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Parties Involved:
E. & J. Gallo Winery
Counter Claimant
Vineyard Investigations
Counter Defendant

Document Text:

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME

CASE NO. 19-CV-1482

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

VINEYARD INVESTIGATIONS,

Plaintiff,

v.

E. & J. GALLO WINERY,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-1482-JLT-SKO

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO 

EXTEND TIME TO SERVE 

PRELIMINARY CLAIM 

CONSTRUCTIONS AND FILE JOINT 

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND 

PREHEARING STATEMENT 

(Doc. 64)

Judge: Hon. Jennifer L. Thurston

Courtroom: 4

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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME

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Pursuant to the Court’s order entered on October 20, 2021, the parties’ exchange of 

preliminary claim constructions was to be completed by April 5, 2022. (See Doc. 51 at 11). The 

parties filed their Stipulation to Extend Time to Serve Preliminary Claim Constructions and File 

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement (the “Stipulation”) on April 8, 2022—after the 

deadline had passed. (See Doc. 64.) The Stipulation also seeks to continue the parties’ deadline to 

file their joint claim construction and prehearing statement from April 12, 2022, to April 18, 2022. 

(See id.)

Although the Court may extend time for discovery after the deadline has expired because 

of “excusable neglect,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(B), no such excusable neglect has been articulated—

much less shown—here. Notwithstanding this deficiency, and given the absence of bad faith or 

prejudice to Defendant (as evidenced by the parties’ agreement to the modification of case 

schedule), and in view of the liberal construction of Fed. R. Civ. 6(b)(1) to effectuate the general 

purpose of seeing that cases are tried on the merits, see Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 

1253, 1258–59 (9th Cir. 2010), the Court will grant the parties’ request to modify the existing case 

schedule. The parties are cautioned that future post hoc request for extensions of time will be 

viewed with disfavor.

Having reviewed the Stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby ORDERS

that the amended Scheduling Order (Doc. 51) is MODIFIED as follows:

Event Current Deadline New Deadline

Exchange of Preliminary Claim 

Constructions

April 5, 2022 April 11, 2022

Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing 

Statement

April 12, 2022 April 18, 2022

All other dates in the amended Scheduling Order (Doc. 51) shall remain as set. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME

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Dated: April 11, 2022 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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