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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM LEE JOHNSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RUSH ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00105-NONE-SAB

ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE

TO MARCH 16, 2021 AND AMENDING NONEXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

(ECF No. 76)

On May 1, 2020, following a status conference at which the complexities of completing 

discovery in this action was discussed, the Court vacated all dates in the scheduling order, only

setting a non-expert discovery deadline. (ECF No. 67.) Thereafter, the Court conducted one 

further conference on the status of discovery on September 8, 2020, and set a further status 

conference for December 1, 2020. (ECF No. 72.) On November 25, 2020, pursuant to the 

parties’ joint status report, the Court extended the non-expert discovery deadline until September 

15, 2021, continued the status conference until March 16, 2021, and ordered the parties to file a 

joint status report on or before March 9, 2021. (ECF No. 75.) On March 9, 2021, the parties filed 

a joint a status report addressing the status of discovery in this action. (ECF No. 76.) 

According to the joint statement, since the last update to the Court, the parties have: (1) 

completed preliminary protocols for the testing of physical evidence; (2) have met and conferred 

on further testing protocols, entering into a preliminary agreement regarding such; and (3) 

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completed one deposition in this matter, have scheduled two more depositions, and have met and 

conferred about the addition of further witnesses to the deposition schedule. The parties state that 

they have continued to be in contact making substantial progress identifying and sequencing the 

testing of the physical evidence, but have been delayed by the late-2020 surge in COVID-19 

cases and the various protective policies of the parties and the law firms. The parties request the 

Court continue the status conference in this action until June of 2021. The Court finds good 

cause to grant the joint request of the parties. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The status conference is CONTINUED to June 22, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. in 

Courtroom 9; and

2. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before June 15, 2021 addressing 

the status of discovery in this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2021 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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