Federal Trade Commission v. Wellness Support Network, Inc. et al

Filing 33

ORDER GRANTING 32 Joint Stipulation to Revise Schedule filed by Federal Trade Commission 30 MOTION to Dismiss First Amended Complaint. Responses due by 6/29/2011. Replies due by 7/6/2011. Joint cmc statement due 9/9/11. Initial CMC set for 9/16/11 at 9:30 AM. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 6/15/2011. (klh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/16/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WILLARD K. TOM General Counsel LAURA FREMONT, Bar No. 159670 KENNETH H. ABBE, Bar No. 172416 Federal Trade Commission 901 Market Street, Suite 570 San Francisco, CA 94103 Phone: 415-848-5100 Fax: 415-848-5184 lfremont@ftc.gov kabbe@ftc.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division 10 11 12 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, 13 Plaintiff, Case No. 3:10-cv-4879 JCS 14 v. 15 WELLNESS SUPPORT NETWORK, INC., a corporation, 16 17 18 ROBERT HELD, individually and as an officer of Wellness Support Network, Inc., and 20 JOINT STIPULATION TO REVISE SCHEDULE ROBYN HELD, individually and as an officer of Wellness Support Network, Inc., 21 Hearing Date: TBD Courtroom A, 15th Floor Defendants. 19 22 23 I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On May 16, 2011, pursuant to a stipulation by the parties to revise the 24 schedule for this matter (Dkt #28), the Court entered an order (Dkt #29) 25 extending by 20 days the deadline for Defendants’ responsive pleadings to 26 Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. The Court’s order also extended by 20 27 days the deadlines for the parties to, among other things, meet and confer re 28 initial disclosures, file a Rule 26(f) report, complete initial disclosures, and file a S T IP U LA T IO N TO R EVISE S CH EDU LE 3:10- C V -4879 JCS 1 Case Management Statement. In the parties’ stipulation, the parties had 2 requested revision of the schedule due to scheduling conflicts and a desire to 3 perform the tasks required by the Order Setting Initial Case Management 4 Conference (Dkt. #3) more accurately and efficiently. On June 8, 2011, Defendants filed their Notice of Motion and Motion to 5 6 Dismiss First Amended Complaint (Dkt. #30) (“Motion to Dismiss”). The 7 hearing date was set for July 22, 2011. Pursuant to newly revised L.R. 7-3(a) 8 and L.R. 7-3(c), the deadline for Plaintiff’s opposition to the Motion to Dismiss 9 would be June 22, 2011, and the deadline for Defendants’ reply would be June 10 29, 2011. In addition, on June 13, 2011, the Court, via a Clerk’s Notice (Dkt. #31), 11 12 extended the date for the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss from July 13 22, 2011 to September 16, 2011. The Court also extended the date of the case 14 management conference to September 16, 2011, and ordered that the case 15 management conference statement be filed by September 9, 2011. The Court 16 reiterated the June 22 and June 29 dates for filing of Plaintiff’s opposition to the 17 Motion to Dismiss and any reply by Defendants. Due to scheduling conflicts, and pursuant to L.R. 6-2 and L.R. 7-12, the 18 19 parties have agreed to, and respectfully request the Court to approve, an 20 extension of one week for filing of Plaintiff’s opposition to Defendants’ Motion 21 to Dismiss, and an extension of one week for filing of Defendants’ reply. In 22 addition, due to the Court’s extension of the case management conference and 23 filing of the case management statement, the parties respectfully request that the 24 associated deadlines set in the Court’s May 16, 2011 Order (Dkt. #29) be 25 extended as set forth in the schedule below. The hearing date, case management 26 conference date, and case management conference statement date set by the 27 Clerk’s Notice (Dkt. #31) would not change. 28 // S T IP U LA T IO N TO R EVISE S CH EDU LE 3:10- C V -4879 JCS Page 2 of 4 1 II. The parties propose the following modifications to the current schedule for 2 3 this case: 1. 4 5 2. Defendants’ reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition, if any, shall be filed no later than July 6, 2011. 3. 8 9 Plaintiff’s opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss shall be filed no later than June 29, 2011. 6 7 PROPOSED REVISED SCHEDULE The last day to meet and confer regarding initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan shall be August 26, 2011. 10 4. The last day to file for ADR Certification shall be August 26, 2011. 11 5. The last day to file either a Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of 12 Need for ADR Phone Conference shall be August 26, 2011. 6. 13 The last day to file Rule 26(f) reports, complete initial disclosures or 14 state objections in a Rule 26(f) report, and file a Case Management Statement, 15 shall be September 9, 2011. 7. 16 The Initial Case Management Conference shall be held on 17 September 16, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 18 III. 19 20 CONCLUSION The parties respectfully request that the Court revise the schedule as set forth above. Respectfully submitted, 21 22 DATED: June 15, 2011 LAURA FREMONT KENNETH H. ABBE Attorneys for Plaintiff FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 23 24 25 26 __/s/ Laura Fremont__________________ 27 (The filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories.) 28 DATED: June 15, 2011 S T IP U LA T IO N TO R EVISE S CH EDU LE ___/s/Mitchell S. Fuerst_______________ 3:10- C V -4879 JCS Page 3 of 4 MITCHELL S. FUERST ANDREW S. ITTLEMAN FUERST ITTLEMAN, PL Attorneys for Defendants WELLNESS SUPPORT NETWORK, Inc., ROBERT HELD, and ROBYN HELD 1 2 3 4 5 6 DATED: June 15, 2011 7 8 9 _____/s/ Leslie Holmes______________ LESLIE HOLMES HOLMES & USOZ, LLP Attorney for Defendants WELLNESS SUPPORT NETWORK, INC., ROBERT HELD, and ROBYN HELD 10 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 UNIT ED S S DISTRICT TE C TA RT U O pero ph C. S dge Jose Ju NO 16 RT 17 ER H 18 19 FO 15 R NIA ______________________________________ JOSEPH C. SPERO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 LI 13 DATED: 06/15/2011 A 11 N F D IS T IC T O R C 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 S T IP U LA T IO N TO R EVISE S CH EDU LE 3:10- C V -4879 JCS Page 4 of 4

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