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Parties Involved:
City of Sacramento
Defendant
Todd Culp
Defendant
Joe Ellis
Defendant
Daniel Hahn
Defendant
Robert Martinson
Plaintiff

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JOINT STIPULATION AND MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

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SUSANA ALCALA WOOD, City Attorney (SBN 156366)

KATE D.L. BROSSEAU, Deputy City Attorney (SBN 345596)

kbrosseau@cityofsacramento.org

CITY OF SACRAMENTO

915 I Street, Room 4010

Sacramento, CA 95814-2608

Telephone: (916) 808-5346

Facsimile: (916) 808-7455

Attorneys for the CITY OF SACRAMENTO

ROBERT MARTINSON, Pro Se

martinson62@gmail.com

969 Crystal Oak

Newcastle, CA 95658

Telephone: (916) 416-0344

Pro Se Litigant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MARTINSON,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

CITY OF SACRAMENTO; DANIEL 

HAHN, CHIEF OF POLICE; JOE ELLIS, 

DETECTIVE POLICE OFFICER; TODD 

CULP, DETECTIVE POLICE OFFICER; 

and DOES 1-10,

 Defendants.

Case No.: 2:21-cv-02130-DAD-JDP (PS)

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

MOTION OF THE PARTIES TO 

AMEND INITIAL SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE AND STATUS 

REPORT DATES; [PROPOSED]

ORDER 

Date: October 5, 2023

Time: 10:00AM

Before: Hon. Jeremy Peterson

COME NOW THE PARTIES, Plaintiff Robert Martinson, and Defendants City of 

Sacramento, Daniel Hahn in his former capacity as Chief of Police, Officer Joe Ellis, and 

Sergeant Todd Culp (collectively “Defendants,” and jointly with Plaintiff “Parties”), through 

their attorneys of record, jointly move the Court to amend the scheduling order and continue 

the upcoming pretrial deadlines (Dkt. No. 13) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

16(b)(4) for good cause.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his complaint against Defendants with this Court on 

November 17, 2021;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs effectuated proper service of this matter on Defendants on July 24, 

2023;

WHEREAS, this Court issued an Order on August 20, 2023, setting the Initial Scheduling 

Conference on October 5, 2023 at 10:00AM via videoconference;

WHEREAS, the Order also required the parties to file Status Reports with this Court no 

later than September 21, 2023;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff pleads for relief on the grounds of good cause as a result of

substantial medical issues, including surgery and recovery from said surgery, which interfere 

with the September 21, 2023, and October 5, 2023, dates ordered by this Court for the filing of 

the Initial Status Report and the Initial Scheduling Conference;

WHEREAS, Defendants are willing to stipulate to a continuance of the Initial Scheduling 

Conference and an extension of the filing date for the Initial Status Reports as a result of

Plaintiff’s good cause, pending the consent and discretion of this Court; and

WHEREAS, the parties jointly stipulate to such continuance and extension of the above 

dates before this Court;

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THEREFORE, the parties hereby jointly and respectfully request that this Court grant the 

relief sought by this motion and continue the Initial Scheduling Conference to December 14, 

2023, at 10:00AM, and extend the filing date of the Initial Status Report commensurate with 

that date to November 30, 2023. 

DATED: September 15, 2023 SUSANA ALCALA WOOD,

City Attorney

By: /s/ KATE D.L. BROSSEAU

KATE D.L. BROSSEAU

Deputy City Attorney 

DATED: September 15, 2023

By: /s/ ROBERT MARTINSON .

ROBERT MARTINSON

Pro Se

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the Joint Application of the parties to this action, and good cause appearing 

therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Initial Scheduling Conference for this matter shall be continued from October 

5, 2023 at 10:00AM to December 14, 2023 at 10:00AM.

2. The Initial Status Reports for this matter shall be filed no later than November 30, 

2023.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 18, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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