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Parties Involved:
Eugene N. Gordon, Inc.
Plaintiff
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
Defendant
Jim Reego
Plaintiff
Liz Reego
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY 1

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Mark H. Van Brussel, SBN 80777 

Kurt Kappes, SBN 146384 

James D. McNairy, SBN 230903 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350 

Sacramento, California 95814-4428 

Telephone: (916) 448.0159 

Facsimile: (916) 558.4839 

Email: kkappes@seyfarth.com 

Email: jmcnairy@seyfarth.com 

MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE 

Larry Saylor, Pro Hac Vice

Michael Fayz, Pro Hac Vice

150 West Jefferson, Suite 2500 

Detroit, Michigan 48226 

Telephone: (313) 963.6420 

Facsimile: (313) 496.7500 

Email: saylor@millercanfield.com 

Email: fayz@millercanfield.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUGENE N. GORDON, INC. a California

Corporation, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED, a 

Michigan Corporation, and DOES 1 

through 150, Inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 06-02353-MCE-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING 

DISCOVERY 

Plaintiffs EUGENE N. GORDON, INC., JIM REEGO, LIZ REEGO and defendant LAZ-BOY INCORPORATED, through their attorneys of record, hereby STIPULATE to the entry 

of this Order as follows: 

1. The limit on the number of interrogatories under Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure shall be increased from 25 to 50; 

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2. The response date shall be and is extended to August 17, 2007 on: 

a. Plaintiff Eugene N. Gordon Inc.’s Requests for Admission, Set No. One, to 

Defendant La-Z-Boy Incorporated; 

b. Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories, Set No. One to Defendant La-Z-Boy 

Incorporated; 

c. Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories, Set No. Two to Defendant La-Z-Boy 

Incorporated; and 

d. Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents, Set No. Two to Defendant 

La-Z-Boy Incorporated; 

3. All responsive documents to be designated by a party under the terms of a 

Confidentiality Protective Order shall be produced on or before the later of five (5) days 

following entry of such order or July 13, 2007; 

4. Except as provided in Paragraph 3 of this Order, 

a. Plaintiff Eugene N. Gordon, Inc. shall produce on or before July 13, 2007 

all documents responsive to Defendant’s Request for Production of Documents to 

Plaintiff Eugene N. Gordon Inc., Set One; 

b. Plaintiff Eugene N. Gordon, Inc. shall produce on or before July 13, 2007 

all documents responsive to Defendant’s Request for Production of Documents to 

Plaintiff Eugene N. Gordon Inc., Set Two; 

c. Plaintiff Liz Reego shall produce on or before July 13, 2007 all documents 

responsive to Defendant’s Request for Production of Documents to Plaintiff Liz Reego, 

Set One; 

d. Plaintiff Jim Reego shall produce on or before July 13, 2007 all 

documents responsive to Defendant’s Request for Production of Documents to Plaintiff 

Jim Reego, Set One; and 

e. Defendant La-Z-Boy Incorporated shall produce on or before July 13, 

2007 all documents responsive to Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents, Set 

One. 

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5. Defendant La-Z-Boy Incorporated shall serve on or before July 13, 2007 

supplemental written responses to Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents, Set One; 

6. Plaintiff Eugene N. Gordon, Inc. shall serve on or before July 13, 2007 verified 

supplemental responses to: 

a. Interrogatories 23 and 24 of Defendant’s Interrogatories to Plaintiff 

Eugene N. Gordon, Inc., Set One; and 

b. Interrogatories 25 through 32 of Defendant’s Interrogatories to Plaintiff 

Eugene N. Gordon, Inc., Set Two; 

7. Plaintiff Liz Reego shall serve on or before July 13, 2007 verified supplemental 

responses to Interrogatories 25 through 27 of Defendant’s Interrogatories to Plaintiff Liz Reego, 

Set One; 

8. Plaintiff Jim Reego shall serve on or before July 13, 2007 verified supplemental 

responses to Interrogatories 25 through 27 of Defendant’s Interrogatories to Plaintiff Jim Reego, 

Set One; 

 9. Defendant La-Z-Boy’s Motion for Protective Order, as it relates to the treatment 

of confidential documents, shall remain on calendar for hearing on July 13, 2007, unless a 

stipulated form of protective order is submitted to the Court on or before July 10, 2007. In all 

other respects, the hearings set for July 13, 2007 on Defendant La-Z-Boy Incorporated’s Motion 

to Compel, as amended, and Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel, shall be and are CONTINUED to 

August 31, 2007. 

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SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: July 2, 2007 STEVENS & O’CONNELL LLP 

 By____/s/ Todd M. Noonan_________

 Todd M. Noonan 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Dated: July 2, 2007 SEYFARTH SHAW, LLP 

 By: ___/s/ James D. McNairy________________

 James D. McNairy 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Dated: July 2, 2007 MILLER CANFIELD PADDOCK and STONE, P.L.C. 

 By: ____/s/ Michael C. Fayz___________________

 Michael C. Fayz 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. In addition, the joint stipulation required by Local Rule 37-251(c) 

requires that every discovery item objected to or for which a protective order is sought, and the 

objection thereto, “shall be reproduced in full” in the joint stipulation, with the parties’ respective 

arguments and supporting authorities set forth immediately following each such objection. “All 

arguments and briefing that would otherwise be included in a memorandum of points and 

authorities supporting or opposing the motion shall be included in this joint statement, and no 

separate briefing shall be filed.” Local Rule 37-251(c). Briefing attached to the parties’ motions 

will be disregarded. 

DATED: July 3, 2007. 

Ddad1/orders.civil/gordon2353.stipord 

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