Loop AI Labs, Inc. v. Gatti et al

Filing 572

Order by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu denying 568 Emergency Application. (dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/5/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LOOP AI LABS INC,

Case No. 15-cv-00798-HSG (DMR)

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER DENYING IQSYSTEM, INC'S
EMERGENCY APPLICATION

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ANNA GATTI, et al.,

Re: Dkt. No. 568

Defendants.
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The court has received Defendant IQSystem, Inc.’s emergency application regarding this
week’s deposition schedule and Plaintiff Loop AI Labs Inc.’s response thereto. [Docket Nos. 568,

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570.] IQSystem, Inc. apparently makes the application on behalf of counsel for Defendant Gatti.

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In the application, IQSystem, Inc. represents that counsel for Gatti is unavailable for depositions

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this week because he is on vacation and that his associate is also unavailable this week. It seeks

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the court’s permission to conduct the remaining depositions during the week of April 11, 2016.

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The parties have inundated the court with discovery disputes in February and March 2016

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leading up to the March 29, 2016 fact discovery deadline. In managing this deluge, the court has

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ordered the parties to conduct certain depositions during the days immediately following the

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March 29, 2016 deadline so as not to further delay the completion of fact discovery (see Docket

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No. 526). All of this activity put the parties on fair notice that the weeks surrounding the fact

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discovery cutoff would be crunch time. A quick review of the docket demonstrates that anyone

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who scheduled time off during this critical period did so at his or her peril. [See, e.g., Docket Nos.

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515, 516.] The court also notes that Gatti is represented by a firm that employs 17 lawyers,

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according to its website. IQSystem, Inc.’s application on behalf of Gatti is denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 5, 2016

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