STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND FACT DISCOVERY DEADLINE AND MODIFY EXPERT DISCOVERY DISCLOSURE DATES

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff Societe D'Equipments Internationaux Nigeria, Ltd. (SEI) and Defendant Ara G. Dolarian (pro se) hereby stipulate to an extension of the deadline for fact discovery and the modification of deadlines for expert discovery as follows:

WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in an initial exchange of written discovery requests and responses (Declaration of Christopher E. Dominguez, ¶ 4).;

WHEREAS, on May 11, 2016, SEI served Ara Dolarian with (1) an Amended Notice of Deposition of Ara G. Dolarian, with the deposition set for May 31, 2016, and (2) an Amended Notice of Service of Subpoena on Dolarian Capital, Inc. (Dominguez Decl., ¶ 5, Exs. A and B.);

WHEREAS, on May 12, 2016, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 45, SEI hand-served an amended deposition subpoena for testimony and production of documents on Dolarian Capital, Inc. (DCI), by serving Ara Dolarian as agent for DCI, with the deposition set for June 1, 2016 (Dominguez Decl., ¶ 6, Ex. C (with proof of service attached).);

WHEREAS, Ara Dolarian subsequently informed SEI counsel that Mr. Dolarian is travelling abroad and will not be able to attend the deposition on the date set in the notice of deposition and that he may not be returning to Fresno until mid-June 2016 or later (Dominguez Decl., ¶ 7, Exs. D and E.);

WHEREAS, the Parties are also engaged in meet and confer sessions regarding the responses to the written discovery and it is appears the parties may not be able to reach resolution without Court intervention (Dominguez Decl., ¶ 8.);

WHEREAS, considering the foregoing, a non-expert discovery deadline of July 4, 2016, may not provide the parties sufficient time to bring any disputes to the Court for resolution related to either depositions or written discovery prior to the non-expert discovery cut-off;

WHEREAS, the parties do not contemplate the need for retention of experts in this action and, as such, can modify the expert discovery dates without requiring an extension of the expert discovery deadline; and

WHEREAS, the requested extension will not require a continuance of the trial date set for June 6, 2017.

STIPULATION

THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated and agreed by the parties, as follows:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED.

ORDER

This Court has reviewed and considered the above stipulation among the parties. Based on the representations and the declaration submitted therewith, and for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that the Scheduling Order (Doc. 30) is modified as follows:

These modifications do not change any other existing scheduling deadlines, including the pretrial conference and trial dates.

IT IS SO ORDERED.