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Parties Involved:
Michael Montenegro
Plaintiff
Winco Holdings, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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NEDA N. DAL CIELO, Bar No. 161982

ndalcielo@littler.com

ANNE SWEENEY JORDAN, Bar No. 273589

ajordan@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

50 W. San Fernando, 15th Floor

San Jose, CA 95113.2303

Telephone: 408.998.4150

Fax No.: 408.288.5686

Attorneys for Defendant

WINCO HOLDINGS, INC. (erroneously 

named as WinCo Foods Foundation, Inc.)

ROMAN OTKUPMAN, CSBN 249423

roman@OLFLA.com

RITA LEONG, CSBN 300058

rita@OLFLA.com

OTKUPMAN LAW FIRM

5950 Canoga Ave., Suite 550

Woodland Hills, California 91367

Telephone: 818.293.5623

Fax No.: 888.850.1310

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MICHAEL MONTENEGRO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MICHAEL MONTENEGRO, an 

individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

WINCO FOODS FOUNDATION, 

INC., an Idaho Corporation, and 

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00408-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE DISCOVERY AND 

DISPOSITIVE MOTION 

DEADLINES

Trial Date: November 15, 2016

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiff Michael 

Montenegro (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant WinCo Holdings, Inc. (erroneously sued as 

Winco Food Foundation, Inc.) (“WinCo”) as follows:

WHEREAS, on January 30, 2015, Plaintiff filed this action against 

WinCo, asserting various claims, including (1) disability discrimination, (2) failure to 

accommodate, (3) failure to engage in the interactive process, (4) retaliation, (5) 

intentional infliction of emotional distress, (6) failure to prevent discrimination, (7) 

wrongful termination, and (8) harassment.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s June 30, 2015, Pre-Trial Scheduling 

Order, pre-trial deadlines are as follows:

 Expert witness disclosures were set for April 29, 2016;

 Supplemental expert disclosures were set for May 20, 2016;

 Non-expert disclosures were set for May 27, 2016;

 Expert discovery was set for June 17, 2016;

 Non-dispositive motion were set for June 24, 2016;

 Non-dispositive motion hearings were set for July 27, 2016;

 Dispositive motions were set for August 3, 2016;

 Settlement conference was set for August 9, 2016;

 Dispositive motion hearings were set for September 7, 2016;

 The final pretrial conference was set for October 12, 2016 at 2:00 

p.m.; and

 Trial was scheduled to commence on November 15, 2016. [Dkt. 

14];

WHEREAS, Despite the Parties’ best efforts, the Parties have been 

unable to complete written discovery and take the necessary depositions of the parties; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are interested in engaging in Alternative Dispute 

Resolution and productive, good faith, settlement negotiations;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4), the 

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Court may modify a scheduling order where good cause is present; 

WHEREAS, this is the parties’ first request to continue the deadlines in 

this matter;

WHEREAS, trial in the companion case, Fulfer v. WinCo Holdings, Inc., 

E.D. Cal., Case No. 1:15-cv-00999-TLN-EPG, is currently set for May 15, 2017; and

WHEREAS, in order to further the Parties’ interest in exploring 

Alternative Dispute Resolution, the Parties jointly request that the discovery cut-off 

remain open so that meaningful discovery can continue, and that the dispositive 

motion deadline be extended.

THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the 

Parties, through their respective counsel, that the Parties jointly request that the Court 

continue the deadlines set forth in the Case Management Order [Dkt. 14] by extending 

the following deadlines:

 Expert witness disclosures to December 28, 2016;

 Supplemental expert disclosures to January 20, 2017;

 All Discovery, including non-expert disclosures to January 27, 

2017;

 Expert discovery to February 16, 2017;

 Non-dispositive motion to February 23, 2017;

 Non-dispositive motion hearings to March 27, 2017;

 Dispositive motions to April 3, 2017;

 Settlement conference to April 10, 2017;

 Dispositive motion hearings to June 8, 2017; 

 Final pretrial conference to July 12, 2017; and

 Trial to commence on August 21, 2017.

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Dated: May 20, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Neda N. Dal Cielo

NEDA N. DAL CIELO

ANNE SWEENEY JORDAN

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

Attorneys for Defendant

WINCO HOLDINGS, INC. (erroneously 

named as WinCo Foods Foundation, Inc.)

Dated: May 20, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Roman Otkupman

ROMAN OTKUPMAN

RITA LEONG

OTKUPMAN LAW FIRM

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MICHAEL MONTENEGRO

ORDER

Having reviewed the above stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

Scheduling Order (Doc. 14) be modified as follows:1

1. The expert witness disclosure deadline is extended to December 

28, 2016;

2. The supplemental expert witness disclosure deadline is extended to 

January 20, 2017; 

3. The non-expert discovery deadline is extended to January 27, 

2017;

 

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The Court notes that, as the date of the parties’ request, two of the deadlines sought to be extended 

– the expert witness disclosure and the supplemental expert witness disclosure deadlines – have 

already expired. Scheduling orders are “not a frivolous piece of paper, idly entered, which can be 

cavalierly disregarded by counsel without peril.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 

604, 610 (9th Cir. 1992). Any future requests to modify the Court’s Scheduling Order must be filed 

prior to the expiration of the date(s) sought to be extended -- in addition to demonstrating good cause 

as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 

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4. The expert witness discovery deadline is extended to February 16, 

2017;

5. All non-dispositive pretrial motions, including any discovery 

motions, shall be filed by February 23, 2017, and heard on or 

before March 27, 2017;

6. All dispositive pretrial motions shall be filed by April 3, 2017, and 

heard on or before June 7, 20172;

7. A settlement conference is scheduled for April 11, 20173, at 10:30 

a.m. in Courtroom 9 before United States Magistrate Judge Stanley 

A. Boone; 

8. The Pretrial Conference is set for July 12, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in 

Courtroom 7 before the Honorable Sheila K. Oberto, United States 

Magistrate Judge; and

9. Trial is set for August 22, 20174, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 7.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 23, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

2 Although the parties stipulated to Thursday, June 8, 2017, as the hearing date for dispositive 

motions, the Court hears dispositive motions on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., necessitating moving the 

hearing date up by one day to June 7, 2017. 

3 Although the parties stipulated to Monday, April 10, 2017, as the date for the settlement 

conference, Judge Boone conducts settlement conferences on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., necessitating 

moving the settlement conference date back by one day to April 11, 2017. 

4 Although the parties stipulated to August 21, 2017, as the trial date, the Court begins trials on 

Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m., necessitating moving the trial date back by one day to August 22, 2017. 

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