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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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STIPULATION & ORDER TO MODIFY THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER TO CONTINUE THE 

DEADLINE TO JOIN PARTIES AND AMEND THE PLEADINGS

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Michael B. Brown (SB #179222)

STOEL RIVES LLP

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 447-0700

Facsimile: (916) 447-4781

Email: mbbrown@stoel.com

Thomas P. Berra, Jr. (pro hac vice)

Edward T. Pivin (pro hac vice)

LEWIS RICE & FINGERSH, L.C.

600 Washington Ave., Suite 2500

St. Louis, MO 63101

Telephone: (314) 444-1352

Facsimile: (314) 612-1352

Email: tberra@lewisrice.com

epivin@lewisrice.com

Attorneys for Defendant

GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE MOUNTAIN CLUB OWNER’S 

ASSOCIATION,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., 

 Defendant.

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Case No. 2:13-CV-01835-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION & ORDER TO MODIFY 

THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

TO CONTINUE THE DEADLINE TO 

JOIN PARTIES AND AMEND THE 

PLEADINGS

COMES NOW, Plaintiff, The Mountain Club Owners Association (“Plaintiff”), and 

Defendant, Graybar Electric Company, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Graybar”), by and through their 

respective undersigned counsel, and pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b)(4) stipulate to modify the 

Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order of June 2, 2014 (Doc. # 44), to continue the deadline 

for joining parties and amending the pleadings. Good cause exists for the requested modification.

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WHEREAS, this is a products liability case in which Plaintiff claims that an electric cable 

distributed or supplied by Graybar contained a manufacturing defect that caused a fire on 

Plaintiff’s property (see Second Amend. Compl. Doc. # 40, at ¶¶ 8-11); 

WHEREAS, this Court, after reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, entered a Status 

(Pretrial Scheduling) Order (the “Order”) on June 2, 2014, establishing various pleading and 

discovery deadlines and setting the case for a jury trial on September 9, 2015 (Doc. # 44);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order, the parties have until December 5, 2014, to join 

additional parties or amend the pleadings:

Defendant indicates that it may seek to implead one or more third-party 

defendants for contribution and/or indemnity, and shall do so by no later than 

December 5, 2014. After that date, no further joinder of parties or amendments to 

pleadings will be permitted except with leave of court, good cause having been 

shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b).

(Doc. #: 44 at § II.)

WHEREAS, a scheduling order entered pursuant to RULE 16(b) “may be modified only for 

good cause and with the judge’s consent.” FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b)(4). 

WHEREAS, good cause exits in that it is anticipated the parties will seek to join or 

implead the manufacturer of the electric cable at issue should the manufacturer be identified; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists in that the parties have conducted written discovery, 

physical inspections of Plaintiff’s property and the electrical cable, and Defendant has conducted 

extensive third-party discovery but, to date, the manufacturer has not yet been identified; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists in that it is anticipated that additional discovery and 

investigation may lead to the identification of the cable manufacturer; 

WHEREAS, it is agreed that, to allow the parties to continue their respective investigations 

and conduct additional discovery to identify the manufacturer of the electric cable, the deadline for 

joining parties and amending the pleadings be continued to February 27, 2015; 

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WHEREAS, neither party would be prejudiced by the requested extension set forth herein, 

and counsel for the parties believe that the interests of justice and efficiency would be served by 

an Order granting the requested extension; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Order, “[a]ny requests to modify the dates or terms of 

[the] Scheduling Order, except requests to change the date of the trial, may be heard and decided 

by the assigned Magistrate Judge.” (Doc. # 44 at § IX); 

WHEREAS, the instant stipulation does not include a request to continue the trial date, 

currently scheduled for September 9, 2015.

THEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the party joinder and pleading 

amendment deadline set forth in the Court’s Order (Doc. # 44 at § II) be continued to February 27, 

2015.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the undersigned that the parties have until no later than 

February 27, 2015, to seek leave to join additional parties or amend the pleadings. After that date, 

no further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings will be permitted except with leave of the 

court, good cause having been shown under FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 16(b). 

Dated: November 21, 2014 STOEL RIVES LLP

By:/s/ Michael B. Brown

Michael B. Brown

Attorney for Defendant

GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY

Dated: November 21, 2014 FORAN GLENNON PALANDECH PONZI & 

RUDLOFF PC

By:/s/ Diana R. Lotfi (as authorized via email on 11/21/14)

Diana R. Lotfi

Attorney for Plaintiff

THE MOUNTAIN CLUB OWNER’S ASSOCIATION

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED THAT, good cause having been shown, the stipulated party joinder 

and pleading amendment deadline proposed by the parties is approved and adopted by this Court. 

The parties shall have until no later than February 27, 2015, to seek leave to join additional parties 

or amend the pleadings. After that date, no further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings 

will be permitted except with leave of the court, good cause having been shown under FEDERAL 

RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 16(b).

Dated: November 24, 2014

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