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Parties Involved:
Joseph Helm
Plaintiff
Jay Negus
Defendant
United States Postal Service
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant

Document Text:

Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Order 1

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Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH HELM,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:11-cv-01703 MCE EFB

STIPULATION REQUESTING 

MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULING 

ORDER

The parties to this action, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree 

as follows:

1. On December 20, 2012, the Court entered its Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 

Order. Docket 28. The Court set the following deadlines for this case:

Discovery Cutoff June 21, 2013

Expert Witness Disclosure August 21, 2013

Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosure September 10, 2013

Dispositive Motions Heard By December 19, 2013

Joint Pretrial Conference Statement Due February 13, 2014

Evidentiary/Procedural Motions Due February 13, 2014

Oppositions to Evidentiary/Procedural Due February 20, 2014

Replies to Evidentiary/Procedural Due February 27, 2014

Final Pretrial Conference March 6, 2014

Trial Briefs Due February 13, 2014

Trial April 21, 2014

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorneys

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2720 

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2. This case involves allegations by plaintiff that Jay Negus, a former United 

States Postal Service employee, who was acting in the course and scope of his federal 

employment at the time of the incident, caused an auto accident that injured plaintiff.

3. Criminal charges against Negus are pending in San Joaquin Superior 

Court. The trial date has been moved a number of times, most recently, from May 10, 

2013 to August 2, 2013. Negus’ attorneys have stated that they would not make Negus 

available for deposition in this civil action until his criminal matter has concluded and 

that, if Negus is subpoenaed to testify at deposition, they will instruct him to assert his 

Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in response to questions concerning 

the auto accident.

4. Under the circumstances, it is not possible for Negus to give meaningful 

testimony at a deposition in this civil action prior to the current June 21, 2013 discovery 

cutoff, and the parties believe that good cause exists for the Court to modify its 

scheduling order so that Negus may be deposed after the criminal matter has concluded. 

5. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court modify the 

scheduling order to extend the discovery cutoff date from June 21, 2013 to September 27, 

2013. 

6. Since the parties are not asking the Court to change any of the other dates 

at this time, modification of the scheduling order will not prejudice any party, and should 

not negatively impact the Court’s schedule for this case. However, if the Negus trial is 

rescheduled again, it may be necessary for the parties to seek further modification of the 

scheduling order. 

DATED: May 22, 2013 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 By: /s/ Lynn Trinka Ernce

 LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

 Assistant United States Attorney

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DATED: May 22, 2013 By: /s/ Russell A. Robinson

 Russell A. Robinson

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 30, 2013

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