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Parties Involved:
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Defendant
Allen Link
Plaintiff
Safeco Insurance Company of America
Defendant

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER

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J. EDWARD KERLEY (SBN 175695) 

DYLAN L. SCHAFFER (SBN 153612) 

CHRISTOPHER CARLING (SBN 254166) 

KERLEY SCHAFFER LLP 

1939 Harrison Street #500 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 379-5801 

Facsimile: (510) 228-0350 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ALLEN LINK 

NICHOLAS J. BOOS (SBN 233399) 

nboos@maynardcooper.com 

NORMAN LAU (SBN 253690) 

nlau@maynardcooper.com 

MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE, LLP 

600 Montgomery Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 646-4700 

Facsimile: (205) 254-1999 

Attorney for Defendants 

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and 

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ALLEN LINK, an individual, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, a corporation, LIBERTY 

MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a 

corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, 

 Defendants. 

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 CASE NO. 2:19-cv-00308-TLN-AC 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER

 

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Plaintiff Allen Link (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Safeco Insurance Company of America and 

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Defendants”) respectfully submit this stipulation and proposed 

order to modify the Scheduling Order due to their current inability to complete discovery in light of the 

coronavirus situation and shelter in place order issued by the Governor of the State of California. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his complaint in this action on February 19, 2019 (ECF 2); 

WHEREAS, on February 19, 2019, the Court issued its Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order 

(“Scheduling Order”) (ECF 4); 

WHEREAS, Defendants filed their answer to the complaint on June 18, 2019 (ECF 11); 

WHEREAS, under the terms of the Court’s Scheduling Order, the deadlines in this case are 

calculated based on the date the answer was filed; 

WHEREAS, the initial deadlines in this case were as follows: 

Fact Discovery Cut Off: February 13, 2020 

Expert Disclosures (60 days after discovery 

cut off): 

April 13, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (30 days after 

expert disclosures): 

May 13, 2020 

Deadline to Inform Court of no Dispositive 

Motions (120 days after close of discovery): 

June 12, 2020 

Deadline to file Dispositive Motions (180 

days after close of discovery): 

August 11, 2020 

WHEREAS, due the trial calendars of counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants, and the location 

and availability of witness, including possibly out of state witnesses, the parties did not believe they 

would be able to complete all depositions in the case by February 13, 2020 and so on January 21, 2020, 

they stipulated to modify the scheduling order (ECF 14); 

WHEREAS, on January 22, 2020, the Court granted the stipulation and ordered the case 

schedule to be as follows: 

Fact Discovery Cut Off: 

 

June 12, 2020 

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Expert Disclosures (60 days after discovery 

cut off): 

August 11, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (30 days after 

expert disclosures): 

September 10, 2020 

Deadline to Inform Court of no Dispositive 

Motions (120 days after close of discovery): 

October 9, 2020 

Deadline to file Dispositive Motions (180 

days after close of discovery): 

December 8, 2020 

WHEREAS, after the Court’s order modifying the scheduling order was entered, on March 16, 

2020, six San Francisco Bay Area Counties issued a shelter in place order (the “COVID Order”) that 

was later extended to the entire state of California by Governor Gavin Newsom on March 19, 2020 for 

an indefinite duration; 

WHEREAS, the pandemic and COVID Order, which requires all Californians to stay in their 

homes with limited exceptions, impedes the parties’ ability to conduct discovery including scheduling 

and taking depositions and performing a site inspection of Plaintiff’s property; 

WHEREAS, it is unknown how long the shelter in place orders will remain in place; 

WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the parties agree that it is unknown when the parties will 

be able to resume depositions and a site inspection; 

WHEREAS, it is apparent that the parties will not be able to complete all depositions and the 

site inspection by the June 12, 2020 discovery cut off due to the complications and delay burdening 

the discovery process as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the COVID Order; 

WHEREAS, extending the discovery deadlines in this case to allow sufficient time to complete 

depositions and a property inspection and to complete expert discovery would impact other dates set 

by the Court, including the deadline to file dispositive motions; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists to modify the scheduling order because the parties are unable to 

complete discovery to adequately prepare for trial in light of the exigencies caused by the coronavirus 

pandemic and the COVID Order; 

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THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, agree and 

stipulate to modify the scheduling order as follows: 

Fact Discovery Cut Off: October 9, 2020 

Expert Disclosures (60 days after discovery 

cut off): 

December 8, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (30 days after 

expert disclosures): 

January 7, 2021 

Deadline to Inform Court of no Dispositive 

Motions (120 days after close of discovery): 

February 5, 2021 

Deadline to file Dispositive Motions (180 

days after close of discovery): 

April 7, 2021 

In the alternative, the parties request that the Court vacate the Scheduling Order and set a case 

management conference in 60 to 90 days to determine a revised schedule once the coronavirus situation 

has stabilized. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 DATED: April 6, 2020 KERLEY SCHAFFER LLP 

By: /s/ Dylan Schaffer 

EDWARD KERLEY 

DYLAN SCHAFFER 

CHRISTOPHER CARLING 

Attorneys for Plaintiff ALLEN LINK 

DATED: April 6, 2020 MAYNARD COOPER & GALE LLP 

By: /s/ Norman Lau 

NICHOLAS J. BOOS 

NORMAN LAU 

Attorneys for Defendants SAFECO 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 

and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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Pursuant to Stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED that the scheduling order in 

this case be modified as follows: 

Fact Discovery Cut Off: October 9, 2020 

Expert Disclosures (60 days after discovery 

cut off): 

December 8, 2020 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (30 days after 

expert disclosures): 

January 7, 2021 

Deadline to Inform Court of no Dispositive 

Motions (120 days after close of discovery): 

February 5, 2021 

Deadline to file Dispositive Motions (180 

days after close of discovery): 

April 7, 2021 

DATED: April 6, 2020 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 

COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ) 

 I am employed in the County of San Francisco, State of California. I am over the age of 21 and 

am not a party to the within action. My business address is Maynard, Cooper & Gale, LLP, 600 

Montgomery Street, Suite 2600, San Francisco, California 94111. On the date indicated below, I served 

the foregoing document described as: 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER 

on the interested parties in this action by placing: [ ] the original document - OR- [X] a true and correct 

copy thereof enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed as follows: 

 

J. Edward Kerley, Jr. (edward@kslaw.us) 

Dylan L. Schaffer (dylan@kslaw.us) 

Christopher Carling (chris@kslaw.us) 

KERLEY SCHAFFER LLP 

1939 Harrison Street, Suite 500 

Oakland, CA 94612 

[x] BY CM/ECF ELECTRONIC SERVICE: The following are registered CM/ECF users with 

the Court and have consented to service through the Court’s automatic transmission of a notice 

of electronic filing. 

 I declare that I am employed in the office of a member who has been admitted to the bar of this 

Court at whose direction the service was made. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the 

State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 

 Executed on April 6, 2020, in San Francisco, California. 

 

Brian Day 

 

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