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Parties Involved:
G.P.P., Inc.
Counter Claimant
Guardian Innovative Solutions
Defendant
Guardian Protection Products, Inc.
Counter Defendant

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

CALVIN E. DAVIS (SBN: 101640)

cdavis@grsm.com

AARON P. RUDIN (SBN: 223004)

arudin@grsm.com

AMANDA A. GARCIA (SBN: 331043)

aagarcia@grsm.com

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 576-5000

Facsimile: (213) 680-4470

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, a Pennsylvania 

corporation,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1:20-CV-01680-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER; 

DECLARATION OF AARON P. RUDIN 

IN SUPPORT

(Doc. 48)

Complaint Filed: November 24, 2020

Counterclaim Filed: February 22, 2021

Trial: January 23, 2024

Pre-Trial Conference: November 15, 2023

G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN 

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, a Pennsylvania 

corporation,

Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation,

Counter-defendant.

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Pursuant to the Court’s modified Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 46] and L.R. 143, 

Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Guardian Protection Products, Inc. (“Guardian”) and 

Defendant/Counterclaimant G.P.P. Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative Solutions (“GIS”) hereby 

submit the following stipulation and proposed order to further modify the Scheduling Order.

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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP

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WHEREAS, on April 16, 2021, this Court issued a Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 30] in 

this matter;

WHEREAS, on October 14, 2021 the parties submitted a Stipulation and Proposed Order 

to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 40], and on October 15, 2021, the Court modified the 

Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 41];

WHEREAS, following a week-long trial, on December 13, 2021, this Court issued a final 

judgment [Dkt. No. 499] in the related case entitled G.P.P., Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative 

Solutions v. Guardian Protections Products, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-00321-SKO; 

WHEREAS, on February 3, 2022, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and 

Proposed Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 42], and on February 4, 2022, the 

Court modified the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 43]; 

WHEREAS, on April 15, 2022, GIS filed a Notice of Appeal in the related matter [Dkt. 

No. 513];

WHEREAS, on April 22, 2022, Guardian filed a Notice of Appeal in the related matter 

[Dkt. No. 516];

WHEREAS, on August 3, 2022, the parties submitted a Further Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to modify the scheduling order [Dkt. No. 44], and on February 5, 2022, the Court modified 

the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 46] setting the following dates:

Event Date

Non-Expert Discovery March 20, 2023

Expert Disclosures April 24, 2023

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures May 24, 2023

Expert Discovery June 28, 2023

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing June 28, 2023

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing August 2, 2023

Dispositive Motion Filing August 2, 2023

Pretrial Conference November 15, 2023

Trial January 23, 2024

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WHEREAS, on September 12, 2022, GIS filed its Opening Brief for the Appeal in the 

related matter;

WHEREAS, on November 14, 2022, Guardian filed its Principal and Response Brief for 

the Appeal in the related matter;

WHEREAS, on January 13, 2023, GIS filed its Response and Reply Brief for the Appeal 

in the related matter; 

WHEREAS, Guardian’s optional reply brief for the Appeal in the related matter is 

currently due March 6, 2023;

WHEREAS, on January 18, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued an Order for the Appeal in the 

related matter stating that oral argument, if any, will be set in due course; 

WHEREAS, in light of the current and foreseeable appellate activity in the related matter, 

the parties believe that an additional six (6) month extension on the above deadlines is

reasonable and necessary to avoid a potential waste of judicial resources and those of the parties

and promote efficiency and economy for the court and the parties;

WHEREAS, absent an extension, the parties would be required to complete discovery, 

along with potential non-dispositive and dispositive motions, in this matter at the same time they 

are engaged in a pending appeal in the related matter the outcome of which could potentially 

impact these proceedings, which would result in duplication of effort and unduly and 

unnecessarily strain the resources of both parties and their counsel.

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and REQUESTED by the parties that 

the Scheduling Order [Dkt. No. 46] be further modified as follows:

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Event Proposed Date

Non-Expert Discovery September 20, 2023

Expert Disclosures October 24, 2023

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures November 27, 2023

Expert Discovery January 2, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing January 2, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing February 7, 2024

Dispositive Motion Filing February 14, 2024

Pretrial Conference May 15, 2024

Trial July 23, 2024

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 30, 2023 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

By: /s/ Aaron P. Rudin _____

Calvin E. Davis

Aaron P. Rudin

Amanda A. Garcia

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant

GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC.

Dated: January 30, 2023 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

 Professional Corporation

 By: /s/ Jason Mollick_______________________

 Dylan J. Liddiard

 Jason Mollick

 Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-

 Claimant G.P.P., INC. d/b/a GUARDIAN

 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

 (as authorized on January 30, 2023)

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ORDER

Finding good cause therefore (Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4)), the parties’ stipulation is hereby

approved. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the case schedule (Doc. 46) is 

MODIFIED as follows:

Event Prior Date Continued Date

Non-Expert Discovery March 20, 2023 September 20, 2023

Expert Disclosures April 24, 2023 October 24, 2023

Rebuttal Expert Disclosures May 24, 2023 November 27, 2023

Expert Discovery June 28, 2023 January 2, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing June 28, 2023 January 2, 2024

Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing August 2, 2023 February 7, 2024

Dispositive Motion Filing August 2, 2023 February 14, 2024

Deadline to Request Settlement 

Conference Date (see below)

n/a May 29, 2024

Pretrial Conference November 15, 2023 May 15, 2024, at 2:30 

p.m.

Trial January 23, 2024 August 27, 2024, at 8:30 

a.m.

Unless all the parties affirmatively request that the assigned trial judge participate in the 

conference and waive in writing any claim of disqualification on that basis to act as the trial judge 

in the action thereafter, the assigned trial judge shall not conduct the settlement conference. See

E.D. Cal. L.R. 270(b). Accordingly, the Settlement Conference will at this time be set before 

another Magistrate Judge, who holds Settlement Conferences on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 

p.m.

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Counsel are to meet and confer and discuss the advantages of and possibilities for 

settlement with each other, and with their respective clients, to help ensure that a Settlement 

Conference will be productive. By no later than May 29, 2024, the parties shall jointly email 

Courtroom Deputy Wendy Kusamura at WKusamura@caed.uscourts.gov to schedule a settlement 

conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2023 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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