Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-04873/USCOURTS-cand-4_15-cv-04873-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
California Highway Patrol
Defendant
Joseph Farrow
Defendant
Sean Harrington
Defendant
Robert Hazelwood
Defendant
Natalie Sramek
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Stipulated Request to Move Initial Case Management Conference and Extend Time to Answer - 1

CASE NO. 15-cv-04873-HSG

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Richard A. Madsen, Jr. (SBN 146174)

MADSEN LAW FIRM

551 Hartz Avenue, Suite B

Danville, California 94526

Telephone: (925) 837-0900

Facsimile: (925) 837-0905

Email: Rick@MadsenLawFirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

Natalie Sramek

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Natalie Sramek, Case No.: 15-cv-04873-HSG

STIPULATED REQUEST TO 

Plaintiff, MOVE INITIAL CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

vs. AND EXTEND TIME FOR 

SERVICE AND DEFENDANTS’ 

California Highway Patrol (“CHP”); TIME TO ANSWER

CHP Commissioner Joseph Farrow;

CHP Officer Sean Harrington;

CHP Officer Robert Hazelwood; 

individually and in their official capacities

as peace officers; and DOES 1-100,

Defendants. /

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, the parties hereby submit their stipulated 

request to extend time for service and for Defendants’ time to answer, and to move the 

initial Case Management Conference currently scheduled for January 26, 2016, at 2:00 

p.m., for the following reasons:

1. This action is one of two cases filed in the above-captioned court, that 

involve all or a material part of the same subject matter and all, or substantially all, of 

the same parties as this action. This stipulated request is being simultaneously made in 

the other case as well (Vogt vs. CHP, et al. Case No. 15-cv-05199-JCS).

2. In both actions, Defendant, California Highway Patrol (by and through the 

Office of the Attorney General, State of California) received plaintiff’s “Notice of a 

Case 4:15-cv-04873-HSG Document 5 Filed 01/14/16 Page 1 of 3
Stipulated Request to Move Initial Case Management Conference and Extend Time to Answer - 2

CASE NO. 15-cv-04873-HSG

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service of Summons,” along with the Complaint, and all 

other required documents on December 14, 2015. Subsequently, the parties have 

engaged in a good faith dialogue regarding several anticipated issues, including the 

status and perfection of service of the Complaint on the individual defendants. The 

stipulated requested extension will provide the parties additional time to ensure all 

parties are properly served and represented for appearance in the action.

3. The parties have conferred and share an interest in an efficient and 

economical approach to managing this litigation, and are evaluating with their clients 

the possibility of engaging in early private mediation. To that end, the parties believe 

that moving the initial Case Management Conference and extending Defendants’ time to 

appear and respond to the Complaint would prevent premature expenditure of resources

and allow the Parties to further organize, confer on, and evaluate the two pending 

related actions filed in this District for efficient management.

4. Therefore, the parties stipulate and jointly request that new dates in this 

matter be assigned and ordered as follows:

· Service of all Defendants on or before March 1, 2016

· Extend Defendants’ time to answer to April 15, 2016

· Initial Case Management Conference on or about May 17, 2016 (with other 

associated deadlines continued accordingly).

5. There have been no previous requests or orders for time modification in 

the case. The requested extension of time will not appreciably delay proceedings in this 

action, and will enable more efficient and economical management of the litigation. No 

parties will be prejudiced, and all parties will remain similarly positioned to proceed 

without further delay.

///

///

Case 4:15-cv-04873-HSG Document 5 Filed 01/14/16 Page 2 of 3
Stipulated Request to Move Initial Case Management Conference and Extend Time to Answer - 3

CASE NO. 15-cv-04873-HSG

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND REQUESTED.

Dated: January 13, 2016

By: /s/ Richard A. Madsen, Jr. _ By: /s/ Wil Fong _

Richard A. Madsen, Jr., Esq. Wil Fong, Esq.

Attorney at Law Deputy Attorney General

Madsen Law Firm Office of the Attorney General

551 Hartz Avenue, Ste. B 1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor

Danville, CA 94526 Oakland, CA 94612-0550

Telephone: (925) 837-0900 Telephone: (510) 622-2114

Facsimile: (925) 837-0905 Facsimile: (510) 622-2121

Email: Rick@MadsenLawFirm.com Email: Wil.Fong@doj.ca.gov

Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendant

Natalie Sramek California Highway Patrol

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED EXCEPT THAT THE

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON MAY 10, 2016.

Dated: January 14, 2016 __________________________________

 Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

Case 4:15-cv-04873-HSG Document 5 Filed 01/14/16 Page 3 of 3