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Parties Involved:
Michael Aguilar
Defendant
Brandon Barnes
Defendant
Ernesto Chavez
Defendant
Jeffrey Comer
Plaintiff
County of Sutter
Defendant
Harrison Eide
Defendant
Mark Hylen
Defendant

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JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY INITIAL

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER AND ORDER 

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JON A. HEABERLIN (SBN 199810) 

RANKIN | STOCK | HEABERLIN | ONEAL 

96 No. Third Street, Suite 500 

San Jose, California 95112-7709 

Telephone: (408) 293-0463 

Facsimile: (408) 293-9514 

Email: jon@rankinstock.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

COUNTY OF SUTTER, SHERIFF BRANDON 

BARNES, MARK HYLEN, ERNESTO 

CHAVEZ, HARRISON EIDE, and MICHAEL 

AGUILAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JEFFREY COMER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF SUTTER, SHERIFF 

BRANDON BARNES, in his individual and 

official capacity, MARK HYLEN, ERNESTO 

CHAVEZ, HARRISON EIDE, MICHAEL 

AGUILAR, and DOES 1 through 25 inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:22-cv-00079-TLN-KJN 

JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

INITIAL PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND ORDER 

 

 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 143(a)(1) and subject to the Court’s approval, the parties 

hereto jointly stipulate to modify the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order and Order entered on 

January 12, 2022 by the Court (Docket 3) as detailed below. This is the third request to modify 

the case schedule. (See Docket 12, 14). 

 Counsel have engaged in discussions regarding alternative dispute resolution and have 

agreed to mediate with Hon. Maria-Elena James (ADR Services, Inc.). The parties originally 

planned to proceed with targeted initial discovery, and then proceed to mediation without having 

to generate unnecessary cost and expense. However, over the course of the last few months, 

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Plaintiff and Defendants’ counsel had a number of candid communications regarding the parties’ 

respective settlement positions. In addition, defense counsel met with the Board of Supervisors 

for the County of Sutter in April 2023. Following that meeting and after further informal 

settlement discussions, both counsel’s concluded that more extensive discovery – including the 

depositions of all the parties and at least three third-party witnesses – would be required before 

the case would be meaningfully ripe for settlement and ADR. Accordingly, the parties are in the 

process of setting the depositions of Plaintiff and all of the Defendants, as well as some of the 

third-party witnesses. Because the Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at Folsom State Prison, the 

logistics involved in setting up his deposition is expected to take some additional time. 

 There is no trial date set in this matter. 

 There was originally some delay in initial discovery due in large part to defense counsel’s 

trial schedule, as well as a bout with COVID. Defense counsel also encountered some scheduling 

issues in proceeding with a closed session before the Board of Supervisors for the County of 

Sutter. 

 The parties believe that the below schedule will allow them to complete the necessary 

discovery, and then continue settlement discussions and/or proceed to mediation with Judge 

James. 

Event Current Deadline New Deadline 

Close of Fact Discovery July 28. 2023 October 16, 2023 

Disclosure of Experts September 26, 2023 December 8, 2023 

Supplemental Disclosure of 

Discovery/Experts 

October 25, 2023 December 22, 2023 

Last Day to File Dispositive 

Motions 

December 6, 2023 March 20, 2024 

 The parties agree that all other matters contained in the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order 

(Document 3) filed January 12, 2022, are incorporated herein. 

 LAW OFFICES OF ROBERTO MARQUEZ 

DATED: _June 22, 2023_______ ___/s/Roberto Marquez ______________________ 

 Roberto Marquez 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

 RANKIN | STOCK | HEABERLIN | ONEAL 

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DATED: _ June 22, 2023_ _/s/ Jon A. Heaberlin________________ 

 JON A. HEABERLIN 

 Attorneys for all Defendants 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 23, 2023 

 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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