HAYWOOD S GILLIAM, Jr., District Judge.
Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b), 6-2, and 7-12, Plaintiff Finjan, Inc. and Defendants Proofpoint, Inc. and Armorize Technologies, Inc. (collectively, "the Parties"), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to the following request to modify the case schedule as follows:
WHEREAS, the close of fact discovery in this matter was scheduled for September 2, 2015;
WHEREAS, the Parties have exchanged written discovery requests and responses, propounded third-party discovery, and noticed and scheduled depositions in conformance with the September 2, 2015 deadline;
WHEREAS, certain discovery that was requested during the fact discovery period has not yet been completed. The following is a description of this discovery:
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to extend the fact discovery deadline for the limited purpose of completing the fact discovery set forth above;
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to extend the deadline to file motions to compel fact discovery pursuant to Civil Local Rule 37-3 from September 9, 2015 to September 24, 2015;
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to extend the deadline for opening expert reports from September 23, 2015 to October 7, 2015, the deadline for rebuttal expert reports from October 14, 2015 to October 28, 2015, and the close of expert discovery from October 28, 2015 to November 6, 2015;
WHEREAS, the parties have agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to extend the deadline for the parties to file motions for summary judgment from November 11, 2015 to November 13, 2015;
WHEREAS, trial in this matter is scheduled to begin on March 7, 2016;
WHEREAS, the requested extensions described above should not have any material effect on the schedule in this case;
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to and request (1) an extension of time to conduct fact discovery, in order to complete the discovery described above, (2) an extension of the deadline to file motions to compel fact discovery from September 9, 2015 to September 24, 2015, (3) an extension of the deadline to exchange opening expert reports from September 23, 2015 to October 7, 2015, (4) an extension of the deadline to exchange rebuttal expert reports from October 14, 2015 to October 28, 2015, (5) an extension of the deadline to complete expert discovery from October 28, 2015 to November 6, 2015, and (6) an extension of the deadline for the parties to file motions for summary judgment from November 11, 2015 to November 13, 2015.
(1) The fact discovery deadline is hereby extended for the limited purpose of completing the discovery listed in the above Stipulation;
(2) The deadline for opening expert reports is extended from September 23, 2015, to October 7, 2015;
(3) The deadline for rebuttal expert reports is extended from October 14, 2015, to October 28, 2015;
(4) The close of expert discovery is extended from October 28, 2015, to November 6, 2015;
(5) The deadline to file motions to compel fact discovery is hereby extended from September 9, 2015 to September 24, 2015, and
(6) The deadline for the parties to file motions for summary judgment is hereby extended from November 11, 2015 to November 13, 2015.