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Parties Involved:
Karen Hardison
Plaintiff
Vertis, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

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Craig T. Byrnes SBN 204080 

THE LAW OFFICE OF CRAIG T. BYRNES 

1801 Century Park East, Ste. 1520 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: (310) 551-6545 

Fax: (310) 362-8445 

Attorney for Plaintiff KAREN HARDISON 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

OTIS MCGEE JR., Cal. Bar No. 71885 

DEBORAH L. MARTIN, Cal. Bar No. 172634 

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-4109 

Telephone: 415-434-9100 

Facsimile: 415-434-3947 

Attorneys for Vertis, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

KAREN HARDISON, an individual, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

VERTIS, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, 

and DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. CIV S-07-1504 LKK/JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

Plaintiff Karen Hardison ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Vertis, Inc. 

("Vertis" or "Defendant") (collectively "The Parties") stipulate to the proposed pretrial schedule stated below, for the reasons explained herein, and jointly submit this 

stipulation and order regarding pre-trial scheduling issues for the court's 

consideration: 

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The Parties have engaged in initial discovery in this matter and, upon 

meeting and conferring in December 2007 regarding the scheduling of depositions 

of Defendant's witnesses, (who are located in various parts of the United States), 

agreed to hold further discovery until such time as they could engage in mediation. 

The Parties agreed to mediate with Mark Rudy, a mediator known to and trusted by 

counsel for both parties. Mr. Rudy's first available date was February 2, 2008. The 

Parties engaged in mediation with Mr. Rudy on February 2, 2008, but were unable 

to resolve the matter. The Parties' ability to resume discovery immediately 

following mediation was impaired by the fact that in-house counsel for Vertis 

required surgery in mid-February, and Mr. Byrnes' attendance was/is required in 

trial for much of the month of March. The Parties continue to meet and confer, in 

good faith, regarding scheduling depositions in April and have continued to engage 

in written discovery. 

Given The Parties' attempt at mediation, and the subsequent scheduling 

difficulties (surgery and trial), The Parties are unable to meet the scheduling 

deadlines set forth in the Court's Scheduling Order issued on October 17, 2007, and 

instead propose the following schedule. While The Parties believe that they can 

maintain the scheduled trial date of December 16, 2008, they recognize that the 

court has stated, in its October 17, 2007 order, that the court will not grant a request 

to change the discovery cutoff date without modifying the pretrial and trial dates, 

and will accept the court's rescheduling of the trial date if the court deems it 

necessary. 

The Parties, by and through their counsel of record, stipulate to the 

following dates, (and agree that all deadlines dependant on such dates will 

correspond to the new dates), and request that the Court order same: 

Discovery Motions Cutoff: July 3, 2008 (previously March 14, 2008) Discovery Cutoff: August 1, 2008 (previously April 14, 2008) Final Law and Motion: September 26, 2008 (previously June 14, 2008) Final Pretrial Conference: November 3, 2008 (previously September 15, 2008) Trial December 16, 2008 (same as previously set) 

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Dated: March 6, 2008 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ 

 Otis McGee, Jr. 

Deborah L. Martin 

Attorneys for Defendant Vertis, Inc. 

Dated: March 6, 2008 

LAW OFFICES OF CRAIG T. BYRNES 

By /s/ 

 Craig T. Byrnes 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Karen Hardison 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following 

dates shall be replace those dates contained in the Scheduling Order dated October 

17, 2007, and that all deadlines dependant upon such dates shall correspond to the 

new dates: 

Discovery Motions Cutoff: July 3, 2008 

Discovery Cutoff: August 1, 2008 

Final Law and Motion: October 10, 2008 

Final Pretrial Conference: December 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. 

Trial March 24, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. 

Dated: March 14, 2008 

 

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