indian Tribe, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Defendant.

CV 09-1471 CW (JCS) 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

DISPOSITIVE MOTION FILING AND 

HEARING DATES 

Original Dates 

Plaintiff’s Motion: April 1, 2010 

Defendant’s Opposition/ 

 Cross-motion: April 15, 2010 

Plaintiff’s Reply/ 

 Cross-opposition: April 29, 2010 

Defendant’s Surreply: May 6, 2010 

Hearing: June 3, 2010 

Courtroom: 2, Fourth Floor 

Judge: The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Trial Date: n/a 

Action Filed: April 3, 2009 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Big Lagoon Rancheria (Big 

Lagoon) and Defendant State of California (State), through their respective counsel, as follows: 

On August 19, 2009, the Court issued a Minute Order and Case Management Order (Case 

Management Order) indicating that fact discovery in this action should be completed by January 

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29, 2010. (Doc. 30.) The Case Management Order also established a schedule for filing and 

hearing case-dispositive motions as follows: Big Lagoon’s dispositive motion is due by April 1, 

2010; the State’s opposition and any cross-motion is due by April 15, 2010; Big Lagoon’s 

reply/cross-opposition to the State’s motion is due by April 29, 2010; the State’s surreply is due 

by May 6, 2010; and the matter is set to be heard on June 3, 2010. (Id.) The Court also 

scheduled a case management conference for June 3, 2010, whether or not dispositive motions are 

filed. (Id.) 

On December 21, 2009, pursuant to stipulation by the parties (Doc. 32), the Court 

continued the date for fact discovery completion to February 26, 2010, and left unchanged all 

remaining dates in the Case Management Order. (Doc. 35.) 

On December 16, 2009, the State filed a motion for a protective order against some of Big 

Lagoon’s requests for production of documents. (Doc. 33.) Judge Claudia Wilken referred the 

State’s motion to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero (Doc. 34), who heard the motion on March 5, 

2010 (Doc. 54). Magistrate Judge Spero denied the motion but did not rule on any privileges, and 

ordered the parties to meet and confer to narrow the disputed discovery requests (see id.), which 

the parties are currently working to resolve. The State intends to file objections to the magistrate 

judge’s decision. 

On February 26, 2010, the State filed a motion to continue the fact discovery completion 

date because the United States Department of the Interior has not yet provided documents 

necessary for one of the State’s affirmative defenses. (Doc. 48.) Judge Wilken referred the 

State’s motion to Magistrate Judge Spero (Doc. 49), who, pursuant to stipulation, ordered the 

motion to be heard on shortened notice (Doc. 53). On March 17, 2010, Magistrate Judge Spero 

granted the State’s motion in part and denied it in part. (Doc. 60.) The Court continued to May 

31, 2010, the fact discovery completion for the State to obtain documents subpoenaed from the 

United States only and for no other fact discovery. (Id.) The Court also continued the dispositive 

motion hearing date to August 19, 2010, and ordered the parties to stipulate to a briefing 

schedule. (Id.) The State intends to file objections to the magistrate judge’s decision. On March 

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18, 2010, Judge Wilken’s clerk advised counsel that Judge Wilken is unavailable on August 19, 

2010, but could hear dispositive motions on August 12, 2010. 

Pursuant to Magistrate Judge Spero’s March 17, 2010 order requiring the parties to stipulate 

to a new briefing schedule for the filing of dispositive motions, counsel agree to the following 

briefing schedule: Big Lagoon’s dispositive motion would be due by June 17, 2010; the State’s 

opposition and any cross-motion would be due by July 1, 2010; Big Lagoon’s reply/crossopposition to the State’s motion would be due by July 15, 2010; the State’s surreply would be due 

by July 22, 2010; and the matter would be set to be heard on August 12, 2010. The Court would 

also conduct a case management conference on August 12, 2010, whether or not dispositive 

motions are filed. 

The parties’ stipulation is made pending the Court’s approval, and without prejudice to the 

State’s pending motion to stay and, alternatively, to continue the dispositive motion filing and 

hearing dates (Doc. 50), or the parties’ rights to request further continuances. The State further 

believes that good cause to continue the dispositive motion filing and hearing dates arises out of 

the above-described ongoing discovery disputes and the State’s forthcoming objections to the 

magistrate judge’s orders. 

THEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the Court reset the case-dispositive 

motion filing and hearing dates as follows: Big Lagoon’s dispositive motion would be due by 

June 17, 2010; the State’s opposition and any cross-motion would be due by July 1, 2010; Big 

Lagoon’s reply/cross-opposition to the State’s motion would be due by July 15, 2010; the State’s 

surreply would be due by July 22, 2010; and the matter would be set to be heard on August 12, 

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Stipulation to Continue Dispositive Mot. Filing & Hearing Dates (CV 09-1471 CW (JCS)) 

2010. The Court would also conduct a case management conference on August 12, 2010, 

whether or not dispositive motions are filed. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 22, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General of California 

SARA J. DRAKE

Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General 

s/Randall A. Pinal

RANDALL A. PINAL

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendant State of California 

Dated: March 22, 2010 BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP 

PETER J. ENGSTROM, ESQ. BRUCE H. JACKSON, ESQ. IRENE V. GUTIERREZ, ESQ. 

s/Bruce H. Jackson

BRUCE H. JACKSON, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Big Lagoon Rancheria

SA2009309375 

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Dated: March 23, 2010

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Joseph C. Spero

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