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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES; AND ORDER

DOWLING AARON INCORPORATED

Steven D. McGee (State Bar No. 71886)

smcgee@dowlingaaron.com

Matthew R. Dildine (SBN 258685)

mdildine@dowlingaaron.com

8080 North Palm Avenue, Third Floor

Fresno, CA 93729-8902

Telephone: 559-432-4500

Facsimile: 559-432-4590

William T. Eliopoulos (State Bar No. 100633)

weliopoulos@rutan.com

Kaveh Badiei (State Bar No. 215179)

kbadiei@rutan.com

RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP

Five Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94306-9814

Telephone: 650-320-1500

Facsimile: 650-320-9905

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter and CrossClaimant

CVIN, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MP NEXLEVEL of California, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CVIN, LLC dba VAST NETWORKS, ET 

AL,

Defendants.

AND RELATED COUNTER, CROSS-, 

AND THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00288-LJO-GSA

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES PER ORDER 

ON MOTION TO BIFURCATE; AND 

ORDER

Licensure Trial: January 4, 2017

Trial: July 25, 2017

Date Action Filed: February 28, 2014

WHEREAS on October 5, 2016, the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California, Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill, presiding (the “Court”) granted CVIN, 

LLC’s (“CVIN”) request to bifurcate and hold a brief trial on the status of MP Nexlevel of 

California, Inc.’s (“MP”) contractor’s license (the “Licensure Trial”). Doc. 408, 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES; AND ORDER

Memorandum Decision and Order re Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment and Defendant’s 

Motion to Bifurcate (the “Order”);

WHEREAS, on October 14, 2016, in compliance with the Order, the parties 

submitted the Joint Status Report Re: Available Dates for Bifurcated Trial Re: Sufficiency 

of MP’s Class A License (Doc. 410), setting forth alternative dates for the Licensure Trial;

WHEREAS, on October 20, 2016, the Court ordered the Licensure Trial to take 

place from January 4 through 11, 2017;

WHEREAS, Pursuant to the Court’s October 5 Order, the undersigned parties have 

further met and conferred with regard to the scope and timing of discovery in this matter, 

and the impact that said discovery may have on existing case deadlines in light of the 

January 4, 2017 Licensure Trial. The undersigned parties have agreed to conduct 

bifurcated discovery to allow the parties to take discovery related to MP’s licensure in 

advance of the Licensure Trial, and, to the extent necessary, complete non-licensure 

related discovery after the Licensure Trial. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED 

by and between the parties, by and through their counsel of record, that good cause exists 

for the extension of the discovery deadlines noted below: 

Existing Deadlines (Doc. 372)

Expert Discovery Cutoff

January 20, 2017

Nonexpert Discovery Cutoff

January 20, 2017

Nondispositive Motion Filing Deadline

January 20, 2017

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline

February 17, 2017

2

nd Day Mediation

New (Proposed) Deadlines

March 17, 2017

March 17, 2017

March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES; AND ORDER

September 2016

Pretrial Conference

May 25, 2017

Jury & Bench Trials

July 25, 2017

November 2016

No Change

No Change

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: October 31, 2016 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP

By: /s/ William T. Eliopoulos

William T. Eliopoulos

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Counterclaimant and Cross-Complainant

CVIN, LLC

Dated: Signature auth. October 31, 2016 DEWITT MACKALL CROUNSE &

MOORE S.C.

By: /s/ Holly J. Newman

Holly J. Newman

James D. Kremer,

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MP NEXLEVEL OF CALIFORNIA, 

INC.

and Third-Party Defendant

WESTERN SURETY COMPANY

Dated: Signature auth. October 31, 2016 ______TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

By: /s/ Dean A. Morehouse

Dean A. Morehous

Craig Crockett

Attorneys for Defendants: 

CALAVERAS COMMUNICATIONS 

COMPANY, CAL-ORE TELEPHONE 

CO., CONSOLIDATED 

COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, 

INC., DUCOR TELEPHONE 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES; AND ORDER

COMPANY, MOHAVE INVESTMENT, 

LLC, SEBASTIAN ENTERPRISES, 

INC., SIERRA TEL BROADBAND, 

SIERRA TEL COMMUNICATIONS 

GROUP, STAGELINE 

COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 

SUREWEST FIBER VENTURES, LLC, 

THE PONDEROSA TELEPHONE 

COMPANY, VARCOMM, INC., 

VARNET, INC., VOLCANO 

COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, and 

VOLCANO TELECOM, INC.

Dated: Signature auth. October 31, 2016 ROGERS JOSEPH O'DONNELL

By: /s/ Joseph C. McCowan, Jr.

Joseph C. McCowan, Jr.

Tyson Arbuthnot

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant and 

Cross-Claimant

JK COMMUNICATIONS & 

CONSTRUCTION, INC. dba KLEVEN 

CONSTRUCTION

Dated: Signature auth. October 31, 2016 ____THE ALBERTS FIRM, APC

By: /s/ David A. Brewster

David A. Brewster

Attorneys for Defendant

GEORGE VALENTINEZ

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINES; AND ORDER

Order

Pursuant to the above Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, it is hereby 

ordered that the Scheduling Conference Order be modified as follows:

Current Dates/Deadlines New Dates/Deadlines

Non-Expert Discovery Cutoff January 20, 2017 February 24, 2017

Non-Dispositive Motion Cutoff January 20, 2017 February 24, 2017

Mediation September 2016 November 2016

Expert Discovery Cutoff January 20, 2017 March 17, 2017

Dispositive Motion Deadline February 17, 2017 April 7, 2017*

Pretrial Conference May 25, 2017 Unchanged

Trial July 25, 2017 Unchanged

Dispositive motions must be heard sufficiently in advance of the parties’ pretrial 

conference to ensure that the pretrial conference is productive. Any dispositive motion must thus 

be noticed for a hearing date no later than April 7, 2017, rather than merely filed by that date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 1, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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