(PC) Reid v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 GORDON C. REID, 1:14-cv-01163-BAK (GSA) - PC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER 13 v. (ECF No. 127.)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 15 et al., Defendants.

21 Plaintiff Gordon C. Reid is proceeding with counsel in this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).

23 On March 3, 2022, a Stipulation and proposed order to amend the scheduling order was filed with the court containing the signatures of counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants.

25 (ECF No. 127.)

26 STIPULATION 27 Plaintiff Gordon C. Reid, Defendants United States of America and Jason Ontiveroz, and Defendant Ray Garcia, through their respective counsel, represent and stipulate to the following: 1 On July 22, 2021, the Court issued a scheduling order. Dkt. 105. The parties thereafter served Initial Disclosures, responded to written discovery, and produced documents. In December 2021, the parties sought an extension of the schedule for approximately 45 days to accommodate scheduling conflicts associated with Plaintiff’s counsel’s trial schedule. Dkt. 112.

5 The Court granted that extension. Dkt. 113. The parties thereafter continued to pursue discovery, including by producing documents, responding to written discovery, and taking depositions. The parties had scheduled several more depositions within the remaining fact discovery period, including the deposition of the Plaintiff.

9 On February 28, 2022, Defendant Garcia filed a proposed Consent Order Granting Substitution of Attorney seeking to substitute Kevin G. Little as his trial counsel in this matter.

11 Dkt. 124. Defendant Garcia’s new counsel then requested that the schedule be extended to allow his new counsel to meaningfully participate in discovery, including by postponing the depositions currently on calendar. In order to honor this request, the parties hereby agree to adjust the schedule as reflected in the chart below and respectfully request that the Court amend the scheduling order to do so.

17 Event Current Date New Date Non-Expert Discovery Cut Off 3/14/2022 6/13/2022 Expert Disclosures 3/28/2022 6/27/2022 Rebuttal Expert Disclosures 4/25/2022 7/25/2022 Expert Discovery Cut Off 5/27/2022 9/5/2022 Non-Dispositive Motions Filed By 6/13/2022 9/20/2022 Settlement Conference 6/16/2022 6/16/2022 Non-Dispositive Motions Hearing 7/11/2022 10/25/2022 Dispositive Motions Filed By 7/29/2022 11/15/2022 Dispositive Motions Hearing 9/9/2022 12/20/2022 Pre-Trial Conference 11/4/2022 2/14/2023 Trial 1/9/2023 4/11/2023 1 After consideration of the proposed order, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ Stipulation to amend the scheduling order, filed on March 3, 2022, is approved, giving full effect to the Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

6 Dated: March 8, 2022 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE