Leo Wilson Co., Inc., et al v. Quanta Specialty Lines Insurance Company

Filing 23

STIPULATION to Continue Discovery Completion Date and ORDER thereon. The request for continuance is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The parties do not identify when mediation will occur, and generally, settlement negotiations is not good cause. Nonetheless, a sh ort continuance will be granted. The discovery cut off is continued to August 1, 2016 and the expert disclosure deadline is continued to September 9, 2016. The dispositive motions hearing deadline of November 17, 2016, pretrial conference of March 13, 2017, and trial date of May 16, 2017 remain unchanged. No further continuances will be granted absent good cause. signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 3/22/2016. (Herman, H)

1 WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC
Kurt F. Vote, SB# 167496
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Email: [e-mail]
Jay A. Christofferson, SB# 203878
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Email: [e-mail]
265 E. River Park Circle, Suite 310
4 Fresno, California 93720
Telephone: [phone]
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6 Attorneys for LEO WILSON CO., INC. and
WILSON HOMES, INC.
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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
8 LANE J. ASHLEY, SB# 073296
Email: [e-mail]
9 KATHLEEN E. HEGEN, SB# 104522
Email: [e-mail]
10 MICHAEL K. JOHNSON, SB# 130193
E-Mail: [e-mail]
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San Francisco, California 94104
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Facsimile: 415.362.2582
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Attorneys for Defendant Quanta Indemnity Company as successor by merger to Quanta Specialty
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT
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FRESNO DIVISION
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18 LEO WILSON CO., INC., a California
corporation and. WILSON HOMES, INC., a
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Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 14-CV-01610-DAD-BAM

STIPULATION
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CONTINUE
DISCOVERY COMPLETION DATE
AND ORDER THEREON

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COMPANY and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,
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Complaint Filed: October 14, 2014

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WHEREAS, the current expert witness disclosure deadline for this matter is July 15, 2016;

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WHEREAS, the current discovery deadline for this matter is May 16, 2016;

WHEREAS, the current dispositive motion deadline for this matter is November 15, 2016;

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WHEREAS, the current trial date for this matter is May 16, 2017;
4851-2443-7039.1

14-CV-01610-DAD-BAM
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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE DISCOVERY DEADLINE

WHEREAS, the parties have set numerous depositions which will be costly in part due to

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WHEREAS, the parties desire a short hiatus from taking depositions to determine if the

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WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to submit their respective claims to mediation or an

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WHEREAS, in the interests of cost savings and judicial economy, the parties agree to

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8 continue the discovery and expert disclosure deadlines to September 1, 2016 and November 15,
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IT IS SO STIPULATED:

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HELSLEY PC

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s/__Jay A. Christofferson _____

DATED: March 21, 2016

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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP
s/_Kathleen E. Hegen__________

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ORDER

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The request for continuance is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The parties do not identify when

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3 continuance will be granted. The discovery cut off is continued to August 1, 2016 and the expert
4 disclosure deadline is continued to September 9, 2016. The dispositive motions hearing deadline of
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6 unchanged. No further continuances will be granted absent good cause.
7 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:

March 22, 2016

/s/ Barbara

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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