Lee v. Bluestem Brands, Inc.
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STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 5/19/2017 ORDERING that deadlines are CONTINUED as follows: The parties' joint statement summarizing law and motion practice heard by the Court to date shall be due 6/30/2017; Th e discovery completion deadline is CONTINUED to 7/14/2017; The dispositive motion filing date is CONTINUED to 8/22/2017; The dispositive motion hearing date shall be 9/19/2017 at 1:30 PM; The parties joint pretrial statement shall be filed by 11/9/2017; The Final Pretrial Conference is RESET to 11/17/2017 at 11:00 AM; Trial in this matter is CONTINUED to 1/8/2018 at 9:00 a.m. (Zignago, K.)
1 DOLL AMIR & ELEY LLP
HUNTER R. ELEY (SBN 224321)
2 heley@dollamir.com
CONNIE Y. TCHENG (SBN 228171)
3 ctcheng@dollamir.com
1888 Century Park East, Suite 1850
4 Los Angeles, California 90067
Tel: 310.557.9100
5 Fax: 310.557.9101
6 Attorneys for Defendant,
BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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GREGORY LEE,
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Plaintiff,
Case No. 2:16-cv-00838-JAM-AC
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Assigned to District Judge John A.
Mendez
Referred to Magistrate Judge Allison
Claire
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JOINT STIPULATION TO
CONTINUE TRIAL DATE;
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BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC. d/b/a
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Defendant.
Complaint Filed: April 22, 2016
Trial Date:
October 30, 2017
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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE TRIAL DATE; [PROPOSED] ORDER
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Plaintiff Gregory Lee (“Plaintiff”) by and through his attorneys of record, and
2 Defendant Bluestem Brands, Inc. dba Fingerhut (“Defendant”) by and through their
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WHEREAS:
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Plaintiffs filed their Complaint in this matter on April 22, 2016;
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On August 26, 2016, the Court entered a Status (Pre-trial Scheduling)
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Since the date of the Court’s Order, the parties diligently engaged in
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Despite their efforts, the parties will not be able to complete discovery
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13 dispositve motion-related deadlines the Court set;
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Specifically, Plaintiff and Defendant are in the process of scheduling
15 depositions of Plaintiff and a corporate representative of Defendant, but they have not
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The parties have conferred and agree that a forty-five (45) day
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The Parties respectfully submit that, as shown by the foregoing, good
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Based on the current trial schedules of the Parties and their counsel, the
23 Parties respectfully request that the trial and all remaining pretrial dates be continued
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26 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT:
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The Parties to this matter, by and through their counsel of record,
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3 DATED: May 19, 2017
KIMMEL & SILVERMAN, P.C.
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By: /s/ Rachel Rebecca Stevens
AMY LYNN BENNECOFF GINSBURG
RACHEL REBECCA STEVENS
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
GREGORY LEE
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By: /s/ Connie Y. Tcheng
HUNTER R. ELEY
CONNIE Y. TCHENG
Attorneys for Defendant,
BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC.
d/b/a Fingerhut
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Having considered the Parties’ Joint Stipulation to Continue the Trial and
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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1. The parties’ joint statement summarizing law and motion practice heard by
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the Court to date shall be due June 30, 2017.
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2. The discovery completion deadline shall be continued to July 14, 2017.
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3. The dispositive motion filing date shall be August 22, 2017.
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4. The dispositive motion hearing date shall be September 19, 2017 at 1:30
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p.m., with briefing deadlines calculated as set forth in Local Rule 239.
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5. The parties joint pretrial statement shall be filed by November 9, 2017.
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6. The Final Pretrial Conference shall be reset to November 17, 2017 at 11:0
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7. Trial in this matter shall be continued to January 8, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
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17 Dated: May 19, 2017
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/s/ John A. Mendez______________
HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ
United States District Court Judge
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