GMYL, L.P. v. Coppola et al

Filing 63

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT REVIEW AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 5/21/14. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/21/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 K&L GATES LLP Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 882-8200 Facsimile: (415) 882-8220 Susan E. Hollander (SBN 133473) susan.hollander@klgates.com Sharoni S. Finkelstein (SBN 271829) sharoni.finkelstein@klgates.com K&L GATES LLP 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 552-5000 Facsimile: (310) 552-5001 Seth A. Gold (SBN 163220) seth.gold@klgates.com Attorneys for Plaintiff GMYL, L.P. 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 GMYL, L.P., a California limited partnership; CASE NO. 13-cv-04739-RS ORDER Plaintiff, STIPULATION REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ DEPOSITION vs. TRANSCRIPT REVIEW AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ ERNESTO COPPOLA, an individual; COPPOLA MOTION TO DISMISS FOODS LIMITED, a foreign company; and DOES 1 THROUGH 10 Defendants. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 1 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff GMYL, L.P. (“Plaintiff”) and 2 Defendants Ernesto Coppola and Coppola Foods Limited (collectively, “Defendants”), by and 3 through their counsel of record, as follows: 4 WHEREAS, on October 11, 2013, Plaintiff filed its Complaint against Defendants; 5 WHEREAS, on February 5, 2014, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Claims, whereby 6 Coppola Foods Limited seeks, inter alia, dismissal of the claims against it for lack of personal 7 jurisdiction; 8 WHEREAS, on February 20, 2014, pursuant to the Case Management Conference, the Court 9 ordered (1) that Plaintiff may take limited discovery regarding personal jurisdiction and may take that 10 discovery until April 22, 2014 (the “Jurisdictional Discovery Period”), and (2) that upon the close of 11 the Jurisdictional Discovery Period, Defendants may re-notice their motion to dismiss; 12 13 14 WHEREAS, on March 24, 2014, the Court ordered that Plaintiff may take the depositions of both Defendants and of Maria Suleymanova in connection with jurisdictional discovery; WHEREAS, on April 3, 2014, the Parties stipulated to extend the Jurisdictional Discovery 15 Period to May 27, 2014 in order to accommodate the parties’ respective schedules in a manner that 16 would allow non-resident Defendants to travel to the United States for depositions and for a 17 settlement conference, and the Court ordered that the Jurisdictional Discovery Period be so extended; 18 WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that the depositions of Defendants and Ms. Suleymanova 19 will take place from May 21, 2014 through May 23, 2014; 20 WHEREAS, Defendant Coppola Foods Limited intends to renew its motion to dismiss for 21 lack of personal jurisdiction shortly after the Jurisdictional Discovery Period closes and Plaintiffs 22 anticipate using testimony from the depositions of Defendants and Ms. Suleymanova (the 23 “Jurisdictional Depositions”) in opposition to such motion; 24 WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to a process to accommodate Defendants’ interest in re- 25 noticing their motions to dismiss shortly after the Jurisdictional Discovery Period closes, Defendants’ 26 and Ms. Suleymanova’s interest in reviewing their deposition transcripts, and Plaintiff’s interest in 27 being able to use testimony from the transcripts of the Jurisdictional Depositions in opposition to 28 Coppola Foods Limited’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; 2 STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 1 2 3 4 5 NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the Parties as follows: 1. Defendants will re-notice their motion to dismiss, if at all, no earlier than the date on which they receive the last of the transcripts for the Jurisdictional Depositions; 2. Defendants and party-affiliated witness Ms. Suleymanova will each review its, his, or 6 her transcript for the Jurisdictional Deposition and make any necessary changes thereto, or notify all 7 parties that no changes to the Deposition Transcripts are necessary, within seven (7) days of its, his, 8 or her respective receipt of such transcript (the “Review Period”); 9 3. Upon the expiration of the Review Period, and in the absence of any changes to the 10 transcripts for the Jurisdictional Depositions or notification that no changes are necessary, it will be 11 deemed that no changes to the transcripts for the Jurisdictional Depositions will be made; 12 4. Once Defendants re-notice their motion to dismiss in accordance with this Stipulation, 13 all dates related to the motion to dismiss shall be in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil 14 Procedure, the Civil Local Rules, and the Standing Orders of this Court; and 15 16 5. Nothing in this stipulation shall prevent the parties from modifying their agreement regarding the actual handling of the transcripts for each of the Jurisdictional Depositions. 17 18 DATED: May 20, 2014 Seth A. Gold K&L GATES LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 19 20 21 DATED: May 20, 2014 Walter C. Pfeffer COLT/SINGER/BEA LLP Attorneys for Defendants and deponent Maria Suleymanova 22 23 24 25 26 27 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED. DATED: 5/21/14 RICHARD SEEBORG United States District Judge 28 3 STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

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