Anderson et al v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company et al

Filing 40

ORDER granting the continuance of expert reports and dispositive motions. The 3/20/2014 Final Pretrial Conference and 5/12/2014 Jury Trial are vacated. An amended Pretrial Scheduling Order will be forthcoming. Signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 9/11/2013. (Deutsch, S)

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GLEN A. VAN DYKE, ESQ., SBN: 183796
VAN DYKE LAW GROUP
A Professional Corporation
12277 Soaring Way, Suite 300
Truckee, California 96161
Telephone: [phone]
Fax
: [phone]
[e-mail]

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DANIEL KOHLS, ESQ., SBN 167987
HANSEN, KOHLS, SOMMER & JACOB
1520 Eureka Road, Suite 100
Roseville, California 95661-2849
Telephone: [phone]
Fax
: [phone]
[e-mail]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONALD ANDERSON, et al.,

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CASE NO. 2:12-CV-01057-MCE DAD

Plaintiffs,

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vs.

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CENTURY SURETY COMPANY, et al.,

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STIPULATION TO AMEND THE
SCHEDULING ORDER TO CONTINUE
DATES FOR DESIGNATION OF
EXPERTS AND PRESENTATION OF
EXPERT REPORTS AND FOR
DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS; PROPOSED
ORDER

Defendants.
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Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 29(b), the parties hereby stipulate and

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request that the Court continue the dates for designation of experts and presentation of expert

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reports, and the last date for hearing dispositive motions. The current order sets the date for

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expert designation and presentation of expert reports by September 12, 2013, and the date for

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hearing all dispositive motions by January 23, 2014. The parties request that the date for the

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designation of experts and presentation of expert reports be continued to October 28, 2013, and

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the date for hearing all dispositive motions be continued to March 4, 2014.

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The request is made on the grounds that one of Plaintiffs’ experts has a family emergency

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which has required him to leave the state for the next 15-30 days, and he will be unavailable for

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business matters. The request is made on the further grounds that the parties require completion
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of expert reporting and depositions in order to prepare motions for summary judgment and

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oppositions to same. Continuance of the expert reporting deadline without a commensurate

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continuance of the dispositive motion hearing deadline will prejudice the parties’ ability to make

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and oppose dispositive motions.

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Dated: August 28, 2013

Van Dyke Law Group,
A Professional Corporation

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By:___/S/________________________________
GLEN A. VAN DYKE,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Dated: August 30, 2013

Hansen Kohls Sommer & Jacob

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By:___/S/_________________________________
DANIEL KOHLS,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Dated: August 30, 2013

Wools & Peer,
A Professional Corporation

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By:____/S/________________________________
H. DOUGLAS GALT,
DAPHNE SUBAR,
Attorneys for Defendant
CENTURY SURETY COMPANY

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Dated: August 30, 2013

Hines Carder,
Attorneys at Law

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By:__/S/_________________________________
MARC HINES
MICHELLE CARDER
MEGAN LIEBER
Attorneys for Defendant
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INS. COMPANY

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ORDER

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The parties, having stipulated and requested that the Court continue the dates for

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designation of experts and presentation of expert reports, and the last date for hearing dispositive

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motions, due to the unavailability of Plaintiffs’ expert;

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The current order sets the date for expert designation and presentation of expert reports by
September 12, 2013, and the date for hearing all dispositive motions by January 23, 2014.
GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties’ request that the date for the designation of

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experts and presentation of expert reports be continued to October 28, 2013, and the date for

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hearing all dispositive motions be continued to March 4, 2014 is granted. Accordingly, the

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March 20, 2014 Final Pretrial Conference and May 12, 2014 Jury Trial are vacated. An

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Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order will be forthcoming.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 10, 2013

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_______________________________________
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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