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Parties Involved:
Danny Gutierrez
Plaintiff
Alfredo Salgado
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

BENJAMIN E. HALL (SBN 219924)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANNY GUTIERREZ, )

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Plaintiff, )

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vs. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

ALFREDO SALGADO AND DOES 1 )

THROUGH 30, )

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Defendants. )

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1:09-cv-01571-SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING

CASE SCHEDULE

The parties to this action hereby stipulate and request that

the Court enter an order modifying the case schedule, or in the

alternative setting a further scheduling conference, due to

unforeseen delays in the diagnosis and treatment of Plaintiff’s

claimed injuries.

This case arises from an October 2007 accident in which

Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by

a United States Navy employee. Plaintiff alleges that as a

result of the accident, he sustained injuries including a

herniated disk. At the time of the initial scheduling conference

in this case on December 17, 2009, Plaintiff had undergone

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surgery for the herniated disk, and it appeared that his

condition was stationary. However, during the months since the

scheduling conference complications have arisen, and Plaintiff’s

further course of treatment and long-term prognosis are not yet

clear. Additional medical evaluations are now scheduled. 

Counsel have conferred and agree that under the current case

schedule, discovery will close before Plaintiff’s condition is

sufficiently clear, and this will present a serious impediment to

resolving the case or adequately preparing the case for trial.

Accordingly, the parties request that the case schedule be

modified as follows in the interest of justice. In the

alternative, the parties request that the Court set the matter

for a further a scheduling conference at a time convenient to the

Court.

Event Current Date Proposed Date

Plaintiff’s expert

disclosure deadline

7/19/10 1/19/11

Defendants’ expert

disclosure deadline

8/19/10 2/21/11

Supplemental expert

disclosure deadline

9/17/10 3/18/11

Discovery deadlines 10/15/10

(expert)

11/19/10

(non-expert)

4/15/11

(non-expert)

5/19/11

(expert)

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Non-Dispositive motion

filing deadline

11/19/10 5/19/11

Dispositive motion filing

deadline

12/10/10 6/6/11

Pretrial Conference 2/6/11

10:30 a.m.

8/10/11

10:30 a.m.

before Judge Snyder

Bench Trial 4/4/11

9:00 a.m.

10/3/11

9:00 a.m.

before Judge Snyder

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

Dated: August 11, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Benjamin E. Hall 

BENJAMIN E. HALL

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

Dated: August 11, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF PAUL M. SMITH,

II

[Authorized 8/9/10]

By: /s/ Paul M. Smith, II 

PAUL M. SMITH, II

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the case schedule is modified as

set forth above.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 12, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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