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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BYRON FERM, ) 

) 2:06-cv-0054-GEB-EFB

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) ORDER

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BRK BRANDS INC., et al., )

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Defendants. )

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On December 29, 2006, the parties filed a “Stipulation to

Extend Rebuttal Expert Disclosures” in which they “jointly . . .

request that the time for rebuttal expert disclosures . . . be

extended from December 29, 2006 to on or before February 9,2007 to

allow such disclosures to be deferred pending settlement

discussions . . . .” (Stipulation at 1.) 

Since the parties stipulate to having the referenced

portion of the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order (“Status Order”)

modified, and the modification can be made in a manner that will

not adversely affect the Court's docket, the good cause issue will

not be reached. Although the Stipulation only requested

modification of the rebuttal expert disclosure deadlines, granting

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* Accommodating the parties’ requested modifications to the

Status Order necessarily reduces the amount of time between the trial

commencement date of September 25, 2007, and the final pretrial

conference. Because of this reduction, it is unlikely that a settlement

conference supervised by a federal judge will be scheduled in this

action.

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the parties’ requested changes will affect subsequent prescribed

dates in the Status Order. Thus, to accommodate the parties’

request, certain subsequently prescribed dates will also be

modified.

Therefore, the Status Order is modified as follows:

(1) Each party shall comply with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(2)’s rebuttal expert witness disclosure and report

requirements on or before February 9, 2007;

(2) discovery shall be completed by April 25, 2007; 

(3) the last hearing date for motions shall be June 25,

2007, at 9:00 a.m.; and

(4) the final pretrial conference is set for August 20,

2007, at 11:00 a.m.*

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 4, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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