Alvarez et al v. Farmers Insurance Exchange et al

Filing 83

ORDER granting 73 MOTION to Continue. Motion for class certification to be filed by July 8, 2015. Response due by 8/12/2015. Reply due by 9/2/2015. Discovery due by 1/29/2016. Motions due by 3/2/2016. Motion Hearing set for 9/16/2015 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William H. Orrick. Fact discovery cutoff: 01/29/2015. Dispositive motions to be heard by March 2, 2016. Pretrial Conference set for 5/2/2016 02:00 PM and Jury Trial set for 6/6/2016 08:30 AM, both in Courtroom 12, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William H. Orrick. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 02/27/2015. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/27/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MERCEDES ALVAREZ, et al.,

Case No. 14-cv-00574-WHO

Plaintiffs,
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v.
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FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS
MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING
ORDER
Re: Dkt. No. 73

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Given the serious medical condition of one of plaintiff’s counsel and the deficiencies in the

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production by defendant of discovery ordered by the Court during the hearing on January 9, 2015,

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I GRANT plaintiffs’ request for a continuance of the trial and associated dates. If I was not clear

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before, I was unhappy at the last hearing with defendant’s failure to have produced documents it

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conceded at the hearing should have been produced. I am not happy now that problems seem to

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have continued, necessitating this lengthy continuance. The parties are referred to the Guidelines

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for Professional Conduct on the Northern District’s website. If further disputes are brought to me

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because of substandard production or other lack of non-compliance with my prior orders or the

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, there will be consequences. I do not anticipate changing the

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motion or trial date again.

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The new schedule is:

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Motion for class certification filed: July 8, 2015

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Response:

August 12, 2015

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Reply:

September 2, 2015

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Hearing:

September 16, 2015

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Discovery Cutoff:

January 29, 2016

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Expert disclosure:

January 29, 2015

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Expert Rebuttal:

February 22, 2016

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Expert Discovery Cutoff:

March 14, 2016

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Dispositive motions heard by:

March 2, 2016

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Pretrial conference:

May 2, 2016

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Trial:

June 6, 2016

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 27, 2015
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WILLIAM H. ORRICK
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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