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

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

DOWLING AARON INCORPORATED

Steven D. McGee (State Bar No. 71886)

smcgee@dowlingaaron.com

Matthew R. Dildine (SBN 258685)

mdildine@dowlingaaron.com

8080 North Palm Avenue, Third Floor

Fresno, CA 93729-8902

Telephone: 559-432-4500

Facsimile: 559-432-4590

William T. Eliopoulos (State Bar No. 100633)

weliopoulos@rutan.com

Kaveh Badiei (State Bar No. 215179)

kbadiei@rutan.com

RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP

Five Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94306-9814

Telephone: 650-320-1500

Facsimile: 650-320-9905

Attorneys for Defendant and Counter and CrossClaimant

CVIN, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MP NEXLEVEL of California, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CVIN, LLC dba VAST NETWORKS, ET 

AL,

Defendants.

AND RELATED COUNTER, CROSS-, 

AND THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00288-LJO-GSA

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

Date Action Filed: February 28, 2014

Trial Date: July 25, 2017

WHEREAS Plaintiff MP Nexlevel of California, Inc. (“MPN”) has requested 

modification and extension of existing case deadlines for the completion of discovery and 

the filing of motions as a result of Defendant CVIN, LLC’s (“CVIN”) delayed production 

of emails for the document production supplementation deadlines set forth in the Court’s 

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

March 2, 2016 discovery Order;

WHEREAS counsel for MPN and CVIN agreed to the extension of dates set forth 

herein before and during an informal discovery conference with Magistrate Judge Grosjean 

on June 7, 2016, during which Judge Grosjean indicated that good cause existed for an 

extension of the discovery and motion filing deadlines, and that such deadlines could and 

should be extended provided the May 25, 2017 Pretrial Conference and July 25, 2017 Trial 

date remain unchanged and the modified schedule included at least ninety days between 

the motions filing deadlines and the May 25, 2017 Pretrial Conference;

WHEREAS CVIN has represented that it intends to complete the supplemental 

production required under the March 2, 2016 discovery Order by July 22, 2016;

WHEREAS MPN maintains that its ability to conduct and complete required 

depositions and other discovery by the modified deadlines set forth herein is dependent on 

CVIN’s completion of the Court ordered supplemental production by no later than July 22, 

2016; 

WHEREAS in response to the Court’s Minute Order of June 7, 2016 (Doc 349) 

counsel for Defendant and Counter and Cross-Claimant, CVIN, LLC, Plaintiff, MP 

Nexlevel of California, Inc., Third-Party Defendant Western Surety Company, Defendants, 

Calaveras Communications Company, Cal-Ore Telephone Co., Consolidated 

Communications Holdings, Inc., Ducor Telephone Company, Mohave Investment, LLC, 

Sebastian Enterprises, Inc., Sierra Tel Broadband, Sierra Tel Communications Group, 

Stageline Communications, Inc., Surewest Fiber Ventures, LLC, The Ponderosa Telephone 

Company, Varcomm, Inc., Varnet, Inc., Volcano Communications Company, and Volcano 

Telecom, Inc., Third-Party Defendant and Cross-Claimant, JK Communications & 

Construction, Inc. dba Kleven Construction; and Defendant, George Valentinez 

(collectively, the “Parties”), met and conferred regarding the subject-matter of this 

Stipulation and reached agreement thereto;

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties, by and through their 

counsel of record, that good cause exists for the extension of the pre-trial dates noted 

below: 

Existing Deadlines (Doc 257) New (Proposed) Deadlines

Expert Discovery Cutoff:

August 11, 2016 January 20, 2017

Nonexpert Discovery Cutoff:

August 11, 2016 January 20, 2017

Nondispositive Motion Filing

Deadline:

August 15, 2016 February 17, 2017

Dispositive Motion Filing

Deadline:

August 15, 2016 February 17, 2017

2

nd Day Mediation:

September 2016 No Change

Pretrial Conference:

May 25, 2017 No Change.

Jury & Bench Trials:

July 25, 2017 No Change.

The parties hereto reserve all rights and arguments relating to these extensions on 

MP Nexlevel’s motion to compel and for sanctions against CVIN, currently scheduled for 

hearing on July 22, 2017.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

Dated: June 21, 2016 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP

By: /s/ William T. Eliopoulos

William T. Eliopoulos

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Counterclaimant and Cross-Complainant

CVIN, LLC

Dated: Signature authorized June 21, 2016 DEWITT MACKALL CROUNSE &

MOORE S.C.

By: /s/ James D. Kremer

Holly J. Newman

James D. Kremer,

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MP NEXLEVEL OF CALIFORNIA, 

INC.

and Third-Party Defendant

WESTERN SURETY COMPANY

Dated: Signature authorized June 21, 2016 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

By: /s/ Dean A. Morehous

Dean A. Morehous

Craig Crockett

Attorneys for Defendants: 

CALAVERAS COMMUNICATIONS 

COMPANY, CAL-ORE TELEPHONE 

CO., CONSOLIDATED 

COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, 

INC., DUCOR TELEPHONE 

COMPANY, MOHAVE INVESTMENT, 

LLC, SEBASTIAN ENTERPRISES, 

INC., SIERRA TEL BROADBAND, 

SIERRA TEL COMMUNICATIONS 

GROUP, STAGELINE 

COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 

SUREWEST FIBER VENTURES, LLC, 

THE PONDEROSA TELEPHONE 

COMPANY, VARCOMM, INC., 

VARNET, INC., VOLCANO 

COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, and 

VOLCANO TELECOM, INC.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

Dated: Signature authorized June 21, 2016 ROGERS JOSEPH O'DONNELL

By: /s/ Joseph C. McGowan, Jr.

Joseph C. McGowan, Jr.

Tyson Arbuthnot

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant and 

Cross-Claimant

JK COMMUNICATIONS & 

CONSTRUCTION, INC. dba KLEVEN 

CONSTRUCTION

Dated: Signature authorized June 21, 2016 THE ALBERTS FIRM, APC

By: /s/ David A. Brewster

David A. Brewster

Attorneys for Defendant

GEORGE VALENTINEZ

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE VARIOUS PRE-TRIAL DATES; AND 

ORDER

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the stipulation and adopts it IN PART. All dates are 

adopted except that the filing deadline for non-dispositive motions is advanced to January 

20, 2017. The parties are advised that all non-dispositive motions, including discovery 

motions, must be filed sufficiently in advance of the non-dispositive motion cutoff so that 

the Court may grant effective relief within the allotted time period. A party’s failure to 

have a discovery dispute heard sufficiently in advance of the non-dispositive motion filing 

deadline may result in a denial of the motion as untimely. The dates in the scheduling 

orders dated January 22 and September 2, 2015 (Docs. 157 and 257) are modified as 

follows :

Expert Discovery Cutoff: January 20, 2017

Nonexpert Discovery Cutoff: January 20, 2017

Nondispositive Motion Filing January 20, 2017

Dispositive Motion Filing February 17, 2017

Pretrial Conference: May 25, 2017 at 8:15 in Dept. 4

Jury & Bench Trials: July 25, 2017 at 8:30 in Dept. 4

All other orders in the scheduling order issued on January 22, 2015 (Doc. 157) 

remain in full force and effect. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 22, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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