Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-3_18-cv-07781/USCOURTS-cand-3_18-cv-07781-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Phil Fox
Defendant
ICA Insurance Alliance/SAA Insurance Agency
Defendant
Insurance Centers of America, Inc.
Defendant
Tiffany Plummer
Plaintiff

Document Text:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

1 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES – Case No. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

Daniel Feder (SBN 130867) 

LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL FEDER 

235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1019 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 391-9476 

Facsimile: (415) 391-9432 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

TIFFANY PLUMMER 

MICHAEL D. BRUNO (SBN: 166805) 

mbruno@grsm.com 

SETH WEISBURST (SBN: 259323) 

sweisburst@grsm.com 

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel: 415-986-5900 

Fax: 415-986-8054 

Attorneys for Defendants 

INSURANCE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.; ICA INSURANCE ALLIANCE/SAA 

INSURANCE AGENCY, AND PHIL FOX 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TIFFANY PLUMMER, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

INSURANCE CENTERS OF AMERICA, 

INC.; ICA INSURANCE ALLIANCE/SSA 

INSURANCE AGENCY; PHIL FOX, an 

individual; and DOES 1-50, inclusive 

Defendant. 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

CASE NO. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DEADLINES FOR 

EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

DISCOVERY AND PRETRIAL 

MOTIONS AS MODIFIED BY THE 

COURT 

[Civil L.R. 6-2, 7-12] 

 

Case 3:18-cv-07781-RS Document 19 Filed 01/17/20 Page 1 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES – Case No. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

 Plaintiff TIFFANY PLUMMER (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants INSURANCE CENTERS 

OF AMERICA, INC., ICA INSURANCE ALLIANCE/SAA INSURANCE AGENCY, and 

PHIL FOX (collectively, “Defendants”) hereby stipulate and respectfully request that: 

1. The deadline for parties to designate experts in accordance with Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) be continued from January 30, 2020 to April 10, 2020; 

2. The deadline for parties to designate their supplemental and rebuttal experts in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) be continued from 

February 28, 2020 to May 8, 2020; 

3. The deadline for parties to complete all discovery of expert witnesses in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) be continued from 

March 30, 2020 to May 29, 2020; and 

4. The last day to hear pretrial motions be continued from May 7, 2020 to June 17, 

2020.

 The parties believe that good cause exists to continue these deadlines based on the 

following:

 On November 28, 2018 Plaintiff filed this action against Defendants in the Superior 

Court of California for the County of San Mateo, alleging violations of California’s Fair 

Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and 

wrongful termination in violation of public policy. 

 On December 28, 2018, Defendants removed this action to this Court. 

 On April 12, 2019, the Court filed a Case Management Scheduling Order that included 

deadlines for the disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses and a deadline for pretrial motions 

to be heard. Dkt. 12. 

 On December 12, 2019, the Court filed a Further Case Management Scheduling Order 

that included revised deadlines for the disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses, and a 

revised deadline for pretrial motions to be heard. Dkt. 16. 

 The parties are scheduled to participate in a mediation of this dispute on March 12, 2020, 

with mediator Patricia Gillette, Esq. at JAMS. 

Case 3:18-cv-07781-RS Document 19 Filed 01/17/20 Page 2 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

3 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES – Case No. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

 In order to minimize the parties’ resources, and judicial resources to the extent the Court 

would need to become involved in any disputes related to expert discovery, the parties seek to 

continue expert disclosures and discovery until after the March 12, 2020 mediation, and to allow 

additional time for potential pre-trial motions to be heard, without continuing the final pre-trial 

conference or the trial date. 

 Therefore, the parties ask the Court to adopt this stipulated schedule for these dates, with 

no modification to any other deadlines in this action: 

Event 

Current 

Scheduled 

Deadline 

(Dkt. 16) 

Proposed 

Stipulated 

Deadline 

(post-March 

2020 mediation) 

Deadline for parties to designate experts in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(a)(2) 

January 30, 2020 April 10, 2020 

Deadline for parties to designate their supplemental 

and rebuttal experts in accordance with Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) 

February 28, 2020 May 8, 2020 

Deadline for parties to complete all discovery of 

expert witnesses in accordance with Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) 

March 30, 2020 May 29, 2020 

Last day to hear pretrial motions May 7, 2020 June 17, 2020 

Dated: January 14, 2020 

Respectfully submitted, 

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 

By: 

Michael D. Bruno 

Seth Weisburst 

Attorneys for Defendants 

INSURANCE CENTERS OF AMERICA, 

INC.; ICA INSURANCE ALLIANCES/SSA 

INSURANCE AGENCY; and PHIL FOX 

Dated: January 14, 2020 LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL FEDER

By: Daniel Feder 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

TIFFANY PLUMMER

Case 3:18-cv-07781-RS Document 19 Filed 01/17/20 Page 3 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

4 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES – Case No. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

FILER’S ATTESTATION 

 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I attest that I received concurrence of the signatories in 

the filing of this document. 

 _____ 

 Seth Weisburst 

 

Case 3:18-cv-07781-RS Document 19 Filed 01/17/20 Page 4 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

5 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES – Case No. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION 

I, Seth Weisburst, hereby declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and I am 

admitted to practice before this Court. I am counsel of record for Defendants. I submit this 

declaration in support of the parties’ stipulated request to continue the expert disclosure and 

expert discovery deadlines, and to continue the last date pretrial motions can be heard. 

2. I attest that the facts set forth in the stipulation are all true and accurate. I believe 

that the relief requested in the stipulation is in the best interest of the parties and the Court, as the 

continued deadlines are likely to minimize the parties’ and the Court’s time and resources in 

light of the mediation set for March 12, 2020. 

3. The parties have not filed any separate stipulations focusing on a request for time 

modifications to date. The parties’ March 19, 2019 Joint Case Management Statement and Rule 

26(f) Report first proposed deadlines related to expert disclosures and discovery and pretrial 

motions. Dkt. 9. On April 12, 2019, the Court filed a Case Management Scheduling Order 

setting several deadlines, including those related to expert disclosures and discovery and the last 

day the Court would hear pretrial motions. Dkt. 12. The parties proposed revised deadlines in 

their December 4, 2019 Joint Case Management Statement. Dkt. 14. On December 12, 2019, 

the Court entered a Further Case Management Scheduling Order setting several deadlines, 

including those related to expert disclosures and discovery and the last day the Court would hear 

pretrial motions. Dkt. 16. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that 

the foregoing is true and correct. 

 Executed on January 14, 2020 at San Francisco, California. 

____________ ________

 Seth Weisburst 

 

Case 3:18-cv-07781-RS Document 19 Filed 01/17/20 Page 5 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

6 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING EXPERT DISCLOSURE AND 

EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES – Case No. 3:18-cv-07781-RS 

ORDER AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT

 Having reviewed the parties’ stipulation, and good cause having been shown, the 

Court orders as follows: 

1. The parties’ deadline to designate their experts in accordance with Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) is continued to April 10, 2020. 

2. The parties’ deadline to designate their supplemental and rebuttal experts in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) is continued to 

May 8, 2020. 

3. The parties’ deadline to complete all discovery of expert witnesses in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) is continued to 

May 29, 2020. 

4. The last day the Court will hear pretrial motions is continued to June 18, 2020. 

5. The Pretrial Conference is continued to August 5, 2020 at 10:00 am 

6. The Jury Selection/Trial has been continued to August 17, 2020 at 9:00 am 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 1/17/2020 

The Honorable Richard Seeborg 

United States District Judge 

Case 3:18-cv-07781-RS Document 19 Filed 01/17/20 Page 6 of 6