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Parties Involved:
Michael Aguilar
Defendant
Brandon Barnes
Defendant
Ernesto Chavez
Defendant
Jeffrey Comer
Plaintiff
County of Sutter
Defendant
Harrison Eide
Defendant
Mark Hylen
Defendant

Document Text:

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO AMEND CASE 

SCHEDULE 2:22-CV-00079-TLN-CSK 

NOAH G. BLECHMAN (State Bar No. 197167)

noah.blechman@mcnamaralaw.com 

JOHN J. SWAFFORD (State Bar No. 321174) 

John.Swafford@McNamaraLaw.com 

MCNAMARA, AMBACHER, WHEELER,

HIRSIG & GRAY LLP 

3480 Buskirk Avenue, Suite 250 

Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 

Telephone: (925) 939-5330 

Facsimile: (925) 939-0203 

Attorneys for Defendants 

COUNTY OF SUTTER, SHERIFF BRANDON BARNES, 

MARK HYLEN, ERNESTO CHAVEZ, HARRISON EIDE, and 

MICHAEL AGUILAR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JEFFREY COMER,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF SUTTER, SHERIFF 

BRANDON BARNES, in his individual 

and official capacity, MARK HYLEN, 

ERNESTO CHAVEZ, HARRISON EIDE, 

MICHAEL AGUILAR, and DOES 1 

through 25 inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:22-CV-00079-TLN-CSK

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

AMEND CASE SCHEDULE 

All parties, by and through their respective attorneys of record, submit this Stipulation and 

Proposed Order wherein they stipulate as set forth below and hereby move this Court to modify 

its Scheduling Order, entered on August 12, 2024 (ECF 39). The parties stipulate that good cause 

exists to amend the operative scheduling order as indicated below. 

1. WHEREAS, as the Court is aware, the defense is seeking to depose the Plaintiff, who is in

custody at the Folsom State Prison (FSP). The Court has already granted a stipulation and

provided an Order to allow this deposition to go forward. (see ECF 42).

2. WHEREAS, several additional steps are needed to be able to complete the Plaintiff’s

deposition, including permission of the Warden of FSP (the defense has written him a

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letter as instructed), security clearance of all persons to enter, including attorneys, the 

court reporter and videographer, as well as to clear the date with FSP and to ensure they 

have the ability and facilities to accommodate the persons who planned on attending. 

3. WHEREAS, the parties are actively working with the FSP Litigation Unit to schedule

Plaintiff’s in-person deposition. However, the parties were informed that this deposition

would be the first in-person deposition that the FSP has hosted since the COVID

pandemic so there are also additional logistical hurdles internal to FSP. The Litigation

Unit have advised counsel that due to current logistical issues, available conference space

and other security issues, which is also impacted by the holidays in November and

December, and per the parties’ availability, this deposition cannot now occur until January

27, 2025, the next available date for FSP to host Plaintiff’s deposition and all counsel are

available on that date.

4. WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and have agreed, subject to the Court’s

approval, to move back relevant dates and deadlines to allow this deposition to occur on

January 27th, and have a relevant time period thereafter for follow up discovery and

preparation for expert disclosures and discovery.

5. WHEREAS, the parties are also still awaiting the Court’s ruling on Defendants’ Motion to

Bifurcate (ECF 35), taken under submission by the Court (ECF 37), which could also

result in an effect to discovery, as well as the parties’ expert disclosures and expert

depositions.

6. WHEREAS, the parties are also discussing conducting ADR after Plaintiff’s deposition as

all key parties will be deposed by that point in time, and this extension in the schedule will

allow for such ADR to occur prior to the parties likely incurring additional discovery

costs.

7. WHEREAS, there is no trial date set in this matter. The parties have sought and been

granted several prior extensions, but this case has been moving forward in discovery and

has been complicated and slowed down at times by the incarceration of Plaintiff.

8. THEREFORE, per the good cause showing, the parties stipulate that, subject to the

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Court’s approval, the Case Pretrial Schedule should be modified as follows: 

Event Current Deadline Proposed Deadline 

Close of Fact Discovery December 26, 2024 March 28, 2025 

Expert Disclosures February 17, 2025 May 16, 2025 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures March 7, 2025 June 20, 2025 

Last Day to File Dispositive Motion April 17, 2025 August 8, 2025 

IT IS SO STIPULATED 

The undersigned attests that permission in the filing of this document(s) has been obtained 

from the signatory below, which shall serve in lieu of the actual signatures on the document(s). 

Dated: November 8, 2024 PERTER GOLDSTEIN LAW CORP

By: /s/ Peter Goldstein 

Peter Goldstein 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 8, 2024 LAW OFFICES OF ROBERTO MARQUEZ 

By: /s/ Roberto Marquez 

Roberto Marquez 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 8, 2024 MCNAMARA, AMBACHER, WHEELER,

HIRSIG & GRAY LLP

By: /s/ Noah G. Blechman 

Noah G. Blechman 

John J. Swafford 

Attorneys for Defendants 

COUNTY OF SUTTER, SHERIFF BRANDON 

BARNES, MARK HYLEN, ERNESTO CHAVEZ, 

HARRISON EIDE, and MICHAEL AGUILAR 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and with good cause appearing therefore, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the Pretrial Scheduling Order in this case be modified as follows: 

Event New Deadline 

Close of Fact Discovery March 28, 2025 

Expert Disclosures May 16, 2025 

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures June 20, 2025 

Last Day to File Dispositive Motion August 8, 2025 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 12, 2024 

____________________________ 

Troy L. Nunley

Chief United States District Judge

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