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Parties Involved:
Paul Burns
Plaintiff
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Defendant

Document Text:

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULE 19 EXTENDING TIME . . .

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Collin M. Bogener, State Bar No.: 272560

Aaron W. Moore, State Bar No.: 248566

Michael L. Ricks, Jr., State Bar No.: 314687

MOORE & BOGENER, INC.

1600 West Street

Redding, California 96001

(530) 605-0355 / 605-3693 (fax)

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

PAUL BURNS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL BURNS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a California Foreign 

Corporation; and DOES 1 through 40, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

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CASE NO.: 2:19-CV-02336-KJM-DMC

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULE 19 

EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO 

DISCOVERY

Honorable Dennis M. Cota

United States Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff Paul Burns (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Progressive Casualty Insurance 

Company, Inc. (“Defendant”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, stipulate and 

agree to the following pursuant to Federal Rule of Court, Rule 29:

WHEREAS, on or about April 2, 2020, this Court, pursuant to the Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure (“FRCP”) 16(b) and 26(f) Conference of the Parties, issued a Scheduling Order setting 

the case for trial and establishing that written discovery would be served on one another;

WHEREAS, on or about March 16, 2020, counsel for Defendant sent a notice by email 

of quarantine and office closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic;

WHEREAS, on or about March 19, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a shelter in 

place order in effect for the entire State of California due to the COVID-19 pandemic;

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WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff closed their office on or about March 20, 2020 and are 

not meeting with clients in their office during this closure;

WHEREAS, Defendant served initial written discovery on Plaintiff on or about March 

30, 2020, which included Requests for Production, Requests for Admissions, and Interrogatories 

(collectively “Initial Written Discovery.”)

WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting office closures, the parties 

seek to amend the scheduling order under FRCP Rule 16 and extend the time to respond to the 

already served discovery for a period of one month.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through their respective counsel, jointly propose and 

stipulate to the following:

1) The April 26, 2020 deadline to serve written discovery is revised to May 26, 2020

pursuant to FRCP 16.

2) Plaintiff’s time to respond to the Initial Written Discovery is extended from March 

29, 2020 to May 29, 2020 pursuant to FRCP 29.

Dated: April 17, 2020 MOORE & BOGENER, INC.

By:________________________

Collin M. Bogener

Michael L. Ricks

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Paul Burns

Dated: April 17, 2020 CODDINGTON, HICKS & DANFORTH

By:________________________

Randolph S. Hicks

Douglas E. Johns

Attorneys for Defendant

Progressive Casualty Insurance Company

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ORDER

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, the Court 

orders as follows:

3) The April 26, 2020 deadline to serve written discovery is revised to May 26, 2020 

pursuant to FRCP 16.

4) Plaintiff’s time to respond to the Initial Written Discovery is extended from March 

29, 2020 to May 29, 2020 pursuant to FRCP 29.

Dated: April 23, 2020

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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