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Parties Involved:
Jose Zepeda Alacraz
Plaintiff
Maribel Alcala De Perez
Plaintiff
Jerry Wayne Dudley JR
Defendant
Marten Transport LTD
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

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Bradford G. Hughes, Esq., SBN 247141

Seta Sarabekian, Esq., SBN 299578

CLARK HILL LLP

555 South Flower Street, 24th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone:(213) 891-9100

Facsimile: (213) 488-1178

bhughes@ClarkHill.com

ssarabekian@clarkhill.com

Attorneys for Defendants MARTEN 

TRANSPORT LTD 

and JERRY WAYNE DUDLEY JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ZEPEDA ALACRAZ, an 

individual; MARIBEL ALCALA DE 

PEREZ, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD, a 

corporation; JERRY WAYNE DUDLEY 

JR, an individual; and DOES 1 to 25 

inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-CV-00615-JLT-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

Assigned to: Hon. Jennifer L. Thurston

Magistrate Judge: Hon. Sheila K. Oberto

Complaint Filed: March 9, 2023

Trial: July 29, 2025

(Doc. 40)

Pursuant to Rules 6(b) and 29(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Pursuant 

to Local Rule 143 Plaintiffs JOSE ZEPEDA ALACRAZ and MARIBEL ALCALA DE 

PEREZ (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD and JERRY WAYNE 

DUDLEY JR (“Defendants”) (collectively the “Parties”) hereby respectfully stipulate and 

request the Court amend the current Scheduling Order (ECF No. 35) for good cause, and in 

support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:

On August 17, 2023, a Scheduling Conference was held; the Court set the following 

deadlines pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 240:

Non Expert Discovery: June 14, 2024

Expert Disclosures: August 1, 2024

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Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: August 29, 2024

Expert Discovery: September 27, 2024

The pretrial deadlines were amended 3 times previously, and the last time, the Court’s 

Order also sua sponte continued the trial date to July 29, 2025. (ECF 35). The trial had not 

previously been continued. The current discovery cutoffs, as per the August 12, 2024 Order 

(ECF 35) are as follows:

Non Expert Discovery: November 15, 2024

Expert Disclosures: December 16, 2024

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: January 14, 2025

Expert Discovery: February 12, 2025

Both parties now request a further amendment to the discovery cutoff as follows 

preceding the July 29, 2025 trial in this matter:

Non Expert Discovery: January 31, 2025

Expert Disclosures: February 28, 2025

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures: March 14, 2025

Expert Discovery: April 11, 2025

Good cause exists to grant this joint stipulation and the Parties request this reset and 

amendment to the Scheduling Order for the following reasons:

(1)The scope and extent of Plaintiffs’ alleged injuries and resulting damages 

continues to require extensive discovery. Although the parties are making a 

concerted effort to complete all pending discovery, the Parties anticipate that they

will not be able to comply with the current fact and expert discovery deadlines. 

Moreover, the Parties have agreed to attend a mediation, however, the Parties must 

first complete the pending discovery before they can engage in meaningful 

settlement discussions. 

(2)To date, the following depositions have been completed: Three (3) depositions of 

emergency personnel, two (2) depositions of eyewitnesses, five (5) depositions of 

Plaintiffs’ treating physicians, and the PMQ deposition of Defendant Marten 

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Transport. 

(3)Plaintiffs Jose Zepeda Alcaraz and Maribel Perez de Alcala are scheduled for 

deposition on November 4 and 5, 2024. Defendant Dudley’s deposition is set for 

November 11, 2024. Three (3) more of Plaintiffs’ treating physician depositions 

are scheduled for October 28, 2024 and November 12, 2024.

(4)The October 23, 2024 PMQ deposition of Marten Transport yielded information 

about additional categories of documents, and of witnesses, and Plaintiffs now 

require additional time to obtain that discovery. For example, the PMQ testified 

that there were a series of video training modules provided to Defendant Dudley, 

which included driver safety training. The videos themselves are in the possession 

of Marten and/or third party company Infinity, and information regarding which 

specific modules Dudley completed are in Infinity’s possession. Plaintiffs require 

this information to support their claims against Defendant Dudley. Plaintiffs will 

not be able to request and obtain this information by November 15, 2024.

(5) Defendants are working on coordinating five (5) additional medical treater 

depositions; however, the parties may require the Court’s input on the number of 

depositions appropriate for this case in the future as Plaintiffs will not stipulate to 

allow Defendants more than 12 depositions (2 more than the 10 allowed by FRCP 

30).

(6)Plaintiffs obtained contact information for several additional eyewitnesses to the 

subject accident from CHP Officer Aldrete’s August 2, 2024 deposition. Plaintiffs 

did successfully subpoena and obtain the deposition of two (2) of these witnesses; 

however, there are two (2) more witnesses that Plaintiffs are diligently working to 

contact, locate and subpoena. There is insufficient time to locate them all, provide 

the required notice, and secure their availability for a deposition to take place 

before November 15, 2024. 

(7)Given the scope and extent of Plaintiffs’ alleged injuries, Defendants anticipate 

the necessity to conduct Independent Medical Exams of Plaintiffs. Given the 

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current posture of discovery, however, there is insufficient time to complete the 

above discovery and have Plaintiffs submit to Independent Medical Exams before 

November 15, 2024.

(8)Both Plaintiffs’ counsels of record will be engaged in a minimum 4-week trial 

beginning November 13, 2024, in a case filed in 2019 with a 72-year-old Plaintiff, 

which is unlikely to be continued.

(9)This brief continuance may aid the facilitation of settlement, it will not cause any 

prejudice to the Parties or any third-party, and it is not requested for any improper 

purpose. 

Dated: October 24, 2024 CLARK HILL LLP

By:

/s/: Seta Sarabekian

Bradford G. Hughes

Seta Sarabekian

Attorneys for Defendants MARTEN 

TRANSPORTS LTD and JERRY WAYNE 

DUDLEY JR.

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Dated: October 23, 2024 BD&J, PC

/s/ Jennifer Bagosy (as authorized 

on October 23, 2024)

By: 

 Olivier Taillieu

Jennifer Bagosy

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOSE ZAPEDA and 

MARIBEL ALCALA DE PEREZ

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ foregoing stipulation (Doc. 40), and for good cause shown (see Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 16(b)(4)), the case schedule (Docs. 35) is MODIFIED as follows:

Previous Deadline New Deadline

Non-Expert 

Discovery

November 15, 2024 January 31, 2025

Expert Disclosures December 16, 2024 February 28, 2025

Rebuttal Expert

Disclosures

January 14, 2025 March 14, 2025

Expert Discovery February 12, 2025 April 11, 2025

Non-Dispositive 

Motion

Deadline1

Filing: February 13, 

2025

Hearing: March 26, 

2025

Filing: April 16, 2025

Hearing: May 21, 2025

Dispositive Motion 

Deadline 

Filing: February 20, 

2025

Hearing: March 31, 

2025

Filing: April 23, 2025

Hearing: May 28, 2025

Deadline to Provide 

Proposed 

Settlement 

Conference Dates 

By April 30, 2025, or 

90 days before trial, 

whichever is later

By July 23, 2025, or 90 days before trial, 

whichever is later

Pre-Trial 

Conference 

June 2, 2025 August 25, 2025

Trial July 29, 2025 October 21, 2025

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 27, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 Although the parties did not request an enlargement of the motion deadlines and pretrial and trial dates, such enlargement 

is necessary to allow the Court time to adjudicate motions and for the parties to prepare for trial.

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