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Parties Involved:
Mitchell Barrett
Defendant
City of Sacramento
Defendant
County of Sacramento
Defendant
Michael Daniels
Defendant
Olivia Edwards
Plaintiff
Brian Ellis
Defendant
Michael Frazer
Defendant
Charles Houff
Plaintiff
Jim Spurgeon
Defendant

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Carl L. Fessenden, SBN 161494

William E. Camy, SBN 291397

Megan N. Boelter, SBN 340235

2180 Harvard Street, Suite 500

Sacramento, California 95815

TEL: 916.929.1481

FAX: 916.927.3706

cfessenden@porterscott.com

wcamy@porterscott.com

mboelter@porterscott.com

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, JIM SPURGEON and MICHAEL DANIELS 

Exempt from Filing Fees Pursuant to Government Code § 6103

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES HOUFF, individually, and as a 

successor-in-interest to Decedent AMELIAN 

HOUFF; OLIVIA EDWARDS, individually, 

and as successor-in-interest to Decedent 

AMELIAN HOUFF, 

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SACRAMENTO, a municipal 

corporation; CITY OF SACRAMENTO 

police officer MITCHELL BARRETT, in his 

individual and official capacities as an 

officer for the CITY OF SACRAMENTO; 

CITY OF SACRAMENTO police sergeant 

MICHAEL FRAZER, in his individual and 

official capacities as an officer for the CITY 

OF SACRAMENTO; CITY OF 

SACRAMENTO police Lieutenant BRIAN 

ELLIS, in his individual and official 

capacities as an officer for the CITY OF 

SACRAMENTO; COUNTY OF 

SACRAMENTO, a municipal corporation; 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO Sheriff’s 

Sergeant JIM SPURGEON, in his individual 

and official capacities as a deputy for the 

CASE NO. 2:22-CV-01150-MCE-JDP

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY AND EXPERT DISCLOSURE 

DEADLINES

Complaint Filed: 7/1/2022

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COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO; COUNTY 

OF SACRAMENTO Sheriff’s Lieutenant 

MICHAEL DANIELS, in his individual and 

official capacities as a deputy for the 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO; and DOES 

1-50, inclusive, individually, jointly, and 

severally, 

Defendants.

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Plaintiffs CHARLES HOUFF and OLIVIA EDWARDS (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants COUNTY 

OF SACRAMENTO, JIM SPURGEON, MICHAEL DANIELS, CITY OF SACRAMENTO, 

MITCHELL BARRET, MICHAEL FRAZER and BRIAN ELLIS (“Defendants”) (Plaintiffs and 

Defendants collectively referred to as the “parties”), by and through their respective counsels of record, 

hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Despite the parties’ good faith and diligent efforts and because of matters outside the parties’ 

control, the parties are unable to complete non-expert discovery prior to the current 

deadlines. The deposition of Andrew Keegans was noticed for April 5, 2024. At the 

beginning of the deposition, Keegans expressed for the first time an interest in having legal 

representation for the deposition. All counsel agreed on the record to extend the discovery 

deadline to allow the parties to re-notice Keegans’ deposition after affording Keegans a

reasonable opportunity to explore this option. Defendant County of Sacramento, Jim 

Spurgeon, and Michael Daniels propounded written discovery on Plaintiffs Olivia Edwards 

and Charles Houff. On April 1, 2024, Plaintiff Olivia Edwards requested an extension to 

respond to the written discovery, which was granted the same day. Plaintiff Olivia Edwards’ 

responses are due April 12, 2024, after the current non-expert discovery deadline. The parties 

have met and conferred regarding Plaintiff Houff’s written discovery responses. Plaintiff 

Houff requested more time to provide supplemental written discovery responses and has 

agreed to provide those responses by April 12, 2024, after the current non-expert discovery 

deadline. Defendant County of Sacramento is unable to issue related discovery subpoenas 

without Plaintiff Edwards’ and Houff’s written discovery responses. To afford the parties 

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more time to prepare their written discovery responses, continue to meet and confer, prepare 

any necessary related motion work, issue subpoenas, and to re-notice the deposition of 

Andrew Keegans, the parties agree to extend the current deadline for non-expert discovery. 

2. The current deadline for non-expert discovery is April 10, 2024. The parties agree to extend 

the non-expert discovery deadline by 60 days, or to June 10, 2024.

3. The parties further agree that other deadlines will need to be similarly continued to 

accommodate the delay. Currently, the deadline for expert witness disclosures is June 10, 

2024, rebuttal/supplemental expert witness disclosures are due July 10, 2024, and the last 

day to file a dispositive motion is October 8, 2024.

4. As such, the parties agree to extend the respective deadlines as follows: 

• Close of Non-Expert Discovery: June 10, 2024

• Expert Witness Disclosures: August 10, 2024

• Rebuttal/Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosures: September 10, 2024

• Last Day to File a Dispositive Motion: December 8, 2024

5. The parties agree there is good cause for the proposed modifications to the scheduling order. 

6. All other deadlines shall remain unchanged. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 10, 2024 PORTER SCOTT

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ Megan N. Boelter

Carl L. Fessenden

William E. Camy

Megan N. Boelter

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF 

SACRAMENTO, MICHAEL DANIELS and 

JIM SPURGEON 

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Date: April 9, 2024 LAW OFFICE OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

By: _/s/ _Benjamin Nisenbaum_______________________

John Burris

Benjamin Nisenbaum 

James Cook

Attorneys for Plaintiff CHARLES HOUFF

Date: April 9, 2024 BRYANT LAW GROUP 

By: __/s/ _Ian Kelley______________________

Ian Kelley

Paul Alaga

Attorneys for Plaintiff OLIVIA EDWARDS

Date: April 10, 2024 DEAN GAZZO ROISTACHER LLP 

By: _/s/ Aleries Lau________________

Mitchell Dean

Lee Roistacher

Aleries Lau 

Attorneys for Defendant BRIAN ELLIS

Date: April 10, 2024 CITY OF SACRAMENTO 

By: _/s/ Sean D. Richmond________________________

Sean D. Richmond 

Kate D. L. Brosseau

Attorney for Defendant CITY OF SACRAMENTO, 

MITCHELL BARRET and MICHAEL FRAZER

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ORDER

The Court, having reviewed and considered the Parties’ foregoing Stipulation, and finding good 

cause, hereby Orders as follows:

1. The deadline for non-expert discovery is extended to June 10, 2024;

2. The deadline for expert witness disclosures is extended to August 10, 2024;

3. The deadline for rebuttal/supplemental expert witness disclosures is extended to September 

10, 2024; 

4. The last day to file a dispositive motion is extended to December 8, 2024;

5. All other deadlines remain unchanged. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 12, 2024

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