Sutton v. City and County of San Francisco et al

Filing 83

ORDER by Judge ARMSTRONG granting 81 Motion FOR CLARIFICATION OF ORDER (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/20/2012)

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 OAKLAND DIVISION 5 6 SPENCER SUTTON, Case No: C 10-4563 SBA 7 Plaintiff, ORDER 8 vs. Docket 81. 9 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 10 FRANCISCO, POLICE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER M. MORRIS, in his 11 individual and official capacities, POLICE OFFICER CRAIG L. LEONG, in his 12 individual and official capacities, POLICE OFFICER STEVEN D. FERRAZ, in his 13 individual and official capacities, and DOES 1-25, Jointly and Severally, 14 Defendants. 15 16 The parties are presently before the Court on Defendants' administrative motion, 17 which requests clarification of this Court's June 20, 2012 Order granting the Helbraun Law 18 Firm's motion to withdraw as counsel of record for Plaintiff Spencer Sutton ("Plaintiff"). 19 Dkt. 80. Specifically, Defendants request clarification as to whether the Court intended to 20 impose a stay during the 60-day period in which Plaintiff was given to secure new counsel. 21 Further, in the event that the Court intended to stay this matter during the 60-day period, 22 Defendants request additional time to complete expert discovery and to file a motion for 23 summary judgment. 24 While the June 20, 2012 Order gives Plaintiff 60 days to obtain new counsel, it does 25 not specifically state whether this action is stayed during the 60-day period. The Court 26 clarifies that it intended to stay this matter during the 60-day period. As for Defendants' 27 request for additional time to complete expert discovery and to file a motion for summary 28 judgment, the Court finds that good cause exists to modify the pretrial scheduling order. 1 The deadline to complete expert discovery is extended from August 31, 2012 to September 2 14, 2012. The motion cut-off deadline is extended from October 23, 2012 to November 6, 3 2012. All other deadlines in the pretrial scheduling order shall remain the same. This 4 Order terminates Docket 81. 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 Dated: 8/17/12 _______________________________ SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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