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

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Robert A. Weikert, State Bar No. 121146 

raweikert@thelenreid.com 

Veronica Colby Devitt, State Bar No. 79955 

vdevitt@thelenreid.com 

John A. Chatowski, State Bar No. 174471 

jachatowski@thelenreid.com 

Marlene J. Williams, State Bar No. 197107 

mjwilliams@thelenreid.com 

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94105-3601 

Telephone: (415) 371-1200 

Facsimile: (415) 371-1211 

Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaimants 

ALBERTSON’S, INC., AMERICAN STORES 

COMPANY, LLC and LUCKY STORES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) 

GROCERY OUTLET INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ALBERTSON’S, INC., AMERICAN 

STORES, COMPANY, LLC, AND LUCKY 

STORES, INC, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C06-02173 JSW 

JOINT DISCOVERY SCHEDULE AND 

ORDER THEREON 

ALBERTSON’S, INC., AMERICAN 

STORES, COMPANY, LLC, AND LUCKY 

STORES, INC, 

 Counterclaimants. 

vs. 

GROCERY OUTLET INC., 

 Counterdefendant. 

Plaintiff/Counterdefendant Grocery Outlet, Inc. (“Grocery Outlet”) and 

Defendants/Counterclaimants Albertson’s, Inc., American Stores Company, LLC, and Lucky 

Stores, Inc. (“Defendants/Counterclaimants”), by and through undersigned counsel, hereby submit 

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the following proposed discovery schedule, which may be amended by stipulation or by court 

order. 

1. Lay Witness Depositions: Following the hearing on the motion for a temporary restraining 

order, the parties initially agreed, as part of their expedited discovery plan, that each party 

may take up to three depositions of employees of the other party, with one of those 

depositions also being a Fed R. Civ. Pro. 30(b)(6) deposition. Defendants/ 

Counterclaimants subsequently proposed increasing that number to four depositions. 

Grocery Outlet has indicated that it now may want to to take up to ten depositions, with 

one of those depositions also being a Fed R. Civ. Pro. 30(b)(6) deposition, with a total 

limit of 28 hours. The parties have reached an impasse on this issue, but intend to discuss 

it further this Monday, April 17, 2006. If they are able to reach agreement, then the parties 

anticipate submitting a supplemental proposed discovery schedule addressing the 

deposition issue only by no later than Tuesday, April 18, 2006. If the parties are not able 

to resolve the impasse, they may need to seek the assistance of the Court. 

a. Depositions of Grocery Outlet’s witnesses will be conducted during the week of 

May 1, 2006, with the length of said depositions to be governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 

30(d)(2). 

b. Depositions of Defendants’ witnesses will be conducted during the week of May 

15, 2006, with the length of said depositions to be governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 

30(d)(2). 

c. By no later than 5:00 p.m. (PST) on April 17, 2006, each party shall email the other 

party (i) an amended list of specific topics for which it seeks deposition discovery, 

and (ii) a preliminary list of the other side’s lay witnesses that it intends to depose, 

subject to later withdrawal or substitution. 

2. Expert Witness Depositions: In addition to any depositions under Section 1, each party 

may take the deposition of any expert that submits a declaration in support of any motion 

for preliminary injunction or opposition to any motion for preliminary injunction. 

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a. Depositions of experts that submit declarations in support of any motion for 

preliminary injunction shall be conducted during the week of May 29, 2006, with 

the length of said depositions to be governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(d)(2). By no 

later than 12:00 noon (PST) on May 29, 2006, any party seeking to depose the 

other party’s experts shall email the other side indicating its intention. The parties 

shall thereafter meet and confer in good faith to schedule the depositions to 

accommodate the parties’ and experts’ schedules. 

b. Depositions of experts that submit declarations in support of any opposition to any 

motion for preliminary injunction shall be conducted during the week of June 12, 

2006, with the length of said depositions to be governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 

30(d)(2). By no later than 12:00 noon (PST) on June 12, 2006, any party seeking 

to depose the other party’s experts shall email the other side indicating its intention. 

The parties shall thereafter meet and confer in good faith to schedule the 

depositions to accommodate the parties’ and experts’ schedules. 

3. Document Production: 

a. Amended document requests shall be served via email by no later than 5:00 p.m. 

(PST) on April 17, 2006. The parties shall produce the documents, in San 

Francisco, by no later than 5:00 p.m. (PST) on April 26, 2006. The parties shall 

not be barred from relying in this case (other than on this preliminary injunction 

motion) upon responsive documents produced thereafter. 

b. Each party shall reserve all objections to the expedited discovery requests without 

needing to state those objections during this expedited discovery period, however, 

the party shall describe what categories it was requested to produce that it did not 

produce or produced only in part. 

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4. The above discovery shall be limited to matters germane to the motions for preliminary 

injunction. No other discovery shall be propounded prior to the preliminary injunction 

hearing on June 30, 2006. 

Dated: April 14, 2006 CRAIGIE, McCARTHY & CROW 

 By 

__________________/s/_________________

___

 Peter W. Craigie 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendant 

 Grocery Outlet, Inc.

Dated: April 14, 2006 THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

By 

__________________/s/____________________

John A. Chatowski 

 Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaimants 

 Albertson’s, Inc., et al.

GENERAL ORDER 45 CERTIFICATION 

I, John A. Chatowski, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, that the 

concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto. 

Dated: April 14, 2006 THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

By 

__________________/s/____________________

John A. Chatowski 

 Attorneys for Defendants, Albertson’s, Inc., et al.

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ORDER

 IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: April ___ 2006 By: _____________________________ 

HON. JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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