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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATE WORTH,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Iowa 

corporation qualified to do 

business in California AKA 

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE 

AKA ALLIED INSURANCE,

Defendant.

No. 2:14-cv-02068-GEB-AC

ORDER RE VDRP REQUEST AND 

AMENDING THE STATUS (PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING) ORDER

On March 11, 2015, the parties filed a Stipulation to 

Elect Referral of Action to Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program 

(“VDRP”) and a Proposed Order, in which they agree as follows:

A. The Parties shall conduct a private 

mediation of the case with the jointly 

selected mediator, in accordance with L.R. 

271(a)(3);

B. The mediation shall be conducted and 

completed by May 31, 2015;

C. The provision and requirements of L.R. 

271(j), (k) and (l) for VDRP sessions, shall 

be applicable to their mediation conference; 

and 

D. The Parties shall file a completion report 

or dismissal as required by L.R. 271(o), on 

or within 14 days of the VDRP session. 

(Proposed Order, ECF No. 11-1.) The parties also seek in the 

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proposed order to stay all discovery, “with the exception of the

continuing duty of the parties to supplement their disclosures 

under Rule 26(a)” until a later date to be chosen by the Court. 

(Id. at 2:3-4.)

The parties’ stipulation is in essence a de facto 

request to modify the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order that is 

not supported by a showing of good cause. However, in light of 

the parties’ joint request for more time to seek to mediate this 

case, the November 21, 2014 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order is 

amended as follows: 

All discovery shall be completed by October 14, 2015; 

each party shall comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(a)(2)(B) and (C)’s initial expert witness disclosure 

requirements on or before June 16, 2015, and any contradictory 

and/or rebuttal expert disclosure authorized under Rule 

26(a)(2)(D)(ii) on or before July 14, 2015; the last hearing date 

for motions shall be December 14, 2015, commencing at 9:00 a.m.; 

and the final pretrial conference is set for February 8, 2016, at 

11:00 a.m. in courtroom 10.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 13, 2015

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