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Parties Involved:
Americold Logistics, LLC
Defendant
Rodolfo Barreto Ramirez
Plaintiff

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Case No. 1:14-cv-01695-SKO

STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER THEREON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RODOLFO BARRETO RAMIREZ

Plaintiff,

v.

AMERICOLD LOGISTICS; AND DOES 1 

THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE

Defendant.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01695-SKO

STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND THE 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE AND 

TRIAL DATE; ORDER THEREON

Complaint Filed: August 11, 2014

Trial Date: June 28, 2016

Plaintiff Rodolfo Barreto Ramirez and Defendant AmeriCold Logistics LLC, though their 

respective counsel, respectfully request the Court modify its pretrial scheduling order (ECF No. 

14) to extend the deadline on expert discovery and the trial date. Good cause exists to extend 

these deadlines.

1. The Parties request the Court extend the trial date from June 28, 2016 to sometime 

after November 15, 2016, as well as extending the pretrial filing deadlines. 

2. Counsel for Defendant AmeriCold Logistics LLC, Jill Cartwright, is pregnant and 

her due date is July 7, 2016. Her due date conflicts with the current trial date of June 28, 2016. 

Ms. Cartwright plans to take maternity leave from June 20, 2016 to October 3, 2016. 

3. Ms. Cartwright has another trial scheduled to begin on October 14, 2016 in 

Sonoma County Superior Court. The trial is expected to last two weeks. 

4. The Parties request a trial continuance to allow for Ms. Cartwright’s maternity 

leave and to allow her time to prepare for trial in this case after her trial in Sonoma County 

Superior Court concludes at the end of October 2016. The Parties also request an extension of 

pretrial filing deadlines to correspond with the new trial date. 

5. The Parties also request an extension on expert discovery deadlines to allow the 

Parties additional time to negotiate settlement and for the Court to rule on Defendant’s anticipated 

Summary Judgment Motion. 

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6. The parties propose the following expert discovery deadlines: May 9, 2016 (initial 

expert disclosures); May 23, 2016 (rebuttal expert disclosures); June 13, 2016 (expert discovery 

deadline). 

7. On December 4, 2015, the Parties attended a settlement conference before 

Magistrate Judge Boone. The Parties made significant steps towards resolving the litigation but 

were unable to do so at the settlement conference. 

8. The Parties are continuing their negotiations to settle the case. Extending the 

expert discovery deadline will give the Parties time to settle the case before making significant 

expenditures on expert discovery. It will also allow the Court time to decide Defendant’s 

anticipated motion for summary judgment or partial summary judgment. Both Parties believe that 

increased litigation costs for expert discovery with hinder their efforts to settle the litigation. 

9. This is the Parties’ second request to modify the Scheduling Order

10. Therefore, pursuant to the Court’s scheduling order (ECF No. 14) and Local Rule 

143, the Parties herby submit this stipulation for modification of the pretrial scheduling order 

(ECF No. 14).

DATED: January 19, 2016 RANCAÑO & RANCAÑO

By: /s/ Violeta Diaz (as authorized on 1/19/16)

David C. Rancano

Tejinderpal S. Sanghera

Violeta Diaz

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RODOLFO BARRETO RAMIREZ

DATED: January 19, 2016 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C.

By: /s/ Jill V. Cartwright

Stuart D. Tochner

Jill V. Cartwright

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC

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ORDER

Good cause having been shown, the parties’ stipulation is granted as to the extension of the 

expert discovery deadlines, and the pre-trial conference and trial dates have also been extended. 

The extended dates are as follows: 

1. Expert Disclosures May 9, 2016

2. Rebuttal Expert Disclosures May 23, 2016

3. Expert Discovery July 29, 20161

4. Non-dispositive motion filing June 13, 2016

5. Non-dispositive motion hearing July 13, 2016

6. Pre-Trial Conference October 5, 2016, at 2 p.m.

7. Trial December 6, 2016, at 8:30 a.m.

The parties have not requested any change to the dispositive motion filing or hearing 

deadlines, thus those remain set as March 1, 2016, and April 6, 2016, respectively. (Doc. 16.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

1 The parties are reminded that, as set forth in the scheduling order, "[c]ompliance with the discovery deadlines 

requires motions to compel to be filed and heard sufficiently in advance of the discovery deadline so that the Court 

may grant effective relief within the allotted discovery time." (Doc. 14, 4:8-10.) For this reason, and because the 

continued trial date permits such an extension, the expert discovery deadline shall be extended to July 29, 2016.

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