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Parties Involved:
Pacific Marine Center, Inc.
Plaintiff
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company
Defendant
Sona Vartanian
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Stipulation to Continue Discovery Deadlines and Order Thereon

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PACIFIC MARINE CENTER, INC., a 

California corporation, and SONA 

VARTANIAN, an individual,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation, and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendant. 

Case No.: 1:13-CV-00992-AWI-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

DISCOVERY CUT-OFF AND 

AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

WHEREAS, the parties through their respective counsel note that this is the parties’ fifth 

stipulation and request to reset discovery dates;

WHEREAS, the parties note that they have each aggressively pursued discovery in the 

instant case; however, there are voluminous documents in this case, a number of witnesses who 

matter to the case, and a multitude of material issues;

WHEREAS, there are two additional non-party witnesses identified subsequent to the last 

stipulation and order regarding discovery, whose depositions should be taken for this case, but 

despite diligent efforts over the last two weeks to serve one of such witnesses, a Los Angeles 

attorney, they have not yet been served; 

WHEREAS, the parties through their respective counsel have scheduled a Settlement 

Conference before the Honorable Barbara McAuliffe, United States Magistrate Judge, on November 

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nd this year;

WHEREAS, under the current schedule, the parties must provide expert reports on October 

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30, 2015, attend the settlement conference on November 2, 2015, counter-designate experts on 

November 5, 2015, complete expert deposition discovery by November 12, 2015 and file nondispositive and dispositive motions by November 16, 2015, and counsel do not believe that they 

will be able to accomplish those tasks in that limited time period;

WHEREAS, after meeting and conferring, the counsel have agreed to seek the extensions on 

scheduling dates proposed hereinbelow;

WHEREAS, the parties through their respective counsel consequently ask for the 

Court’s additional indulgence to grant another request to extend the discovery, motion and 

expert cutoffs;

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by Plaintiffs and Defendant, by and through 

their respective counsel of record, as follows:

1. The various deadlines for discovery and pre-trial and trial dates currently set shall be 

continued for some two weeks, more or less, to the following dates, or such other dates 

in reasonable proximity thereto convenient to the Court’s schedule, as follows:

Court Settlement Conference date: November 2, 2015.

Non Expert Discovery cutoff: November 9, 2015.

Expert Disclosure: November 13, 2015.

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: November 24, 2015.

Expert Discovery cutoff: December 3, 2015.

Non Dispositive Motions:

Filing: December 7, 2015.

Hearing: January 6, 2016.

Dispositive Motions:

Filing: December 7, 2015

Hearing: January 11, 2016.

Pre-Trial Conference: January 27, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., Courtroom 2.

Trial: March 22, 2016, at 8:30 a.m., Courtroom 2.

2. The Case Scheduling Order, dated November 26, 2013, and the Order Re Discovery CutCase 1:13-cv-00992-DAD-SKO Document 56 Filed 10/22/15 Page 2 of 4
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Off and Amending Scheduling Order, signed October 2, 2015, shall be amended to reflect the new 

dates.

Dated: October 21, 2015 THE REICH LAW FIRM

 By: ___/s/ Jeff Reich__________________

Jeff Reich

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: October 21, 2015 CHARLSTON , REVI CH & WOLLITZ LLP

 By: ____/s/ Bruce T. Smyth______________

Bruce T. Smyth

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

The parties seek additional time to conduct non-expert discovery because two non-party 

witnesses were only recently discovered and must be deposed. As a result, the parties wish to 

extend all deadlines except the Pre-Trial and Trial dates. However, the parties' request continues 

the deadline for hearing motions to January 11, 2016, which is slightly more than two weeks before 

the existing January 27, 2016, Pre-Trial Conference. Two weeks is insufficient time for the District 

Court to issue an order on any motion for summary judgment and for the parties to file a joint PreTrial Conference statement, which is currently due on January 20, 2015. Thus, the parties' request 

requires modification to the Pre-Trial and Trial dates. As already explained in the previous orders, 

Judge Ishii's trial calendar is extremely impacted. The nearest available trial date is October 18, 

2016. As such, the parties' request is granted, but the Pre-Trial and Trial dates shall be continued 

due to the requested extensions to the discovery and motion deadlines. The schedule is modified as 

follows:

Court Settlement Conference date: November 2, 2015, Courtroom 8

Non Expert Discovery cutoff: November 9, 2015

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Expert Disclosure: November 13, 2015

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: November 24, 2015

Expert Discovery cutoff: December 3, 2015

Non Dispositive Motions:

Filing: December 7, 2015

Hearing: January 6, 2016

Dispositive Motions:

Filing: December 7, 2015

Hearing: January 11, 2016

Pre-Trial Conference: August 8, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., Courtroom 2

Trial: October 18, 2016, at 8:30 a.m., Courtroom 2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 22, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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