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Parties Involved:
Linda Kessler
Plaintiff
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Defendant
doing business as Amtrak
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER AND EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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MURPHY, CAMPBELL, ALLISTON 

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QUINN

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY)

STEPHANIE L. QUINN (SBN 216655)

RAYMOND TUASON (SBN 279346)

MURPHY, CAMPBELL, ALLISTON & QUINN

8801 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 230

Sacramento, CA 95826

Telephone: (916) 400-2300

Fax: (916) 400-2311

Attorneys for Defendant

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION, dba AMTRAK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO 

LINDA KESSLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 

CORPORATION, doing business as AMTRAK, 

and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:15-CV-00728-GEB-AC

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES TO 

MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER

AND EXTEND DISCOVERY 

DEADLINES;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER AND

EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

Pursuant to Rules 16(b)(4) and 29 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Defendant 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION dba AMTRAK (“Defendant” or 

“AMTRAK”) and Plaintiff LINDA KESSLER (“Plaintiff” or “KESSLER”), by and through their 

attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to modify the scheduling order filed July 14, 2015, to

extend the time for discovery deadlines previously set in this matter.

The initial expert witness disclosure deadline is currently scheduled for November 24, 

2015. The parties request a two month extension of this deadline to January 25, 2016. 

The rebuttal expert witness disclosure deadline is currently scheduled for January 22, 

2016. The parties request a two month extension of this deadline to March 22, 2016.

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Discovery is currently scheduled to be completed by March 22, 2016. The parties 

request a one month extension of this deadline to April 22, 2016.

All other dates will remain the same as provided for in the July 14, 2015 scheduling 

order.

GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR THE REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS AND 

EXTENSIONS

Defendant’s lead trial counsel, Stephanie Quinn, is currently on unexpected leave 

due to the very recent adoption of an infant. As such, Ms. Quinn will be unable to take 

Plaintiff’s deposition previously scheduled to take place on October 20, 2015. 

Moreover, despite the parties’ diligent efforts to schedule the depositions of Plaintiff’s 

medical treaters prior to the expert witness disclosure deadline, the parties will be unable to 

timely complete these depositions due to Ms. Quinn’s unexpected leave.

For these reasons, counsel for the parties have stipulated to modify the scheduling 

order and extend discovery deadlines.

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All other dates will remain the same as provided for in the July 14, 2015 scheduling 

order. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED

DATED: October 14, 2015 MURPHY, CAMPBELL, ALLISTON & QUINN

By: /s/ RAYMOND TUASON 

STEPHANIE L. QUINN (SBN 216655)

RAYMOND TUASON (SBN 279346)

Attorneys for Defendant 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION, dba AMTRAK

DATED: October 14, 2015 GANONG LAW

By: /s/ PHILIP W. GANONG 

PHILIP W. GANONG (SBN 88414) 

Attorneys for Plaintiff LINDA KESSLER

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: October 14, 2015

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