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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROGELIO SANCHEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; HOME 

DEPOT U.S.A., INC.; and DOES 1 to 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00365-DAD-BAM

ORDER REGARDING FOURTH 

STIPULATION TO AMEND 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

(Doc. 36)

On January 3, 2022, the parties filed a fourth stipulation to amend the Scheduling 

Conference Order. (Doc. 36.) The parties request an extension of the discovery and pre-trial 

deadlines in this action because Defendants Spectrum Brands, Inc. and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. 

(“Defendants”) responded to Plaintiff Rogelio Sanchez’s (“Plaintiff”) discovery and documents 

requests on November 24, 2021, and Plaintiff needs additional time to complete “the PMQ 

depositions for defendants.” (Id. at ¶ 6.) Plaintiff anticipates that those depositions should be 

completed within the next 60-90 days. (Id.) As indicated in the parties’ prior stipulation, 

Defendants report that the discovery delays were caused by “various complications associated 

with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as health and family issues, professional deadlines, and 

other scheduling issues experienced by defense counsel—which have been resolved.” (Id. at ¶ 7.) 

Defendants’ counsel “is confident that all outstanding fact discovery will be completed by April 

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4, 2022.” (Id.) The parties therefore stipulate and request that the Court continue the pretrial 

dates and deadlines in this matter, including the non-expert discovery deadline, which expires on 

January 4, 2022. 

In light of the delays, and because the parties have been unable to complete non-expert 

discovery, the Court finds cause to grant the requested modification. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4) (“A 

schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.”). Accordingly, the 

Scheduling Conference Order is MODIFIED1 as follows:

Non-expert Discovery Cutoff: April 4, 2022

Expert Disclosure: May 9, 2022

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: June 21, 2022

Expert Discovery Cutoff: August 8, 2022

Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline: August 22, 2022

The parties’ proposal to continue the Pretrial Conference to November 29, 2022, is not 

compatible with the Court’s calendar. Accordingly, the Scheduling Conference Order is 

FURTHER MODIFIED as follows:

Pretrial Conference: November 28, 2022

1:30 p.m.

Courtroom 5 (DAD)

The parties are cautioned that further modifications of the Scheduling Conference Order 

will not be granted absent a demonstrated showing of good cause. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 4, 2022 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 As appropriate, proposed dates falling on a weekend have been modified to the next 

available business day. 

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