Sykes, et al. v. Shea, et al.

Filing 13

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 8/15/17: The parties' stipulation to extend cut-off dates with regard to experts will be held in abeyance unless and until the parties stipulate in conformity with the substance of this Order. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TYESHINA SYKES,

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No. 2:16-cv-02851 WBS GGH

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

DONALD JAMES SHEA, et al.,
Defendants.

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Counsel in this case have again requested a change in the deadline for disclosure of

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experts and production of expert reports pursuant to the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 26(c). By this stipulation they seek to move the disclosure deadline from July 7 and

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July 9, 2017 as it appears in the Scheduling Order, dated April 4, 2017, ECF No. 8 at 2:21-23, and

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later as modified, to September 8 and September 9, 2017. They further propose that the cut-off

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for deposition of experts be moved from October 7 to October 31, 2017, with expert discovery to

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be completed on or before November 14, 2017 rather than August 2, 2017. Id. at 2:27-3:9.

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The court is inclined to extend the deadlines as requested in the Stipulation if and only if

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the parties file an additional stipulation stating unequivocally that there will be no dispositive

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motions filed that rely on expert testimony in any fashion insofar as the cutoff for filing

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dispositive motions is, according to the court’s Scheduling Order, October 2, 2017 – before the

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parties indicate that expert discovery will be completed.
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In light of the foregoing IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:

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The parties’ stipulation to extend cut-off dates with regard to experts will be held in

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abeyance unless and until the parties stipulate in conformity with the substance of this Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 15, 2017
/s/ Gregory G. Hollows
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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