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Parties Involved:
Michael Fuller
Plaintiff
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF HEARING DEADLINE; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Case No. 2:05-CV-00849-FCD-DAD 

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Gregory L. Spallas, SBN 129306 

Kristin L. Oliveira, SBN 204384 

PHILLIPS, SPALLAS & ANGSTADT LLP

650 California Street, Tenth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108 

T: (415) 278-9400 

F: (415) 278-9411 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WAL-MART STORES, INC. 

(erroneously sued herein as WALMART) 

Jesse S. Ortiz, III, SBN 176450 

BIGLER ORTIZ & CHAN LLP 

1107 Ninth Street, Suite 1025 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

T: (916) 444-3971 

F: (916) 444-3975 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO 

MICHAEL FULLER, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

WALMART, a California Corporation, and 

DOES 1-20, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:05-CV-00849-FCD-DAD 

JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING 

EXTENSION OF HEARING DEADLINE; 

ORDER 

“AS MODIFIED” 

TO THE COURT: 

Plaintiff Michael Fuller by and through his counsel of record, Jesse S. Ortiz III, and 

defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. by and through its counsel of record, Kristin L. Oliveira, herein 

agree and stipulate to a brief continuance of the Court-ordered hearing deadline for the Court to 

hear all Dispositive Motions from its current date of June 19, 2006 to July 7, 2006 and 

respectfully request the Court order same. Aware of the pending Dispositive Motion deadline, 

the parties jointly submit this Stipulation to seek additional time to engage in settlement 

discussions before incurring costly litigation expenses. 

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The parties state that GOOD CAUSE exists to continue the Dispositive Motion hearing 

deadline in view of the following circumstances. The parties were previously referred to the 

Court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Process. Thereafter, the parties made efforts to schedule 

an Early Neutral Evaluation session, but were forced to continue the ENE until April 5, 2006 due 

to the trial conflicts of plaintiff’s counsel and unavailability of the assigned neutral. On April 5, 

2006, the parties participated in VDRP, but were unable to resolve the matter at that time. 

On February 24, 2006, the parties stipulated to extend the discovery deadline in order to 

reserve the right to seek discovery after the ENE session then scheduled for March 15, 2006. 

The Court granted the parties’ request on February 27, 2006 and ordered discovery to be 

completed by April 17, 2006. At the same time, on its own accord, the Court re-set the last day 

for hearings on Dispositive Motions to June 16, 2006, and continued the Final Pretrial 

Conference to August 18, 2006 and the Jury Trial to October 24, 2006. 

Following receipt of the Court’s Order on February 27, the parties were forced to 

continue the ENE session from March 15, 2006 to April 5, 2006 as counsel for plaintiff was in 

trial on another action. Since the ENE session on April 5, the parties have discussed a possible 

informal resolution to this action without requiring the Court conduct a Jury Trial; they 

anticipate being able to conclude negotiations in the next three to four weeks. If defendant is 

required to file a Dispositive Motion for the Court’s consideration by the current deadline of 

June 16, 2006, however, such filing will surely end all meaningful settlement discussions 

between the parties. 

Accordingly, the parties stipulate and respectfully request the Court grant a brief 

extension of time to July 7, 2006 for the Court to hear all Dispositive Motions. The parties make 

this request in good faith to further judicial efficiency and reduce the unnecessary waste of the 

Court’s time. In addition, the parties do not believe that this continuance for the Court to hear 

Dispositive Motions will require the Court to continue the Pre-Trial Conference on August 18, 

2006. 

It is so stipulated by and between the parties through their counsel of record. 

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Dated: _May 9__, 2006 /s/ 

 _______________________________ 

 Jesse S. Ortiz, III 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 /s/ 

Dated: _May 9__, 2006 _______________________________ 

 Kristin L. Oliveira 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

WAL-MART STORES, INC. 

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation, the court modifies its scheduling order of February 27, 2006 

and orders that the last day for dispositive motions to be heard is July 7, 2006. In light of this 

extension conflicts now exist with the court’s calendar and the remaining dates as set. 

Accordingly, the following dates are hereby RESET: final pretrial conference is set for 

September 22, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. with the Joint pretrial statement due on September 15, 2006. 

The jury trial is set for December 5, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. 

DATED: May 12, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

JUDGE 

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