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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 TO EXTEND THE 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE; CARTWRIGHT DECLARATION; ORDER

David C. Rancaño, SBN 121000

Tejinderpal S. Sanghera, SBN 275058

Violeta Diaz, SBN 296505

RANCAÑO & RANCAÑO

1300 10th Street, Suite C

Modesto, CA 95354

Telephone: 209.549.2000

Facsimile: 209.526.1101

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RODOLFO BARRETO RAMIREZ

Stuart D. Tochner, CA Bar No. 123758

stuart.tochner@ogletreedeakins.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

400 South Hope Street, Suite 1200

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: 213.239.9800

Facsimile: 213.239.9045

Jill V. Cartwright, CA Bar No. 260519

jill.cartwright@ogletreedeakins.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

Steuart Tower, Suite 1300

One Market Plaza

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415.442.4810

Facsimile: 415.442.4870

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC

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 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE; 

DECLARATION OF JILL V. 

CARTWRIGHT IN SUPPORT THEREOF; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Complaint Filed: August 11, 2014

Trial Date: June 28, 2016

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND THE 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE; CARTWRIGHT DECLARATION; PROPOSED ORDER

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 non-expert discovery. Good cause exists to extend the non-expert 

discovery deadline.

1. The Parties request the Court extend the deadline for non-expert discovery to 

January 1, 2016. The current deadline is October 16, 2015. 

2. The Parties are currently attempting to schedule mediation. Based on the potential 

mediators’ schedule and the parties’ schedules, mediation will likely take place in late November 

2015. To avoid the cost of discovery while the Parties plan for and attend mediation, the Parties 

would like to stay non-expert discovery pending completion of the mediation. The Parties believe 

that staying mediation will help facilitate settlement. In order to stay discovery, the Parties need 

to continue the non-expert discovery until after mediation. 

3. Extending the non-expert discovery cut-off date will give the Parties time to 

complete non-expert discovery if the case does not settle at mediation.

4. The Parties have only just been able to complete the depositions of the main 

witnesses in the case because of the difficulty in scheduling the depositions at a convenient time 

and date for the witnesses and counsel. The Parties delayed scheduling mediation until each Party 

was able to complete the depositions needed to participate meaningfully in mediation.

5. Because of the difficulty in scheduling the depositions of the main witnesses in the 

case, discovery was delayed and the Parties need additional time to complete all the depositions 

necessary for trial. 

5. Continuing the non-expert discovery date will not affect any of the other dates in 

the Court’s pretrial Scheduling Order and will not affect the trial date.

6. This is the Parties’ first request to modify the Scheduling Order.

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7. 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: October 6, 2015 RANCAÑO & RANCAÑO

By: /s/ Violeta Diaz (as authorized on 10/6/15)

David C. Rancano

Tejinderpal S. Sanghera

Violeta Diaz

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RODOLFO BARRETO RAMIREZ

DATED: October 6, 2015 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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DECLARATION OF JILL V. CARTWRIGHT

I, Jill V. Cartwright, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice in the State of California, and I 

am an associate with the law firm of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. I am counsel 

of record for Defendant AmeriCold Logistics LLC in the above-captioned matter. The following 

is based on my personal knowledge, and if called upon to do so, I could and would competently 

testify thereto. 

2. I submit this declaration in accordance with the Court’s Scheduling Order (ECF 

No. 14), which states that stipulations to continue the dates in the Scheduling Order should be 

accompanied by affidavits or declarations.

3. The Parties are currently attempting to schedule mediation. Based on the potential 

mediators’ schedule and the parties’ schedules, mediation will likely take place in late November 

2015. To avoid the cost of discovery while the Parties plan for and attend mediation, the Parties 

would like to stay non-expert discovery pending completion of the mediation. I believe that 

staying mediation will help facilitate settlement because it will save on discovery costs. In order 

to stay discovery, the Parties need to continue the non-expert discovery until after mediation.

4. Extending the non-expert discovery cut-off date will give the Parties time to 

complete non-expert discovery if the case does not settle at mediation.

5. The Parties have only just been able to complete the depositions of the main 

witnesses in the case because of the difficulty in scheduling the depositions at a convenient time 

and date for the witnesses and counsel. The Parties delayed scheduling mediation until each Party 

was able to complete the depositions needed to participate meaningfully in mediation.

6. Because of the difficulty in scheduling the depositions of the main witnesses in the 

case, discovery was delayed and the Parties need additional time to complete all the depositions 

necessary for trial. 

7. Continuing the non-expert discovery date to January 1, 2016 will not affect any of 

the other dates in the Court’s pretrial Scheduling Order and will not affect the trial date.

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8. This is the Parties’ first request to modify the Scheduling Order.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America and the 

State of California and the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and 

this declaration was executed on October 6, 2015 in San Francisco, California. 

/s/ Jill V. Cartwright

JILL V. CARTWRIGHT

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ORDER

Based on the parties’ stipulation (Doc. 15), the Court modifies the February 12, 2015, 

scheduling order to grant the parties an extension of time to designate experts and supplemental 

experts. All other dates remain as set in the Court’s February 12, 2015, scheduling order. 

(Doc. 14.) 

Accordingly, discovery deadlines and motion filing deadlines are continued as follows:

Settlement Conference: November 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., Ctrm 9 (SAB) 

before Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone

Non-Expert Discovery cutoff: January 1, 2016

Expert Disclosure: January 23, 2016

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: February 6, 2016

Expert Discovery cutoff: February 20, 2016

Non Dispositive Motions:

Filing: March 1, 2016

Hearing: March 30, 2016

Dispositive Motions:

Filing: March 1, 2016

Hearing: April 6, 2016

Pre-Trial Conference: May 18, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., Ctrm 7

Trial: June 28, 2016, at 8:30 a.m., in Ctrm 7

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 9, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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