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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT KURT SCHERER, 

Plaintiff,

v.

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.,

KRAUSE, INC., and DOES 1-100,

Defendants. 

CIV-S-04-0109 DFL GGH

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

AND ORDER

Plaintiff Robert Scherer has filed a motion seeking the

following: (1) an extension of the discovery cut-off date; (2)

permission to propound additional interrogatories; and (3)

rescheduling of the hearing date for defendants’ summary judgment

motions. Defendants Home Depot, Inc. (“Home Depot”) and Krause,

Inc. (“Krause”) oppose Scherer’s motions and move for summary

judgment. In addition, Krause moves to exclude the testimony of

four of Scherer’s expert witnesses or compel their depositions. 

With the exception of the motions for summary judgment, the

parties filed all of the above motions ex parte.

As discussed at oral argument, the court DENIES the request

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to extend the discovery deadline for all discovery except the

depositions of Dr. Mack Quan, Dr. Russell Darnell, Dr. Joseph

Balser, and Mr. Eaton, and the filing of their initial and

supplemental reports. The court DISMISSES the pending summary

judgment motions with leave to refile and VACATES the date set

for trial and for the final pre-trial conference. The new

schedule for this case is as follows: (1) the parties must

complete all testing and deliver initial expert reports on or

before December 7, 2005; (2) the parties must deliver any

supplemental reports on or before December 21, 2005; (3) if the

parties choose to depose the expert witnesses listed above, they

must do so on or before February 1, 2006; (4) dispositive motions

are due on March 1, 2006; (5) dispositive motions will be heard

on March 29, 2006, at 10:00 A.M.; (6) the final pre-trial

conference is reset to May 12, 2006 at 2:00 P.M.; (7) the trial

date is reset to June 19, 2006 at 9:00 A.M.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 11/21/2005

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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