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

Filing 76

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., on 2/17/15 ORDERING that the date for the Parties to make their expert disclosures in accordance with Rule 26(a)(2) is EXTENDED to 5/13/15. All expert discovery shall be COMPLETED by 6/30/15. All other pretrial and trial deadlines shall remain unchanged. (Kastilahn, A)

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10 Attorneys
 for
 Defendants

Lloyd
 Burton;
 Efrat
 Okev

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UNITED
 STATES
 DISTRICT
 COURT

EASTERN
 DISTRICT
 OF
 CALIFORNIA

KRISTI
 VERMA,
 et
 al.

Case
 No.
 2:13-­‐CV-­‐000865-­‐MCE
 (EFB)

[Assigned
 to
 the
 Hon.
 Morrison
 C.
 England,

Plaintiffs,

Jr.
 for
 All
 Purposes]

v.

ORDER
 MODIFYING
 SCHEDULING

ORDERS
 AND
 EXTENDING
 EXPERT

EFRAT
 OKEV,
 et
 al.

DISCLOSURE
 AND
 EXPERT
 DISCOVERY

DEADLINES

Defendants.

Complaint
 Filed:
  May
 2,
 2013

Trial
 Date:

December
 5,
 2016

AND
 RELATED
 COUNTERCLAIMS

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This
 Order
 modifying
 the
 Court’s
 Scheduling
 Orders
 (Docket
 Nos.
 43,
 54
 &
 72)
 and
 [1]

24 extending
 the
 date
 for
 disclosure
 of
 expert
 witnesses
 under
 Rule
 26(a)(2)
 of
 the
 Federal

25 Rules
 of
 Civil
 Procedure
 and
 [2]
 extending
 the
 deadline
 for
 the
 completion
 of
 expert

26 discovery
 (the
 “Order”),
 is
 made
 pursuant
 to
 Federal
 Rule
 of
 Civil
 Procedure
 16(b)(4)
 and

27 Rule
 26
 and
 is
 based
 on
 the
 Stipulation
 dated
 February
 10,
 2015
 between
 Plaintiffs
 Kristi

28 Verma
 (“Kristi”),
 Vishal
 Verma
 (“Vishal”),
 and
 Zentek
 Corporation
 (“Zentek”)(collectively

Case
 No.
 2:13-­‐CV-­‐000865-­‐MCE
 (EFB)

ORDER
 TO
 EXTEND
 EXPERT
 DISCOVERY

1 “Plaintiffs”),
 on
 the
 one
 hand,
 and
 Defendants
 Efrat
 Okev
 (“Efrat”),
 Lloyd
 Burton
 (“Lloyd”),

2 and
 Augzenta
 Inc.
 (“Augzenta”)(collectively
 “Defendants)
 on
 the
 other
 hand
 (Plaintiffs
 and

3 Defendants
 collectively
 referred
 to
 as
 the
 “Parties”)
 with
 respect
 to
 the
 following
 recitals
 of

4 fact:

Recitals

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A.

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The
 deadline
 for
 disclosure
 of
 expert
 witnesses
 and
 their
 initial
 reports
 is

7 February
 13,
 2015
 and
 the
 deadline
 for
 the
 completion
 of
 expert
 witness
 discovery
 is
 March

8 27,
 2015.

B.

9

The
 Parties
 have
 submitted
 a
 Stipulation
 that
 proposes
 new
 dates
 for
 expert

11 continuance
 of
 the
 deadlines
 would
 further
 the
 possibility
 of
 settlement
 and
 will
 not
 result
 in

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10 disclosure
 and
 discovery
 and
 confirms
 the
 Parties
 are
 in
 settlement
 negotiations
 and
 that

12 the
 continuance
 of
 any
 other
 deadlines
 if
 negotiations
 are
 not
 successful.

In
 light
 of
 the
 information
 provided
 in
 the
 Stipulation,
 the
 court
 finds
 good
 cause
 for

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14 continuing
 the
 deadlines
 as
 requested,
 and
 accordingly:

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IT
 IS
 ORDERED
 THAT:

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1.

The
 date
 for
 the
 Parties
 to
 make
 their
 expert
 disclosures
 in
 accordance
 with

17 Rule
 26(a)(2)
 is
 extended
 to
 May
 13,
 2015.

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2.

All
 expert
 discovery
 shall
 be
 completed
 by
 June
 30,
 2015.

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3.

All
 other
 pretrial
 and
 trial
 deadlines
 shall
 remain
 unchanged.

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IT
 IS
 SO
 ORDERED.

21 Dated:

 February
 17,
 2015

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 No.
 2:13-­‐CV-­‐000865-­‐MCE
 (EFB)

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ORDER
 TO
 EXTEND
 EXPERT
 DISCOVERY