Schmuckley et al v. Rite Aid Corporation

Filing 137

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 9/25/18 EXTENDING dates as follows: First Phase of Discovery shall be Completed by 4/26/19; Second Phase of Discovery shall be completed by 8/23/19; Expert Disclosures (other than sampling method ology/design) shall be completed by 9/23/19; Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (other than sampling methodology/design) shall be completed by 11/19/19; Expert Discovery shall be Completed by 12/19/19. Las day to Hear Dispositive Motions 4/10/2019 at 10:00 A.M. in Courtroom No. 3. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., ex rel.
LOYD F. SCHMUCKLEY, JR.,

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No. 2:12-cv-01699-KJM-EFB
ORDER

Plaintiffs,

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v.

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RITE AID CORPORATION,

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Defendant.

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. LOYD
F. SCHMUCKLEY, JR.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.

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RITE AID CORPORATION,

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Defendant.

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In its May 29, 2018 pretrial scheduling order, the court set initial discovery

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deadlines and directed the parties to submit “more refined proposal[s] for a motion to validate

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plaintiff’s proposed statistical sampling methods, or an alternative proposal to such a motion.”

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Order, ECF No. 128 at 5. The parties filed a joint objection to the scheduling order, Objs., ECF

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No. 130, and later filed dueling proposed schedules for a motion to validate plaintiff’s proposed

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statistical sampling methods, Pls.’ Proposal, ECF No. 131; Def.’s Proposal, ECF No. 132.

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After considering the parties’ joint objections to the scheduling order and separate

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proposed schedules for the validation motion, the court AMENDS the scheduling order as

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follows:

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Event
Plaintiffs’ disclosure of sampling
methodology expert report and
materials
Defendant’s Disclosure of Sampling
Methodology Expert Report and
Materials
Last Day to Depose Defendant’s
Sampling Methodology and
Statistical Expert
Defendant’s Motion Challenging
Plaintiffs’ Sampling Methodology
and Design
Plaintiffs’ Opposition Brief
Defendant’s Reply Brief
Hearing on Motion
First Phase of Discovery Completed
Second Phase of Discovery
Completed
Expert Disclosures (other than
sampling methodology/design)
Rebuttal Expert Disclosures (other
than sampling methodology/design)
Expert Discovery Completed
Last Day to Hear Dispositive
Motions

Current Date
Amended Date
Earliest feasible point. 7/16/2018

N/A

12/15/2018

N/A

1/31/2019

N/A

2/1/2019

N/A
N/A
N/A
1/25/2019
5/24/2019

3/1/2019
3/22/2019
4/5/2019 at 10:00 A.M. in
Courtroom No. 3
4/26/2019
8/23/2019

3/15/2019

9/23/2019

4/18/2019

11/19/2019

5/24/2019
7/12/2019

12/19/2019
4/10/2020 at 10:00 A.M. in
Courtroom No. 3.

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Although this order assumes the parties have adhered to the dates agreed to in their
joint objections, see Objs. at 2, the parties may notify the court of changed circumstances by
filing a stipulation to further clarify or modify the scheduling order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: September 25, 2018.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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