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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Chad S. Tapp, SBN 214898

Christopher M. Egan, SBN 232301

Kevin M. Kreutz, SBN 264654

Kevin M. Ortiz, SBN 296615

350 University Ave., Suite 200

Sacramento, California 95825

TEL: 916.929.1481 

FAX: 916.927.3706 

Attorneys for Defendant

LIGHTMAKER USA, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COPART, INC.,

 Plaintiff,

v.

LIGHTMAKER USA, INC.,

Defendant.

________________________________/ 

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIM.

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Case No.: 2:12-CV-02943-TLN-CKDx 

Assigned for All Purposes to:

The Hon. Troy L. Nunley

Assigned for Discovery Purposes to:

The Hon. Carolyn K. Delaney

STIPULATION AND ORDER THEREON TO 

AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 

Complaint Filed: December 4, 2012

Discovery Cutoff: October 29, 2015

Pretrial Conf.: June 16, 2016

Trial: August 15, 2016 

Plaintiff/Counter-defendant COPART, INC. (“Copart”) and Defendant/Counter-claimant 

LIGHTMAKER USA, INC. (“Lightmaker”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, 

and pursuant to USDC EDCA Local Rules 143 and 144(d) and FRCP 16(b), hereby stipulate and 

agree as follows:

WHEREAS, on or about June 12, 2014, this Court, pursuant to the Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure (“FRCP”) 16(b) and the FRCP 26(f) Conference Statement of the parties, issued a 

Scheduling Order setting the case for trial and establishing an initial February 8, 2016 trial date;

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WHEREAS, this is a complex case involving multiple claims and counter-claims, dozens 

of potential fact witnesses and experts, and which will require each side to spend significant time 

analyzing a voluminous amount of information before trial, including computer source code and 

other electronic materials;

WHEREAS, due to the complexity of the case and extensive discovery and voluminous 

document production involved, on December 31, 2014 the Court issued an Amended Pretrial 

Scheduling Order which extended various pretrial deadlines and reset the trial date to April 25, 

2016;

WHEREAS, the parties participated in a formal mediation at Judicate West in San 

Francisco on May 4, 2015, which was conducted by The Honorable John (Leo) Wagner (Ret.). 

Although the case was not settled during the May 4, 2015 mediation, the parties agreed that certain 

percipient depositions might further their settlement dialogue; 

WHEREAS, four key fact depositions were taken in Dallas, Texas and San Francisco, 

California, and Copart’s 30(b)(6) witnesses are expected to testify in October 2015;

WHEREAS, Copart has issued a formal settlement demand which will be accepted, 

rejected, or expire once Copart’s 30(b)(6) deposition has been taken;

WHEREAS, the Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order includes an October 29, 2015 

discovery cut-off and a December 10, 2015 deadline for initial expert disclosures;

WHEREAS, the parties have acted with diligence in trying to adhere to the current pretrial 

deadlines but are making this request to the Court for modification of the current scheduling order 

to allow the parties’ settlement dialogue to run its course before undertaking further depositions 

and expert discovery; and 

WHEREAS, there have been two previous requests that the Court amend the scheduling 

order to extend the fact discovery deadline, expert disclosure deadline, and dispositive motion 

deadline; the parties made one prior request that the Court continue the trial date.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, through their respective counsel, jointly propose and 

stipulate to the following:

The deadlines in the Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order previously set forth by the Court 

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shall be revised as follows, or set on such other dates as the Court determines:

Event Current Date Proposed New Date

Fact Discovery Cut-Off Date October 29, 2015 January 21, 2016

Expert Disclosures and Reports December 10, 2015 March 10, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures December 30, 2015 March 30, 2016

Dispositive Motion Hearing Cut-Off March 10, 2016 May 19, 2016

Joint Final Pre-Trial Conference 

Statement June 9, 2016 August 18, 2016

Final Pre-Trial Conference June 16, 2016 August 25, 2016

Jury Trial August 15, 2016 October 24, 2016

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED and AGREED between the parties that all other 

provisions of the Amended Pre-Trial Scheduling Order of December 31, 2014 shall remain in 

effect. This Stipulation may be signed in counterparts and any facsimile or electronic signature 

shall be valid as an original signature.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: September 25, 2015 LERMAN POINTER & SPITZ LLP

By:/s/ Curtis P. Holdsworth (as authorized on 9-24-15)

CURTIS P. HOLDSWORTH, ESQ.

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant 

COPART, INC.

DATED: September 25, 2015 PORTER SCOTT

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ Kevin M. Kreutz (as authorized on 9-24-15)

KEVIN M. KREUTZ, ESQ.

Attorneys for Defendant/Counter-Claimant

LIGHTMAKER USA, INC.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER THEREON TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER

ORDER

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, and pursuant to the Stipulation of the parties, the 

deadlines in the Scheduling Order previously set forth by the Court are revised as follows:

Event Date Per Current 

Scheduling Order

Extended Date Per Amended 

Scheduling Order

Fact Discovery Cut-Off Date October 29, 2015 January 21, 2016

Expert Disclosures and 

Reports:

December 10, 2015 March 10, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures December 30, 2015 March 30, 2016

Dispositive Motion Hearing 

Cut-Off

March 10, 2016 May 19, 2016

Joint Final Pre-Trial 

Conference Statement June 9, 2016 August 18, 2016

Final Pre-Trial Conference June 16, 2016 August 25, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

Jury Trial August 15, 2016 October 24, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 25, 2015 

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