Stiles v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, et al

Filing 229

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 6/17/2019 EXTENDING all operative deadlines in the case schedule six months. The Parties' request for a case management conference on 6/13/2019 is DENIED without prejudice as moot. (Zignago, K.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 BRYAN A. MERRYMAN (SBN 134357) bmerryman@whitecase.com CATHERINE S. SIMONSEN (SBN 307325) catherine.simonsen@whitecase.com WHITE & CASE LLP 555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433 Telephone: (213) 620-7700 Facsimile: (213) 452-2329 Brian J. Dunne (SBN 275689) PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & HECHT LLP 355 S. Grand Avenue, 44th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 262-9333 Facsimile: (213) 279-2008 Email: bdunne@piercebainbridge.com Harmett K. Dhillon (SBN 207873) DHILLON LAW GROUP 177 Post Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: (415) 433-1700 Facsimile: (415) 520-6593 Email: harmeet@dhillonlaw.com BIJAL V. VAKIL (SBN 192878) bvakil@whitecase.com JEREMY OSTRANDER (SBN 233489) jostrander@whitecase.com HALLIE KIERNAN (SBN 313541) hallie.kiernan@whitecase.com WHITE & CASE LLP 3000 El Camino Real Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 900 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Telephone: (650) 213-0300 Facsimile: (650) 213-8158 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sharidan L. Stiles and Stiles 4 U, Inc. STEFAN M. MENTZER (admitted pro hac vice) smentzer@whitecase.com WHITE & CASE LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 49 New York, NY 10020 Telephone: (212) 819-8200 Facsimile: (212) 354-8113 Zachary Page (SBN 293885) CONKLE, KREMER & ENGEL Professional Law Corporation 3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Telephone: (310) 998-9100, ext. 105 Facsimile: (310) 998-9109 Email: mkremer@conklelaw.com Attorneys for Defendant American International Industries Attorneys for Defendant Walmart Inc. 18 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 SHARIDAN STILES, an individual, STILES 4 U, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE SCHEDULE SIX MONTHS AND FOR CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WALMART INC., and AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, Defendants. 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK Plaintiffs Sharidan Stiles and Stiles 4 U, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Walmart Inc. 1 2 and American International Industries (collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their 3 respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: WHEREAS, on June 4, 2019, the parties met and conferred on the current case schedule; 4 5 6 and WHEREAS, the parties submit this joint stipulation to the Court for an extension of all 7 operative deadlines in the case schedule established in the Stipulated Discovery Schedule and 8 Order (ECF No. 146) by six (6) months; and 9 WHEREAS, given the recent order allowing substitution of new counsel for Plaintiffs 10 and the pending motions, the parties agree that such an extension best serves the interests of the 11 Court and the parties in efficiently managing the issues in the case; and 12 WHEREAS, the parties agree that this stipulation moots Defendants’ Initial Ex Parte 13 Application to Modify Scheduling Order (ECF No. 206) and reply (ECF No. 210), as well as 14 Plaintiffs’ opposition (ECF No. 209). 15 WHEREAS, the parties further request the Court set a case management conference 16 immediately following the currently calendared hearing on Defendants’ Joint Motion for 17 Reconsideration of Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Claims, or in the Alternative, for 18 Judgment on the Pleadings (ECF No. 193) on June 13, 2019, or as soon thereafter as is 19 convenient for the Court. The parties would like the opportunity to address the need for 20 additional scheduling deadlines given the factual and legal issues presented by the claims in this 21 matter; and 22 WHEREAS, the parties propose they will submit a joint statement on Monday, June 10, 23 2019 (or no later than three (3) business days prior to the case management conference if it is set 24 at a later date). Such statement will not exceed two (2) pages and will address the need for 25 additional deadlines in this matter and make proposals for said deadlines. 26 THEREFORE, THE PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE 27 UNDERSIGNED COUNSEL, HEREBY STIPULATE, AND THE COURT ORDERS 28 AS FOLLOWS: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK -1- 1 All operative deadlines in the case schedule as outlined in the Stipulated Discovery 2 Schedule and Order (ECF No. 146) are extended six (6) months. A case management conference 3 is scheduled for June 13, 2019, immediately following the hearing on Defendants’ Joint Motion 4 for Reconsideration of Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Claims, or in the Alternative, 5 for Judgment on the Pleadings (ECF No. 193). The parties shall submit a joint statement, not to 6 exceed two (2) pages, on Monday, June 10, 2019, addressing the need for additional deadlines in 7 this matter and making proposals for said deadlines. 8 9 Dated: June 6, 2019 10 WHITE & CASE LLP 14 /s/ Bryan A. Merryman Bryan A. Merryman (SBN 134357) WHITE & CASE LLP 555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433 Telephone: (213) 620-7700 Facsimile: (213) 452-2329 Email: bmerryman@whitecase.com 15 Attorneys for Defendant Walmart Inc. 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Dated: June 6, 2019 CONKLE, KREMER, ENGEL, PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION /s/ Zachary Page Zachary Page (SBN 293885) (as authorized on June 6, 2019) Conkle, Kremer & Engel Professional Law Corporation 3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Telephone: (310) 998-9100, ext. 105 Facsimile: (310) 998-9109 Email: m.kremer@conklelaw.com Attorneys for Defendant American International Industries 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dated: June 6, 2019 PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & HECHT LLP /s/ Brian J. Dunne Brian J. Dunne (SBN 275689) (as authorized on June 6, 2019) PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & HECHT LLP 355 S. Grand Avenue, 44th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 262-9333 Facsimile: (213) 279-2008 Email: bdunne@piercebainbridge.com DHILLON LAW GROUP Harmeet K. Dhillon DHILLON LAW GROUP 177 Post Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: (415) 433-1700 Facscimile: (415) 520-6593 Email: harmeet@dhillonlaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sharidan L. Stiles and Stiles 4 U, Inc. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK -3- ORDER 1 2 Pursuant to the Parties’ Stipulation (ECF No. 226), and for good cause, all operative 3 deadlines in the case schedule as outlined in the Stipulated Discovery Schedule and Order (ECF 4 No. 146) are EXTENDED six (6) months. However, the Parties’ request for a case management 5 conference on June 13, 2019, immediately following a hearing on Defendants’ Joint Motion for 6 Reconsideration (ECF No. 193), is DENIED without prejudice as moot given that the hearing on 7 Defendants’ Motion was continued to July 25, 2019. ECF No. 228. In requesting a case 8 management conference, the Parties stipulate that they would like the opportunity to address the 9 need for additional scheduling deadlines given the factual and legal issues presented by the claims 10 in this matter. The Court advises that modifications to scheduling deadlines are typically best 11 addressed via stipulations if agreed upon by all Parties, or via noticed motions if contested. 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 17, 2019 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE SCHEDULE Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-CMK -4-

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