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Parties Involved:
Child Protective Services
Defendant
Mike Crosby
Defendant
Department of Health and Human Services
Defendant
Natasha Johnson
Defendant
Rachel Lane
Defendant
Kenyata Manning
Plaintiff
Lilly Manning
Plaintiff
Natasha Manning
Plaintiff
Sacramento County
Defendant
Sacramento Unified School District
Defendant
Mary Struhs
Defendant
Pauline Tracey
Defendant
Lynn Tracy
Defendant
Stephanie Whitney-Cook
Defendant

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Stipulation and Order to Modify Pretrial Scheduling Order

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LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP

John Lavra, SBN 114533

Amanda McDermott

3620 American River Drive, Suite 230

Sacramento, CA 95864

Telephone: (916) 974-8500

Facsimile: (916) 974-8510

Attorneys for Defendants,

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 

and LYNN TRACY

LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH C. GEORGE

Joseph C. George, Sr., SBN 119231

Joseph George, Jr., SBN 200999

601 University Avenue, Suite 200

Sacramento, CA 95825

Telephone: (916) 641-7300

Facsimile: (916) 641-7303

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

Stewart Katz, SBN 127425

555 University Avenue, Suite 270

Sacramento, CA 95825

Telephone: (916) 444-5678

Facsimile: (916) 444-3364

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LILLY MANNING, KENYATA 

MANNING, and NATASHA MANNING,

Plaintiffs,

 vs.

MIKE CROSBY, RACHEL LANE, MARY 

STRUHS, NATASHA JOHNSON, 

STEPHANIE WHITNEY-COOK, 

PAULINE TRACEY, LYNN TRACY, 

MSW, SACRAMENTO UNIFIED 

SCHOOL DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, and DOES 5 

through 25, inclusive,

Defendants.

NO. 2:12-CV-01784-TLN-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING

ORDER 

[DATES MODIFIED]

Plaintiffs Lilly Manning, Kenyata Manning and Natasha Manning, (collectively referred 

to hereinafter as “Plaintiffs”) are represented by Joseph C. George and Joseph C. George, Jr., of 

the Law Offices of Joseph C. George, 601 University Avenue, Suite 200, Sacramento, 

California 95825, and Stewart Katz of the Law Office of Stewart Katz, 555 University Avenue, 

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#270, Sacramento, California 95825. 

Defendants County of Sacramento and Lynn Tracy, MSW (collectively referred to 

hereinafter as “Sacramento County Defendants”) are represented by John A. Lavra and 

Amanda McDermott of Longyear, O’Dea & Lavra, LLP.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4), the parties hereby stipulate and 

request that the Third Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order issued on May 26, 2015 (Docket No. 

24) be modified to reflect new deadlines as follows, or as to accommodate the Court’s docket:

Discovery Deadline: April 1, 2016

Expert Witness Disclosure: May 27, 2016

Dispositive Motion Deadline: October 13, 2016

Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement: January 26, 2017

Final Pre-trial Conference: February 2, 2017

Trial: April 3, 2017

Reasons for this Stipulation/ Request

The parties stipulate to and request this approximate four-month extension of dates for 

multiple reasons.

Allowing the parties to extend the deadlines for approximately four months will save 

expenses and greatly increase the likelihood of settling this case.

In addition, there have been unexpected delays in obtaining state court adoption records 

which are needed by all parties. On October 27, 2015, Judge Blizzard with Sacramento 

Superior Court advised parties that the state court had reviewed the adoption records and while 

the court was able to identify a number of pages in the record that might be relevant, the court 

felt that it had insufficient background information to determine the relevance or a significant 

portion of the records and invited the parties to propose an alternative review process. Both 

parties expect to review the state court adoption records this month. After reviewing the 

records, additional discovery may need to be conducted. Extending the discovery cut-off date 

by four months will allow for the potential need of additional discovery. 

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Dated: December 1, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH C. GEORGE, PH.D.

By: /s/ Joseph C. George

JOSEPH C. GEORGE

JOSPEH C. GEORGE, JR.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: December 1, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

By: /s/ Stewart Katz

STEWART KATZ

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: December 1, 2015 LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP

By: _/s/ John Lavra

JOHN LAVRA

AMANDA MCDERMOTT

Attorneys for Defendants

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO 

and LYNN TRACY, MSW

The Court hereby modifies the Pretrial Scheduling Order as follows: 

Discovery Deadline: April 1, 2016

Expert Witness Disclosure: May 27, 2016

Dispositive Motion Deadline: October 20, 2016

Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement: February 2, 2017

Final Pre-trial Conference: February 9, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.

Trial: April 3, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2015

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