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Parties Involved:
Paul S. Carter
Plaintiff
Infinity Broadcasting Corporation
Defendant

Document Text:

MAUREEN E. McCLAIN (State Bar No. 062050)

CHRISTINA M. KOTOWSKI (State Bar No. 197266)

KAUFF McCLAIN & McGUIRE LLP

One Post Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 421-3111

Facsimile: (415) 421-0938

Attorneys for Defendant

INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION

THORNTON DAVIDSON (State Bar No. 166487)

SCOTT C. HAWKINS (State Bar No. 207236)

THORNTON DAVIDSON & ASSOCIATES

2055 San Joaquin Street

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 256-9800

Facsimile: (559) 256-9791

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PAUL S. CARTER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

PAUL S. CARTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

INFINITY BROADCASTING

CORPORATION and DOES ONE

THROUGH TWENTY-FIVE,

Defendants.

CASE NO. F-04-6618 REC SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER

EXTENDING EXPERT

DISCLOSURE DEADLINES;

SUPPORTING DECLARATION

OF CHRISTINA M. KOTOWSKI

COMPLAINT FILED: November 4, 2004

TRIAL DATE: January 31, 2006

Plaintiff Paul S. Carter and Defendant Infinity Broadcasting

Corporation, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to extend the

deadlines for expert disclosures set forth in the Scheduling Conference Order

filed in this action on May 18, 2005. As explained more fully in the attached

Declaration of Christina M. Kotowski, good cause exists for this stipulated

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extension of time concerning expert witnesses because Plaintiff discharged his

prior attorney and retained new counsel shortly before the expert disclosure

deadline, and because Defendant intends to file a motion for summary judgment

which could change the number and types of expert witnesses needed. 

(Kotowski Decl., ¶¶ 2-5)

By agreement of the parties, and subject to the Court’s approval,

the deadline for disclosing all expert witnesses (formerly August 12, 2005) shall

be extended to and including November 1, 2005. The deadline for disclosing

supplemental expert witnesses (formerly August 29, 2005) shall be extended to

and including November 18, 2005.

It is so stipulated:

DATED: August 11, 2005

KAUFF McCLAIN & McGUIRE LLP

By: CHRISTINA M. KOTOWSKI

/s/ CHRISTINA M. KOTOWSKI

Attorneys for Defendant

INFINITY BROADCASTING

CORPORATION

DATED: August 3, 2005

THORNTON DAVIDSON & ASSOCIATES

By: THORNTON DAVIDSON 

/s/ THORNTON DAVIDSON

Attorneys for Plaintiff

PAUL S. CARTER

DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA M. KOTOWSKI

I, Christina M. Kotowski, declare:

I am an attorney with the firm of Kauff, McClain & McGuire, LLP,

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captioned matter. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated in this

declaration and, if called as a witness, would be competent to testify thereto.

When the Scheduling Conference occurred on May 18, 2005,

Plaintiff Paul Carter was represented in this action by Suzanne Kedhe, Esq. On

July 7, 2005, I learned from Ms. Kehde that she no longer represented

Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter subsequently called me on July 11, 2005 to notify me that

Ms. Kehde no longer represented him and that he would be proceeding in propria

persona pending retention of another attorney.

On July 22, 2005 I wrote to the Court asking for an extension of the

expert disclosure deadlines. Defendant sought this extension because

Mr. Carter was unrepresented, and Defendant intended to shortly file a motion for

summary judgment that could dispose of this case. At the time it was unclear to

defense counsel whether Mr. Carter would indeed retain new counsel, and it

seemed a waste of the parties’ resources to require expert disclosures on August

12th (including written reports from the experts) in light of the circumstances at

the time.

On August 2, 2005 I learned that Plaintiff sought leave to substitute

the firm of Thornton Davidson & Associates as his counsel in this matter. I am

informed and believe and on that basis state that my colleague, Maureen

McClain, spoke with Mr. Davidson by telephone on the afternoon of August 2nd

and that Mr. Davidson and Ms. McClain agreed to extend the expert disclosure

deadlines.

Good cause exists for a stipulated extension of the expert

disclosure deadlines because Mr. Davidson has only recently been retained in

this case; Defendant still intends to file a motion for summary judgment which

could change the number and types of expert witnesses needed; and no

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prejudice to either party or to the Court will occur if this stipulation is approved by

the Court.

I have read this declaration and do hereby declare, under penalty of

perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 11, 2005, in

San Francisco, California.

CHRISTINA M. KOTOWSKI

/s/ Christina M. Kotowski

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court

hereby VACATES the portions of its May 18, 2005 Scheduling Conference Order

pertaining to the deadlines for disclosure of expert witnesses and supplemental

expert witnesses. The parties are directed to disclose all expert witnesses, in

writing, on or before November 1, 2005, and all supplemental expert witnesses,

in writing, on or before November 18, 2005. All other provisions of the

Scheduling Conference Order remain in effect.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 11, 2005 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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