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Parties Involved:
Nathan Serpa
Plaintiff
Stanislaus County
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

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Daniel Robert Bartley, SBN 79586

BARTLEY LAW OFFICES

1999 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 700

Pruneyard Towers

Campbell, California 95008-2005

Office Reception: 408-879-2643

Direct Cell (call or text): 415-847-2060

Email: DanielBartleyLaw@aol.com

Attorney for Plaintiff NATHAN SERPA

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Terence J. Cassidy, SBN 099180

John R. Whitefleet, SBN 213301

Taylor W. Rhoan, SBN 294941

350 University Avenue, Suite 200

Sacramento, California 95825

Tel: 916.929.1481

Fax: 916.927.3706

Email: tcassidy@porterscott.com

Attorneys for Defendant COUNTY OF STANISLAUS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATHAN SERPA,

Plaintiff,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY and DOES 1-20, in 

their official and individual capacities,, 

Defendants.

CASE NO.: 1:13-cv-01159-LJO-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

Order Entered on: 01/15/14 

Complaint Filed: 08/12/13

FAC Filed: 10/14/13

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff NATHAN SERPA 

and Defendant COUNTY OF STANISLAUS by and through their undersigned Counsel, pursuant to 

Local Rules 143 as follows:

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1. On October 22, 2014, the Court called for an informal telephonic conference with the 

parties to discuss the Proposed Stipulation and Order to Modify Scheduling Order filed with the Court

on October 15, 2014. The Court informed the parties that the date and time set for the Pretrial 

Conference and Trial could not be modified. The Court requested that the parties submit a further

stipulation including an update to the Court on the status of the Welfare & Institutions Code § 827 

juvenile petitions for disclosure of juvenile records and proposed dates for continued discovery 

deadlines. Provided herein is an update on the status of the juvenile records and good cause supporting 

the continued discovery dates. 

2. On October 23, 2014, the Juvenile Division of the Superior Court of California, County 

of Stanislaus informed all parties that it had completed the in camera review and ordered that the 

relevant juvenile records of both juveniles be disclosed. The records are voluminous, the parties 

estimate there to be approximately 3500 pages worth of juvenile records for the two juveniles. Upon 

initial review of the records it appears that the Child Protective Services records for the third party 

juvenile identified in the First Amended Complaint may not be the correct juvenile. We are currently 

inquiring into the situation to determine if a subsequent § 827 petition is required to obtain the CPS 

files of the third party juvenile.

3. The parties caution that without yet having had an opportunity to review all of the 

juvenile records, it is unknown whether there are other involved juvenile witnesses whose identity or 

juvenile records may require subsequent juvenile § 827 petitions. Upon discovery of such information, 

parties may make further requests to modify the scheduling order in order to obtain those records. 

4. In light of the extensive delay in obtaining the confidential juvenile records which are 

essential to both prosecuting and defending the case herein, and the inability to move the Pretrial 

Conference and Trial date, the parties respectfully submit that good cause exists to amend the 

Scheduling Conference Order dated January 15, 2014, and the prior Order Modifying the Initial 

Disclosure Deadline of Juvenile Records dated June 27, 2014 as follows: 

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Deadline Current Date Proposed Date

Initial Disclosure: February 19, 2014 Unmodified

Amendment to 

Pleadings:

June 2, 2014 Unmodified

Initial Disclosures of 

juvenile records:

September 30, 2014 previously 

modified from June 30, 2014

November 21, 2014

Expert Disclosure: January 15, 2015 January 22, 2014

Supplemental Expert 

Disclosure:

February 9, 2015 Unmodified

Non-expert Discovery 

Cutoff:

January 30, 2015 Unmodified

Expert Discovery Cutoff: March 2, 2015 Unmodified

Pretrial Motion filing 

Deadline:

March 16, 2015 Unmodified

Pretrial Conference: Date: June 23, 2015

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept. 4 (LJO)

Unmodified

Jury Trial:

(4-6 days est.)

Date: August 11, 20151

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept. 4 (LJO)

Unmodified

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1 Counsel for Defendants also brought to the Court’s attention that lead trial counsel Terence J. Cassidy 

may be double set and has a conflict with the current trial date set for August 11, 2015. Mr. Cassidy is 

scheduled to commence trial on August 4, 2015 in a trial estimated to be 10 days with the Honorable 

Lawrence J. O’Neill presiding in the matter of Engert v County of Stanislaus, Case No.: 1:13-CV-0126.

This information was provided to the Court in the initial Stipulation and Proposed Order to Modify 

Scheduling Order and it was requested that the trial date be moved. Nevertheless, Counsel for 

Defendants were advised by the Court that any modification of the trial date would not be permitted.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: October 28, 2014 BARTLEY LAW OFFICES

By /s/ Daniel R. Barley (as authorized)

Daniel Robert Bartley

Attorney for Plaintiff

NATHAN SERPA

Dated: October 28, 2014 PORTER SCOTT

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

By /s/ Terence J. Cassidy ___

Terence J. Cassidy

John R. Whitefleet

Taylor W. Rhoan

Attorneys for Defendant

STANISLAUS COUNTY

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ORDER

Having reviewed the above stipulation and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED the Scheduling Conference Order dated January 15, 2014, and the Modified Initial 

Disclosure Deadline of Juvenile Records dated June 27, 2014 be amended and the new Pretrial and Trial 

scheduling deadlines are set forth below:

Initial Disclosure: February 19, 2014

Amendment to 

Pleadings:

June 2, 2014

Initial Disclosures of 

juvenile records:

November 21, 2014

Expert Disclosure: January 22, 2015

Supplemental Expert 

Disclosure:

February 9, 2015

Non-expert Discovery 

Cutoff:

January 30, 2015

Expert Discovery Cutoff: March 2, 2015

Pretrial Motion filing 

Deadline:

March 16, 2015

Pretrial Conference: Date: June 23, 2015

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept. 4 (LJO)

Jury Trial:

(4-6 days est.)

Date: August 11, 2015

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept. 4 (LJO)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 29, 2014 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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