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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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ROBERT TED PARKER (CSB # 43024) 

DEIRDRE M. DIGRANDE (CSB #199766) 

RACHEL R. DAVIDSON (CSB # 215517) 

KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP

55 Second Street, Suite 1700 

San Francisco, California 94105-3493 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 882-8220 

ted.parker@klgates.com

deirdre.digrande@klgates.com

rachel.davidson@klgates.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

STAFFWORKS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STAFFWORKS, INC., a California 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COASTAL PACIFIC FOOD 

DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a California 

corporation; WALTER STILPHEN, an 

individual; FRANK GONZALES, SR.; an 

individual; and DOES 1-20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-02504-MCE-GGH 

ORDER RE EXTENDING FACT 

DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS 

 

Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant STAFFWORKS, INC. (“Staffworks”) has requested ex 

parte an order extending the fact discovery deadline, currently February 26, 2007, by three days to 

March 1, 2007 in order to resolve the parties’ dispute over the timeliness of Staffworks’ electronic 

service of discovery on January 27, 2007 and obligate Defendants to respond to said discovery. 

Staffworks alternatively requests that the Court extend fact discovery so that the dispute regarding 

whether the parties had a binding agreement to accept electronically-transmitted documents as if 

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personally served pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 5(b)(2)(A) may be resolved by 

means of a motion to compel before Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on March 8, 2007. 

The Pre-Trial (Status) Scheduling Order issued March 16, 2006 has been modified once to 

extend fact discovery on the motion of defendant FRANK GONZALES, SR. (“Gonzales”). Per 

order issued January 23, 2007, fact discovery was continued from January 25 to February 26, 2007 

to allow the parties additional time to depose witnesses. Staffworks did not join in Gonzales’ 

motion, but did not oppose it. 

Prior to the final pretrial conference, which is set in this matter for September 24, 2007, the 

Court may modify its status order upon a showing of “good cause,” specifically that the pre-trial 

schedule “cannot reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the modification.” See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Johnson v. Mammoth Rec. Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992). 

Good cause supports Staffworks’ request as it has demonstrated that despite diligence, it 

cannot obtain responses to its discovery served on Defendants on January 27, 2007 by means other 

than extending the fact discovery deadline three (3) days. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Staffworks’ request is GRANTED. Fact discovery in this matter 

shall be extended from February 26, 2007 to March 1, 2007. 

Dated: February 27, 2007 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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