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Parties Involved:
Avon Products, Inc.
Defendant
Arnett Moore
Plaintiff

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITIONS AND ORDER 

ENLARGING TIME AND [PROPOSED] ORDER – CASE NO. C06-03425 SBA 

Jody I. LeWitter #l24794 

Daria Dimitroff #191588 

Sarah C. Beard #240340 

SIEGEL & LEWITTER 

1939 Harrison Street, Suite 307 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 452-5000 

Facsimile: (510) 452-5004 

jlewitter@sl-employmentlaw.com

ddimitroff@sl-employmentlaw.com

sbeard@sl-employmentlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Kathryn Davis #203454 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

101 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 450 

Walnut Creek, California 94596-4095 

Telephone: (925) 295-3300 

Facsimile: (925) 946-9912 

kathryndavis@mofo.com

Robert A. Naeve #106095 

Steven M. Zadravecz #185676 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

19900 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1200 

Irvine, California 92612-2445 

Telephone: (949) 251-7500 

Facsimile: (949) 251-0900 

RNaeve@mofo.com

SZadravecz@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ARNETT MOORE, 

 Plaintiff, 

 

 v. 

AVON PRODUCTS, INC., A New York 

Corporation, 

 

 Defendant. 

 

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Case No. C06-03425 SBA 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 

ADDITIONAL DEPOSITIONS AND FOR 

ORDER ENLARGING TIME AND ORDER 

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITIONS AND ORDER 

ENLARGING TIME AND [PROPOSED] ORDER – CASE NO. C06-03425 SBA 

NOW COME the parties, by and through their counsel, and hereby stipulate pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(2) that plaintiff Arnett Moore may take the depositions of 

Judy Woods and Joe Petro, which will result in more than ten depositions being taken by plaintiff. 

Good cause exists for plaintiff taking more than ten depositions because a large number of 

witnesses in this case are located out of the state of California and plaintiff needs to preserve 

witnesses’ testimony for trial. The parties further stipulate that any party may appear at the 

depositions by telephone. 

The parties further respectfully request that the Court enlarge time for the non-expert 

discovery period in this case by three weeks, and permit the parties to conduct the depositions of 

witnesses Judy Woods and Joe Petro by Friday, August 24, 2007. The non-expert discovery cutoff deadline in this case is August 3, 2007, which was set by the Court on October 23, 2006 in the 

Amended Pretrial Order for this case. Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, filed herewith is the 

Declaration of Sarah C. Beard that sets forth with particularity the reasons for the request for an 

order enlarging time for non-expert discovery. 

There is good cause for this request to enlarge time for the non-expert discovery period for 

the following reasons: 

1. Plaintiff Moore’s counsel did not learn that Ms. Woods has knowledge relevant to 

plaintiff’s claims of discrimination until July 19, 2007, despite several prior attempts 

by plaintiff’s counsel to contact her. On that same date, defendant Avon served its 

Supplemental Disclosures Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e) on 

plaintiff, and listed Mr. Petro as a witness for the first time. Prior to that date, plaintiff 

did not know that Mr. Petro had knowledge relevant to plaintiff’s claims. On that 

date, July 19, 2007, plaintiff’s lead counsel was out of the country; 

2. On July 23, 2007, plaintiff’s counsel determined that it is necessary to depose Ms. 

Woods and Mr. Petro, and notified defendant Avon’s counsel of plaintiff’s intention to 

depose both witnesses on August 3, 2007, the date of the non-expert discovery cut-off. 

On the same date, July 23, 2007, plaintiff’s counsel personally served defendant’s 

counsel with notices of depositions of Ms. Woods and Mr. Petro; 

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITIONS AND ORDER 

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3. On July 24, 2007, defendant’s counsel confirmed defendant would produce Mr. Petro 

for deposition and was attempting to contact Mr. Petro to determine his availability for 

deposition; 

4. On July 25, 2007, Ms. Woods informed plaintiff’s counsel that she will be traveling 

out of town on August 3, 2007, and is therefore unavailable for deposition on that day. 

Ms. Woods further informed plaintiff’s counsel that due to prior commitments, she is 

unavailable on the other dates that counsel for both plaintiff and defendant are 

available for her deposition during the week of July 30, 2007, prior to the non-expert 

discovery cut-off date of August 3, 2007. Ms. Woods informed plaintiff’s counsel that 

next date she is available for deposition is August 6, 2007, three days after the nonexpert discovery cut-off. Plaintiff’s counsel and defendant’s counsel are currently 

trying to determine a date agreeable to both parties for Ms. Woods’ deposition, but 

anticipate Ms. Woods will be available by August 24, 2007; 

5. To date, defendant has been unable to determine Mr. Petro’s availability for 

deposition, but anticipates Mr. Petro will be available by August 24, 2007. 

THEREBY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the parties in the above case request that 

the Court issue an order enlarging time for the non-expert discovery period by three weeks and 

allowing plaintiff to depose two additional witnesses. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: July 30, 2007 SIEGEL & LEWITTER 

 

 By: /s/ Sarah C. Beard 

 Jody I. LeWitter 

 Daria Dimitroff 

 Sarah C. Beard 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Arnett Moore 

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STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITIONS AND ORDER 

ENLARGING TIME AND [PROPOSED] ORDER – CASE NO. C06-03425 SBA 

DATED: July 30, 2007 MORRISON & FOERSTER 

 By: /s/ Steven Zadravecz 

 Robert Naeve 

 Steven Zadravecz 

 Kathryn Davis 

 

 Attorneys for Defendant Avon Products, Inc. 

 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 8/13/07 ___________________________________ 

 Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong 

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