Onions Etc., Inc. et al v. Z & S Fresh, Inc. et al

Filing 599

ORDER RE SCHEDULING, signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 11/16/2010. (Non Expert Discovery ddl 1/24/2011, Disclose Expert Witnesses by 2/14/2011, Discovery Cut-Off 4/14/2011, Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: 5/2/2011, Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing set for 6/3/2011 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 6 (MJS) before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng., Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: 5/16/2011, Dispositive Motion Hearing set for 6/20/2011 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. W anger, Settlement Comference set for 2/16/2011 at 10:30 AM in Courtroom 6 (MJS) before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng, Pretrial Conference set for 8/8/2011 at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. Wanger, and Jury Trial set for 9/13/2011 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. Wanger.) (Gaumnitz, R)

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Jan T. Perkins #057995 Jerry H. Mann #095466 Douglas V. Thornton #154956 PERKINS, MANN & EVERETT A Professional Corporation 2222 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 202 Fresno, California 93711 Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone] Attorney for: Plaintiff TERENCE J. LONG, TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION ONIONS ETC., INC., and DUDA FARM FRESH FOODS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. Z & S FRESH, INC., a California corporation; Z & S DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC., a California corporation; MARTIN J. ZANINOVICH, an individual; LOREN SCHOENBURG, an individual; MARGE SCHOENBURG, an individual, Defendants. AND ALL RELATED ACTIONS. On April 30, 2010, a scheduling conference was held. Pursuant to the scheduling conference, the Court issued a Further Scheduling Conference Order, dated May, 4, 2010 (Doc. No. 468), setting pre-trial and trial dates. Thereafter, pursuant to the Court's order on July 16, 2010, to submit a joint scheduling statement, Intervenor Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant TERENCE J. LONG, TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER (the "Trustee"), and many of the other parties, filed a Joint Scheduling Statement on August 6, 2010 (Doc. No. 524).
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Case No.: 1:09-cv-00906-OWW-MJS

ORDER RE SCHEDULING

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The Joint Scheduling Statement proposed to modify the pre-trial and trial dates set in the Further Scheduling Conference Order. Specifically, the Joint Scheduling Statement included the following proposed revised dates: 1. (60) days; 2. To continue the deadline to disclose all expert witnesses, in writing, of To continue the non-expert discovery deadline of November 22, 2010, by sixty

December 13, 2010, by sixty (60) days; 3. To continue the deadline to complete all discovery, including experts, of

February 14, 2011, by sixty (60) days; 4. To continue the non-dispositive motion filing deadline of March 1, 2011, the

non-dispositive motion hearing date of April 1, 2011, the dispositive motion filing deadline of March 15, 2011, and the dispositive motion hearing date of April 18, 2011, so that the continued deadlines would correspond with the continued discovery cut-off dates; 5. 6. To continue the pre-trial conference date of June 6, 2011, by sixty (60) days; and To continue the trial date of July 12, 2011, by sixty (60) days.

No counsel or party objected to the modified dates except for the law firm of WalterWilhelm Law Group ("Walter-Wilhelm") on behalf of Defendants Z&S Fresh, Inc. ("Z&S"), and Martin J. Zaninovich. Walter-Wilhelm objected to continuing any dates, but it did not object to moving the settlement conference date to an earlier date. Walter-Wilhelm has since withdrawn from representing Z&S. Further, Defendant Martin J. Zaninovich has offered to have judgments entered against him by many of the plaintiffs in this action. Though substantial amounts of written discovery and several depositions have been completed, the Trustee and Defendant, Cross-Claimant, and Counter-Claimant FRESNOMADERA FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIATION, FLCA (the "Land Bank"), have yet to complete the written discovery process and take approximately ten more depositions. /// /// ///
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After reviewing the foregoing and the Joint Scheduling Statement filed on August 6, 2010, the Court orders as follows: 1. To continue the non-expert discovery deadline of November 22, 2010, to

January 24, 2011; 2. To continue the deadline to disclose all expert witnesses, in writing, of

December 13, 2010, to February 14, 2011; 3. To continue the deadline to complete all discovery, including experts, of

February 14, 2011, to April 14, 2011; 4. May 2, 2011; 5. To continue the non-dispositive motion hearing date of April 1, 2011, to June 3, To continue the non-dispositive motion filing deadline of March 1, 2011, to

2011, at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 7; 6. May 16, 2011; 7. To continue the dispositive motion hearing date of April 18, 2011, to June 20, To continue the dispositive motion filing deadline of March 15, 2011, to

2011, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3; 8. To hold the settlement conference, as it was scheduled in the Further Scheduling

Conference Order, on February 16, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., in Courtroom 7; 9. To continue the pre-trial conference date of June 6, 2011, to August 8, 2011, at

11:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3; and 10. To continue the trial date of July 12, 2011, to September 13, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.,

in Courtroom 3, which will be a jury trial with an estimated trial time of 16 days (4 weeks). IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 16, 2010 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER United States District Judge

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