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Parties Involved:
Graham Packaging
Defendant
Sargis Sarkizi
Plaintiff

Document Text:

ORDER GRANTING JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SARGIS SARKIZI, an individual, 

 Plaintiff,

 v.

GRAHAM PACKAGING, a California 

business entity form unknown, and DOES 1 

through 25, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01435-AWI-SKO

[Assigned for Law and Motion Matters to the 

Honorable Sheila K. Oberto]

ORDER GRANTING THE PARTIES’ 

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

AND PLAINTIFF’S EXPERT 

DISCLOSURE DEADLINE

State Action Filed: July 31, 2013

Trial Date: March 15, 2016

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff SARGIS SARKIZI and Defendant 

GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY’s (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Parties”) 

Joint Stipulation Request that the Court modify the current Scheduling Order and Extend the 

Parties Non-Expert Discovery Deadline and Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure Deadline. 

The parties have stipulated that a second deposition of Plaintiff will be taken in Stockton, 

California. The parties seek additional discovery time to take this second deposition as well as 

four additional depositions of Graham Packaging employees, and a doctor in Defendant's 

workers' compensation Medical Provider Network. As Defendant's lead counsel is located in 

Tennessee and Plaintiff's lead counsel is located in Southern California, the parties need 

additional time to coordinate taking all the depositions outstanding over the course of three to 

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five consecutive days as a cost-saving measure. 

Upon review of the Parties’ Joint Stipulation and the Parties’ Joint Mid-Discovery Status 

Report, and the recitals set forth therein, good cause having been shown, the Court Orders as 

follows:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Scheduling Order be modified be modified as 

follows: 

(1) The Non-Expert Discovery Deadline, which is currently set for August 29, 2015, 

should be extended to September 30, 2015; 

(2) The initial Parties’ Expert Disclosure deadlines, which are currently set for August 

29, 2015, should be extended to September 30, 2015;

(3) The Settlement Conference, which is currently set for August 31, 2015, should be 

extended to October 5, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 91;

(4) The Parties’ Rebuttal Expert Disclosure deadline, which is currently set for September 

29, 2015, should be extended to October 12, 2015;

(5) The Expert Discovery Cut-Off, which is currently set for October 2, 2015, should be 

extended to November 2, 2015;

(6) The Parties’ Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline, which is currently set for 

October 7, 2015, should be extended to November 9, 2015;

(7) The Parties’ Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing Deadline, which is currently set for 

November 4, 2015, should be extended to December 9, 2015;

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 1 The parties requested October 1, 2015, but that date was unavailable on Judge 

Boone's calendar.

2 The parties requested December 4, 2015, for a hearing on the non-dispositive motions, but Judge Oberto's law and motion calendar is set on Wednesdays so the 

date has been adjusted to the nearest following Wednesday.

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(8) The Parties’ Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline, which is currently set for October 

12, 2015 should be extended to November 12, 2015; 

(9) The Parties’ Dispositive Motion Hearing Deadline, which is currently set for 

November 30, 2015 should be extended to December 21, 2015;

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(10) The Pre-Trial Conference, currently set for January 13, 2016, is continued to 

February 10, 2016, and the Trial is continued from March 15, 2016, to April 5, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 13, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 3 The parties requested December 11, 2015, for a hearing on their dispositive 

motions, but this date is not available on Judge Ishii's calendar; thus, it has been 

adjusted to the nearest available date.

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