Verma, et al. v. Okev, et al.

Filing 54

STIPULATION AND ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 10/29/2014 MODIFYING the 43 Pretrial Scheduling Order and the 51 Stipulation and Order re non-expery discovery; ORDERING that non-expert discovery, including any discovery motions, be completed by 12/12/2014; ORDERING that expert witnesses be disclosed by 12/29/2014. (Michel, G)

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Santa Monica, California 90401

Pfeiffer FitzGibbon & Ziontz, LLP

Thomas
 N.
 FitzGibbon
 (SBN:
 169194)

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10 Attorneys
 for
 Defendants

Lloyd
 Burton;
 Efrat
 Okev

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UNITED
 STATES
 DISTRICT
 COURT

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EASTERN
 DISTRICT
 OF
 CALIFORNIA

KRISTI
 VERMA,
 et
 al.

Case
 No.
 2:13-­‐cv-­‐00865-­‐MCE-­‐EFB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER
 EXTENDING
 DISCOVERY
 CUTOFF

v.

AND
 EXPERT
 DISCLOSURE
 DEADLINE

Complaint
 Filed:
  May
 2,
 2013

EFRAT
 OKEV,
 et
 al.

Trial
 Date:
 June
 22,
 2015

Defendants.

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AND
 RELATED
 COUNTERCLAIMS

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This
 Order
 Extending
 the
 Discovery
 Cutoff
 and
 Expert
 Disclosure
 Deadline
 (the

23 “Order”)
 is
 made
 under
 Rule
 16(b),
 Rule
 26
 and
 Rule
 29
 of
 the
 Federal
 Rules
 of
 Civil

24 Procedure
 and
 based
 on
 the
 Stipulation
 (the
 “Stipulation”;
 ECF
 No.
 52)
 between
 Plaintiffs

25 Kristi
 Verma
 (“Kristi”),
 Vishal
 Verma
 (“Vishal”),
 and
 Zentek
 Corporation

26 (“Zentek”)(collectively
 “Plaintiffs”),
 on
 the
 one
 hand,
 and
 Defendants
 Efrat
 Okev
 (“Efrat”),

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 No.
 2:13-­‐CV-­‐000865-­‐MCE
 (EFB)

ORDER
 EXTENDING

DISCOVERY
 CUTOFF
 AND
 EXPERT
 DISCLOSURE
 DEADLINE

1 Lloyd
 Burton
 (“Lloyd”),
 and
 Augzenta
 Inc.
 (“Augzenta”)(collectively
 “Defendants)
 on
 the

2 other
 hand
 (Plaintiffs
 and
 Defendants
 collectively
 referred
 to
 as
 the
 “Parties”).

Recitals

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A.

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The
 discovery
 cutoff
 is
 currently
 set
 for
 October
 21,
 2014
 (Docket
 No.
 51)
 and

5 the
 expert
 witness
 disclosure
 deadline
 is
 set
 for
 October
 22,
 2014
 (Docket
 No.
 43).

B.

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The
 Parties
 have
 submitted
 a
 Stipulation
 dated
 October
 20,
 2014
 that
 requests

7 an
 extension
 of
 the
 two
 dates
 above
 based
 on,
 inter
 alia,
 issues
 relating
 to
 the
 production
 and

8 processing
 of
 electronically
 stored
 information.

CONCLUSION

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In
 light
 of
 the
 information
 provided
 in
 the
 Stipulation
 (ECF
 No.
 52),
 the
 Court
 finds

11 good
 cause
 for
 continuing
 the
 deadlines
 as
 requested.

 Accordingly:

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1.

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The
 date
 to
 complete
 non-­‐expert
 discovery,
 including
 any
 discovery
 motions,
 is

13 EXTENDED
 to
 December
 12,
 2014.

2.

14

The
 date
 to
 make
 expert
 witness
 disclosures
 is
 EXTENDED
 to
 December
 29,

15 2014.

IT
 IS
 SO
 ORDERED.

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17 Dated:

 October
 29,
 2014

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 No.
 2:13-­‐CV-­‐000865-­‐MCE
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ORDER
 EXTENDING

DISCOVERY
 CUTOFF
 AND
 EXPERT
 DISCLOSURE
 DEADLINE