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Parties Involved:
Lyndsey Ballinger
Plaintiff
Sharon Ballinger
Plaintiff
City of Oakland
Defendant

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Stip. to Modify Scheduling Order

No. 4:18-cv-07186-HSG

MERIEM L. HUBBARD, No. 155057

Email: mhubbard@pacificlegal.org

J. DAVID BREEMER, No. 215039

Email: jbreemer@pacificlegal.org

Pacific Legal Foundation

930 G Street

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 419-7111

Facsimile: (916) 419-7747

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Lyndsey Ballinger

and Sharon Ballinger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LYNDSEY BALLINGER and SHARON 

BALLINGER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF OAKLAND,

Defendant.

No. 4:18-cv-07186-HSG

STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

SCHEDULING ORDER;

DECLARATION OF

MERIEM L. HUBBARD;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

[Local Rule 7-12]

Complaint Filed: Nov. 28, 2018

Trial Date: Feb. 3, 2020

RECITALS

Defendant City of Oakland and Plaintiffs Lyndsey Ballinger and Sharon 

Ballinger stipulate and ask the Court to Order that the scheduling order entered on 

February 28, 2019 (ECF No. 31), be modified by extending the discovery and 

dispositive motions deadlines. Good cause exists for the following reasons: 

(1) The Court heard argument on a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First 

Amended Complaint on April 11, 2019, (ECF No. 36), and has not yet 

issued an order on the motion. 

(2) The close of fact discovery is July 26, 2019, the close of expert discovery 

is September 9, 2019, and dispositive motions are presently scheduled 

for hearing by no later than October 24, 2019; 

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(3) The Court’s ruling on the motion to dismiss may impact the scope of fact 

and expert discovery, or eliminate the necessity for certain discovery 

altogether;

(4) The Plaintiffs and Defendant desire to reduce expenditure of resources 

and to minimize the burden on the Court of any unnecessary discovery 

related motions;

(5) The parties previously stipulated to an extension for the Defendant’s 

response to Plaintiffs’ complaint, (ECF. No. 10). The Court also granted 

stipulated or unopposed motions for short extensions regarding the 

briefing schedule over Defendant’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 18, 19, 

21);

(6) The proposed stipulated modification of the scheduling order will not 

delay or prejudice timely resolution of this case inasmuch as this case is 

not set for trial until February 3, 2020; 

(7) The Plaintiffs and Defendant agree that it would enhance efficiency and 

the preservation of resources, and is in the interests of justice, to extend 

the current deadlines in the order as follows: 

STIPULATION

WHEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree that the schedule of deadlines 

for the following events as set forth in the Court’s scheduling order should be revised 

as follows:

Item Current deadline Proposed new deadline

Close of fact discovery: July 26, 2019 September 27, 2019

Exchange opening expert 

reports:

August 10, 2019 October 11, 2019

Exchange rebuttal expert 

reports:

August 25, 2019 October 25, 2019

Close of expert discovery: September 9, 2019 November 11, 2019

Dispositive motion 

hearing deadline:

October 24, 2019 December 13, 2019

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DATED: June 13, 2019. MERIEM L. HUBBARD

J. DAVID BREEMER

By s/ Meriem L. Hubbard

 MERIEM L. HUBBARD

Attorneys for Plaintiffs LYNDSEY 

BALLINGER and SHARON BALLINGER

DATED: June 13, 2019. BARBARA J. PARKER, City Attorney

MARIA BEE, Chief Assistant City Attorney

DAVID A. PEREDA, Special Counsel

KEVIN P. MCLAUGHLIN, Deputy City Attorney

By s/ Kevin P. McLaughlin

 KEVIN P. MCLAUGHLIN

Attorneys for Defendant CITY OF OAKLAND

ECF ATTESTATION

In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Kevin P. 

McLaughlin has concurred in this filing.

DATED: June 13, 2019. s/ Meriem L. Hubbard

 MERIEM L. HUBBARD

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DECLARATION OF MERIEM L. HUBBARD

IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION REQUESTING

AN ORDER CHANGING TIME PURSUANT TO RULE 6-2

I, Meriem L. Hubbard, have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, 

if called upon to testify as a witness, I could and would testify competently as follows.

1. I am a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation, and am one of the 

attorneys representing Plaintiffs Lyndsey and Sharon Ballinger. The facts appearing 

in the above Stipulation to Modify the Briefing Schedule are within my personal 

knowledge and, if called upon to testify, I could and would testify competently with 

respect thereto. 

2. Counsel for Plaintiffs Lyndsey and Sharon Ballinger and counsel for the 

Defendant City of Oakland request an order to modify the pretrial Scheduling Order, 

dated February 28, 2019. 

3. A hearing on a motion to dismiss the Ballingers’ complaint was heard on 

April 11, 2019.

4. The reason for the extension is to reduce the expenditure of resources 

and to minimize the burden on the Court of any unnecessary discovery related

motions.

5. The Stipulation includes the deadlines set forth in the Court’s scheduling 

order, and the modifications requested by counsel.

6. The deadlines suggested by counsel will move each of the remaining 

deadlines 60 days forward. Thus, the last event—the dispositive motion hearing—

deadline would be December 13, 2019 (rather than October 24, 2019).

I declare under penalty of perjury under laws of the United States of America 

that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this 13th day of June, 2019, at 

Sacramento, California.

/s/ Meriem L. Hubbard

 MERIEM L. HUBBARD

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Court, having considered the Stipulation of the parties, and good cause 

appearing therefor, hereby modifies the pretrial scheduling order (ECF No. 31) as 

follows:

Item Previous deadline New deadline

Close of fact discovery: July 26, 2019 September 27, 2019

Exchange opening expert 

reports:

August 10, 2019 October 11, 2019

Exchange rebuttal expert 

reports:

August 25, 2019 October 25, 2019

Close of expert discovery: September 9, 2019 November 11, 2019

Dispositive motion 

hearing deadline:

October 24, 2019 December 13, 2019

All other dates are unchanged.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:_____________________. ____________________________________

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 December 12, 2019 6/18/2019

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