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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 TO EXTEND CERTAIN DEPOSITION AND EXPERT REBUTTAL REPORT DEADLINES

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 (SBN 320196)

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

Harmett 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 ORDER TO 

EXTEND THE DEADLINES TO 

CONDUCT CERTAIN FACT 

DEPOSITIONS TO MAY 22, 2020

AND TO DISCLOSE EXPERT 

REBUTTAL REPORTS TO MAY 29, 

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 May 1, 2020, and discovery is otherwise 

closed;

WHEREAS, the present deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is May 11, 2020, and

the parties may need to depose opposing parties’ experts, whom were disclosed on March 9, 

2020, in advance of the deadline to serve expert rebuttal reports;

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 22, 2020, and (2) to extend the deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports to May 29, 

2020, to allow additional time to depose opening experts, whether in person or by other means 

such as video conference. As established in the parties’ March 13, 2020 stipulation (ECF No. 

417), 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 several occasions over the next four to five weeks—subjecting them 

to substantial risk of contracting and/or spreading COVID-19—if the aforementioned deadlines 

are not extended. Recently, the President extended federal social distancing guidelines through 

April 30, 2020—just 11 days prior to the current deadline to serve expert rebuttal reports. See

Paul LeBlanc, Jason Hoffman and Kevin Liptak, Trump extends federal social distancing 

guidelines to April 30, CNN.com, available at https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/politics/trumpcoronavirus-press-conference/index.html; and

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WHEREAS, the parties agree that the requested extensions best serve the interests of the 

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

opening experts.

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 22, 2020;

The deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is extended up to and including May 29, 

2020; and

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

unchanged. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 9, 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: April 9, 2020 CONKLE, KREMER, ENGEL,

PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

/s/ Zachary Page 

Zachary Page (SBN 293885)

(as authorized on April 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

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Attorneys for Defendant American International 

Industries

Dated: April 9, 2020 PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE

& HECHT LLP

/s/ Dan Terzian 

Dan Terzian (SBN 283835)

 (as authorized on April 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.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 17, 2020

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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