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Parties Involved:
GEO California, Inc.
Defendant
GEO Corrections and Detention, LLC
Defendant
Josephine Hernandez
Plaintiff
The GEO Group, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

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CARLOS JIMENEZ, Bar No. 227534

cajimenez@littler.com

JESSICA S. KANG, Bar No. 273221

jkang@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

633 West 5th Street

63rd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: 213.443.4300

Facsimile: 213.443.4299

Attorneys for Defendants

THE GEO GROUP, INC. dba GEO CALIFORNIA, 

INC. and GEO CORRECTIONS AND 

DETENTION, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPHINE HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE GEO GROUP, INC. dba GEO 

CALIFORNIA, INC., a Florida 

corporation; GEO CORRECTIONS 

AND DETENTION, LLC, a Florida 

limited liability company; and DOES 1 

through 20, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15 cv 01813 - JLT 

JOINT STIPULATION RE 

REQUEST TO CONTINUE TRIAL 

AND DISCOVERY DATES

(Doc. 20)

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Plaintiff Josephine Hernandez and Defendant The GEO Group, Inc. d/b/a GEO 

California, Inc. and GEO Corrections and Detention, LLC (collectively, the “Parties”) 

by and through their respective counsel of record hereby stipulate and respectfully 

request the Court continue the trial and discovery dates in the above-reference matter, 

as follows:

WHEREAS, on February 17, 2016 the Parties filed their Joint Scheduling 

Report in the above-captioned matter; 

WHEREAS, on February 25, 2016, the Court issued an Order setting Trial for 

March 28, 2017 and Pretrial Conference for February 10, 2017, and set the Discovery 

Deadlines in the above-captioned matter;

WHEREAS, the Parties have experienced unexpected delays in discovery in 

this matter;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel was diagnosed with an illness and required 

treatment for the same; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s continued deposition was unexpectedly cancelled the 

day before it was to take place as a result of Plaintiff’s move to Sacramento, 

California. The deposition is currently scheduled for September 23, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the deposition of Pratrap Misra was unexpectedly cancelled due to 

Mr. Misra’s medical emergency. The parties are discussing a potential deposition date 

in mid-September for Mr. Misra’s deposition;

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that Plaintiff will participate in an 

independent medical examination (“IME”); however, Plaintiff’s deposition must be 

completed prior to the IME to allow Defendants to obtain the relevant testimony, 

documents and subsequently obtained records related to Plaintiff’s claims for 

emotional distress damages necessary to allow for an effective and complete IME; 

WHEREAS, the completion of Plaintiff’s deposition and IME are necessary for 

the drafting and filing of Defendants’ dispositive motion; 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff wishes to complete the deposition of several key 

witnesses, including Pratrap Misra, Warden Wanda Wilson, and the PMK of 

Defendant regarding the decision to terminate Plaintiff, but has not been able to as a 

result of the unexpected delays stated above;

WHEREAS, the Discovery Deadline is currently set for October 31, 2016 for 

non-expert discovery and December 5, 2016 for expert discovery, and the Parties 

anticipate they will not be able to complete all necessary discovery prior to those 

dates;

WHEREAS, the Parties have reviewed their trial calendars and both are 

available to begin trial on June 1, 2017, or a date shortly thereafter convenient with 

the Court;

THEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that the Court continue the 

current dates as follows:

Matter Current 

Date

Requested 

Continued 

Date

Court Order

Non-Expert Discovery 

Deadline

10/31/2016 1/26/2017

Expert Discovery Deadline 12/5/2016 3/6/2017

Non-Dispositive Motion 

Filing Deadline

11/14/2016 2/13/2017

Non-Dispositive Motion 

Hearing Deadline

12/12/2016 3/13/2017

Dispositive Motion Filing 

Deadline

11/14/2016 3/13/2017

Dispositive Motion Hearing 

Deadline

12/29/2016 4/10/2017

Pre-Trial Conference 2/10/2017 4/17/2017

Trial (jury) (court): 

Estimated length: 15-20 

3/28/2017 6/1/2017

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Dated: September 1, 2016

/s/ Carlos Jimenez

CARLOS JIMENEZ

JESSICA S. KANG

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

On Behalf of Defendants

THE GEO GROUP, INC. DBA GEO 

CALIFORNIA, INC. AND GEO 

CORRECTIONS AND DETENTION, LLC

Dated: September 1, 2016

______________________________________

ALLYSON K. THOMPSON

ALIS M. MOON

KRING & CHUNG, LLP

On Behalf of Plaintiff

JOSEPHINE HERNANDEZ

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of counsel and the unforeseen difficulties that have arisen in 

completing discovery, the Court ORDERS the case schedule amended as follows:

1. All non-expert discovery SHALL be completed by 1/26/17:

2. All expert discovery SHALL be completed by 3/6/17;

3. The parties SHALL disclose their experts no later than 2/3/17 and any rebuttal 

experts by 3/17/17;

4. Any nondispositive motion SHALL be filed no later than 2/13/17 and heard no later 

than 3/13/17;

5. Any dispositive motion SHALL be filed no later than 3/13/17 and heard no later than 

4/17/17;

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6. The pretrial conference is set on 5/15/17 at 9:00 a.m.;

7. The trial is set on 7/24/17 at 8:30 a.m.

Absolutely no further request to modify the case schedule will be entertained absent a showing 

of extraordinary good cause.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 6, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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