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Parties Involved:
City of Stockton
Defendant
Robert Deis
Defendant
Ronald Hittle
Plaintiff
Laurie Montes
Defendant

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RENNE 

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Attorneys at Law 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER CASE NO. 2:12-CV-00766-TLN-KJN

RE: CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

ARTHUR A. HARTINGER (SBN 121521) 

ahartinger@publiclawgroup.com 

GEOFFREY SPELLBERG (SBN 121079) 

gspellberg@publiclawgroup.com 

SPENCER J. WILSON (SBN 266938) 

swilson@publiclawgroup.com EDWARD J. DONNELLY (SBN 220980) 

edonnelly@publiclawgroup.com 

RENNE PUBLIC LAW GROUP 

350 Sansome Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 848-7200 

Facsimile: (415) 848-7230 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF STOCKTON, ROBERT DEIS, 

LAURIE MONTES 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RONALD HITTLE, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE CITY OF STOCKTON; ROBERT DEIS; 

LAURIE MONTES, and DOES 1 through 100, 

inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:12-CV-00766-TLN-KJN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE CASE 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

SAC Filed: April 12, 2018 

Trial Date: None Set 

WHEREAS attorneys for the parties have conducted extensive written discovery, including 

document production, interrogatories, and requests for admission; and 

WHEREAS third-party deponents have been successfully served with subpoenas, but the 

depositions have yet to be completed; and 

 WHEREAS attorneys for the parties have conducted depositions of seven (7) of eight Plaintiff’s 

witnesses, including the Plaintiff himself, which was conducted over two (2) days on consent of 

Plaintiff’s counsel; and 

 WHEREAS Plaintiff’s counsel has completed 1 and a half depositions, including partially 

completing the deposition of Defendant Bob Deis, and completing one other defense witness; and 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER CASE NO. 2:12-CV-00766-TLN-KJN

RE: CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

 WHEREAS the parties have scheduled two (2) more depositions to be completed next week, 

including the deposition of Defendant Laurie Montes; and 

 WHEREAS there are several additional depositions that have been noticed, but the parties were 

unable to schedule them due to the many schedules that needed to be coordinated; and 

 WHEREAS without the depositions, neither party will be ready to competently proceed to 

summary judgment motions and/or trial; and 

 WHEREAS a brief extension of the discovery deadline will not otherwise delay the remainder of 

the schedule in this matter; and 

 WHEREAS lead trial counsel for Defendants begins a lengthy trial the last week of February, and 

is expected to be unavailable to conduct depositions for much of the month of March; 

 Good cause appearing, the parties agree and stipulate as follows: 

 The parties agree and request a scheduling order to modify the Order at Docket 68 as follows: 

(1) Non-expert discovery cut off: May 1, 2020. 

(2) Disclosure of expert witnesses: July 3, 2020. 

(3) Designation of supplemental experts: 20 days later. 

(4) Supplemental disclosures: 30 days prior to dispositive motion hearing date. 

(5) Dispositive motion hearing date: no later than November 12, 2020.

(6) Joint Notice of Trial Readiness: within 30 days of receipt of ruling on dispositive motion, or 120 

days after close of discovery if neither party has an intent to file dispositive motions. 

Dated: February 14, 2020 

Respectfully submitted: 

 

 By: 

 /s/ Wendy Musell 

 Wendy Musell 

 STEWART & MUSELL, LLP 

 Counsel for Plaintiff 

 Ronald Hittle 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER CASE NO. 2:12-CV-00766-TLN-KJN

RE: CASE SCHEDULING ORDER 

 /s/ Alan Reinach1 

 Alan Reinach 

 CHURCH STATE COUNCIL 

 Counsel for Plaintiff 

 Ronald Hittle 

 /s/ Geoffrey Spellberg 

 Geoffrey Spellberg 

 RENNE PUBLIC LAW GROUP

 Counsel for Defendants 

 City of Stockton, Robert Deis 

and Laurie Montes 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 18, 2020 

 

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 Pursuant to L.R. 131(e), counsel for Defendants (Edward Donnelly) has obtained authorization from all 

counsel to affix their respective electronic signature upon this pleading and submit this document upon 

each counsel’s behalf. 

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