Zeisel v. Diamond Foods, Inc.

Filing 158

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED 153 Stipulation to Modify Trial and Pretrial Matters. Discovery due by 8/31/2011. Expert Witness List due by 10/21/2011. Jury Trial set for 1/30/2012 08:00 AM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jeffr ey S. White. Motion Hearing set for 11/4/2011 09:00 AM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jeffrey S. White. Pretrial Conference set for 1/9/2012 02:00 PM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jeffrey S. White. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on June 13, 2011. (jswlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/13/2011)

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Case3:10-cv-01192-JSW Document153 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 Winston & Strawn LLP 10 Jeffrey J. Lederman (SBN: 104622) jlederman@winston.com Jeffrey S. Bosley (SBN: 167629) jbosley@winston.com Amanda L. Groves (SBN: 187216) agroves@winston.com Leda M. Mouallem (SBN: 221258) lmouallem@winston.com Lindsay C. Llewellyn (SBN: 257936) lcllewellyn@winston.com Sean D. Meenan (SBN: 260466) smeenan@winston.com WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 Telephone: (415) 591-1000 Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 Attorneys for Defendant DIAMOND FOODS, INC. Filed06/09/11 Page1 of 3 Joseph N. Kravec, Jr. (admitted pro hac vice) STEMBER FEINSTEIN DOYLE & PAYNE, LLC 429 Forbes Avenue, 17th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Tel: (412) 281-8400 Fax: (412) 281-1007 Email: jkravec@stemberfeinstein.com Counsel for Plaintiff ELLIOT ZEISEL Janet Lindner Spielberg (Bar No. 221926) LAW OFFICE OF JANET LINDNER SPIELBERG 12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 392-8801 Fax: (310) 278-5938 Email: jlspielberg@jlslp.com 11 Counsel for Plaintiff ELLIOT ZEISEL 12 13 Michael D. Braun (Bar No. 167416) BRAUN LAW GROUP, P.C. 10680 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 280 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel: (310) 836-6000 Fax: (310) 836-6010 Email: service@braunlawgroup.com 14 15 16 17 Counsel for Plaintiff ELLIOT ZEISEL 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 19 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 20 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 21 22 ELLIOT ZEISEL, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 23 24 25 Plaintiffs, v. DIAMOND FOODS, INC., a Delaware corporation, Case No. 3:10-cv-01192 JSW (EDL) JOINT STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING FEBRUARY 3, 2011 ORDER SCHEDULING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL MATTERS AS MODIFIED HEREIN 26 Defendant. Date Complaint Filed: March 22, 2010 27 28 JOINT STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING ORDER SCHEDULING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL MATTERS Case No. 3:10-CV-01192 JSW (EDL) SF:311449.3 Case3:10-cv-01192-JSW Document153 1 Filed06/09/11 Page2 of 3 Pursuant to this Court’s Civil Standing Orders, October 19, 2010 Order Scheduling Trial and 2 Pretrial Matters, February 3, 2011 Order Amending October 19, 2010 Order Scheduling Trial and 3 Pretrial Matters and Civil Local Rules 6-2, 7-1(a) and 7-12, Plaintiff Elliot Zeisel (“Plaintiff”) and 4 Defendant Diamond Foods, Inc. (“Diamond”) (collectively, the “Parties”) stipulate and agree as 5 follows: 6 7 8 9 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 Winston & Strawn LLP 10 11 12 13 14 15 WHEREAS, on October 19, 2010 the Court entered its Order Scheduling Trial and Pretrial Matters [Docket No. 41] (“2010 Scheduling Order”); WHEREAS, on February 3, 2011 the Court modified the 2010 Scheduling Order pursuant to the parties’ Joint Stipulated Request and entered its Order Amending Order Scheduling Trial and Pretrial Matters [Docket No. 66] (“2011 Scheduling Order”); WHEREAS, the Parties have since agreed to mediate this case and are scheduling a mediation in San Francisco for August 2011; WHEREAS, the Parties agree that mediation will be more successful if conducted before significant expert discovery costs are incurred; WHEREAS, the Parties have been working diligently and expeditiously to conduct fact 16 discovery in this matter, have successfully reached agreement on nearly all discovery issues to date 17 and respectfully request a two-month extension of the discovery cut-off dates and trial date to allow 18 for the proposed mediation before expert discovery and to accommodate the scheduling matters – 19 mostly related to third-party objections and motions – described in the accompanying declarations; 20 21 THEREFORE, the undersigned Parties submit this stipulated request and respectfully request the Court amend the 2011 Scheduling Order as follows: 22 Jury Trial Date: Monday, 1/30/2012, at 8:00 a.m., 10-day estimate (previously 11/28/2011) 23 Pretrial Conference: Monday, 1/9/2012, at 2:00 p.m. (previously 11/7/2011) 24 Last Day to Hear Dispositive Motions: Friday, 12/16/2011, 9:00 a.m. (previously 9/2/2011) 25 Last Day for Expert Discovery: Friday, 10/21/2011 (previously 7/27/2011) 26 Last Day for Expert Disclosure: Friday, 9/30/2011 (previously 7/12/2011) 27 Close of Non-Expert Discovery: Wednesday, 8/31/2011 (previously 6/27/2011) 28 1 JOINT STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING ORDER SCHEDULING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL MATTERS Case No. 3:10-CV-01192 JSW (EDL) SF:311449.3 Case3:10-cv-01192-JSW Document153 1 Filed06/09/11 Page3 of 3 /// 2 Further Case Management Conference: Friday, 6/17/2011, 1:30 p.m. (no change) 3 Joint Supplemental Case Management Statement due: Friday, 6/10/2011 (no change) 4 5 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 6 Respectfully submitted, 7 Dated: June 9, 2011 8 STEMBER FEINSTEIN DOYLE & PAYNE, LLC By: 9 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 Winston & Strawn LLP 10 11 Dated: June 9, 2011 12 14 _ WINSTON & STRAWN LLP By: 13 /s/ Joseph N. Kravec, Jr. Joseph N. Kravec, Jr. Attorneys for Plaintiff ELLIOT ZEISEL /s/ Amanda L. Groves Amanda L. Groves Attorneys for Defendant DIAMOND FOODS, INC. 15 16 I, Amanda L. Groves, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, that the 17 concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto. 18 /s/ Amanda L. Groves Amanda L. Groves 19 20 21 22 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.AS MODIFIED HEREIN June 13, 2011 _______________ Date 23 24 ________________________________ The Honorable Jeffrey S. White United States District Judge 26 The deadline to hear dispositive motions is scheduled for Friday, November 4, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The parties' proposal extends the existing deadlines by more than two months, and it does not leave sufficien time between the hearing and the pretrial conference for the parties to meaningfully prepare the pretrial filings, which are due fourteen days in advance of the pretrial conference. 27 In addition, the Court VACATES the Case Management Conference set for June 17, 2011. 25 28 JOINT STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AMENDING ORDER SCHEDULING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL MATTERS Case No. 3:10-CV-01192 JSW (EDL) SF:311449.3

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