Filed: Jun. 05, 2018
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Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 53] [Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-12] JON S. TIGAR , District Judge . STIPULATION Pursuant to Rules 6-2 and 7-12 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ("Civil Local Rules") and Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff 150 Spear Street Associates, L.P. ("Plaintiff") and Defendants VW
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 53] [Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-12] JON S. TIGAR , District Judge . STIPULATION Pursuant to Rules 6-2 and 7-12 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ("Civil Local Rules") and Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff 150 Spear Street Associates, L.P. ("Plaintiff") and Defendants VWR..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING SCHEDULING ORDER [DKT. NO. 53]
[Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-12]
JON S. TIGAR, District Judge.
STIPULATION
Pursuant to Rules 6-2 and 7-12 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ("Civil Local Rules") and Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff 150 Spear Street Associates, L.P. ("Plaintiff") and Defendants VWR International, LLC and Univar USA Inc. (collectively, "Defendants") (Plaintiff and Defendants collectively, the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2017, this Court issued a Scheduling Order setting the following schedule and deadlines (Dkt. No. 37);
Event Deadline
Deadline to add parties or amend the pleadings September 29, 2017
Fact discovery cut-off June 1, 2018
Expert disclosures June 22, 2018
Expert rebuttal July 13, 2018
Expert discovery cut-off July 27, 2018
Deadline to file dispositive motions August 17, 2018
Pretrial conference statement due October 30, 2018
Pretrial Conference November 9, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
Trial November 26, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.
WHEREAS, on November 17, 2017, pursuant to a Stipulation and Proposed Order of the Parties (Dkt. No. 52), this Court entered an Order to Modify Scheduling Order as follows (Dkt. No. 53) (the "Operative Scheduling Order"):
Event Prior Deadline New Deadline
Deadline to add parties or
amend the pleadings September 29, 2017 N/A
Fact discovery cut-off June 1, 2018 July 16, 2018
Expert disclosures June 22, 2018 August 6, 2018
Expert rebuttal July 13, 2018 August 27, 2018
Expert discovery cut-off July 27, 2018 September 10, 2018
Deadline to file dispositive August 17, 2018 October 2, 2018
motions
Pretrial conference statement October 30, 2018 January 21, 2019
due
Pretrial Conference November 9, 2018 at 2:00 February 1, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
p.m.
Trial November 26, 2018 at 8:30 February 19, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.
a.m.
WHEREAS, in the course of discovery, Plaintiff has filed multiple motions to compel discovery, and the Parties anticipate that Defendants will file one or more motions to compel discovery;
WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in extensive meet-and-confers in their efforts to resolve—without judicial intervention—discovery issues relating to the scheduling of party and non-party fact witness depositions;
WHEREAS, given the collective availability of counsel and of the proposed deponents, the Parties anticipate that the time required to complete party and fact witness depositions and to brief and respond to any related motion practice that may arise from those depositions as well as complying with any court orders related thereto exceeds the current fact discovery cut-off of July 16, 2018, such that good cause exists to modify the Operative Scheduling Order;
WHEREAS, this is the second request by the Parties to enlarge time with respect to the Scheduling Order; and
WHEREAS, good cause exists to grant the Parties' stipulated request;
NOW THEREFORE, in view of the above, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12 and Rule 16(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree to extend all dates and deadlines in the Operative Scheduling Order by 90 days such that the new deadlines for each event are as follows:
Event Prior Deadline New Deadline
Deadline to add parties or September 29, 2017 N/A
amend the pleadings
Fact discovery cut-off July 16, 2018 October 15, 2018
Expert disclosures August 6, 2018 November 5, 2018
Expert rebuttal August 27, 2018 November 26, 2018
Expert discovery cut-off September 10, 2018 December 10, 2018
Deadline to file dispositive October 2, 2018 December 31, 2018
motions
Pretrial conference statement January 21, 2019 April 22, 2019
due
Pretrial Conference February 1, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. May 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Trial February 19, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. May 20, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3)
I, N. Kathleen Strickland, hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Modifying Scheduling Order has been obtained from each of the other signatories.
Dated: June 5, 2018.
By: /s/ N. Kathleen Strickland
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N. Kathleen Strickland