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Parties Involved:
Cengage Learning, Inc.
Plaintiff
Davis Textbooks
Defendant
Ali Sherali
Defendant
Shahnawaz Sherali
Defendant

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STIPULATION FOR MOFDIFICATION OF SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUT-OFF 

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MATTHEW J. OPPENHEIM

OPPENHEIM + ZEBRAK, LLP

5225 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 503

Washington, DC 20015

(202) 480-2999 Telephone

(866) 766-1678 Facsimile

matt@oandzlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Kevin Hughey, SBN 197323

Kristin A. Blocher, SBN 283730

Galen M. Gentry, SBN 308873

HUGHEY LAW GROUP

A Professional Corporation

520 9th Street, Suite 102

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: 916.596.0003

Facsimile: 916.596.0003

khughey@hugheylawgroup.com

kblocher@hugheylawgroup.com

ggentry@hugheylawgroup.com

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CENGAGE LEARNING, INC., 

Plaintiff,

 v.

DAVIS TEXTBOOKS, ALI SHERALI, and 

SHAHNAWAZ SHERALI, 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:15-CV-02401-TLN-AC

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

MODIFICATION OF PRETRIAL 

SCHEDULING ORDER TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY CUT-OFF AND REMAINING

DEADLINES

TRIAL DATE: July 10, 2017

NAOMI JANE GRAY (SBN 197323)

SHADES OF GRAY LAW GROUP, P.C.

548 Market Street, #18014

San Francisco, California 95814

Telephone: (415) 746-9260

Facsimile: (415) 968-4328

ngray@shadesofgray.law

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Plaintiff Cengage Learning, Inc. and Defendants Davis Textbooks, Ali Sherali, and Shahnawaz

Sherali, through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to modification of the Court’s 

June 9, 2016 Scheduling Order [Docket No. 44] as set forth below.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed its Complaint in the United States District Court, Northern District 

of Illinois, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:15-cv-08117 on September 15, 2015;

WHEREAS, the matter was transferred to this Court on November 18, 2015 [Docket No. 30];

WHEREAS, a Pre-trial Scheduling Order of March 23, 2016, set the following dates;

1. June 30, 2016: Discovery cut-off;

2. September 1, 2016: Disclosure of expert witnesses; 

3. January 12, 2017: Dispositive motions; and

4. July 10, 2017: Trial.

WHEREAS, on June 9, 2016 the Court granted the parties’ first application for modification of 

the Pre-Trial Scheduling Order to extend the discovery cut-off, disclosure of expert witness and 

dispositive motion deadlines as follows:

1. September 30, 2016: Discovery cut-off;

2. November 1, 2016: Disclosure of expert witnesses; and

3. February 12, 2017: Dispositive motions.

WHEREAS, the parties have been involved in discovery disputes necessitating the involvement 

of the Court, which have impacted the parties’ ability to complete discovery and party and non-party 

depositions by the September 30, 2016 deadline.

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to extend the deadlines for discovery cut-off, disclosure of 

expert witnesses and dispositive motions and remaining deadlines.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. To extend percipient discovery cut-off from September 30, 2016 to November 30, 2016.

2. To extend disclosure of expert witness deadline from November 1, 2016 to January 6, 

2017.

3. To extend the dispositive motion hearing date from February 12, 2017 to April 6, 2017.

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4. To extend the final pretrial conference from May 4, 2017 to July 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

5. To extend the trial date from July 10, 2017 to October 16, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

Dated: September 12, 2016 SHADES OF GRAY LAW GROUP, P.C.

NAOMI JANE GRAY

/s/

Naomi Jane Gray

Attorney for Plaintiff

Cengage Learning, Inc.

Dated: September 12, 2016 OPPENHEIM + ZEBRAK, LLP

/s/

Matthew J. Oppenheim

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: September 12, 2016 HUGHEY LAW GROUP

/s/ Galen M. Gentry

Kevin Hughey

Kristin A. Blocher

Galen M. Gentry

Attorneys for Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 13, 2016 

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