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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMY GITSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TRADER JOE'S COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-01333-WHO 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER

AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT

ORDER

The parties to the above-entitled action jointly submit this Stipulated Request for Order

Amending the current Case Management Order:

WHEREAS this putative class action was filed on March 25, 2013;

WHEREAS Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Corrected Second Amended

Complaint is fully briefed and set for hearing before this court on January 8, 2014;

WHEREAS the case management order entered by Judge Alsup (prior to this case being

transferred to this Court) on June 21, 2013 contains a number of deadlines which the parties seek

to change;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the parties, through their counsel, that

pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(b), to the following amendments to the deadlines contained in the June 

21, 2013 Case Management Order, subject to this Court’s approval:

 The motion for class certification must be filed by JANUARY 9 MAY 9, 2014, with 

Trader Joe’s to file its Opposition no later than JANUARY 30 MAY 30, 2014, with 

Plaintiffs’ to file their Reply no later than FEBRUARY 13 JUNE 13, 2014, and with the 

motion set to be heard no later than FEBRUARY 27 JUNE 27, 2014. 28 CALENDAR 

DAYS before any expert declaration is filed in support of either party’s class certification 

briefing, the party intending to file the expert declaration shall serve a list of issues on 

which it will offer expert testimony. This is so all parties will timely be able to obtain 

counter-experts on listed issues.

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 The non-expert discovery cut-off date shall be JUNE 27 OCTOBER 24, 2014.

 The last date for designation of expert testimony and disclosure of full expert reports under 

FRCP 26(a)(2) as to any issue on which a party has the burden of proof (“opening 

reports”) shall be JUNE 27 OCTOBER 24, 2014. Within FOURTEEN CALENDAR 

DAYS of said deadline, all other parties must disclose any expert reports on the same issue 

(“opposition reports”). Within SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS thereafter, the party with the 

burden of proof must disclose any reply reports rebutting specific material in opposition 

reports. The cutoff for all expert discovery shall be FOURTEEN CALENDAR DAYS 

after the deadline for reply reports. At least 28 CALENDAR DAYS before the due date 

for opening reports, each party shall serve a list of issues on which it will offer any expert 

testimony in its case-in-chief (including from non-retained experts).

 The last date to file dispositive motions shall be JULY 24 NOVEMBER 21, 2014. No 

dispositive motions shall be heard more than 35 days after this deadline, i.e., if any party 

waits until the last day to file, then the parties must adhere to the 35-day track in order to 

avoid pressure on the trial date. 

 The FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE shall be at 2:00 P.M. on SEPTEMBER 17, 

2014 JANUARY 14, 2015. 

 A JURY TRIAL shall begin on SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 JANUARY 19, 2015, at 7:30 

A.M.

Dated: December 23, 2013 /s/ Colin H. Dunn

Counsel for Plaintiffs Gitson, Vodicka, & 

Ross

Dated: December 23, 2013 /s/ Kate Ides

Counsel for Defendant Trader Joe’s

Company

ORDER

In light of the foregoing Stipulated Request, the Court approves the changed dates with 

respect to the motion for class certification set forth above. The other deadlines shall be adjusted 

as follows:

Non-expert discovery cut-off: October 10, 2014

Expert designation: October 10, 2014 (the timeframes for opposition reports, reply

reports, discovery cutoff and list of issues remain as indicated in the Stipulated Request).

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Last day for hearing of dispositive motions: December 17, 2014

Pretrial Conference: March 2, 2015

Trial: March 23, 2015.

Additionally, a further Case Management Conference shall be held in Courtroom 2 on 

September 2, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2014

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WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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