LEMMONS v. ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION, CV 12-03936 JST. (2014)
Court: District Court, N.D. California
Number: infdco20140113593
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Filed: Jan. 10, 2014
Latest Update: Jan. 10, 2014
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF JON S. TIGAR, District Judge. STIPULATION Plaintiff PORTIA LEMMONS ("Plaintiff"), and defendants ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION; BERKELEY HARDWARE, INC. dba BERKELEY ACE HARDWARE and EQR ACHESON COMMONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (together "Defendants"), hereby jointly stipulate and request through their attorneys of record that the Court continue the Fact Discovery cut-off in this case. This first request for a continuance of a pre
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF JON S. TIGAR, District Judge. STIPULATION Plaintiff PORTIA LEMMONS ("Plaintiff"), and defendants ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION; BERKELEY HARDWARE, INC. dba BERKELEY ACE HARDWARE and EQR ACHESON COMMONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (together "Defendants"), hereby jointly stipulate and request through their attorneys of record that the Court continue the Fact Discovery cut-off in this case. This first request for a continuance of a pret..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE FACT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF
JON S. TIGAR, District Judge.
STIPULATION
Plaintiff PORTIA LEMMONS ("Plaintiff"), and defendants ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION; BERKELEY HARDWARE, INC. dba BERKELEY ACE HARDWARE and EQR ACHESON COMMONS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (together "Defendants"), hereby jointly stipulate and request through their attorneys of record that the Court continue the Fact Discovery cut-off in this case. This first request for a continuance of a pretrial deadline is based on the following good cause:
1. The parties actively participated in the General Order 56 process and came to a partial settlement in this case, which was memorialized in a "Court-Enforceable Settlement Agreement and Release of Plaintiff's Injunctive Relief Claims Only," filed with the Court on October 30, 2013 (Docket No. 57).
2. With leave of the Court, defendants Ace Hardware Corporation and Berkeley Hardware, Inc. amended their Answer to the Complaint on November 4, 2013 (Docket No. 59).
3. The Fact Discovery cut-off in this case is presently scheduled for February 21, 2014.
4. Since the defendants Ace Hardware Corporation and Berkeley Hardware, Inc. amended their answer on November 4, 2013, the parties have engaged in active discovery, sending each other written discovery requests and noting several depositions. However, the holidays, defense counsel's preparation for the arrival of his second grandchild, and the illness of one of the representatives of defendant Berkeley Hardware Corp. have delayed discovery efforts in this case. Defendants have requested more time to respond to pending written discovery requests because Virginia Carpenter the Chief Executive Officer of Berkeley Ace Hardware, is ill. Plaintiff has agreed to a continuance of these written discovery deadlines to accommodate Ms. Carpenter. Plaintiff has noted FRCP 30(b)(6) depositions for each of the named Defendants (on February 3, 7, and 10), however Defendants are still in the process of providing Plaintiff with available dates for deposition of their FRCP 30(b)(6) designees. The parties are also working together to set deposition dates for eight additional percipient witnesses. The parties will not be able to complete all necessary discovery by February 21st.
5. Based on the above, the parties request a short continuance of the Fact Discovery cut-off to April 24, 2014 — the same date as the Expert Discovery Cut-Off in this case.
6. This is the first request for a continuance of any pretrial deadline.
7. Therefore, the parties jointly stipulate and request the Court permit the continuance of the Fact Discovery cut-off to April 24, 2014.
It is so Stipulated.
ORDER
Good cause having been shown, the Court orders the Fact Discovery cut-off in this case be continued to April 24, 2014.
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