Filed: Feb. 02, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 02, 2018
Summary: STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGE OF EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE/REPORTS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a(2) RICARDO S. MARTINEZ , Chief District Judge . STIPULATED MOTION Come now, the Parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel, and stipulate to this motion for a continuance of the expert disclosure deadline. Currently, the expert disclosure deadline is scheduled for February 21, 2018. The parties stipulate to a continuance of
Summary: STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGE OF EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE/REPORTS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a(2) RICARDO S. MARTINEZ , Chief District Judge . STIPULATED MOTION Come now, the Parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel, and stipulate to this motion for a continuance of the expert disclosure deadline. Currently, the expert disclosure deadline is scheduled for February 21, 2018. The parties stipulate to a continuance of ..
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STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR EXCHANGE OF EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE/REPORTS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 26(a(2)
RICARDO S. MARTINEZ, Chief District Judge.
STIPULATED MOTION
Come now, the Parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel, and stipulate to this motion for a continuance of the expert disclosure deadline.
Currently, the expert disclosure deadline is scheduled for February 21, 2018. The parties stipulate to a continuance of this deadline to March 16, 2018 (a continuance of twenty-three (23) days) to provide the parties' expert witnesses with additional time to finalize their opinions. Therefore, the parties stipulate to this motion for a short continuance of the following date:
Current Deadline Proposed Deadline
Expert Disclosure February 21, 2018 March 16, 2018
Deadline
Pursuant to LR 16(b)(5) a scheduling Order may be modified "only for good cause and with the judge's consent." In this matter, an extension of the expert disclosure deadline will provide the parties' expert witnesses additional time to finalize their opinions. Additionally, the Association's expert consultant, Martin Flores of Dimensional Building Consultants, will be out of state and unreachable during the week expert disclosures are due.
The parties continue to diligently pursue discovery in this matter. Both parties have exchanged written discovery. Additionally, the parties have agreed to promptly provide available deposition dates for the following witnesses:
• The Association's expert consultant, Martin Flores (late March);
• The Association's Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) (in late February or early March);
• State Farm's Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) (in late March or early April);
• State Farm's expert consultant, JRP Engineering (early April).
This extension of the expert disclosure deadline will not change any other dates or events contained in the Order Setting Trial Date and Related Dates (Dkt. #12).
ORDER
Based on the above stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that the expert disclosure deadline is continued from February 21, 2018 to March 16, 2018. No other deadlines or events are altered.
