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Parties Involved:
Gregory Louie
Plaintiff
Petsmart, Inc.
Defendant

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Case No. 2:15-cv-023540-KJM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

TO TAKE AUGUST 15, 2016 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE OFF CALENDAR

MAURICE J. FITZGERALD, SBN 149712 

maurice@cartwrightlaw.com 

THE CARTWRIGHT LAW FIRM, INC. 

222 Front Street, Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415.433.0444 

Facsimile: 415.433.0449 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GREGORY LOUIE 

GREGORY C. CHENG, SBN 226865

gregory.cheng@ogletreedeakins.com 

SUSAN T. YE, SBN 2281497 

susan.ye@ogletreedeakins.com 

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. 

Steuart Tower, Suite 1300 

One Market Plaza 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.442.4810 

Facsimile: 415.442.4870 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PETSMART, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GREGORY LOUIE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PETSMART INC. and DOES 1 through 25, 

inclusive; 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:15-cv-02354-KJM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY 

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER TO CONTINUE SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CONFIDENTIAL 

SETTLEMENT STATEMENTS BY 60 

DAYS 

Action Filed: September 21, 2015 

Trial Date: September 11, 2017 

Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller

 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

TO TAKE AUGUST 15, 2016 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE OFF CALENDAR

STIPULATION 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED TO by and between Plaintiff Gregory 

Louie (“Plaintiff”) and his attorneys of record, The Cartwright Law Firm, by Maurice Fitzgerald, 

attorney at law, and Defendant PetSmart, Inc. (“PetSmart”), by its attorneys of record Ogletree, 

Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., by Gregory C. Cheng, attorney at law (collectively, the 

“Parties”), that the following Stipulation may be entered as an Order by the Court to give effect to 

the stipulations set forth below: 

1. WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his initial Complaint in Solano County Superior Court 

on September 21, 2015; 

2. WHEREAS, on November 10, 2015, PetSmart timely served and filed its Answer 

to Plaintiff’s Complaint; 

3. WHEREAS, on November 12, 2015, PetSmart removed the action to the U.S. 

District Court for the Eastern District of California; 

4. WHEREAS, on April 14, 2016, this Court issued a Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 

Order, which ordered, inter alia, the following dates: a Settlement Conference on August 15, 2016 

at 9:30 a.m., and the corresponding confidential settlement statements due at least 7 days prior to 

the Settlement Conference, which results in a deadline to file confidential settlement statements by 

August 8, 2016; 

5. WHEREAS, due to the nature of this action, the Parties believe that a private 

mediation would better facilitate the resolution of this matter; 

6. WHEREAS, the parties have scheduled a private mediation with Cynthia Remmers 

for October 6, 2016; 

7. WHEREAS, if the parties do not settle this case at mediation, the parties may 

mutually request a further settlement conference be scheduled with the court; 

8. WHEREAS, the request to modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order to remove the 

settlement conference in favor of private mediation scheduled for October 6, 2016 will not 

prejudice the trial date of September 11, 2017. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 

TO TAKE AUGUST 15, 2016 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE OFF CALENDAR

AGREE AND HEREBY STIPULATE that good cause exists to take the Settlement Conference, 

currently scheduled for August 15, 2016, off calendar pending private mediation which is currently 

scheduled for October 6, 2016. All other pretrial dates shall remain the same. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED ON THE DATES INDICATED BELOW. 

DATED: August 4, 2016 THE CARTWRIGHT LAW FIRM, INC. 

By: /s/ Maurice J. Fitzgerald 

MAURICE J. FITZGERALD 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GREGORY LOUIE 

DATED: August 4, 2016 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C. 

By: /s/ Susan T. Ye 

GREGORY C. CHENG 

SUSAN T. YE 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PETSMART, INC.

 

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ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

Pretrial Scheduling Order be modified to take the Settlement Conference currently scheduled for 

August 15, 2016 before Magistrate Judge Delaney off calendar in favor of private mediation which 

is scheduled for October 6, 2016. All other dates shall remain the same. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 9, 2016. 

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