Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company v. FirstChoice Medical Group, Inc., et al.

Filing 41

STIPULATED EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS;ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 04/27/2021. (Dispositive Motions filed by 5/26/2021, Pretrial Conference set for 9/13/2021 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (DAD) before District Judge Dale A. Drozd)(Martin-Gill, S)

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Theodore W. Hoppe, #138064
HOPPE LAW GROUP
680 W. Shaw Avenue, Suite 207
Fresno, CA 93704
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Roderick T. Dunne (admitted pro hac vice)
Karbal, Cohen, Economou, Silk & Dunne, LLC
150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
FRESNO DIVISION
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,
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FIRSTCHOICE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., )
DR. MANTHANI REDDY, DR. KIRAN )
REDDY, DR. CHINNAPA NAREDDY,
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DR. JOSE-LUIS BAUTISTA, DR. PAM
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JANDA, DR. TARLOCHAN TAGORE,
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DR. MADHAVA NARALA, DR.
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AJIT KHAIRA and SMARTMED, INC.
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d/b/a MEDSMART CONSULTING
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Defendants.
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Case No. 1:19-cv-01794-DAD-BAM
STIPULATED EXTENSION OF DEADLINE
FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS;
ORDER

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STIPULATION
Plaintiff, Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company (“Atlantic”), and Defendants,

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FIRSTCHOICE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., DR. MANTHANI REDDY, DR. KIRAN REDDY,
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-1-1DEFENDANT OF DEADLINE
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’
STIPULATED EXTENSION
SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE
FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS; ORDER

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DR. CHINNAPA NAREDDY, DR. JOSE-LUIS BAUTISTA, DR. PAM JANDA, DR.

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TARLOCHAN TAGORE, DR. MADHAVA NARALA and DR. AJIT KHAIRA (collectively,

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“FIRSTCHOICE”), and SMARTMED, INC., doing business as MedSmart Consulting

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(“SmartMed”) (collectively, “Defendants”), hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, Counsel for Atlantic has experienced multiple changes in staffing, including
the April 16, 2021 departure of the main handling attorney, Alan Posner;
WHEREAS, Atlantic would benefit from a brief 30-day extension for its new handling

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attorney(s) to adequately review and revise Atlantic’s Motion for Summary Judgment;

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WHEREAS, Defendants do not object to the requested extension, and;

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WHEREAS: This extension is not being sought for any improper purpose or delay, and
will not otherwise alter the Scheduling Order currently in place for this matter;
WHEREAS: Counsel for Atlantic has obtained approval of all parties hereto

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Atlantic has timely requested a thirty-day extension of all pertinent deadlines to file its Motion

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for Summary Judgment, and that Defendants.

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ACCORDINGLY, Atlantic and Defendants, by and through their respective counsel,

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hereby agree and stipulate that the deadline for dispositive and non-dispositive pre-trial motions

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is hereby extended from its current date of April 26, 2021 to May 26, 2021. In addition, Atlantic

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hereby represents that it will not seek any further extensions for its Motion for Summary

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Judgment.

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Dated: April 23, 2021

HOPPE LAW GROUP

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By: /s/ Theodore W. Hoppe
Theodore W. Hoppe
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY

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-2-2DEFENDANT OF DEADLINE
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’
STIPULATED EXTENSION
SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE
FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS; ORDER

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Dated: April 23, 2021

KARBAL, COHEN, ECONOMOU, SILK & DUNNE, LLC

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By: /s/ Rory T. Dunne
Rory T. Dunne (PHV)
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY

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Dated: April 23, 2021

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HAHN LOESER & PARKS LLP

By: /s/ James E. Heffner
James E. Heffner
Lindsay J. Mertens

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Attorneys for Defendant
SMARTMED, INC.

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Dated: April 23, 2021

WILKINS, DROLSHAGEN & CZESHINSKI, LLP

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By: /s/ James H. Wilkins
James H. Wilkins
Attorneys for Defendants

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FIRSTCHOICE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.,
DR. MANTHANI REDDY, DR. KIRAN
REDDY, DR. CHINNAPA NAREDDY,
DR. JOSE-LUIS BAUTISTA, DR. PAM
JANDA, DR. TARLOCHAN TAGORE,
DR. MADHAVA NARALA, DR. AJIT
KHAIRA

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-3-3DEFENDANT OF DEADLINE
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’
STIPULATED EXTENSION
SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE
FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS; ORDER

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ORDER

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GOOD CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, and based on the parties' stipulation, the

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Court hereby modifies its Scheduling Order (Doc. 34) and orders that the dispositive motion

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deadline only shall be extended to May 26, 2021. The deadline for non-dispositive motions

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remains unmodified, as all discovery deadlines have either passed or remain unchanged.
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Additionally, the party’s existing Pretrial Conference date is no longer compatible with

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the modified Dispositive Motions deadline. Accordingly, the Scheduling Order (Doc. 34) is

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further MODIFIED and the Pretrial Conference currently set for July 12, 2021 is continued to

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Monday, September 13, 2021 at 1:30 PM in Courtroom 5 (DAD) before District Judge Dale
A. Drozd.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 27, 2021

/s/ Barbara

A. McAuliffe

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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-4-4DEFENDANT OF DEADLINE
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’
STIPULATED EXTENSION
SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE
FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS; ORDER

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on April 23, 2021 a copy of the foregoing document(s) were

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electronically filed using the CM/ECF system which will send a notice of electronic filing to all

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CM/ECF participants.

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/s/ Theodore W. Hoppe
Theodore W. Hoppe

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-5-5DEFENDANT OF DEADLINE
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’
STIPULATED EXTENSION
SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES, SET ONE
FOR PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS; ORDER