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Parties Involved:
Jerome Chan
Plaintiff
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Defendant

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BROCK & GONZALES, LLP 

6701 CENTER DRIVE WEST, STE. 610 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 

Tel: (310) 294-9595 

Fax: (310) 961-3673 

TIMOTHY J. GONZALES, STATE BAR NO. 234923 

tg@brockgonzales.com 

CHRISTOPHER P. BRANDES, STATE BAR NO. 282801 

cb@brockgonzales.com 

LINDSAY L. BOWDEN, STATE BAR NO. 318685 

lb@brockgonzales.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JEROME CHAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JEROME CHAN, an individual, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

WAL-MART STORES, INC., an 

Arkansas Corporation; and 

DOES 1-50, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:19-cv-00506-TLN-KJN 

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley 

Magistrate: Hon. Kendall J. Newman 

JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE FOR FACT 

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JOINT STIPULATION 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED TO by and between plaintiff 

JEROME CHAN (“Plaintiff”), by his attorneys of record, and defendant WALMART INC. 

(“Defendant”), by its attorneys of record, that the following Stipulation may be entered as an 

Order by the Court to give effect to the stipulations set forth below, namely to modify and 

revise the dates previously modified in the Joint Stipulation to Modify Initial Pretrial 

Scheduling Order approved by this Court on October 16, 2019 (Dkt. No. 8):

1. WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his Complaint in the Superior Court for the State of 

California, County of Solano on February 13, 2019; 

2. WHEREAS, Defendant timely filed and served an Answer to Plaintiff’s 

Complaint in the Solano County Superior Court on March 20, 2019; 

3. WHEREAS, on March 21, 2019, Defendant timely removed this action to the 

above- captioned Court; 

4. WHEREAS, on March 22, 2019, this Court issued an Initial Pretrial Scheduling 

Order (“Pretrial Scheduling Order”), which ordered, inter alia, the following dates: 

a. Completion of discovery by November 15, 2019 (240 days from Initial 

Pretrial Scheduling Order); 

b. Designation of expert witnesses by January 14, 2020 (60 days from close 

of discovery); 

c. Designation of supplemental experts by February 13, 2020 (30 days from 

expert disclosure); 

d. Last day to file dispositive motions by May 13, 2020 (180 days from close 

of discovery); 

e. Last day to file joint notice of trial readiness, if no party intends to file a 

dispositive motion, by March 14, 2020 (120 from close of discovery). 

5. WHEREAS, on October 16, 2019, pursuant to the Parties’ Joint Stipulation to 

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Modify the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order and good cause appearing therein, this Court ordered, 

inter alia, the following dates: 

a. Completion of discovery by January 14, 2020; 

b. Designation of expert witnesses by March 14, 2020 (60 days from close of 

discovery); 

c. Designation of supplemental experts by April 13, 2020 (30 days from 

expert disclosure); 

d. Dispositive motion(s) filed by no later than July 12, 2020 (180 days from 

close of discovery); and 

e. Joint notice of trial readiness, if no party has filed a dispositive motion, 

filed by no later than May 13, 2020 (120 days from close of discovery). 

6. WHEREAS, on December 20, 2019, pursuant to the Parties’ Joint Stipulation to 

Modify the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order and good cause appearing therein, this Court ordered, 

inter alia, the following dates: 

a. Completion of discovery by February 13, 2020; 

b. Designation of expert witnesses by April 13, 2020 (60 days from close of 

discovery); 

c. Designation of supplemental experts by May 13, 2020 (30 days from expert 

disclosure); 

d. Dispositive motion(s) filed by no later than August 11, 2020 (180 days 

from close of discovery); and 

e. Joint notice of trial readiness, if no party has filed a dispositive motion, 

filed by no later than June 12, 2020 (120 days from close of discovery). 

6. WHEREAS, the Parties have diligently engaged in discovery. 

7. WHEREAS, the Parties agree that despite diligently engaging in the discovery 

process, additional time is needed to complete outstanding fact witness depositions that have 

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been unable to proceed as previously noticed due to unavailability of the witnesses on a date 

before the discovery cutoff and scheduling conflicts. 

8. WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to mediate this matter and are diligently 

working on scheduling one for a date within the next 30 days. 

9. WHEREAS, in the event that this matter does not resolve at mediation, the 

Parties would like additional time to complete necessary fact witness depositions. 

10. WHEREAS, good cause exists to modify the Pretrial Schedule because further 

litigation may be unnecessary if the parties are able to resolve the matter through mediation. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, 

AGREE AND HEREBY STIPULATE that good cause exists to modify the Pretrial Schedule 

as follows:

a. Completion of fact discovery by March 13, 2020; 

b. Designation of expert witnesses by April 13, 2020; 

c. Designation of supplemental experts by May 13, 2020 (30 days from expert 

disclosure); 

d. Dispositive motion(s) filed by no later than August 11, 2020; and 

e. Joint notice of trial readiness, if no party has filed a dispositive motion, 

filed by no later than August 20, 2020. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: February 11, 2020 BROCK & GONZALES, LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher P. Brandes 

Christopher P. Brandes 

Lindsay L. Bowden 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JEROME CHAN 

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Dated: February 11, 2020 FORD & HARRISON LLP 

By: /s/ Tim L. Reed 

Tim L. Reed 

Daniel Lyman 

Attorneys for Defendant 

WALMART INC. (erroneously sued as WAL-MART 

STORES, INC.) 

 

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ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the

Pretrial Scheduling Order be modified as follows:

a. Completion of fact discovery by March 13, 2020; 

b. Designation of expert witnesses by April 13, 2020; 

c. Designation of supplemental experts by May 13, 2020 (30 days from expert 

disclosure); 

d. Dispositive motion(s) filed by no later than August 11, 2020; and 

e. Joint notice of trial readiness, if no party has filed a dispositive motion, 

filed by no later than August 20, 2020. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 19, 2020 

 

 

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