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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1051 Trademark Infringement

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JOINT STIPULATION/[PROPOSED] ORDER

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MICHAEL TURRILL (SBN 185263)

ARENT FOX LLP

555 West Fifth Street, 48th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90013-1065

Telephone: 213.629.7400

Facsimile: 213.629.7401

Email: Michael.Turrill@arentfox.com

RANDALL BRATER (SBN 211140)

(admitted to practice in California)

ARENT FOX LLP

1717 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-5344

Telephone: 202.857.6000

Facsimile: 202.857.6395

Email: Randall.Brater@arentfox.com

[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant

THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER OF 

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER 

OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, a District 

of Columbia nonprofit corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA STATE GRANGE, a California 

corporation,

Defendant.

No. 2:14-cv-00676-WBS-DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) ORDER TO PERMIT 

DEPOSITIONS OF DEFENDANT AND 

ITS PRINCIPAL, ROBERT 

MCFARLAND

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIM.

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Plaintiff and Defendant hereby stipulate to modify the Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 

Order to permit Plaintiff to take two depositions, one of Defendant California State Grange, and 

the other of its president, Robert McFarland, between May 13-15, 2015. The grounds and 

authorities in support of this motion are as follows: 

1. On July 3, 2014, the Court issued its Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, Doc. 20, 

which provides that discovery shall be completed by April 24, 2015. 

2. On September 23, 2014, Plaintiff noticed the depositions of Defendant and its 

principal, Robert McFarland, to take place on January 8-9, 2015 (after Defendant 

had the opportunity to respond to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production of 

Documents, Interrogatories, and Requests for Admission). 

3. By agreement between Plaintiff’s undersigned counsel and Defendant’s thencounsel, Maralee Eriksen of Boutin Jones, the two depositions were reset for 

February 23-24, 2015. 

4. Subsequently, however, Defendant substituted its counsel, necessitating a 

postponement of the depositions. In January 2015, Defendant initially substituted 

Michael Chase of Boutin Jones for Maralee Eriksen of that same firm. Doc. 31. 

5. Then Defendant substituted counsel once again, replacing the firm of Boutin Jones 

with its current counsel, Anthony Ellrod of Manning & Kass Ellrod, Ramirez, 

Trester, LLP. The substitution notice was filed on March 10, 2015, after 

Defendant's principal, Robert McFarland, signed the substitution of counsel. Doc. 

35. 

6. As soon as the second substitution of defense counsel was effected, counsel for 

Plaintiff consistently persisted with their efforts to schedule the depositions within 

the current discovery deadline, but the deponent and defense counsel were not 

available until after the close of discovery. Despite both parties' best efforts and 

due to multiple scheduling conflicts, the closest available dates Defendant and 

both parties' counsel are available for depositions are May 14-15, 2015. 

Moreover, defense counsel anticipates filing a Motion to Consolidate and Extend 

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Deadlines due to its recent association as counsel and the related matter of 

California State Grange v. The Grange of the State of California's Order of Patrons 

of Husbandry, Chartered (2:15-cv-00317-WBS-DAD) also pending before this 

Court. Plaintiff’s counsel does not intend to consent to or acquiesce in that 

contemplated defense motion, or to any extension of the discovery deadline 

beyond the scheduling of the two depositions. 

7. The dates of May 14-15, 2015 for the two depositions are acceptable and agreeable 

to both parties and their respective counsel, subject to the Court’s approval. 

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant, by counsel, hereby stipulate and respectfully 

request that the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order be modified only so far as to permit Plaintiff to 

take the depositions of Defendant California State Grange and Robert McFarland, between 

May 14-15, 2015. 

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Dated: April 17, 2015 MANNING & KASS ELLROD, RAMIREZ, 

TRESTER, LLP

By:/s/ Anthony Ellrod

ANTHONY ELLROD

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant

CALIFORNIA STATE GRANGE

Dated: April 17, 2015 ARENT FOX LLP

By:/s/ Michael L. Turrill

MICHAEL TURRILL

RANDALL BRATER

JAMES L. BIKOFF

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

DAVID K. HEASLEY

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL LLP

1055 Thomas Jefferson Street NW

Washington, DC 20007

T: 202.263.4300; F: 202.263.4329

Email: jbikoff@sgrlaw.com

dheasley@sgrlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant

THE NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE ORDER 

OF PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 20, 2015

Ddad1\orders.civil

grange0676.stip.eot.ord.doc

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