Filed: Mar. 12, 2019
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Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CAUSAL NEXUS ISSUE JON S. TIGAR , District Judge . WHEREAS, the Studio Defendants requested leave to file an early summary judgment motion on the issue whether Plaintiffs can establish the causal nexus for a claim of "indirect profits" under the Copyright Act (Dkt. 127, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04192). WHEREAS, the Court granted the Studio Defendants' request
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CAUSAL NEXUS ISSUE JON S. TIGAR , District Judge . WHEREAS, the Studio Defendants requested leave to file an early summary judgment motion on the issue whether Plaintiffs can establish the causal nexus for a claim of "indirect profits" under the Copyright Act (Dkt. 127, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04192). WHEREAS, the Court granted the Studio Defendants' request t..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CAUSAL NEXUS ISSUE
JON S. TIGAR, District Judge.
WHEREAS, the Studio Defendants requested leave to file an early summary judgment motion on the issue whether Plaintiffs can establish the causal nexus for a claim of "indirect profits" under the Copyright Act (Dkt. 127, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04192).
WHEREAS, the Court granted the Studio Defendants' request to file a summary judgment motion on the causal nexus issue and set a briefing schedule (Dkt. 128, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 94, No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 94, No. 17-cv-04192).
WHEREAS, the Court entered a stipulation and order granting the Studio Defendants an additional two weeks to file their moving papers, and that the other dates in the Court-ordered briefing schedule should likewise be adjusted by two weeks (Dkt. 128, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 99, No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 94, No. 17-cv-04192).
WHEREAS, the plaintiffs have requested, and defendants have agreed, that plaintiffs may have an additional week to provide their email letter identifying discovery they contend they need to oppose the motion, and that the other dates in the Court-ordered briefing schedule should likewise be adjusted by one week.
THE PARTIES THEREFORE STIPULATE:
[1] The schedule for the Studio Defendants' summary judgment motion on the causal nexus issue shall be continued by one week, as follows:
Defendants file motion for summary February 28, 2019
judgment on causal nexus issue
Plaintiffs email a letter to Defendants March 14, 2019
identifying the discovery Plaintiffs contend
they need to oppose the motion
Deadline for parties to complete meet-and-confer March 28, 2019
on Plaintiffs' discovery requests
relating to motion
Parties file either: April 11, 2019
a. Stipulation and proposed order with
schedule (i) for completing agreed-upon
discovery relating to motion and (ii) filing
opposition and reply briefs on motion
or
b. Simultaneous letter briefs (each not to
exceed five single-spaced pages) setting forth
their respective positions on discovery
requests and schedule for finishing discovery
and briefing on motion
[2] Should the parties submit simultaneous letter briefs as set forth above, they shall submit a separate, jointly prepared summary of their meet-and-confer efforts. The first draft of such summary shall be prepared by Defendants and shall be served (but not filed) by April 5, 2019. Any proposed revisions shall be served by Plaintiffs by April 9, 2019. Defendants shall file the final version of the summary on April 11, 2019.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED
