Thomas Marc Litton (CA Bar # 119985) 

SANFORD WITTELS & HEISLER, LLP

555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 421-4774 

Facsimile: (415) 421-4784 

Steven L. Wittels 

SANFORD WITTELS & HEISLER, LLP

1350 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (646) 723-2947 

Facsimile: (646) 723-2948 

swittels@nydclaw.com 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VALERIE GEORGE, as Administrator and 

Personal Representative of THE ESTATE OF 

RYAN GEORGE; VALERIE GEORGE and/or 

TAJMAH BEAUCHAMP, as Legal 

Representative(s) for Jaida George and Ryan 

George, Jr.; VALERIE GEORGE, Individually; 

DONALD GEORGE; and TAJMAH 

BEAUCHAMP, Individually, 

 Plaintiffs,

 vs. 

SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT; BILL COGBILL; COUNTY 

OF SONOMA; CALIFORNIA FORENSIC 

MEDICAL GROUP, INC; JAMES LUDERS, 

M.D.; MICHAEL E. DAGEY, R.N.; SUTTER 

HEALTH; SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER OF 

SANTA ROSA; EDWARD W. HARD, M.D.; 

RICHARD FLINDERS, M.D.; JOSEPH N. 

MATEL, M.D.; NORICK JANIAN, M.D.; 

ANGUS MATHESON, M.D., and DOES 1 

through 25, inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. 3:08-cv-02675-EDL 

ECF Case 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER RE PRETRIAL CASE

MANAGEMENT DEADLINES

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

 

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 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the parties hereto, 

through their attorneys of record, that:

(i) In order to avoid the expense and time of potentially unnecessary expert 

discovery and dispositive motion practice, and 

(ii) To facilitate the mediation scheduled for March 23, 2010, 

subject to the Court’s approval, the Order Following Further Case Management 

Conference dated November 18 2009 (Doc #226), is hereby amended as follows: 

1. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION -- MEDIATION

All parties have agreed to privately mediate this case and attend a full-day 

mediation scheduled before the Honorable Rebecca Westerfield (of JAMS) on 

March 23, 2010. 

2. EXPERTS

a. Plaintiffs shall disclose the names of their rebuttal experts by February 19, 

2010;

b. Rebuttal reports shall be produced by February 22, 2010; and 

c. All expert discovery, including depositions of experts, shall be completed 

no later than May 7, 2010. 

3. MOTIONS

a. The last day for hearing dispositive motions shall be June 15, 2010, 

9:00a.m, without prejudice to motions being heard on an earlier date. 

b. The parties agree to file their dispositive motions at least 50 days before 

the noticed hearing date. 

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c. Responsive papers to dispositive motions shall be filed 25 days before the 

noticed hearing date. 

d. Reply papers in support of dispositive motions shall be filed 14 days 

before the noticed hearing date. 

4. TRIAL

The trial date of September 7, 2010 which the Court set by Order dated 

December 3, 2009 (Doc #233) shall remain in effect. 

DATED: February 3, 2010 SANFORD, WITTELS & HEISLER, LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

VALERIE GEORGE, TAJMAH BEAUCHAMP, 

and DONALD GEORGE 

By: /s/ 

 Steven L. Wittels, Esq. 

DATED: February 3, 2010 SPAULDING McCULLOUGH & TANSIL, LLP 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, 

BILL COGBILL and COUNTY OF SONOMA 

By: /s/ 

 Terry S. Sterling, Esq. 

DATED: February 3, 2010 TRIMBLE, SHERINIAN & VARANINI 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, 

INC.; JAMES LUDERS, M.D. and MICHAEL E. 

DAGEY, R.N. 

By: /s/ 

 Jerome M. Varanini, Esq. 

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DATED: February 3, 2010 LAFOLLETTE, JOHNSON, DEHAAS, FESLER 

& AMES 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER OF SANTA ROSA 

By: /s/ 

 Larry Byron Thornton, Esq. 

DATED: February 3, 2010 HASSARD BONNINGTON LLP 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JOSEPH N. MATEL, M.D. and RICHARD 

FLINDERS, M.D. 

By: /s/ 

 Joanna L. Storey, Esq. 

DATED: February 3, 2010 ROGASKI, PREOVOLOS, WEBER & 

PATTERSON, LLP 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NORICK JANIAN, M.D. 

By: /s/ 

 Chester A. Rogaski, Jr., Esq. 

SO ORDERED:______________________________

 U.S.D.M.J. 

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Dated: February 8, 2010

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