(PC) Penton v. Hubard ( 2019 )

1 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Harrison J. Frahn IV (SBN: 206822) 2 hfrahn@stblaw.com Michael R. Morey (SBN: 313003) 3 michael.morey@stblaw.com 4 Katerina L. Siefkas (SBN: 324372) katerina.siefkas@stblaw.com 5 Kourtney J. Kinsel (SBN:324370) kourtney.kinsel@stblaw.com 6 2475 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 7 Telephone: (650) 251-5000 8 Facsimile: (650) 251-5002 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff Anthony Penton 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SACRAMENTO DIVISION 14 15 ANTHONY PENTON, Case No. 2:11-cv-00518-TLN-KJN (PC) 16 Plaintiff, STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINES SET FORTH IN THE 17 v. MAY 16, 2019 SCHEDULING ORDER; [PROPOSED] REVISED 18 LAYTON JOHNSON, JR., JAMES WALKER, SCHEDULING ORDER TIMOTHY V. VIRGA, BRYAN DONAHOO, 19 JOLENE NUNEZ, JANICE BRADFORD, KEVIN POOL, ROLF MORROW, RONALD GADDI, 20 LE’VANCE ANTHONY QUINN, LYNCH, GILBERT SALAS, ROSEMARY BESENAIZ, 21 AND DOES 1 THROUGH 13, 22 Defendants. 23 24 //// 25 //// 26 //// 27 //// 28 1 Plaintiff Anthony Penton (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Layton Johnson, Jr., James Walker, 2 Timothy V. Virga, Bryan Donahoo, Janice Bradford, Kevin Pool, Rolf Morrow, Ronald Gaddi, 3 Le’Vance Anthony Quinn, John Lynch, Gilbert Salas, and Rosemary Besenaiz (collectively, 4 “Defendants”) respectfully submit this stipulation to extend the December 4, 2019 deadline to 5 disclose expert witnesses set forth in the Court’s May 16, 2019 Order (the “Scheduling Order”) 6 (ECF No. 156) to February 7, 2020. To accommodate this extension, Plaintiff and Defendants 7 respectfully request a corresponding modification of the remaining deadlines provided in the 8 Scheduling Order such that the relative time between deadlines remains intact, but that the overall 9 schedule is shifted according to the extension of the deadline for expert disclosures from 10 December 4, 2019 to February 7, 2020, as provided in the Proposed Order. 11 “Rule 16(b)’s good cause standard primarily considers the diligence of the party seeking 12 the amendment.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 13 Since the Court issued the previous Scheduling Order in this action, Plaintiff and Defendants have 14 continued to act diligently and amicably in pursuing discovery. For instance, Plaintiff and 15 Defendants proceeded with the depositions in this case at a steady pace, including scheduling nine 16 depositions within two weeks. As a result of Plaintiff’s and Defendants’ diligence, all parties have 17 now been deposed. Plaintiff and Defendants believe that good cause exists under Federal Rule of 18 Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) for extending the deadline for the disclosure of experts (and for 19 modifying the remaining deadlines in the Scheduling Order accordingly). 20 In addition, document production has been exchanged and discovery requests and 21 responses have been served, with minimal discovery disputes among the parties. Plaintiff and 22 Defendants have maintained a productive meet and confer process which has avoided unnecessary 23 discovery motions and will continue to do so as the process turns to expert discovery. Plaintiff 24 and Defendants believe that an extension will allow for a more complete expert discovery process 25 given the fact discovery that has occurred to date. 26 It is so stipulated: 27 28 1 Dated: November 6, 2019 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 2 By: /s/ Harrison J. Frahn IV Harrison J. Frahn IV (SBN: 206822) 3 hfrahn@stblaw.com Michael R. Morey (SBN: 313003) 4 michael.morey@stblaw.com Katerina L. Siefkas (SBN: 324372) 5 katerina.siefkas@stblaw.com Kourtney J. Kinsel (SBN:324370) 6 kourtney.kinsel@stblaw.com SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 7 2475 Hanover Street Palo Alto, California 94304 8 Telephone: (650) 251-5000 Facsimile: (650) 251-5002 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff Anthony Penton 10 11 Dated: November 6, 2019 By: /s/ Van Kamberian 12 Van Kamberian Deputy Attorney General 13 California Attorney General’s Office 14 Attorneys for Defendants Besenaiz, Bradford, Donahoo, Gaddi, Lynch, Morrow, Pool, Quinn, 15 Salas, Virga and Walker 16 17 Dated: November 6, 2019 By: /s/ Nicole Cahill Nicole Cahill 18 Longyear & Lavra LLP 19 Attorneys for Defendant Johnson 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 {PROPOSED} ORDER 2 For good cause shown, the Court grants the Stipulation For Extension of The Deadlines Se 3 || Forth in the May 16, 2019 Scheduling Order. The deadlines provided by the Court’s May 16, 4 || 2019 Scheduling Order shall be modified as follows: 5 1. The deadline for the parties to disclose any expert witnesses in accordance with the 6 || specifications of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) is extended from December 4, 2019 to 7 || February 7, 2020. The deadline for any rebuttal expert is extended from January 6, 2020 to March 8 || 11, 2020. The deadline for replies regarding expert witness disclosures is extended from January 9 || 27, 2020, to April 1, 2020. 10 2. The deadline for completion of expert witness discovery is extended from February 11 |} 17, 2020, to April 22, 2020. 12 3. The deadline for completion of all law and motion, including dispositive motions, 13 || but except as to discovery-related matters, is extended from March 3, 2020, to May 13, 2020. 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 || Dated: November 8, 2019 Aectl Aharon 17 KENDALL J. NE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 18 19 |} fpentosig.41r2 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND {PROPOSEPT ORDER CASE No. 2:11-Cv-00518-TLN-KJIN