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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

rePLANET HOLDINGS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00133-NONE-EPG

ORDER FOLLOWING STATUS CONFERENCE

The Court held a status conference in this matter on March 10, 2020. Ryan Lapine 

personally appeared on behalf of Plaintiff reHoldings, Inc. (“Plaintiff”). Ken Watnick appeared 

telephonically on behalf of Defendant Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”). The parties 

agreed to a continuation of scheduling order dates to allow for the deposition or limited redeposition of (1) Federal Insurance Company 30(b)(6) witness Kenneth West, (2) Federal 

Insurance Company employee Kimberly Russell, (3) a 30(b)(6) witness of Stater Bros., and (4) 

Beaumont Police Officer Leonard Romero.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the scheduling order is modified, as follows to 

accommodate these depositions:

Event Old Deadline New Deadline 

Non-expert discovery cut-off March 13, 2020 March 31, 2020

Expert Disclosure April 3, 2020 April 17, 2020

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Expert Rebuttal April 27, 2020 May 8, 2020

Expert Discovery cut-off May 15, 2020 May 29, 2020

Dispositive Motion (filing) June 12, 2020 June 26, 2020

Pretrial Conference September 22, 2020 November 5, 2020

The Pretrial Conference shall take place at 8:15 a.m. in Courtroom 4 (7th Floor) before the 

Honorable District Judge Dale A. Drozd. In light of the recently-issued “Standing Order in Light 

of Ongoing Judicial Emergency in Eastern District of California,” the Court is not setting new 

civil jury trial dates for cases pending before Judge Drozd. The Court refers the litigants to that 

order to determine how civil jury trials before Judge Drozd will be set going forward. 

Next, for the reasons stated on the record, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s request to serve 

limited interrogatories and requests for admission on Defendant related to Defendant’s 

supplemental document production on March 3, 2020.

Turning to Plaintiff’s request for the Court to order Defendant to pay its costs relating to 

the deposition of Kimberly Russell, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff shall filed a brief on this issue 

no later than the close of business on March 12, 2020. Defendant may file a responsive brief no 

later than the close of business on March 16, 2020. The briefs shall be limited to five pages and 

may contain up to ten pages of exhibits.

Further, IT IS ORDERED, that the parties shall meet and confer regarding their desire to 

engage in a settlement conference and, no later than the close of business on March 20, 2020, the 

parties shall jointly email Courtroom Deputy Michelle Rooney explaining whether they wish to 

have a settlement conference, and, if so, on what dates. 

Finally, IT IS ORDERED that a status conference is set for June 15, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. in 

Courtroom 10 before the Honorable Erica Grosjean, with the parties to file a joint status report 

one week prior to the conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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