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Parties Involved:
Daniel Carter
Plaintiff
Joni Carter
Plaintiff
Coloplast A/S
Defendant
Coloplast Corp.
Defendant
Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC
Defendant
Diversified Plastics, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JONI CARTER and DANIEL CARTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLOPLAST A/S, COLOPLAST CORP., 

COLOPLAST MANUFACTURING US, LLC, 

AND DIVERSIFIED PLASTICS, INC., and 

DOES 1 to 10, inclusive, and DOES 1 to 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

CASE NO.: 2:20-cv-00587-WBS-DMC

STIPULATION SEEKING

MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULING

ORDER; ORDER

First Amended Complaint Filed: 

June 1, 2020

Assigned for all purposes to

Hon. Judge William B. Shubb

Courtroom 5, 14th Floor

Trial Date: April 4, 2023

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Plaintiffs Joni Carter and Daniel Carter (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Coloplast Corp. and 

Christopher B. Dolan, Esq. (SBN 165358)

Allison L. Stone, Esq. (SBN 274607)

Taylor French, Esq. (SBN 317880)

DOLAN LAW FIRM, PC

1438 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 421-2800

Facsimile: (415) 421-2830

Attorneys for Plaintiffs,

JONI CARTER AND DANIEL CARTER

Donald F. Zimmer, Jr. (SBN 112279)

William E. Steimle (SBN 203426)

KING & SPALDING LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 2300

San Francisco, CA, 94105

Telephone: (415) 318-1200

Facsimile: (415) 318-1300

Attorneys for Defendants

COLOPLAST CORP. and 

COLOPLAST MANUFACTURING US, LLC

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Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC (“Defendants”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby 

stipulate and agree regarding their joint request to continue trial and modify the Order Modifying

Scheduling Order (Doc. 26) as follows:

Plaintiff’s primary handling attorney, Lourdes De Armas, left Dolan Law Firm on March 31, 

2022, and a new primary handling attorney, Allison Stone, who has not been involved in this case has 

just been assigned to this matter. In order to have productive and meaningful discussions concerning the 

case, discovery and settlement of the matter, the parties seek a continuance of the trial and pretrial 

schedule by approximately six months, which should be sufficient time for the parties to attempt to 

resolve the case, and if their efforts are unsuccessful, proceed with discovery and expert discovery.

Given the change in Plaintiffs’ handling attorney and the parties’ desire to attempt to settle the case prior 

to engaging in costly discovery and expert discovery as discussed above, good cause exists to continue 

the scheduling and trial orders in this case. Absent additional time, the parties will be unable to conduct 

needed discovery, engage in meaningful settlement efforts, and now will be unable to do so within the 

time provided in the scheduling order. Accordingly, the parties seek a continuance of the trial and 

pretrial schedule by approximately six months, which should be sufficient time to complete discovery if 

the parties’ settlement efforts are unsuccessful.

The parties note that only one request for a continuance has previously been made in this case.

BASED THEREON, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

That the deadlines in the Order Modifying Scheduling Order (Doc. 26) be continued by a period

of approximately 6 months as follows, subject to the court’s scheduling convenience:

EVENT CURRENT DEADLINE PROPOSED DEADLINE

Opening Expert Witness

Disclosure [See F.R.Civ.P.

26(a)(2)]

June 24, 2022 January 6, 2023

Rebuttal Expert Witness 

Disclosure

July 29, 2022 February 14, 2023

Discovery Cut-off September 23, 2022 April 14, 2023

Last Day to File a Motion November 18, 2022 June 13, 2023

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Final Pre-trial Conference

(1:30 p.m.)

January 30, 2023 August 28, 2023

Trial (9:00 a.m.) April 4, 2023 October 2, 2023

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: April 26, 2022 THE DOLAN LAW FIRM

 /s/ Allison Stone

Christopher B. Dolan, Esq

Allison Stone, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

JONI CARTER & DANIEL CARTER

DATED: April 26, 2022 KING & SPALDING LLP

/s/ Alexandra Kennedy-Breit

Donald F. Zimmer, Jr., Esq

William E. Steimle, Esq.

Alexandra Kennedy-Breit, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendants

Coloplast Corp. and 

Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC

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ORDER

The Court has reviewed the stipulation of Plaintiffs Joni Carter and Daniel Carter and

Defendants Coloplast Manufacturing US, LLC and Coloplast Corp. seeking to continue trial and modify 

Order Modifying Scheduling Order (Doc. 26). For good cause appearing, the Court grants the requested 

relief. The Court vacates the prior schedule and sets the following dates:

EVENT DEADLINE

Opening Expert Witness

Disclosure [See F.R.Civ.P.

26(a)(2)]

January 6, 2023

Rebuttal Expert Witness Disclosure February 14, 2023

Discovery Cut-off April 14, 2023

Last Day to File a Motion June 13, 2023

Final Pre-trial Conference (1:30 

p.m.)

August 28, 2023 at 1:30 p.m.

Trial (9:00 a.m.) October 3, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2022

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