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Parties Involved:
Kenneth Lawrence
Plaintiff
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Defendant

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STIPULATION RE: CONT. DISC. AND TRIAL DATE

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KENNETH F. MOSS (SBN 94185)

LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH F. MOSS

mossmgrlaw@aol.com

20335 Ventura Blvd., Suite 430

Woodland Hills, California 91364

Tel: 818-340-1414

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KENNETH LAWRENCE

MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

JASON MILLS (SBN 225126)

PATRICIA S. RIORDAN (SBN 187418)

jmills@morganlewis.com

priordan@morganlewis.com

300 South Grand Avenue

Twenty-Second Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132

Tel: 213-612-2500

Fax: 213-612-2501

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH LAWRENCE, 

Plaintiff,

v.

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY 

CORPORATION, a Texas corporation; 

and DOES 1-20 inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00524 JLT

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO 

CONTINUE DISCOVERY AND 

TRIAL DATE 

(Doc. 19)

Pursuant to Local Rules 143 and 144, Plaintiff Kenneth Lawrence 

(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Schlumberger Technology Corporation (“Defendant”), 

by and through their attorneys of record, submit this joint stipulation:

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WHEREAS, on March 31, 2015, the Court granted the request of counsel to 

extend the discovery pertaining to non-experts to June 10, 2015 , and expert 

discovery to August 26, 2015; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff noticed a 30(b)(6) deposition out of state for which 

Defendant requires additional time to identify the Person Most Knowledgeable as to 

the specific topics, which are focused on a particular time frame, and thereafter for 

the parties to identify mutually agreeable dates for the deposition;

WHEREAS, the Parties are in the process of meeting and conferring about 

supplemental responses to interrogatories served on Defendant on February 24, 

2015, and Defendant intends to provide supplemental responses to interrogatories on 

or before May 18, 2015 so the Parties can resolve any disputes informally; 

WHEREAS, to avoid unnecessarily expending the parties’ and judicial 

resources, the Parties to seek to push back the deadline by which Defendant must 

file a motion for summary judgment and for which the motion must be heard;

WHEREAS, the extension will permit the Parties time to conduct this 

additional discovery and thereafter evaluate the prospects for settlement and 

potentially schedule a settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge;

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED by the parties and respectfully requested 

that the Court make the following changes to the Court’s calendar:

1. Non-expert discovery cut-off shall be continued from June 10, 2015 to 

July 17, 2015; 

2. The Parties shall disclose all expert witnesses, in writing, on or before 

August 17, 2015 and to disclose all rebuttal experts on or before September 14, 

2015;

3. Expert discovery cut-off shall be continued from August 26, 2015 to 

October 12, 2015;

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2. The deadline for Parties to bring dispositive motions shall be continued 

from May 19, 2015 to July 28, 2015;

3. The deadline for dispositive motions to be heard shall be continued 

from June 30, 2015 to September 8, 2015;

4. The trial shall be continued from September 21, 2015 to November 16, 

2015; 

IT IS SO STIPULATED,

Dated: May 11, 2015 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By /s/ Patricia Riordan

Jason Mills

Patricia Riordan

Attorneys for Defendant

SCHLUMBERGER 

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Dated: May 11, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF KENNETH F. MOSS

By /s/ Kenneth Moss

Kenneth F. Moss

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KENNETH LAWRENCE

ORDER

Based upon the foregoing, the Court ORDERS the case schedule amended as follows:

1. All non-expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than July 17, 2015 and all 

expert discovery SHALL be completed no later than October 12, 2015; 

2. The Parties SHALL disclose all expert witnesses, in writing, no later than August 

17, 2015 and disclose all rebuttal experts no later than September 14, 2015;

3. Nondispositive motions SHALL be filed no later than October 19, 2015 and heard 

no later than November 20, 2015;

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4. Dispositive motions SHALL be filed no later than July 28, 2015 and heard no later 

than September 1, 2015;

5. The pretrial conference is CONTINUED to November 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.;

6. The trial is CONTINUED to January 11, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 12, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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