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Parties Involved:
Bernard Canale
Defendant
Nancy Canale
Defendant
Shirlee Nolen
Defendant
Joel Lynn Nolen
Defendant
Nolen Properties, LLC
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION REGARDING DEPOSITION OF ADAM HOWARD

LEWIS

BRISBOIS

BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

JOHN S. POULOS, SBN 154689 E-Mail: John.Poulos@lewisbrisbois.com

JEFFREY E. SCHULTZ, SBN 335323 E-Mail: Jeffrey.Schultz@lewisbrisbois.com

2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 700

Sacramento, California 95833

Telephone: 916.564.5400

Facsimile: 916.564.5444

Attorneys for Defendants,

SHIRLEE NOLEN and JOEL LYNN NOLEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOEL LYNN NOLEN, an Individual; 

SHIRLEE NOLEN, an Individual; and NOLEN 

PROPERTIES, LLC., a dissolved Limited 

Liability Company; NANCY CANALE, as 

trustee of the Bernard Canale and Nancy Canale 

1998 Revocable Trust; and BERNARD 

CANALE, a Deceased Individual by and 

through his successor in interest NANCY 

CANALE,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:23-cv-00320-JAM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING DEPOSITION OF ADAM 

HOWARD

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez

Action Filed: February 22, 2023

Trial Date: May 5, 2025

Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and Defendants JOEL LYNN NOLEN and 

SHIRLEE NOLEN stipulate and move the Court as follows:

On September 14, 2023, the Court entered a Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF 44)

(“Scheduling Order”). The Scheduling Order was subsequently modified on March 5, 2024 (ECF 

52), and June 18, 2024 (ECF 60). Under the current schedule, the discovery period ended on

September 30, 2024. The Parties completed all discovery by September 30, with the exception of 

the depositions as set forth in the Joint Motion to Permit Depositions Following Close of Discovery 

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STIPULATION REGARDING DEPOSITION OF ADAM HOWARD

LEWIS

BRISBOIS

BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

(ECF 79). Pursuant to that stipulation, the Parties agreed to schedule Adam Howard’s deposition no 

later than October 10, 2024. 

Due to previously unforeseen circumstances Mr. Howard is unavailable on October 10, 

2024. The Parties met and conferred and agreed to move his deposition to October 17, 2024. The 

Parties do not believe that taking Mr. Howard’s deposition after October 10, 2024 will have any 

adverse effect on the current case schedule. The Parties do not anticipate that Mr. Howard’s 

testimony will be relevant to any dispositive motions.

The Parties hereby stipulate to, and respectfully request that the Court, modify the 

Scheduling Order to allow Mr. Howard’s deposition to take place no later than October 17, 2024. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

DATED: October 4, 2024 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Schultz

JOHN S. POULOS

JEFFREY E. SCHULTZ

Attorneys for Defendants, 

JOEL LYNN NOLEN, SHIRLEE NOLEN

DATED: October 8, 2024 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

By: s/s Emilia P.E. Morris

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

EMILIA P.E. MORRIS

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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BRISBOIS

BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

[Signatures continued on next page.]

DATED: October 8, 2024 HOUSING AND CIVIL ENFORCEMENT SECTION

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

By: /s/ Alan Martinson

KRISTEN CLARKE 

CARRIE PAGNUCCO

MEGAN K. WHYTE DE VASQUEZ

ARIELLE R. L. REID

KATHERINE A. RAIMONDO

ALAN A. MARTINSON

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATED: October 8, 2024 SIERRA LAW CENTER, APC

By: /s/ Jacob Zamora

JACOB ZAMORA

Attorneys for Defendant, 

NOLEN PROPERTIES, LLC

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STIPULATION REGARDING DEPOSITION OF ADAM HOWARD

LEWIS

BRISBOIS

BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

ORDER

Good cause appearing, and the parties having stipulated,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

1. Plaintiff United States of America may conduct the deposition of Mr. Adam Howard 

by October 17, 2024, notwithstanding the close of discovery on September 30, 2024 or

the previous Order permitting Mr. Howard’s deposition to take place on or before 

October 10, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: October 10, 2024 /s/ John A. Mendez

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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