Kim v. Interdent, Inc.

Filing 138

ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF (tf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/30/2010)

Kim v. Interdent, Inc.

Doc. 138

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JAMES MCMANIS (40958) NEDA MANSOORIAN (207832) SHARON KIRSCH (157157) MATTHEW SCHECHTER (212003) ELIZABETH PIPKIN (243611) McMANIS FAULKNER A Professional Corporation 50 West San Fernando Street, 10th Floor San Jose, California 95113 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 408-279-3244 Attorneys for Plaintiff, SARAH KIM UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION SARAH KIM, Individually and as Successor in Interest to RICHARD D. BAE, D.D.S., Deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. CV-08-5565-SI STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING THE EXPERT DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /// /// /// /// /// INTERDENT, INC., a Delaware corporation, a/k/a INTERDENT SERVICE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, a/k/a GENTLE DENTAL, a/k/a MOUNTAIN VIEW DENTAL, a/k/a BLUE OAK DENTAL GROUP, a/k/a DEDICATED DENTAL, a/k/a AFFORDABLE DENTAL CARE, a/k/a CAPITAL DENTAL, and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants.

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Plaintiff, Sarah Kim, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Richard D. Bae, D.D.S., Deceased ("plaintiff"), and defendants, Interdent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a/k/a Interdent Service Corporation, a Washington corporation, a/k/a Gentle Dental, a/k/a Mountain View Dental, a/k/a Blue Oak Dental Group, a/k/a Dedicated Dental, a/k/a Affordable Dental Care, and a/k/a Capital Dental (collectively, "defendants"), by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby jointly request that this Court issue an order, as set forth below, extending the date for the close of expert discovery, as well as the date for the parties to file any motions to compel as to expert discovery. 1. 2. Expert discovery is currently set to close on Monday, June 28, 2010. The parties have scheduled the depositions of the eleven (11) total experts, but,

due to scheduling conflicts among counsel and the expert witnesses, the parties will not be able to complete all of the depositions before June 28, 2010. 3. Two expert depositions have already occurred. The remaining expert depositions

are scheduled as follows: a. Steven B. Kupferman, D.M.D., M.D. and Neal L. Benowitz, M.D. on June on June 29, 2010. b. c. Shiraz Buhari, M.D. on June 30, 2010. Dr. John M. Greene, M.D. and Michael E. Cadra, M.D., D.M.D. on July 1, 2010. d. Alfred Joseph Hurt, Jr., Pharm.D. and Dr. H. William Gottschalk, D.D.S. on July 2, 2010. e. f. 4. Mr. Mark Cohen on July 7, 2010. Barry Gustin, M.D., M.P.H. on July 15, 2010 (tentative).

As a result of the above-listed schedule, the parties agree that the close of expert

discovery should be continued for the purpose of completing the above-listed depositions as scheduled. 5. The parties further agree that the deadline for the parties to file any motions to

compel as to expert discovery should be continued from July 5, 2010 to July 16, 2010 to
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accommodate the new schedule. Good cause exits for the Court to enter an order granting the parties' joint requests. IT IS SO STIPULATED. Dated: June 25, 2010 McMANIS FAULKNER //s// ELIZABETH PIPKIN Attorneys for Plaintiff, SARAH KIM _

Dated: June 25, 2010

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP //s// CHARLES O. THOMPSON ALICE CONWAY POWERS _

Attorneys for Defendants, INTERDENT, INC., a Delaware corporation, a/k/a INTERDENT SERVICE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, a/ka GENTLE DENTAL, a/k/a MOUNTAIN VIEW DENTAL, a/k/a BLUE OAK DENTAL GROUP, a/k/a DEDICATED DENTAL, a/k/a AFFORDABLE DENTAL CARE, a/k/a CAPITAL DENTAL ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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______________________________________ HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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