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Parties Involved:
Stephanie Clendenin
Defendant
Brandon Price
Defendant
William Stephenson
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME (2:22-cv-01521-DAD-JDP)

Stipulation to Consolidate (1:22-cv-01191-KES-CDB)

LIVE OAK LAW OFFICE LLP

Robyn Fass Wang (SBN 194006)

Pilar R. Stillwater (SBN 260467)

1442A Walnut Street #229

Berkeley, California 94709

Telephone: 510.637.9349

rfasswang@liveoaklawoffice.com

pstillwater@liveoaklawoffice.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs: 

William Stephenson, Thomas Bodnar, and 

Joshua Forster 

ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668

Attorney General of California

MAUREEN C. ONYEAGBAKO, State Bar No. 238419

BENJAMIN G. DIEHL, State Bar No. 192984

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General

GRANT LIEN, State Bar No. 187250

MICHAEL E. BYERTS, State Bar No. 218946

Deputy Attorneys General

300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Telephone: (213) 269-6266

Fax: (213) 897-2805

E-mail: Michael.Byerts@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Clendenin and Price

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

WILLIAM STEPHENSON, JOSHUA 

FORSTER, AND THOMAS BODNAR,

Plaintiffs,

v.

STEPHANIE CLENDENIN AND 

BRANDON PRICE,

Defendants.

2:22-cv-1521-DAD-JDP

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME 

FOR PLAINTIFFS’ TO FILE 

CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT 

STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs William Stephenson, Thomas Bodnar, and Joshua Forster (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Stephanie Clendenin and Brandon Price (collectively with 

Plaintiffs, the “Parties”); by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree, and 

request that this Court order as follows:

WHEREAS, on November 1, 2024, the Court granted the Parties’ request to consolidate 

Plaintiff’s three individual cases (ECF No. 59); 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME (2:22-cv-01521-DAD-JDP)

WHEREAS, the Parties respectfully request that the Court grant a 30-day extension of time 

in which to file their Consolidated Complaint, which is currently due on December 16, 2024, per 

the Court’s November 1, 2024, Order (ECF No. 59); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel needs additional time to accommodate the difficulty of 

exchanging draft documents with Plaintiffs, who can only receive draft documents in person or 

via U.S. Postal Service; 

WHEREAS, the Parties will also be meeting and conferring over the holiday season and 

will therefore need additional time in which to meet and confer regarding the contents of 

Plaintiff’s proposed Consolidated Complaint; and

WHEREAS, this is the first extension of time sought by any Party since the Court 

appointed counsel and consolidated Plaintiffs’ individual cases (see ECF No. 59); 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED THAT:

1. The Parties respectfully request that the Court grant a 30-day extension of time for 

Plaintiffs to file their consolidated complaint, which is currently due on December 16, 2024, to 

and including January 15, 2025. 

2. Plaintiffs will prepare a consolidated complaint for Defendant’s review and approval

to be filed by January 15, 2025. Should the parties be unable to reach agreement on the final 

consolidated complaint after meeting and conferring the parties will seek additional guidance 

from this Court. 

3. Defendants have not yet filed a responsive pleading in Bodnar v. Clendenin, 2:22-cv01533-DAD-AC. Because Plaintiffs are preparing a consolidated complaint, the parties continue 

to agree Defendants do not need to file a responsive pleading to the currently operative complaint 

in that matter and will instead file a responsive pleading in response to the consolidated complaint

once it is filed and served. 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME (2:22-cv-01521-DAD-JDP)

Respectfully submitted, 

LIVE OAK LAW OFFICE LLP

Dated: December 13, 2024

/s/ Pilar R. Stillwater 

Pilar R. Stillwater 

Robyn Fass Wang

Attorneys for Plaintiffs: 

William Stephenson, Thomas Bodnar, and Joshua 

Forster 

Dated: December 13, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California

BENJAMIN G. DIEHL

MAUREEN C. ONYEAGBAKO

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General

/s/ Grant Lien

GRANT LIEN

MICHAEL E. BYERTS

Deputy Attorneys General

Attorneys for Defendants

Clendenin and Price

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME (2:22-cv-01521-DAD-JDP)

[PROPOSED] ORDER

For good cause shown, the Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulation, as follows:

1. Plaintiffs will prepare a consolidated complaint for Defendant’s review and approval 

to be filed by January 15, 2025. Should the parties be unable to reach agreement on the final 

consolidated complaint after meeting and conferring the parties will seek additional guidance 

from this Court. 

2. Defendants will not be required to file a pleading in response to the currently 

operative complaint in Bodnar v. Clendenin, Case No. 2:22-cv-1533-DAD-AC, and will instead 

file a responsive pleading to the consolidated complaint once approved for filing. If a 

consolidated complaint is not approved for filing, the parties will seek additional guidance from

this Court regarding the filing of a responsive pleading to the currently operative complaint in the 

Bodnar case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 16, 2024 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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