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Parties Involved:
Target Corporation
Defendant
Michael Trifiro
Plaintiff

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PARTIES’ STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL AND ALL PRETRIAL DATES AND DEADLINES Case 

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BRADLEY M. ZAMCZYK (SBN 151753)

LEILA M. MOHSENI (SBN 315591)

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP

One California Street, 18th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-362-6000

Facsimile: 415-834-9070

Attorneys for Defendant

TARGET CORPORATION

MATTHEW R. EASON (SBN 160148)

KYLE K. TAMBORINI (SBN 160538)

EASON & TAMBORINI

1234 H Street, Suite 200

Sacramento, CA 95814

Tel: (916) 438-1819

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MICHAEL TRIFIRO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO DIVISION

MICHAEL TRIFIRO, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

TARGET CORPORATION and DOES 1 

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Case No. 2:19-CV-01061-JAM-KJN

PARTIES’ JOINT STIPULATION TO 

CONTINUE TRIAL AND ALL PRETRIAL 

DATES AND DEADLINES; AND ORDER

(AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

Complaint filed: April 26, 2019

Action removed: December 4, 2019

Plaintiff, MICHAEL TRIFIRO (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant, TARGET CORPORATION

(“Defendant”) (collectively “the Parties”), through their counsel of record stipulate as follows:

RECITALS

1. Plaintiff filed the Complaint initiating this action on or about April 26, 2019, in the 

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Superior Court of California, for the County of Sacramento, Case No. 34-2019-00255252 (the “State 

Action”).

2. Defendant was served with the Complaint on May 9, 2019, and filed a Notice of 

Removal of the State Action to the United Stated District Court for the Eastern District of California 

on December 4, 2019.

3. On October 1, 2019, this Court entered a Scheduling Conference Order (Dkt. No. 8), 

which set forth a schedule of certain pretrial and trial dates and deadlines, including, but not limited 

to, expert disclosure of May 1, 2020, a discovery cutoff date of July 3, 2020, a motion filing cutoff 

of September 1, 2020, a Final Pretrial Conference date of November 13, 2020, and a trial date of 

December 14, 2020. 

4. Due to the COVID-19 situation that escalated in mid-March, and is continuing to 

escalate as of the time of the filing of this stipulation, all counsel in this case have been working

remotely and handling their cases as best as possible, including the present case, but COVID-19 has 

posed significant limitations in completing discovery, depositions and mediation.

5. Further, the Parties agree that retaining experts and completing necessary expert 

discovery will be difficult given COVID-19 and its impact on business operations.

6. The Parties agree that they will continue to explore the option of using 

videoconferencing for deposition preparation, the actual depositions, and/or mediation, but at the 

present time have not yet been able to agree on a protocol that will ensure that videoconferencing (or 

any other remote procedure other than in-person sessions) will be fair, effective and feasible in this 

case.

7. Counsel for the Parties have met and conferred and believe the proper handling of this 

litigation requires a brief extension of approximately four (4) months so that discovery can be 

completed, depositions can be noticed and conducted, and the parties can attempt resolution through 

mediation.

8. Further, the other deadlines set forth in the Scheduling Conference Order that are 

dependent on the completion of discovery and mediation will also require a commensurate extension 

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of time to be completed.

9. The Parties have not previously requested any extension of the dates set forth in the 

Scheduling Conference Order, and if the request for an extension is granted, the Parties will continue 

to diligently work toward completing discovery, conducting their mediation and pursuing all other 

pretrial activities, including, if feasible and necessary, through remote means.

10. The Parties have agreed that the trial and all pretrial dates set forth in the Scheduling 

Conference Order be continued approximately four (4) months as follows, or whatever time period 

thereafter is convenient for the Court:

• Jury Trial (Est. 4−5 days): April 19, 2021 at 9:00 AM 

[Prior Date: December 14, 2020]

• Pretrial Conference: March 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM 

[Prior Date: November 13, 2020]

• Motion Cut−Off Date (last day to file): December 29, 2020

[Prior Date: September 1, 2020]

• Hearing on Dispositive Motions: January 26, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

[Prior Date: September 29, 2020]

• Discovery Cut−Off Date: November 3, 2021

[Prior Date: July 3, 2020] 

• Supplemental Expert Disclosure: September 15, 2020

[Prior Date: May 15, 2020]

• Expert Disclosure: September 1, 2020

[Prior Date: May 1, 2020]

STIPULATION

For the reasons stated above, the Parties hereto stipulate that the dates for Discovery and 

Dispositive Motions be extended, such that the Expert Disclosure will be September 1, 2020, 

Discovery cut off will be November 3, 2020, and filing of dispositive motions will be due by 

December 29, 2020. The Parties hereto further stipulate that the hearing on Dispositive Motions shall 

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be continued to January 26, 2021, or such later date that is convenient for the Court.

Dated: April , 2020

By:

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP

/s/ 

BRADLEY M. ZAMCZYK

LEILA M. MOHSENI

Attorneys for Defendant

TARGET CORPORATION

Dated: April , 2020

By:

EASON & TAMBORINI

/s/ 

MATTHEW R. EASON

KYLE K. TAMBORINI 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MICHAEL TRIFIRO

ORDER

Based on the Joint Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS 

ORDERED that the Final Pretrial Conference currently set for November 13, 2020 be and hereby is 

continued to March 12, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that trial in this action, 

currently set for December 14, 2020 be and hereby is continued to April 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 4/20/2020 /s/ John A. Mendez________________________ JOHN A. MENDEZ

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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