Stiles v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, et al

Filing 426

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 3/24/2020 EXTENDING the deadline to complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter & Gamble, and Onyx Corp. to 5/1/2020 and EXTENDING the Expert Rebuttal deadline to 5/9/2020. Fact discovery otherwise remains closed, and all other dates and deadlines remain unchanged. (Coll, A)

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BRYAN A. MERRYMAN (SBN 134357)
[e-mail]
CATHERINE S. SIMONSEN (SBN 307325)
[e-mail]
WHITE & CASE LLP
555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
BIJAL V. VAKIL (SBN 192878)
[e-mail]
JEREMY OSTRANDER (SBN 233489)
[e-mail]
HALLIE KIERNAN (SBN 313541)
[e-mail]
KRISTEN PREVITO
[e-mail]
WHITE & CASE LLP
3000 El Camino Real
Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 900
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
STEFAN M. MENTZER (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
WHITE & CASE LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 49
New York, NY 10020
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Dan Terzian (SBN 283835)
PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE &
HECHT LLP
355 S. Grand Avenue, 44th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Harmeett K. Dhillon (SBN 207873)
DHILLON LAW GROUP
177 Post Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sharidan L. Stiles and
Stiles 4 U, Inc.
Zachary Page (SBN 293885)
CONKLE, KREMER & ENGEL
Professional Law Corporation
3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Telephone: [phone], ext. 105
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant American
International Industries

Attorneys for Defendant
Walmart Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHARIDAN STILES, an individual, STILES 4
U, INC., a California corporation,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
WALMART INC., and AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES,

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Case No. 2:14-cv-02234-KJM-DMC
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER TO EXTEND THE
DEADLINES TO CONDUCT
CERTAIN FACT DEPOSITIONS TO
MAY 1, 2020 AND TO DISCLOSE
EXPERT REBUTTAL REPORTS TO
MAY 9, 2020

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER;
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Plaintiffs Sharidan Stiles and Stiles 4 U, Inc. (“plaintiffs”) and defendants Walmart Inc.

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(“Walmart”) and American International Industries (“AII”) (collectively, “defendants”), by and

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through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, the present deadline to complete the fact depositions of Jeanne Helfrich,

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Robin Foshee, Procter & Gamble, and Onyx Corp. is March 31, 2020, and discovery is otherwise

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closed; and
WHEREAS, the present deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is April 9, 2020, and

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defendants need to depose plaintiffs’ experts, whom were just disclosed on March 9, 2020, well

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in advance of the deadline to serve expert rebuttal reports; and
WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) permits the modification of a

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pretrial scheduling order for good cause;
WHEREAS, the parties submit that good cause exists (1) to extend the deadline to

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complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter & Gamble, and Onyx Corp.

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to May 1, 2020, and (2) to extend the deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports by one month, to

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May 9, 2020, to allow additional time to depose plaintiffs’ three experts (as well as potentially

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defendants’ disclosed expert)1 prior to service of rebuttal reports, because the global Coronavirus

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(COVID-19) pandemic has created considerable risks associated with travel, see Bill Chappell,

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NPR, Coronavirus: COVID-19 Is Now Officially A Pandemic, WHO Says (Mar. 11, 2020); the

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leading health authorities counsel against all non-essential travel, see Centers for Disease Control

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and Prevention, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 7, 2020); and the aforementioned

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depositions would require multiple attorneys and the witnesses to travel around the country on

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seven or eight occasions over the next approximately three weeks—subjecting them to substantial

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risk of contracting and/or spreading COVID-19—if the aforementioned deadlines are not

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extended;
WHEREAS, the parties agree that the requested extension best serves the interests of the

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Court and the parties in efficiently and safely conducting fact depositions and the depositions of

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Plaintiffs will likely elect to depose defendants’ disclosed expert after the service of rebuttal
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experts prior to service of expert rebuttal reports;

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THEREFORE, THE PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE

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UNDERSIGNED COUNSEL, HEREBY STIPULATE, AND THE COURT ORDERS

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AS FOLLOWS:

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The deadline to complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter &
Gamble, and Onyx Corp. is extended up to and including May 1, 2020;
The deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is extended up to and including May 9,
2020; and
Fact discovery otherwise remains closed, and all other dates and deadlines remain
unchanged.

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Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: March 13, 2020

WHITE & CASE LLP

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/s/ Bryan A. Merryman
Bryan A. Merryman (SBN 134357)
WHITE & CASE LLP
555 S. Flower Street, Suite 2700
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant Walmart Inc.

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Dated: March 13, 2020

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CONKLE, KREMER, ENGEL,
PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION
/s/ Zachary Page
Zachary Page (SBN 293885)
(as authorized on March X, 2020)
Conkle, Kremer & Engel
Professional Law Corporation
3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Telephone: [phone], ext. 105
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant American International
Industries

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Dated: March 13, 2020

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PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE
& HECHT LLP
/s/ Dan Terzian
Dan Terzian (SBN 283835)
(as authorized on March X, 2020)
PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE &
HECHT LLP
355 S. Grand Avenue, 44th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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DHILLON LAW GROUP

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Harmeet K. Dhillon
DHILLON LAW GROUP
177 Post Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: [phone]
Facscimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sharidan L. Stiles and
Stiles 4 U, Inc.

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ORDER

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Accordingly, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT:

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1. The deadline to complete the depositions of Jeanne Helfrich, Robin Foshee, Procter &

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Gamble, and Onyx Corp. is extended up to and including May 1, 2020;
2. The deadline to disclose expert rebuttal reports is extended up to and including May 9,

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2020; and
3. Fact discovery otherwise remains closed, and all other dates and deadlines remain

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unchanged.
DATED: March 24, 2020.

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