Filed: Jul. 11, 2017
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Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATES MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr. , District Judge . The parties, Plaintiff SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL and Defendants, CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC. and CIGNA HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ("CIGNA"), through their respective attorneys of record, hereby jointly stipulate to a 120-day extension of the currently scheduled discovery deadlines as set forth below. Pursuant to Rule 16, a party may seek modification of a scheduling order, i
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATES MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr. , District Judge . The parties, Plaintiff SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL and Defendants, CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC. and CIGNA HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ("CIGNA"), through their respective attorneys of record, hereby jointly stipulate to a 120-day extension of the currently scheduled discovery deadlines as set forth below. Pursuant to Rule 16, a party may seek modification of a scheduling order, in..
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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATES
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.
The parties, Plaintiff SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL and Defendants, CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC. and CIGNA HEALTH & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ("CIGNA"), through their respective attorneys of record, hereby jointly stipulate to a 120-day extension of the currently scheduled discovery deadlines as set forth below. Pursuant to Rule 16, a party may seek modification of a scheduling order, including modification of a discovery cut-off date.
WHEREAS, on July 6, 2016, Plaintiff filed the action in state court;
WHEREAS, on August 12, 2016, CIGNA removed the action to this Court;
WHEREAS, on August 15, 2016, the Court issued The Initial Pre-Trial Scheduling Order setting the current deadline to complete all non-expert discovery 365 days from the filing of the original complaint in the action, i.e., July 6, 2017;
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2017, the Court approved the Protective Order to allowing the parties to discovery relating to information that may contact trade secrets, confidential commercial, personal or financial information, and/or protected health information;
WHEREAS, due to the number of patient claims at issue, the parties are unable to complete the discovery process prior to the July 6, 2017 deadline;
WHEREAS, trial date has not been set;
WHEREAS, the parties believe the extension of discovery cut-off will not affect any other deadline established by the Court;
WHEREAS, the parties have not made any previous request to extend any discovery deadlines in this action;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the parties through their undersigned counsel of record that:
1. The non-expert discovery cut-off deadline is extended 120 days to November 3, 2017.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Filing Attestation: I, Barbara V. Lam, hereby attest that I have received authorization for the electronic signature(s) indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.
ORDER
GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court does find good cause to extend non-expert discovery cut-off 120 days, to November 3, 2017.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
