UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES 

In the Matter of 

UNIVERSAL COMPUTERS and 

ELECTRONICS, INC., 

d/b/a Appliancebestbuys.com, and 

d/b/a universallcdtv.com, 

Respondent. 

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DOCKET NO. 9347 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND TIME 

FOR RESPONDENT TO RESPOND TO INTERROGATORIES AND 

DOCUMUMENT REQUESTS AND TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER 

On July 13,2011, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Extend Time for Respondent 

to Respond to Interrogatories and Document Requests and to Amend the Scheduling 

Order ("Joint Motion"), which was issued in this case on May 12,2011. 

Specifically, the parties jointly request: (1) an extension of the time for 

Respondent to provide any responses to Complaint Counsel's First Request for 

Production of Documents and First Set of Interrogatories, by two weeks, from July 5 to 

July 19,2011; (2) an extension oftime to July 19,2011 for Respondent's counsel to 

provide its mandatory initial disclosures under Commission Rule of Practice 3 .31 (b), 16 

C.F .R. § 3 .31 (b); 1 (3) an extension of the Scheduling Order deadline for Respondent to 

serve Complaint Counsel with its preliminary witness list and a summary of the proposed 

testimony, from June 22 to July 19,2011; and (4) an extension of the Scheduling Order 

deadline for the issuance of discovery requests oftwo weeks, from July 15 to July 29, 

2011, to permit Complaint Counsel to issue any follow-up document requests or 

interrogatories, based upon Respondent's discovery responses. 

I Rule 3.3I(b) states in pertinent part: "Complaint counsel and respondent's counsel shall, within 5 days of 

receipt ofa respondent's answer to the complaint and without awaiting a discovery request, provide to each 

other: (I) The name, and, if known, the address and telephone number of each individual likely to have 

discoverable information relevant to the allegations of the Commission's complaint, to the proposed relief, 

or to the defenses of the respondent, as set forth in § 3.31 (c)(1); and (2) A copy of, or a description by 

category and location of, all documents and electronically stored information including declarations, 

transcripts of investigational hearings and depositions, and tangible things in the possession, custody, or 

control of the Commission or respondent(s) that are relevant to the allegations of the Commission's 

complaint, to the proposed relief, or to the defenses of the respondent ... " The parties agree that 

Respondent's counsel has not yet provided the mandatory initial disclosures. 
Commission Rule of Practice 3.21(c)(2) provides that "[t]he Administrative Law 

Judge may, upon a showing of good cause, grant a motion to extend any deadline or time 

specified in this scheduling order other than the date of the evidentiary hearing. .. In 

determining whether to grant the motion, the Administrative Law Judge shall consider 

any extensions already granted, the length of the proceedings to date, the complexity of 

the issues, and the need to conclude the evidentiary hearing and render an initial decision 

in a timely manner." 16 C.F.R. § 3.21(c)(2). 

The parties state that the requested extensions would be the first extensions 

granted in this case, and assert that, if approved, the requested extensions would not 

affect the Scheduling Order's fact discovery deadline of August 23,2011, or the date for 

the commencement of the evidentiary hearing in this case, set for December 1, 2011. 

Based on the statements of the parties in their Joint Motion, the fact that the requested 

time extensions and amendments to the Scheduling Order would be the first amendments 

or extensions granted, and that the proposed amendments and extensions will not affect 

any other deadlines in the Scheduling Order, including the discovery deadline and the 

date for the evidentiary hearing, there is good cause to grant the extensions requested by 

the parties. 

Accordingly, the Joint Motion is GRANTED and it is hereby ORDERED that 

Respondent shall have until July 19,2011 to provide any responses to Complaint 

Counsel's First Request for Production of Documents and First Set of Interrogatories, and 

for Respondent's counsel to provide mandatory initial disclosures pursuant to Rule 

3.31 (b). It is further ORDERED that the Scheduling Order is amended as follows: 

July 19,2011 

July 29, 2011 

Respondent's Counsel provides preliminary witness 

lists (not including experts) with a brief summary of 

the proposed testimony. 

Deadline for Complaint Counsel to issue any 

additional document requests or interrogatories 

based upon Respondent's responses and production 

of documents, except for discovery for purposes of 

authenticity and admissibility of exhibits. 

Except as amended by this Order, all remaining dates and all additional provisions 

in the May 12, 2011 Scheduling Order are unchanged. 

ORDERED: 

Chief Administrative Law Judge 

Date: July 15,2011 

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