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Parties Involved:
Lance Aytman
Plaintiff
Keith Hooker
Plaintiff
Alex Horn
Plaintiff
Kraft Heinz Foods Company LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEX HORN, LANCE AYTMAN, and 

KEITH HOOKER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY 

LLC, 

Defendant.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01258-JLT-BAM

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND 

JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND EXPERT 

DISCOVERY FOR LIMITED PURPOSE 

OF COMPLETING ONE EXPERT 

DEPOSITION45(g)

(Doc. 109)

 On January 27, 2023, the Court issued an amended scheduling order extending all 

deadlines by five (5) months and setting the deadline to complete expert discovery on December 

22, 2023. (Doc. 56.) On December 12, 2023, the parties filed a joint stipulation and motion to 

extend expert discovery. (Doc. 109.) 

In their motion, the parties note that they s initially agreed that Defendant would depose 

Plaintiff’s emotional distress expert, Dr. Anthony Reading, on December 6, 2023, and that 

Plaintiffs would depose Defendant’s emotional distress experts, Dr. George Woods, Jr. and Dr. 

Dale Watson, on December 15 and December 19, 2023, respectively. (Id. ¶ 4.) The parties later 

reschedule the depositions, with Dr. Reading’s deposition on December 15, Dr. Watson’s 

deposition on December 19, and Dr. Woods’s deposition on December 22. (Id. ¶ 5.) Dr. Reading 

later learned that he was required to testify in the trial of another matter on December 15, 2023, 

and his only available date before the discovery cutoff is December 19, 2023. (Id. ¶ 6-7.) The 

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parties therefore plan to move to Dr. Woods’s deposition to January 5, 2024 to accommodate Dr. 

Reading’s availability. (Id. ¶ 8-9.) The parties petitioned the Court to permit Plaintiffs to take 

Dr. Woods’s deposition on January 5, 2024 and to extend the deadline to complete expert 

discovery for the limited purpose of Plaintiffs’ deposition of Dr. Woods on January 5, 2024.

The Court adopts the Parties’ Stipulation and, good cause appearing, GRANTS their joint 

motion to extend expert discovery. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the December 22, 2023 

expert discovery cutoff is extended through and including January 5, 2024 for the limited 

purpose of permitting Plaintiffs to take the deposition of Dr. George W. Woods, Jr., with all other 

deadlines in the Court’s January 27, 2023 Order (Doc. 56) to remain in place.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 14, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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