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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; 

No. 2:14-cv-02234-KJM-DMC 

BRYAN A. MERRYMAN (SBN 134357) 

bmerryman@whitecase.com 

CATHERINE S. SIMONSEN (SBN 307325) 

catherine.simonsen@whitecase.com 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433 

Telephone: (213) 620-7700 

Facsimile: (213) 452-2329 

BIJAL V. VAKIL (SBN 192878) 

bvakil@whitecase.com 

JEREMY OSTRANDER (SBN 233489) 

jostrander@whitecase.com 

HALLIE KIERNAN (SBN 313541) 

hallie.kiernan@whitecase.com 

KRISTEN PREVITO 

kristen.previto@whitecase.com 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

3000 El Camino Real 

Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 900 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 213-0300 

Facsimile: (650) 213-8158 

STEFAN M. MENTZER (admitted pro hac vice)

smentzer@whitecase.com 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

1221 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 49 

New York, NY 10020 

Telephone: (212) 819-8200 

Facsimile: (212) 354-8113 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Walmart Inc. 

Dan Terzian (SBN 283835) 

PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & 

HECHT LLP 

355 S. Grand Avenue, 44th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 262-9333 

Facsimile: (213) 279-2008 

Email: bdunne@piercebainbridge.com 

Harmeett K. Dhillon (SBN 207873) 

DHILLON LAW GROUP 

177 Post Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 433-1700 

Facsimile: (415) 520-6593 

Email: harmeet@dhillonlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sharidan L. Stiles and 

Stiles 4 U, Inc. 

Zachary Page (SBN 293885) 

CONKLE, KREMER & ENGEL 

Professional Law Corporation 

3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500 

Santa Monica, CA 90403 

Telephone: (310) 998-9100, ext. 105 

Facsimile: (310) 998-9109 

Email: mkremer@conklelaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant American 

International Industries 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHARIDAN STILES, an individual, STILES 4 

U, INC., a California corporation, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

WALMART INC., and AMERICAN 

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-KJM-DMC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND THE 

DEADLINES TO CONDUCT 

CERTAIN FACT DEPOSITIONS TO 

MAY 1, 2020 AND TO DISCLOSE 

EXPERT REBUTTAL REPORTS TO 

MAY 9, 2020

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Plaintiffs Sharidan Stiles and Stiles 4 U, Inc. (“plaintiffs”) and defendants Walmart Inc. 

(“Walmart”) and American International Industries (“AII”) (collectively, “defendants”), by and 

through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, the present deadline to complete the fact depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, 

Robin Foshee, Procter & Gamble, and Onyx Corp. is March 31, 2020, and discovery is otherwise 

closed; and 

 WHEREAS, the present deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is April 9, 2020, and 

defendants need to depose plaintiffs’ experts, whom were just disclosed on March 9, 2020, well 

in advance of the deadline to serve expert rebuttal reports; and 

WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) permits the modification of a 

pretrial scheduling order for good cause; 

WHEREAS, the parties submit that good cause exists (1) to extend the deadline to 

complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter & Gamble, and Onyx Corp. 

to May 1, 2020, and (2) to extend the deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports by one month, to 

May 9, 2020, to allow additional time to depose plaintiffs’ three experts (as well as potentially 

defendants’ disclosed expert)1

 prior to service of rebuttal reports, because the global Coronavirus 

(COVID-19) pandemic has created considerable risks associated with travel, see Bill Chappell, 

NPR, Coronavirus: COVID-19 Is Now Officially A Pandemic, WHO Says (Mar. 11, 2020); the 

leading health authorities counsel against all non-essential travel, see Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 7, 2020); and the aforementioned 

depositions would require multiple attorneys and the witnesses to travel around the country on 

seven or eight occasions over the next approximately three weeks—subjecting them to substantial 

risk of contracting and/or spreading COVID-19—if the aforementioned deadlines are not 

extended; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the requested extension best serves the interests of the 

Court and the parties in efficiently and safely conducting fact depositions and the depositions of 

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 Plaintiffs will likely elect to depose defendants’ disclosed expert after the service of rebuttal 

reports. 

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experts prior to service of expert rebuttal reports; 

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE 

UNDERSIGNED COUNSEL, HEREBY STIPULATE, AND THE COURT ORDERS 

AS FOLLOWS: 

 The deadline to complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter & 

Gamble, and Onyx Corp. is extended up to and including May 1, 2020; 

The deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is extended up to and including May 9, 

2020; and 

Fact discovery otherwise remains closed, and all other dates and deadlines remain 

unchanged. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: March 13, 2020 WHITE & CASE LLP

/s/ Bryan A. Merryman

Bryan A. Merryman (SBN 134357) 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433 

Telephone: (213) 620-7700 

Facsimile: (213) 452-2329 

Email: bmerryman@whitecase.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Walmart Inc. 

Dated: March 13, 2020 CONKLE, KREMER, ENGEL, 

PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION 

/s/ Zachary Page 

Zachary Page (SBN 293885) 

 (as authorized on March X, 2020) 

Conkle, Kremer & Engel 

Professional Law Corporation 

3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500 

Santa Monica, CA 90403 

Telephone: (310) 998-9100, ext. 105 

Facsimile: (310) 998-9109 

Email: m.kremer@conklelaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant American International 

Industries 

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Dated: March 13, 2020 PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE

 & HECHT LLP

/s/ Dan Terzian 

Dan Terzian (SBN 283835) 

 (as authorized on March X, 2020) 

PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & 

HECHT LLP 

355 S. Grand Avenue, 44th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 262-9333 

Facsimile: (213) 279-2008 

Email: bdunne@piercebainbridge.com 

DHILLON LAW GROUP 

Harmeet K. Dhillon 

DHILLON LAW GROUP 

177 Post Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 433-1700 

Facscimile: (415) 520-6593 

Email: harmeet@dhillonlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sharidan L. Stiles and 

Stiles 4 U, Inc.

ORDER 

Accordingly, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT: 

1. The deadline to complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter & 

Gamble, and Onyx Corp. is extended up to and including May 1, 2020; 

2. The deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is extended up to and including May 9, 

2020; and 

3. Fact discovery otherwise remains closed, and all other dates and deadlines remain 

unchanged. 

DATED: March 24, 2020. 

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