(PC) Penton v. Hubard ( 2020 )

1 LONGYEAR & LAVRA, LLP Van Longyear, CSB No.: 84189 2 Nicole M. Cahill, CSB No.: 287165 3620 American River Drive, Suite 230 3 Sacramento, CA 95864 Phone: 916-974-8500 4 Facsimile: 916-974-8510 5 Attorneys for Defendant, L. Johnson 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO DIVISION 9 10 ANTHONY PENTON, ) Case No.: 2:11-cv-0518 TLN KJN P ) 11 Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ) ORDER REGARDING EXTENSION OF 12 vs. ) EXPERT DISCOVERY AND ) DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINES 13 L. JOHNSON, JAMES WALKER, ) TIMOTHY V. VIRGA, BRYAN DONAHOO, ) 14 NUNEZ, J.R. BRADFORD, K. POOL, R. ) MORROW, R. GADDI, LE’VANCE ) 15 ANTHONY QUINN, LYNCH, G. SALAS, ) BEZZANES, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 13, ) 16 ) Defendants. ) 17 18 Plaintiff Anthony Penton (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Layton Johnson, James Walker, 19 Timothy V. Virga, Bryan Donahoo, Janice Bradford, Kevin Pool, Rolf Morrow, Ronald Gaddi, 20 Le’Vance Anthony Quinn, John Lynch, Gilbert Salas, and Rosemary Besenaiz (collectively 21 “Defendants”) respectfully submit this stipulation to extend the deadlines for close of expert 22 discovery and dispositive motions, currently set for April 22, 2020 and May 13, 2020, 23 respectively (ECF No. 173). Plaintiff and Defendants respectfully request and stipulate to the 24 extension of the close of expert discovery from April 22, 2020 to May 22, 2020. Similarly, 25 Plaintiff and Defendants respectfully request and stipulate to the extension of the dispositive 26 motion deadline from May 13, 2020 to June 12, 2020. 27 The court’s scheduling order may only be modified upon a showing of “good cause.” 28 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992). Good cause typically 1 looks at the diligence of the party seeking amendment of the scheduling order. Id. at 609. The 2 parties have been working diligently to complete discovery, including expert discovery. Four 3 experts have been disclosed thus far by the Parties, with reply expert reports still yet to be 4 disclosed. All experts are anticipated to be deposed, with at least two taking place out of state. 5 In addition, counsel for Defendant Johnson is currently scheduled for trial on April 21, 2020 in 6 Sacramento Superior Court, with approximately 20 depositions to take place prior to trial. The 7 parties anticipate difficulty in scheduling expert depositions within the current deadline of April 8 22, 2020. To accommodate these anticipated logistical issues and as a professional courtesy to 9 counsel for Defendant Johnson, the Parties have agreed to extend the deadlines for expert 10 discovery and dispositive motions as follows: 11 1. Extend expert discovery closure from April 22, 2020 to May 22, 2020; and 12 2. Extend dispositive motion deadline from May 13, 2020 to June 12, 2020. 13 It is stipulated by and between the parties through their respective counsel of record that 14 the expert discovery deadlines may be extended as set forth above, subject to approval. 15 Dated: March 13, 2020 LONGYEAR & LAVRA, LLP 16 By: /s/ Nicole M. Cahill 17 VAN LONGYEAR NICOLE M. CAHILL 18 Attorneys for Defendant, L. Johnson 19 Dated: March 13, 2020 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 20 By: /s/ Michael Morey [as authorized 3-12-20] 21 Harrison J. Frahn IV (SBN: 206822) hfrahn@stblaw.com 22 Michael R. Morey (SBN: 313003) michael.morey@stblaw.com 23 Katerina L. Siefkas (SBN: 324372) 24 katerina.siefkas@stblaw.com Kourtney J. Kinsel (SBN:324370) 25 kourtney.kinsel@stblaw.com SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 26 2475 Hanover Street 27 Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: (650) 251-5000; Fax: (650) 251-5002 28 Attorneys for Plaintiff Anthony Penton 1 Dated: March 13, 2020 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 2 3 By: /s/ Van Kamberian [as authorized 3-12-20] VAN KAMBERIAN 4 Attorney for Defendants, Walker, Virga, 5 Donahoo, Bradford, Pool, Morrow, Gaddi, Quinn, Lynch, Salas and Besenaiz 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER RE: EXTENSION OF EXPERT DISCOVERY AND DISPOSITIVE MOTION 2 DEADLINES 3 Based on the foregoing Stipulation of the parties (ECF No. 194) and good cause 4 || appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 5 1. The deadline for completion of expert discovery is extended from April 22, 2020, 6 || to May 22, 2020; and 7 2. The deadline for completion of all law and motion, including dispositive motions, g || but except as to discovery-related matters, is extended from May 13, 2020, to June 12, 2020. g || Dated: March 16, 2020 10 Ke sl 7 Nhe 11 KENDALL J. Wha UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 13. || pent0518.mod 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING EXTENSION OF EXPERT DISCOVERY AND DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINES - 4