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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.

JOAN JOHNSON, et al.,

Defendants.

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

ORDER CONTINUING STATUS CONFERENCE

TO MARCH 16, 2021 AND AMENDING NONEXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

On May 1, 2020, the Court vacated all dates in the scheduling order and set a non-expert 

discovery deadline of February 12, 2020. (ECF No. 67.) A telephonic status conference was 

conducted on September 8, 2020, to address the status of discovery due to delays in coordination 

of having expert witnesses review the evidence of the incident that is currently located in Los 

Angeles, California which has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (ECF No. 72.) 

Following the conference, the Court continued the status conference until December 1, 2020, and 

orderd the parties to file a joint status report on or before November 24, 2020. (ECF No. 73.) On 

November 24, 2020, the parties filed a jint status report. (ECF No. 69.) 

Following the conference, on October 7, 2020, the parties participated in the first day of 

physical inspection of relevant sites. Prior to submitting the joint report, the parties engaged in 

two telephonic conferences, and a further inspection protocol has been distributed amongst the 

parties, and they are planning fact witness depositons that are dependent on the inspections to be 

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conducted by remote means due to COVID-19. The parties plan to begin depositions in February

of 2021, and continue with the inspection process as soon as COVID-19 guidelines permit it. 

Due to the volume of physical evidence and the complexity of the issues, the parties anticipate 

needing approximately ten additional dates of testing and inspections. The parties request the 

Court amend the non-expert discovery deadline from Febraruy 12, 2021, until a date in the fall of 

2021, and set a telephonic conference in March of 2021 to ensure progress is made and to set a 

further date to complete expert discovery. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERD that:

1. Non-expert discovery shall be comleted on or before September 15, 2021; 

2. The status conference is CONTINUED to March 16, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom 9; and

3. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before March 9, 2021 addressing 

the status of discovery in this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 25, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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