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Parties Involved:
Buona Vita, Inc.
Defendant
Valley Fine Foods Company, Inc.
Plaintiff

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ZA185/2164576-1

STIPULATION TO AMEND THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER

2:13-CV-01356-KJM-CKD

Michael C. Robinson (Bar No. 120308)

mrobinson@rdwlaw.com

George K. Rosenstock (Bar No .117515)

grosenstock@rdwlaw.com

ROBINSON DI LANDO 

800 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 750

Los Angeles, California 90017-2687

Telephone (213) 229-0100

Facsimile: (213) 229-0101

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

VALLEY FINE FOODS COMPANY, INC

Todd A. Jones (Bar No. 198024)

tjones@archernorris.com

Chad D. Greeson (Bar No. 251928)

cgreeson@archernorris.com

ARCHER NORRIS

301 University Avenue, Suite 110

Sacramento, CA 95825-5537

Telephone: 916.646.2480

Facsimile: 916.646.5696

Attorneys for Defendant

BUONA VITA, INC., a New Jersey 

corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VALLEY FINE FOODS 

COMPANY, INC. a California 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

BUONA VITA, INC., a New Jersey 

corporation and DOES 1 through 10,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:13-CV-01356-CKD

STIPULATION TO AMEND THE 

SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES ONLY; 

DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. 

ROBINSON AND ORDER

Removal Date: July 8, 2013

Trial Date: January 11, 2016

Magistrate Judge: Carolyn K. Delaney

This Stipulation to modify only discovery deadlines set forth in the Court’s 

Second Scheduling Order (Docket No. 16) as follows is made between Plaintiff 

VALLEY FINE FOOD COMPANY, INC. (hereinafter “VALLEY”) on the one 

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hand and Defendant BUONA VITA, INC. (hereinafter “BV”) on the other hand 

(Plaintiff and Defendant hereinafter collectively referred to as the “PARTIES”) 

with respect to the following recital of fact:

RECITALS:

1. The discovery cutoff for non-expert discovery is now set for July 8, 2015, 

based upon the Revised Court’s Scheduling Order dated January 27, 2015 

(Docket No. 16).

2. The case is set for trial January 11, 2016 in courtroom No. 24 before 

United States Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney

3. The Pre-Trial Conference is set for November 4, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in 

courtroom No. 24 before United States Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. 

Delaney.

4. The PARTIES have met and conferred over depositions of Parties, partyaffiliated witnesses and third-party witnesses and it appears that due to the 

location of various witnesses and their status as former employees, as well 

as the location of various third-party fact witnesses in the Mid-West, it 

will be impossible to conduct all necessary depositions before the nonexpert discovery cutoff, currently set for July 8, 2015 (See Declaration of 

Michael C. Robinson, ¶ 2. filed herewith and incorporated by reference 

herein.)

5. Plaintiff is in negotiation with Defendant to arrange for key/employee 

party affiliates witnesses located in and around New Jersey, as well as 

multiple categories of Persons Most Knowledgeable depositions of 

Defendant BV, whose relevance has become apparent during the recent 

completion of depositions of Plaintiff’s officers and employees in Walnut 

Creek, California. This will require meetings between defense counsel 

and the deponents in advance of any depositions to inquire as to the scope 

of areas of responsibility regarding areas of testimony in the Rule 30(b(6) 

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deposition and further negotiation to possibly consolidate witnesses as the 

persons most qualified in more than one area of responsibility.

6. The PARTIES have met and conferred and agree that it makes sense to 

request that the Court extend all discovery cutoff by 45 days, while 

maintaining other dates at the continued convenience to the Court’s 

schedule, to allow sufficient discovery and trial preparation.

7. The PARTIES continue to discuss the potential for settlement discussion 

in advance of the Pre-Trial Conference date, but must complete nonexpert discovery before settlement discussions can be fruitful.

8. The current case schedule and the proposed new dates are as follows: 

July 8, 2015: Non-Expert Discovery Completion Date (proposed new 

date: August 24, 2015);

July 24, 2015: Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosures Completed (proposed new 

date: September 7, 2015);

August 5, 2015: Defendant’s Expert Disclosures Completed (proposed 

new date: September 21, 2015);

August 13, 2015: Rebuttal Expert Disclosures Completed (proposed new 

date: September 28, 2015);

September 11, 2015: Expert discovery Completed (proposed new date: 

October 28, 2015);

All other dates to remain as set forth in the Court’s Revised Scheduling 

Order.

IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED:

1. The PARTIES respectfully request that the Court continue the dates as set 

forth above but to maintain all other dates previously set by the Court in 

the Revised Court Scheduling Order.

2. No PARTY will use this continuance as a basis for seeking a further 

continuance of any other pretrial deadline or the trial of this matter.

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STIPULATION TO AMEND SCHEDULING 

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Dated: June 1, 2015 ROBINSON DI LANDO 

/S/

By: _______________________________

Michael Robinson

George K. Rosenstock

Attorneys for Plaintiff, VALLEY FINE 

FOODS COMPANY, INC.

Dated: June 1, 2015 ARCHER NORRIS 

/S/

By: _______________________________

Todd A. Jones

Attorneys for Defendant BUONA VITA, 

INC.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2015

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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