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Parties Involved:
FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Defendant
Wesley Perkowski
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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Christopher S. Alvarez (SBN 294795) 

E-Mail: calvarez@fisherphillips.com 

Elizabeth C. Lobaugh (SBN 327252) 

E-Mail: elobaugh@fisherphillips.com 

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2400 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 210-0400 

Facsimile: (916) 210-0401 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, successor 

by merger to FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, 

INC. 

Leora J. Perkowski 

PERKOWSKI LAW OFFICE 

4719 Quail Lakes Drive, Suite G-101 

Stockton, CA 95207 

Telephone: 209-373-0069 

Facsimile: 209-478-8708 

Email: perkowski.law@gmail.com

Attorney for Plaintiff 

WESLEY PERKOWSKI 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WESLEY PERKOWSKI, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, 

INC. and DOES 1 TO 10, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 2:23-CV-02803-DJC-JDP 

[Removed from San Joaquin County Superior 

Court, Case No. STK-CV-UWT-2023-0011482] 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES; ORDER 

Complaint Filed: November 1, 2023 

Trial Date: November 10, 2025 

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Pursuant to Locale Rule 144, Plaintiff WESLEY PERKOWSKI (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant 

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM INC., (“Defendant”) (“collectively, the “Parties”), by and 

through their respective counsel of record, hereby jointly stipulate and respectfully request that the Court 

continue the fact and expert discovery cutoff and associated deadlines as follows. 

WHEREAS, on February 2, 2024, this Court issued a Scheduling Order establishing the 

discovery deadline dates for the instant matter [Dkt. 7]; 

WHEREAS, in the Scheduling Order the Court set a fact discovery cutoff of December 13, 2024; 

[Id.] 

WHEREAS, in the Scheduling Order the Court set a cutoff for the Parties to disclose expert 

witnesses and produce reports in accordance with FRCP 26(a)(2) by January 10, 2025; [Id.] 

WHEREAS, in the Scheduling Order the Court set a cutoff for the Parties to disclose rebuttal 

expert witnesses and produce reports in accordance with FRCP 26(a)(2) by February 7, 2025; [Id.] 

WHEREAS, in the Scheduling Order the Court set an expert witness discovery cutoff of March 

7, 2025; [Id.] 

WHEREAS, the Parties have not requested any prior extension or change to the Scheduling 

Order’s discovery cutoff dates; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in and continue to engage in fact discovery, but because 

of unforeseen delays, including witness injury and unavailability, for timely noticed depositions, and 

WHEREAS, the Parties have and continue to cooperate in the exchange of necessary discovery, 

and therefore agree to extend the deadline for the fact discovery consisting of: 

a. Depositions of Plaintiff’s medical provider(s); 

b. Deposition of Defendant’s employee(s): 

c. Written discovery limited to an additional 15 Interrogatories; and 

d. Requests for documents limited to documents identified during the deposition of 

the above identified deponents. 

WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in and continue to engage in fact discovery necessary for 

both Parties, and therefore agree to extend the deadline for the expert witnesses taking into account the 

new fact discovery cutoff date; 

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WHEREAS, FRCP 29(b) allows for Parties to stipulate that other procedures governing or 

limiting discovery be modified; 

WHEREAS, such stipulation extending the time for any form of discovery must have court 

approval if it would interfere with the time set for completing discovery, for hearing a motion, or for 

trial; 

WHEREAS, the Parties seek to resolve the issue without additional motion work; 

WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) requires good cause and judicial consent 

as prerequisites to modifying a scheduling order; 

WHEREAS, no party will be prejudiced by the requested extensions, and 

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE to, and seek an order from this Court, 

subject to its availability, permitting the following new deadlines: 

Event Current Deadline Proposed New Deadline 

Fact Discovery 12/13/2024 2/28/2025 

Initial Expert Disclosure and 

Reports 

1/10/2025 3/14/2025 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure 

and Reports 

2/7/2025 4/4/2025 

Expert Discovery 3/7/2025 4/25/2025 

Dispositive Motions 5/16/2025 No Change 

Last day for hearing on 

Dispositive Motions 

6/26/2025 No Change 

Final Pretrial Conference 9/11/2025 No Change 

Trial 11/10/2025 No Change 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATE: December 10, 2024 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

 By: /s/ Elizabeth C. Lobaugh 

 Christopher S. Alvarez 

Elizabeth C. Lobaugh 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, successor by 

merger to FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, 

INC. 

DATE: December 10, 2024 PERKOWSKI LAW OFFICE 

 By: /s/ Leora J. Perkowski 

 Leora J. Perkowski 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

WESLEY PERKOWSKI 

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ORDER

 Having read and considered the Parties’ Joint Stipulation, for good cause appearing, the Court 

ORDERS that the discovery schedule be MODIFIED as stipulated by the parties: 

 

Event Current Deadline Proposed New Deadline 

Fact Discovery 12/13/2024 2/28/2025 

Initial Expert Disclosure and 

Reports 

1/10/2025 3/14/2025 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosure 

and Reports 

2/7/2025 4/4/2025 

Expert Discovery 3/7/2025 4/25/2025 

Dispositive Motions 5/16/2025 No Change 

Last day for hearing on 

Dispositive Motions 

6/26/2025 No Change 

Final Pretrial Conference 9/11/2025 No Change 

Trial 11/10/2025 No Change 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 10, 2024 /s/ Daniel J. Calabretta 

 THE HONORABLE DANIEL J. CALABRETTA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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