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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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GEORGE A. RILEY (S.B. #118304)

DAVID R. EBERHART (S.B. #195474)

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Embarcadero Center West

275 Battery Street 

San Francisco, California 94111-3305 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Enterprises, Inc., and 

Chronicle Books, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

STANLEY G. MILLER, 

 Plaintiff, 

v.

PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS, INC., et 

al.,

 Defendants. 

Case No. C-02-4748 JW 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO MODIFY

SCHEDULING ORDER AND 

ORDER

Plaintiff Stanley Miller (“Miller”) and Defendants Pixar Animation Studios, Disney 

Enterprises, Inc., and Chronicle Books, LLC (“Defendants”), stipulate and jointly request that the 

Court modify the Scheduling Order dated June 15, 2005 (the “June 15, 2005 Scheduling Order”).

The parties make this request pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-11, and a declaration supporting 

this motion is submitted herewith. The parties request this modification for the following

reasons:

x Since entry of the June 15, 2005 Scheduling Order, the parties have worked diligently to 

complete damages discovery. The parties also have agreed to a January 18, 2006 mediation

before the Hon. Edward A. Infante.

x The parties have made substantial progress toward completing damages discovery, including 

the partial exchange of damages-related documents, the resolution of a number of discovery 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING

ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

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disputes without motion practice and Miller’s service of his damages expert’s report.

However, issues regarding production of documents from a third party have materially

impeded the parties’ ability to complete damages discovery. Those documents are, in 

Defendants’ view, essential to the deposition of Miller’s damages expert. In light of the 

ongoing difficulties regarding these documents, the parties agreed to seek a continuance of the 

remaining dates for damages discovery and pretrial preparation.

x Although progress has been made regarding production from the third party, that process is 

not complete. Consequently, the parties have been unable to set a schedule for completion of 

the remaining damages discovery tasks.

x The parties have encountered some disputes regarding damages discovery from one another 

and are engaged in ongoing efforts to resolve these disputes without motion practice. 

x In light of the foregoing, the parties request that the Court vacate several of the dates set in the 

June 15, 2005 Scheduling Order and continue the Preliminary Pretrial and Trial Setting 

Conference until March 13, 2006. As soon as they are able to do so, the parties will submit a 

further stipulation regarding these vacated dates.

(Declaration of David R. Eberhart In Support of Stipulated Request ¶¶ 2-6.) Accordingly, the 

parties stipulate and request that the Court modify the following paragraphs of the June 15, 2005 

Scheduling Order as follows: 

B. Disclosure of Damages Expert Witnesses

5. The December 19, 2005 deadline for hearing a motion to exclude a damages

expert or any portion of damages expert’s testimony is vacated. The parties shall submit, at the 

earliest practicable date, but no later than December 16, 2005, a stipulation requesting a new 

deadline.

C. Rebuttal Damages Expert Witnesses

6. The October 21, 2005 deadline for a party proffering a rebuttal damages expert to 

make the disclosures required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) is vacated. The parties shall submit, at 

the earliest practicable date, but no later than December 16, 2005, a stipulation requesting a new 

deadline.

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ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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E. Close of Discovery

8. The November 11, 2005 date for the close of discovery is vacated. The parties 

shall submit, at the earliest practicable date, but no later than December 16, 2005, a stipulation 

requesting a new date. 

F. Last date for Hearing Dispositive Motions

9. The December 12, 2005 deadline for hearing dispositive motions is vacated. The 

parties shall submit, at the earliest practicable date, but no later than December 16, 2005, a 

stipulation requesting a new deadline. 

G. Preliminary Pretrial and Trial Setting Conference Statement and Proposed Order

10. The attorneys who will try the case are ordered to confer with one another and to 

file and lodge with Chambers on February 24, 2006 [__________________________], a 

Preliminary Pretrial and Trial Setting Conference Statement and Proposed Order, stating their 

readiness for trial, the amount of time which the Court should allocate for trial and the calendar 

period for the trial. Ordinarily, depending on the length of the trial the Court will set the trial

during a calendar period approximately three to four months after the Preliminary Pretrial and 

Trial Setting Conference. In the Statement discussed in this paragraph, the parties should show 

any cause why the case should be advanced or delayed beyond this period. 

11. The attorneys who will try the case are ordered to appear on March 13, 2006

[______________________________________] at 11:00 a.m. [_______________ __.m.] for a 

Preliminary Pretrial and Trial Setting Conference.

None of the dates set in this order may be changed without an order of the court made

after a motion is duly filed and made pursuant to the local rules of this court.

The parties make this request for good cause and not for the purpose of delay. The Court 

has previously modified the schedule in this case pursuant to the parties’ stipulated request on 

June 20, 2003, July 31, 2003, October 23, 2003, January 15, 2004, October 13, 2004, and 

November 15, 2004. 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

C-02-4748 JW 

Dated: November 23, 2005 

JOHN R. HEISNER 

DONALD G. REZ 

BARTON L. JACKA 

SULLIVAN, HILL, LEWIN, REZ & 

ENGEL

By /s/ Barton L. Jacka 

 Barton L. Jacka 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Stanley G. Miller 

GEORGE A. RILEY 

DAVID R. EBERHART 

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By /s/ David R. Eberhart 

 David R. Eberhart 

Attorneys for Defendants Pixar Animation 

Studios, Disney Enterprises, Inc., and 

Chronicle Books, LLC 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I attest 

under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from 

Barton L. Jacka 

 /s/ David R. Eberhart 

 David R. Eberhart 

 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Attorneys for Defendants

Pixar Animation Studios, Disney 

Enterprises, Inc., and Chronicle 

Books, LLC. 

ORDER

 Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and for good cause shown, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the June 15, 2005 Scheduling Order is modified in accordance with 

the schedule set forth above. 

 

Honorable James Ware 

United States District Judge 

SF1:609322.1

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