Hurtado v. State of CA ( 2021 )

1 KAnengte lM C. aHrreanzdceor sJor.n ( S(SBBNN 2 13309854350) ) 2 GUIZAR, HENDERSON & CARRAZCO, L.L.P. 18301 Irvine Blvd. 3 Tustin, CA 92780 Tel: (714) 541-8600 4 Fax: (714) 541-8601 E-mail: hendolaw@gmail.com 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff Francisco Hurtado 6 ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 Attorney General of California 7 PETER A. MESHOT, State Bar No. 117061 Supervising Deputy Attorney General 8 LEEANN E. WHITMORE, State Bar No. 214870 9 Deputy Attorney General 1300 I Street, Suite 125 10 P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 11 Telephone: (916) 210-7515 Fax: (916) 322-8288 12 E-mail: LeeAnn.Whitmore@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for Defendants State of California, 13 by and through the California Highway Patrol and Edgardo Yepez 14 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 IN AND FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 17 18 FRANCISCO HURTADO, AN Case No.: 2:19-cv-02343-TLN-AC 19 INDIVIDUAL, 20 Plaintiff, JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING 21 v. MODIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER 22 AND ORDER 23 S CT AA LT IFE O O RF N C IAA L HI IF GO HR WN AIA Y; 24 P EA DT GR AO RL D; O E LD OG PA ER ZD ;O A NY DE P DE OZ E A SK 1A THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE, Action Filed: April 2, 2019 25 Defendants. 26 27 28 1 TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND TO THE HONORABLE 2 TROY L. NUNLEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE: 3 The Court issued the original scheduling order in this case on January 29, 4 2021 based on the stipulation of the parties. (ECF No. 16). On July 29, 2021, the 5 Court modified the scheduling order to allow the defense to schedule orthopedic 6 and psychiatric examinations. (ECF No. 20). On September 10, 2021, the Court 7 modified the scheduling order to allow the defense to take the deposition of one of 8 Plaintiff's treating physicians, Dr. Bratton (who was out of the country) (ECF No. 9 22). 10 The parties have completed numerous depositions and written discovery, 11 including Dr. Bratton's deposition. Plaintiff is continuing to treat for his injuries. 12 In light of information received, the nature of Plaintiff's injuries, the voluminous 13 medical records, the number of experts involved, the availability of the experts to 14 complete the Rule 26 Expert Reports by the current deadline date and the number 15 of Rule 26 Expert Reports to be completed by the various experts in this matter, the 16 parties agree that they need a brief extension of time to disclose experts. 17 The parties, by and through their respective counsel, have agreed to modify 18 the scheduling order dates to take place as follows: 19 Matter Current Date Requested New Date 20 Initial Rule 26 Expert November 18, 2021 December 3, 2021 Disclosure and Exchange 21 of Initial Expert Reports 22 Rule 26 Rebuttal Expert December 9, 2021 December 27, 2021 23 Disclosure and Exchange of Rebuttal Expert 24 Reports 25 26 Modification of the Court’s scheduling order requires a showing of good 27 cause, Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b), and good cause requires a showing of due diligence, 28 1 Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). To 2 establish good cause, the party seeking the modification of the scheduling order 3 must generally show that even with the exercise of due diligence, they cannot meet 4 the requirement of this order. Id. The court may also consider the prejudice to the 5 party opposing the modification. Id. If the party seeking to amend the scheduling 6 order fails to show due diligence the inquiry should end and the court should not 7 grant the motion to modify. Zivkovic v. Southern California Edison Co., 302 F.3d 8 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002) 9 Here, the parties have diligently conducted discovery and worked on 10 disclosure of experts but based on the information received, the nature of Plaintiff's 11 injuries, the voluminous medical records, the number of experts involved, the 12 availability of the experts to complete the Rule 26 Expert Reports by the current 13 deadline date and the number of Rule 26 Expert Reports to be completed by the 14 various experts in this matter, the parties cannot disclose experts on the current date 15 of November 18, 2021 and need a brief continuance of the currently set dates. (The 16 Rebuttal Expert Disclosure date would be moved also in tandem with the new 17 Initial Expert Disclosure date as set forth in the Stipulation and [Proposed] Order). 18 The parties agree that the above modification of the scheduling order is 19 necessary. 20 Dated: November 8, 2021 21 GUIZAR, HENDERSON & CARRAZCO, LLP 22 By: /s/ Kent M. Henderson 23 Humberto Guizar 24 Kent M. Henderson Angel Carrazco, Jr. 25 Attorneys for Plaintiff Francisco Hurtado 26 27 28 1 Dated: November 8, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 2 ROB BONTA Attorney General of California 3 PETER A. MESHOT Supervising Deputy Attorney General 4 5 /s/ LeeAnn E. Whitmore 6 LEEANN E. WHITMORE Deputy Attorney General 7 Attorneys for Defendants State of California by and through California Highway Patrol and 8 Edgardo Yepez 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ] TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD 2 HEREIN: 3 4 The Court, having reviewed the Stipulation of the parties regarding 5 scheduling, and good cause appearing therefore, hereby modifies the scheduling ‘ order as follows: 7 Current Date 9 Initial Rule 26 Expert November 18, 2021 December 3, 2021 Disclosure and Exchange 10 of Initial Expert Reports 11 Rule 26 Rebuttal Expert | December 9, 2021 December 27, 2021 12 Disclosure and Exchange of Rebuttal Expert 13 Reports 14 15 '© | IT IS SO ORDERED: 17 J) /) 18 “ \/ ) hha 19 | DATED: November 9, 2021 ao ZAMAN Troy L. Nunley } 20 United States District Judge 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28