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Parties Involved:
Eduardo Blumwald
Defendant
Marina Large
Plaintiff
Regents of the University of California
Defendant

Document Text:

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER TO MOVE DATES FOR 

FILING MATERIALS RELATED TO THE FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

Michael W. Pott, SBN 186156 

David P.E. Burkett, SBN 241896 

350 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, California 95825 

(916) 929-1481 

(916) 927-3706 (facsimile) 

E-mail address: mpott@porterscott.com

Attorneys for Defendants: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA and EDUARDO 

BLUMWALD 

Mary-Alice Coleman, SBN 98365 

Thomas B. Gill, SBN 146275 

LAW OFFICE OF MARY-ALICE COLEMAN 

1109 Kennedy Place, Suite 2 

Davis, CA 95616 

(916) 498-9131 

(916) 498-9302 (facsimile) 

E-mail address: Lawoffice@MaryAliceColeman.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff: MARINA LARGE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARINA LARGE, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 

CALIFORNIA and EDUARDO 

BLUMWALD, 

 Defendants. 

Eastern District of California 

Case No. 2:08-CV-2835-MCE-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY 

THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER TO 

MOVE DATES FOR FILING MATERIALS 

RELATED TO THE FINAL PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE 

Complaint Filed: October 20, 2008 

The parties by and through their counsel of record, request that the Court modify the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order filed on April 21, 2009 (Docket # 12) which was previously modified on February 9, 

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2010 (Docket #20), on February 25, 2010 (Docket #36), on August 18, 2011 (Docket #38), January 12, 

2012 (Docket #40), and on April 27, 2012 (Docket #56) for the good cause set forth in this Stipulation. 

1. On October 20, 2008, Plaintiff MARINA LARGE filed this case in Yolo County 

Superior Court. On November 21, 2008, Defendants the REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 

CALIFORNIA (“UNIVERSITY”) and EDUARDO BLUMWALD removed the case to the Eastern 

District of California. In the case, Plaintiff asserts the following claims: (1) sexual harassment in 

violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) against the UNIVERSITY and 

BLUMWALD; (2) failure to prevent sexual harassment in violation of the FEHA against the 

UNIVERSITY; (3) sexual harassment in violation of Title IX against the UNIVERSITY and 

BLUMWALD; (4) failure to prevent sexual harassment in violation of Title IX against the 

UNIVERSITY; (5) assault and battery against BLUMWALD; (6) false imprisonment against 

BLUMWALD; (7) intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) against the UNIVERSITY and 

BLUMWALD; (8) negligence against the UNIVERSITY and BLUMWALD; and (9) intentional 

interference with prospective economic advantage against BLUMWALD. 

2. In the original scheduling order filed in this case, the court set the following dates: 

 Last day to file Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement – November 10, 2010 

 Last day to file all Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – November 10, 2010 

 Last day to file oppositions to Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – November 18, 

2010 

 Last day to file Trial Briefs – November 18, 2010 by 4:00 p.m. 

 Last day to file Reply Briefs in Support of Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – 

November 24, 2010 

 Final Pretrial Conference – December 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. 

 Trial – January 18, 2011 

3. Since the original scheduling order was filed in this case, it has been modified in various 

respects for good cause including to provide additional time to conduct discovery, to complete 

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mediation, and to account for a period of time when nothing was able to occur in the case because 

Plaintiff’s counsel had filed a motion to be relieved as counsel. 

4. In an Order filed on August 18, 2011 (Docket #38), the Court modified the Scheduling 

Order as follows: 

 Last day to file Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement – August 17, 2012 

 Last day to file all Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – August 17, 2012 

 Last day to file Trial Briefs – August 17, 2012 

 Last day to file oppositions to Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – August 26, 2012 

 Last day to file Reply Briefs in Support of Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – 

August 31, 2012 

 Final Pretrial Conference – October 11, 2012 

 Trial – December 3, 2012 

5. The Scheduling Order was further modified on April 27, 2012 (Docket #56) when the 

Court entered an Order continuing the Final Pretrial Conference to November 1, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. to 

accommodate a scheduling conflict for lead trial counsel for Defendants. 

6. On May 17, 2012, Defendants filed a motion for partial summary judgment in this 

matter (Docket #58). In the motion, Defendants request summary judgment be entered in their favor as 

to the following claims: (1) sexual harassment in violation of the California Fair Employment and 

Housing Act (FEHA) against the UNIVERSITY and BLUMWALD; (2) failure to prevent sexual 

harassment in violation of the FEHA against the UNIVERSITY; (3) sexual harassment in violation of 

Title IX against the UNIVERSITY and BLUMWALD; (4) failure to prevent sexual harassment in 

violation of Title IX against the UNIVERSITY; (5) assault and battery against BLUMWALD to the 

extent the claim is based on an incident that occurred in 2004 or 2005; (7) intentional infliction of 

emotional distress (IIED) against the UNIVERSITY and BLUMWALD; (8) negligence against the 

UNIVERSITY and BLUMWALD; and (9) intentional interference with prospective economic 

advantage against BLUMWALD. 

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7. Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motion for summary judgment on May 31, 2012 

(Docket #59) and Defendants filed their Reply papers on June 7, 2012 (Docket #60). The motion was 

taken under submission without oral argument and remains under submission. 

8. Because the motion for partial summary judgment remains under submission, the parties 

are unable to complete preparation of their final pretrial conference statements, evidentiary motions and 

trial briefs – all of which are due on August 17, 2012. The parties are unable to complete these 

documents because they do not know which claims will be left for trial after the summary judgment 

motion is ruled upon. In this regard, they do not know which claims will need to be briefed in the trial 

briefs, what evidence might no longer be relevant and thus be the subject of a motion in limine, or what 

witnesses and exhibits will be necessary. 

9. The parties respectfully submit that good cause exists to continue the due dates for 

certain pretrial filings so as to allow the Court the necessary time to complete its review of the motion 

for partial summary judgment, to issue a ruling on same and to allow the parties to take the ruling into 

consideration in preparing their pretrial filings. Because the parties have two and one half months 

between the current due date for the joint pretrial conference statement, trial briefs and evidentiary 

motions and the Final Pretrial Conference, the parties submit there is sufficient time for a modification 

of the due dates of the pretrial filings. Pursuant to this stipulation, the Final Pretrial Conference will 

remain on November 1, 2012 and Trial will remain on December 3, 2012. 

10. Therefore the parties hereby respectfully request that the scheduling be modified as 

follows: 

 Last day to file Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement – September 28, 2012 

 Last day to file all Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – September 28, 2012 

 Last day to file oppositions to Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – October 5, 2012 

 Last day to file Trial Briefs – October 5, 2012 by 4:00 p.m 

 Last day to file Reply Briefs in Support of Evidentiary or Procedural Motions – 

October 12, 2012 

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Dated: July 25, 2012 PORTER SCOTT 

 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

 

 /s/ Michael W. Pott 

 MICHAEL W. POTT 

Attorneys for Defendant, REGENTS OF THE 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA and 

EDUARDO BLUMWALD 

 LAW OFFICE OF MARY-ALICE COLEMAN 

 Approved via email on 7/25/2012 

 THOMAS B. GILL 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 6, 2012 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END: 

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