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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

MICHELE C. BARNES (SBN 187239) 

michele.barnes@klgates.com 

ROSEANNA M. CASTILLO (SBN 252761) 

roseanna.castillo@klgates.com 

K&L GATES LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 882-8220 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SHANGHAI ZHENHUA HEAVY 

INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (erroneously 

sued as SHANGHAI ZHENHUA 

PORT MACHINERY CO., LTD) AND 

SEASIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JACKIE ARNETT, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SHANGHAI ZHENHUA PORT MACHINERY 

CO. LTD.; SEASIDE TRANSPORTATION 

SERVICES, LLC; WHITNEY EQUIPMENT 

LLC; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants. 

Case No. 13-cv-01672-WHO 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

Judge: Hon. Vince G. Chhabria

 Complaint Filed: March 1, 2013 

VC AS MODIFIED

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Jackie Arnett filed her complaint for damages naming only Defendants 

Whitney Equipment LLC (“Whitney”) and Seaside Transportation Services, LLC (“STS”) in 

Alameda County Superior Court on March 1, 2013. 

WHEREAS defendants Whitney and STS removed this case to the Northern District on April 

12, 2013. 

WHEREAS on September 13, 2013, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint adding 

defendant Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (erroneously sued as Shanghai Zhenhua Port 

Machinery Co., Ltd., hereinafter “ZPMC”.)

WHEREAS Plaintiff filed as Second Amended Complaint on November 4, 2013 in response 

to ZPMC’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. 

WHEREAS ZPMC filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, which 

was granted in part and denied in part on January 13, 2014. 

WHEREAS The Court granted Plaintiff leave to amend her negligence allegations in order to 

clarify what conduct each defendant has allegedly engaged in that supports each of the theories 

underlying her negligence causes of action. 

WHEREAS Plaintiff filed her Third Amended Complaint on February 3, 2014, and parties 

responded. 

WHEREAS the Court set a Pre-trial Scheduling Order on April 1, 2014. 

WHEREAS the Court amended the Pre-trial Scheduling Order on October 28, 2014, and 

ordered parties to complete private mediation by January 30, 2015. 

WHEREAS parties completed mediation on January 26, 2015. 

WHEREAS parties now request an extension for expert rebuttal reports, to complete expert 

depositions and discovery, and to file summary judgment motions in order to accommodate a further 

private mediation agreed to by parties and scheduled for February 9, 2015. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED by and between the parties, subject to the approval 

of the Court pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, to extend discovery deadlines set in the case schedule (Dkt. 

Nos. 69, 84) as follows: 

EVENT CURRENT DEADLINE REQUESTED 

EXTENSION DATE 

Expert Rebuttal February 2, 2015 February 16, 2015 

Close of Expert Discovery March 13, 2015 April 3, 2015 

Dispositive Motions Heard by May 6, 2015 May 27, 2015 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

 K&L GATES LLP

Dated: _______________ By: 

MICHELE C. BARNES 

ROSEANNA M. CASTILLO 

Attorneys for Defendants

SHANGHAI ZHENHUA PORT 

MACHINERY CO., LTD 

ARCHER NORRIS 

Dated: ______________ By: 

KEITH R. GILLETTE 

CHAD D. GREESON

Attorneys for Defendant

WHITNEY EQUIPMENT, LLC 

Dated: WILSON ELSER LLP

 

 By: 

William Enger 

Attorneys for Defendant SEASIDE 

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 

THE ARNS LAW FIRM

Dated: __1/29/15____________ By: 

ROBERT S. ARNS 

JONATHAN E. DAVIS

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JACKIE ARNETT

S. ARNS

AN E. DAVIS

for Plaintiff

PORTATION SER

NS LAW FIRM

/s/ William Enger

/s/ Keith R. Gillette

/s/ Michele C. Barnes

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: ______________ 

By: 

Hon. Vince G. Chhabria 

U.S. District Court Judge 

February 6, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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