Saba v. UNISYS Corporation

Filing 42

ORDER granting 41 STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF DATE TO COMPLETE MEDIATION. Mediation deadline extended to 2/6/2015. Non-expert Discovery deadline: 3/11/2015. Dispositive Motions to be heard by 4/15/2015. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 12/29/2014. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/29/2014)

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Steven R. Blackburn (SBN 154797)
Matthew A. Goodin (SBN 169674)
EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1150
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.398.0955
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
UNISYS CORPORATION
Charles J. Wisch (SBN 68050)
LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES J. WISCH
425 California Street, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.788.1948
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
FADI SABA

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FADI SABA,

Case No.: 14-CV-01310 WHO
Plaintiff,

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v.
UNISYS CORPORATION,

THIRD STIPULATION REGARDING
EXTENSION OF DATE TO COMPLETE
MEDIATION; ORDER

Defendant.

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Stipulation Regarding Mediation

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Plaintiff Fadi Saba ("Saba") and defendant Unisys Corporation ("Unisys"), by and
through their respective counsel, stipulate as follows:

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RECITALS

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The parties agreed to engage in the ADR process of court-sponsored mediation.

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In accordance with that agreement, at the case management conference on June 17, 2014,

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the court ordered that the mediation be completed by September 15, 2014. Thereafter, the parties

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completed the initial pre-mediation telephone conference with the mediator.

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3.

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parties to engage in and complete discovery that they believed would be necessary to make

Due to the fact that there was not sufficient time within the existing deadline for the

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mediation productive, the parties agreed to extend the deadline to complete mediation to October

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31, 2014. The court approved that stipulation on July 17, 2014.

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4.

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that discovery. The parties have extensively met and conferred regarding the disputed discovery.

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While the parties have been able to resolve some of their discovery issues, others have required

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recourse to the court. To assist the parties, the court has referred all discovery matters to

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Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu.

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disputes, and submitted those to Magistrate Ryu on October 9, 2014, and October 17, 2014,

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respectively. Magistrate Ryu set a telephonic hearing date for November 20, 2014. These

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matters were heard on November 20, 2014 as scheduled, and on November 21, 2014, Magistrate

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Ryu issued an Order thereon granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff’s request for additional

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discovery. The order required the Parties to further meet and confer on certain issues, and

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Defendant ultimately compiled and, on December 15 and 16, 2014, produced approximately

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70,000 pages of documents, in addition to the approximately 6,000 documents that Defendant

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had already produced. Understandably, it took Defendant’s counsel two to three weeks to

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compile and review this voluminous documentation for production. Plaintiff’s position is that

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receipt and review of these documents is necessary prior to completing deposition discovery and

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mediation.

The parties have diligently pursued discovery. However, disputes have arisen concerning

Per Magistrate Ryu’s instruction, the Parties prepared joint letters regarding the discovery

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In the meantime, the Parties were meeting and conferring regarding deposition

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scheduling. The Parties have agreed that Plaintiff’s deposition will proceed on January 8, 2015,

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and depositions of three defense witnesses in Minnesota on January 22 and 23, 2015. The Parties

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agree that these depositions are necessary for them to engage in a meaningful mediation. As a

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result of the delays caused by the discovery disputes and the difficulty of scheduling depositions

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during the holiday season during which the defense witnesses were taking time off from work,

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and despite the Parties’ most diligent efforts, the Parties were unable to complete these

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depositions prior to the currently scheduled mediation date of January 8, 2015.

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To accommodate the necessary pre-mediation discovery, subject to the court’s approval,

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the parties are agreeable to extending the deadline for mediation to Friday, February 6, 2015.

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The parties have confirmed with the mediator, Richard S. Whitmore, that he does not oppose

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continuing the mediation deadline and the parties have reserved a mediation date of February 4,

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2015, with Mr. Whitmore

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is presently a discovery cut-off date of February 18, 2015, and a deadline for hearing of any

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motion for summary judgment of March 25, 2015 (requiring filing of a motion by February 18,

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2015), in the event mediation does not resolve this case the parties are agreeable, with the court’s

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approval, to extend the discovery cut-off date, and deadlines for filing and hearing a motion for

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summary judgment by 21 days.

In light of the additional time necessary to complete mediation, and recognizing that there

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STIPULATION

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Based upon the foregoing, the parties stipulate that, subject to the court's approval:

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1. The deadline for conducting court-sponsored mediation will be extended to Friday,

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February 6, 2015.
2. The deadline for completion of non-expert discovery will be extended to March 11, 2015.

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3. The deadline for filing a motion for summary judgment will be extended to March 11,

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2015, and the deadline for hearing such motion will be extended to April 15, 2015.

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Respectfully submitted,
DATED:

December 17, 2014

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

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By:

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DATED:

December 17, 2014

/s/ Matthew A. Goodin
Steven R. Blackburn
Matthew A. Goodin
Attorneys for Defendant
UNISYS CORPORATION

LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES J. WISCH

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By:

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/s/ Charles J. Wisch
Charles J. Wisch
Attorneys for Plaintiff
FADI SABA

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Stipulation Regarding Mediation

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ORDER

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Good cause appearing,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The deadline for conducting court-sponsored mediation will be extended to Friday,
February 6, 2015.

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2. The deadline for completion of nonexpert discovery will be extended to March 11, 2015.

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3. The deadline for filing a motion for summary judgment will be extended to March 11,

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2015, and the deadline for hearing such motion will be extended to April 15, 2015.

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Dated: December 29, 2014

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United States District Judge

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