Totah v. Lucasfilm Entertainment Company, Ltd

Filing 53

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES. The parties' stipulation to continue expert discovery deadlines is granted; all other dates, including the dispositive motion filing deadline, remain as set in the Pretrial Preparation Order, filed December 11, 2009. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on September 2, 2010. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/2/2010)

Totah v. Lucasfilm Entertainment Company, Ltd

Doc. 53

1 Angela Alioto (SBN 130328) Stephen L. Robinson (SBN 116146) 2 LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH L. ALIOTO AND ANGELA ALIOTO 3 700 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94111 4 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] OF COUNSEL 6 Jody A. Meisel [e-mail] 7 LAW OFFICES OF JODY MEISEL 2632 Larkin Street, Suite O 8 San Francisco, CA 94109 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff TABITHA TOTAH 11 Janine S. Simerly (SBN 102361) 12 [e-mail] Lisa C. Hamasaki (SBN 197628) 13 [e-mail] Jennifer Cotner (SBN 255785) 14 [e-mail] MILLER LAW GROUP 15 A Professional Corporation 111 Sutter Street, Suite 700 16 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel. [phone] Fax [phone] Attorneys for Defendant LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD. 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 21 TABITHA TOTAH, Case No.: C 09-4051 MMC 22 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 23 Plaintiff(s), REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES 24 v. 25 LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD., Does 1-20, 26 27 28
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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES Case No.: C 09-4051 MMC

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WHEREAS, on December 11, 2009, the Court issued a Pretrial Preparation

2 Order, setting the last day to designate experts and exchange reports as September 17, 3 2010, the last day to designate rebuttal experts and exchange reports as October 1, 2010, 4 and the expert discovery cutoff as October 22, 2010; 5 6 WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that Defendant is entitled to take a

7 psychiatric independent medical examination ("IME") of Plaintiff; 8 9 WHEREAS, the parties cannot agree as to the total amount of time to be

10 allotted for said IME; 11 12 WHEREAS, the parties have submitted joint letters to Magistrate Judge Maria-

13 Elena James on this matter pursuant to this Court's Notice of Reference for Purposes of 14 Discovery and Magistrate Judge James' Standing Order Regarding Discovery and Dispute 15 Procedures; 16 17 WHEREAS, because of recently obtained temporary employment, Plaintiff is

18 not available for an IME except on weekends for the next two months; 19 20 21 22 WHEREAS, the trial in this case is not scheduled to begin until WHEREAS, Defendant's forensic psychiatrist is not available on weekends;

23 February 7, 2011, so this short extension of the deadlines to complete expert discovery will 24 not cause any undue delay to these proceedings; 25 26 WHEREAS, no extensions of the expert discovery deadlines set in the Pretrial

27 Preparation Order have previously been requested in this case; 28
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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES Case No.: C 09-4051 MMC

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and

2 between the parties, through their respective undersigned attorneys of record, that the last 3 day to designate experts and exchange reports be extended until November 19, 2010, the 4 last day to designate rebuttal experts and exchange reports be extended to December 3, 5 2010, and the expert discovery cutoff be extended to December 24, 2010. 6 7 8 Dated: August 31, 2010 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Dated: August 30, 2010 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES Case No.: C 09-4051 MMC

IT IS SO STIPULATED. MILLER LAW GROUP A Professional Corporation

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/s/ Janine S. Simerly Attorneys for Defendant LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.

LAW OFFICES OF JODY A. MEISEL

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/s/ Jody A. Meisel Attorneys for Plaintiff TABITHA TOTAH

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ORDER Having reviewed the Stipulation executed by Plaintiff TABITHA TOTAH and Defendant LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD., and good cause appearing,

4 the Court hereby orders that the last day to designate experts and exchange reports be 5 extended until November 19, 2010, the last day to designate rebuttal experts and exchange 6 reports be extended to December 3, 2010, and the expert discovery cutoff be extended to 7 December 24, 2010. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING EXPERT DISCOVERY DEADLINES Case No.: C 09-4051 MMC
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All other dates, including the dispositive motion filing deadline, remain as set in the Pretrial Preparation Order, filed December 11, 2009. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: Se__ember_2,_ 010 _ pt ____ _ 2

___________________________________ The Honorable Maxine M. Chesney United States District Judge