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Parties Involved:
Kellie Branscum
Plaintiff
Delfino Rodriguez III
Plaintiff
Eileen Rodriguez
Plaintiff
Kerrie Rodriguez
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

TODD A. PICKLES

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2766

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Email: todd.pickles@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EILEEN RODRIGUEZ, DELFINO

RODRIGUEZ III, KELLIE BRANSCUM, and

KERRIE RODRIGUEZ,

 Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:09-CV-00946-FCD-DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER

CONTINUING DATES FOR EXPERT

DISCLOSURES AND DISCOVERY

Defendant the United States of America and Plaintiffs Eileen Rodriguez, et al., through their

respective counsel, hereby submit the following stipulation to continue the dates for the disclosure of

and discovery of experts in this matter.

RECITALS

1. By order of this Court, the following dates govern expert discovery:

• March 1, 2010 is the deadline for Plaintiffs to disclose the identify of their experts and

any reports required under Rule 26(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

• The United States’ Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures are due on or before March 31, 2010;

• Supplemental disclosures are due on May 3, 2010; and 

• Expert discovery is set to close on June 30, 2010. 

See July 7, 2009 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, [Docket No. 7].

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2. Plaintiffs’ counsel and/or the experts Plaintiffs intend to disclose have limited

availability over the next few weeks to prepare their disclosures.

3. Based on the foregoing, the parties agree that it is in the interests of the efficient

management of this case that all dates relating to expert disclosures, including supplemental disclosures

and the cut-off of discovery, be continued fourteen (14) days.

4. This is the first extension the parties have sought with respect to discovery in this

matter.

STIPULATION

Accordingly, based upon the foregoing recitals, the parties hereby STIPULATE that:

1. The dates for expert disclosures and discovery shall be continued fourteen (14) days,

with the resulting schedule that: 

• Plaintiffs’ Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures are due on or before March 15, 2010;

• The United States’ Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures are due on or before on or before

April 14, 2010;

• Supplemental disclosures shall be on or before May 15, 2010; and 

• Expert discovery shall close on July 14, 2010.

2. All other requirements regarding the disclosure of expert witnesses as set forth in the

Court’s July 7, 2009 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order shall remain in place and are otherwise

unaffected by this Stipulation.

3. All other pretrial and trial dates as set forth in the Court’s July 7, 2009 shall remain in

place and are otherwise unaffected by this Stipulation.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

Date: February 18, 2010 /s/ Todd Pickles By: Todd A. Pickles

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for the United States of America

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LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS J. McDONNELL

Date: February 18, 2010 /s/ Thomas J. McDonnell 

By: Thomas J. McDonnell

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

ORDER

Having read and considered the parties’ Stipulation to Continue Expert Disclosure and

Discovery Dates, and for good cause showing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The parties’ Stipulation is ADOPTED and the expert disclosure and discovery dates set

forth in this Court’s July 7, 2009 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order are CONTINUED fourteen (14)

days.

2. All other requirements regarding the disclosure and discovery of experts as set forth in

this Court’s July 7, 2009 Order remain in place.

3. All other pretrial and trial dates set forth in the July 7, 2009 Order remain in place.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: February 19, 2010

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