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Parties Involved:
Appel Co.
Defendant
Church & Dwight
Defendant
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Defendant
Orange Glo
Defendant
Orange Glo International, Inc.
Defendant
James Roberts
Plaintiff
Joellen Roberts
Plaintiff
Joseph Roberts
Plaintiff
Wayne Roberts
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOELLEN ROBERTS, WAYNE 

ROBERTS, JOSEPH ROBERTS and 

JAMES ROBERTS,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ORANGE GLO, ORANGE GLO 

INTERNATIONAL INC., APPEL 

CO., CHURCH & DWIGHT, CHURCH 

& DWIGHT CO., INC., and DOES 

1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

CIV. NO. 2:14-421 WBS CKD

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR APPLICATION 

OF ESTOPPEL OR MODIFICATION OF 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

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Plaintiffs initially brought this action arising out of 

an allegedly defective product against five entities: Orange Glo, 

Orange Glo International, Inc., Appel Co., Church & Dwight, and 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (Docket No. 1.) Plaintiffs 

subsequently filed their First Amended Complaint naming Church & 

Dwight Co., Inc. (“defendant”) as the sole defendant and 

concurrently dismissed the other entities without prejudice. 

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(Docket Nos. 7-9.) The court issued a Pretrial Scheduling Order 

on November 20, 2014. (Docket No. 25.)

Plaintiffs now move to apply equitable and judicial 

estoppel against defendant’s assertion of a defense based on 

successor liability. In the alternative, plaintiffs move to 

modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order and file a Second Amended 

Complaint to add additional defendants, including those they 

previously dismissed. (Docket No. 28.) Defendant has filed a 

notice of non-opposition to plaintiffs’ alternative motion asking 

the court to modify the pretrial schedule and grant plaintiffs 

leave to file their Second Amended Complaint. (Docket No. 29.)

Because oral argument will not be of assistance to the 

court in ruling on this motion, the hearing set for December 14, 

2015 is VACATED pursuant to Local Rule 230(g) and the court will 

take the motion under submission without oral argument. 

Accordingly, in the absence of opposition and for good cause 

shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b), plaintiffs’ 

alternative motion to modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order and 

for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint will be granted.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:

(1) plaintiffs’ motion to modify the November 20, 2014 

Pretrial Scheduling Order and for leave to file a 

Second Amended Complaint be, and the same hereby 

is, GRANTED, and plaintiff’s alternative motion 

for equitable and judicial estoppel is therefore 

moot;

(2) plaintiffs shall file their Second Amended 

Complaint within seven (7) days of the date of 

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this Order;

(3) defendant shall file an answer or responsive 

motion within twenty-one (21) days of service of 

the Second Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 12;

(4) a new Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

shall be set for February 16, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in 

Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Senior Judge William B. 

Shubb;

(5) the parties shall submit a new Joint Status Report

no later than February 2, 2016 pursuant to the 

court’s February 10, 2014 Order (Docket No. 4);

(6) all discovery is hereby stayed pending the 

February 16, 2016 Scheduling Conference; and 

(7) the Final Pretrial Conference set for January 19, 

2016 at 2:00 p.m. and Trial set for March 22, 2016 

at 9:00 a.m. are hereby VACATED. (Docket No. 25.) 

New dates will be assigned at the February 16, 

2016 Scheduling Conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2015

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