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Parties Involved:
Lexington Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Sentry Select Insurance Company
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, 

a Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SENTRYSELECT INSURANCECOMPANY,

an Illinois Corporation,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1:08-cv-1539-LJO-SKO

ORDER ON PARTIES STIPULATION AND

ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY

DEADLINE FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE

This is the fourth request for a modification to the initial scheduling order dated February 18,

2009, that the parties have requested. On February 9, 2010, the parties were cautioned that any

further stipulation seeking modification of the scheduling order would be viewed with disfavor

absent extraordinary circumstances. 

On May 20, 2010, the parties filed a request for another modification to the original

scheduling order. The parties assert that Defendant, Sentry Select Insurance Company, had agreed

to produce three witnesses for deposition in Stevens Point, Wisconsin on May 13 and 14, 2010. The

parties state that the deposition of Tim Kelly, scheduled for May 14, 2010, could not proceed as

planned because Mr. Kelly had a sudden family emergency. The parties agreed that it was more

economical to reschedule all three depositions for a later date, rather than require the parties'

attorneys to travel to Wisconsin from California on two separate occasions. Thus, the parties

tentatively agreed to reschedule all three depositions to June 16 and 17, 2010, which is past the

current discovery cut-off of June 7, 2010. The parties seek an order of the Court allowing these

depositions to take place past the current discovery deadline. 

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The parties also seek to extend the deadline to serve the initial expert disclosures until after

the depositions have been taken and request that the deadline to do so be extended to June 25, 2010. 

The parties further request that the deadline to serve supplemental expert witness disclosures be

extended to July 8, 2010. The parties have also explicitly agreed that all other dates in the February

9, 2010, and April 20, 2010 orders shall remain in place. 

The Court will grant the parties' request with the following caution: no other extensions of

time will be considered or granted unless truly extraordinary circumstances arise. The parties

are also cautioned that the pretrial motion filing deadline is July 1, 2010. The Court reminds the

parties that no other deadlines are subject to extension. 

In summary, the Court has adjusted only the dates for the parties to serve initial expert

witness disclosures and the last day to serve supplemental expert witness disclosures. No other

dates, as expressly stipulated by the parties, are adjusted or affected. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

1. The depositions of Marcia Tepp, Tim Kelly, and Sherry Anderson may be taken on

June 16 and 17, 2010. The discovery deadline for all other discovery shall remain 

set at June 7, 2010.

2. The last day for the parties to serve initial expert witness disclosures is on June 25,

2010.

3. The last day for the parties to serve supplemental expert witness disclosures is on

July 8, 2010.

4. The last day for the parties to complete expert discovery is on July 16, 2010.

5. All other dates set forth in the Court’s Order of February 9, 2010, and the Court’s

Minute Order of April 20, 2010 shall remain intact.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 25, 2010 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

ie14hj UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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