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

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

CALVIN E. DAVIS (SBN: 101640)

cdavis@grsm.com

AARON P. RUDIN (SBN: 223004)

arudin@grsm.com

REBECCA KRIKORIAN (SBN: 334882)

rkrikorian@grsm.com

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 576-5000

Facsimile: (213) 680-4470

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, a Pennsylvania 

corporation,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER; 

DECLARATION OF AARON P. RUDIN 

IN SUPPORT

(Doc. 50)

Complaint Filed: November 24, 2020

Counterclaim Filed: February 22, 2021

Trial: August 27, 2024

Pre-Trial Conference: May 15, 2024 

G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, a Pennsylvania 

corporation,

Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation,

Counter-defendant.

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Pursuant to the Court’s modified Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 49] and L.R. 143,

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Guardian Protection Products, Inc. (“Guardian”) and 

Defendant/Counterclaimant G.P.P. Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative Solutions (“GIS”) hereby 

submit the following stipulation and proposed order to further modify the Scheduling Order. 

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WHEREAS, on April 16, 2021, this Court issued a Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 30] in 

this matter; 

WHEREAS, on October 14, 2021 the parties submitted a Stipulation and Proposed Order 

to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 40], and on October 15, 2021, the Court modified the 

Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 41];

WHEREAS, following a week-long trial, on December 13, 2021, this Court issued a final 

judgment [Dkt. No. 499] in the related case entitled G.P.P., Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative 

Solutions v. Guardian Protections Products, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-00321-SKO; 

WHEREAS, on February 3, 2022, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and 

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 42], and on February 4, 2022, the 

Court modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 43]; 

WHEREAS, on April 15, 2022, GIS filed a Notice of Appeal in the related matter [Dkt. 

No. 513];

WHEREAS, on April 22, 2022, Guardian filed a Notice of Appeal in the related matter 

[Dkt. No. 516];

WHEREAS, on August 3, 2022, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 44], and on February 5, 2022, the Court modified 

the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 46] 

WHEREAS, on September 12, 2022, GIS filed its Opening Brief for the Appeal in the 

related matter;

WHEREAS, on November 14, 2022, Guardian filed its Principal and Response Brief for 

the Appeal in the related matter;

WHEREAS, on January 13, 2023, GIS filed its Response and Reply Brief for the Appeal 

in the related matter; 

WHEREAS, on January 30, 2023, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and 

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 48], and on January 31, 2023, the 

Court modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 49] setting a May 29, 2024 Deadline to Request 

Settlement Conference and the following dates:

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Event Continued Date

Non-Expert Discovery September 20, 2023

Expert Disclosures October 24, 2023

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures November 27, 2023

Expert Discovery January 2, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing January 2, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing February 7, 2024

Dispositive Motion Filing February 14, 2024

Pretrial Conference May 15, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.

Trial August 27, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.

WHEREAS, on June 23, 2023, Oral Argument took place before the Ninth Circuit in the 

related matter; 

WHEREAS, on July 3, 2023, the Ninth Circuit affirmed this court’s entry of judgment;

WHEREAS, on July 25, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued its Mandate;

WHEREAS, in an effort to avoid potential waste of judicial resources and those of 

parties, the parties awaited the Ninth Circuit decision in the related case before engaging in 

extensive litigation in this case; 

WHEREAS, as of the filing of this stipulation, the parties have not completed the 

discovery process;

WHEREAS, absent an extension, the parties would be required to complete non-expert 

discovery in less than sixty days pursuant to the modified scheduling order entered on January 

31, 2023; 

WHEREAS, considering the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming the district court’s 

judgment in the related case and issuing its mandate on July 25, 2023, the parties believe that an 

additional extension on the above deadlines is reasonable and necessary in order to provide the 

parties with adequate time to conduct and complete discovery, prepare any non-dispositive or 

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dispositive motions, and otherwise prepare for trial without unnecessarily straining the resources 

of both parties and their counsel;

WHEREAS, the parties have previously requested four extensions of time in this matter, 

with each extension premised on the appeal that was pending before the Ninth Circuit in the 

related matter and the parties do not anticipate they will need to seek any further extensions.

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and REQUESTED by the parties that 

the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 49] be further modified as follows:

Event Proposed Date

Non-Expert Discovery May 20, 2024

Expert Disclosures June 17, 2024

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures July 15, 2024

Expert Discovery August 12, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing August 12, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing September 18, 2024

Dispositive Motion Filing September 25, 2024

Pretrial Conference December 11, 2024

Trial February 25, 2025

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 22, 2023 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

By: /s/ Aaron P. Rudin

Calvin E. Davis

Aaron P. Rudin

Amanda A. Garcia

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC.

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Dated: August 22, 2023 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

 By: /s/ Jason Mollick_______________________

 Dylan J. Liddiard

 Jason Mollick

 Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-

 Claimant G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN

 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

 (as authorized on August 22, 2023)

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ORDER

Finding good cause therefore (Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4)), the parties’ foregoing stipulation 

(Doc. 50) is hereby approved. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the operative case 

schedule (Doc. 49) is MODIFIED as follows:

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 24, 2023 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 The Court advances the dates surrounding the dispositive motions in order to afford the parties time to prepare for 

the pre-trial conference.

2 The date for the pre-trial conference is continued pursuant to the Court’s schedule.

Event Prior Date Continued Date

Non-Expert Discovery September 20, 2023 May 20, 2024

Expert Disclosures October 24, 2023 June 17, 2024

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures November 27, 2023 July 15, 2024

Expert Discovery January 2, 2024 August 12, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion 

Filing

January 2, 2024 August 12, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion 

Hearing

February 7, 2024 September 18, 2024

Dispositive Motion Filing February 14, 2024 September 18, 20241

Dispositive Motion Hearing n/a October 23, 2024

Deadline to Request 

Settlement Conference

May 29, 2024 November 27, 2024

Pretrial Conference May 15, 2024, at 2:30 

p.m.

December 18, 2024, at 2:30 

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Trial August 27, 2024, at 

8:30 a.m.

February 25, 2025, at 8:30 

a.m.

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