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Parties Involved:
Bruno Rimini (Furniture) Limited
Counter Defendant
Connor Marketing, Inc.
Counter Claimant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BRUNO RIMINI (FURNITURE) 

LIMITED, a United Kingdom 

company,

Plaintiff,

v.

CONNOR MARKETING, INC., a 

California Corporation,

Defendant,

CIV. NO. 1:14-1906 WBS SAB

ORDER

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Plaintiff in this matter moved for partial summary 

judgment on May 29, 2015, (Docket No. 30), the same day as the 

deadline to exchange initial disclosures pursuant to the court’s 

April 22, 2015 Scheduling Order, (Docket No. 29). On July 27, 

2015, the court denied plaintiff’s motion without prejudice and 

ordered, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d), that 

all discovery be stayed for a period of six months except to 

permit the parties to depose seven individuals that defendant

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identified as having knowledge of facts essential to opposing 

plaintiff’s summary judgment motion. (Docket No. 41.)

The court ordered that at the expiration of six months 

or upon completion of the above depositions, whichever occurred

first, plaintiff could renew its motion for partial summary 

judgment. (Id. at 7.) If plaintiff chose to renew its motion, 

discovery would remain stayed until the court ruled on that 

motion. (Id.) The court further vacated all dates relating to 

discovery set out in its April 22, 2015 Scheduling Order. (Id.

at 6-7.) The six-month stay of discovery expired on January 27, 

2016 and to date, plaintiff has not renewed its motion for 

partial summary judgment.

Pursuant to the provisions of Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 16, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

(1) The stay previously ordered on discovery (Docket 

No. 41) is hereby LIFTED;

(2) The parties shall disclose experts and produce 

reports in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) by no later than June 17, 2016. 

With regard to expert testimony intended solely 

for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed and 

reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before July 18, 

2016;

(3) All discovery, including depositions for 

preservation of testimony, is left open, save and 

except that it shall be so conducted as to be 

completed by August 17, 2016. The word 

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“completed” means that all discovery shall have 

been conducted so that all depositions have been 

taken and any disputes relevant to discovery shall 

have been resolved by appropriate order if 

necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, 

the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel 

discovery must be noticed on the Magistrate 

Judge’s calendar in accordance with the local 

rules of this court and so that such motions may 

be heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) not 

later than August 17, 2016;

(4) All motions, except motions for continuances, 

temporary restraining orders, or other emergency 

applications, shall be filed on or before October 

17, 2016. All motions shall be noticed for the 

next available hearing date;

(5) The Final Pretrial Conference is reset for January 

3, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5;

(6) The jury trial is reset for March 7, 2017 at 9:00 

a.m. in Courtroom No. 5; and

(7) Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this 

Order, except requests to change the date of the 

trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned 

Magistrate Judge. All requests to change the 

trial date shall be heard and decided only by the 

undersigned judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 16, 2016

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