Jaber v. BPI Sports LLC et al

Filing 30

ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON DEFENDANTS' FORTHCOMING MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY. Defendants shall file their motion to stay discovery and memorandum in support, not to exceed 10 pages, no later than December 8, 2016. Plaintiff shall file his o pposition to said motion, not to exceed 10 pages, no later than December 13, 2016. Defendants shall file their reply, not to exceed five pages, no later than noon on December 16, 2016. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on 12/5/16.(mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/5/2016)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VENABLE LLP Daniel S. Silverman (SBN 137864) dsilverman@venable.com Matthew M. Gurvitz (SBN 272895) mgurvitz@venable.com 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2300 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 229-9900 Facsimile: (310) 229-9901 Yevgeniya A. Titova (SBN 283002) etitova@venable.com 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 653-3750 Facsimile: (415) 653-3755 9 11 Attorneys for Defendants BPI SPORTS, LLC, IMAGE SPORTS, LLC and BE POWERFUL, LLC 12 310-229-9900 LOS ANG ELES, CA 90067 VENABLE LLP 2049 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 2 300 10 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 17 18 19 NICHOLAS JABER, on behalf of himself, all others similarly situated and the general public, v. 21 23 24 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney Courtroom 7, 19th Floor Plaintiff, 20 22 CASE NO.: 3:16-cv-05355-MMC BPI SPORTS, LLC, IMAGE SPORTS, LLC and BE POWERFUL, LLC, UNOPPOSED REQUEST FOR AN ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON DEFENDANTS’ FORTHCOMING MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY PENDING RULING ON DISPOSITIVE MOTION TO DISMISS; PROPOSED ORDER Defendants. Action Filed: September 19, 2016 Trial Date: None set. 25 26 27 28 UNOPPOSED REQUEST FOR AN ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON DEFENDANTS’ FORTHCOMING MOTION TO STAY CASE NO. 3:16-cv-05355-MMC 1 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, Defendants BPI Sports, LLC, Image Sports, LLC, and 2 Be Powerful, LLC (“Defendants”) hereby request, which request Plaintiff does not oppose, an 3 Order shortening time for briefing and resolution of Defendants’ forthcoming motion to stay 4 discovery pending resolution of Defendants’ dispositive motion to dismiss, scheduled to be heard 5 on January 20, 2016. The salient fact are as follows: 6 7 WHEREAS Plaintiff Nicholas Jaber (“Plaintiff”) filed the Complaint in this Action, Dkt. No. 1, on September 19, 2016; 8 WHEREAS Defendants accepted service on September 22, 2016, Dkt. No. 6; 9 WHEREAS the case was initially assigned to the Honorable Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore, Dkt. No. 2; 11 WHEREAS Magistrate Judge Westmore issued an Initial Case Management Scheduling 12 310-229-9900 LOS ANG ELES, CA 90067 VENABLE LLP 2049 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 2 300 10 Order on September 20, 2016, and scheduled the Initial Case Management Conference for 13 December 20, 2016, Dkt. No. 3 at 2; 14 WHEREAS in that Order, Magistrate Judge Westmore set a deadline of November 29, 15 2016 for the parties to conduct a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) conference, Dkt. No. 3 at 16 2; 17 WHEREAS although Defendants declined to proceed in front of a Magistrate Judge, Dkt. 18 No. 14, the Clerk’s Order reassigning the case did not vacate Magistrate Judge Westmore’s 19 previously set deadlines, Dkt. No. 16 (“Other deadlines such as those for ADR compliance and 20 discovery cutoff also remain unchanged.”); 21 WHEREAS the parties complied with Magistrate Judge Westmore Rule 26(f) conference 22 deadline and conducted the conference on November 28, 2016, Declaration of Daniel S. 23 Silverman (“Silverman Decl.”) at ¶ 2; 24 WHEREAS shortly thereafter, the case was reassigned to Your Honor, Dkt. No. 16; 25 WHEREAS on November 21, 2016, prior to the parties’ Rule 26(f) conference, 26 27 28 Defendants moved to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety, Dkt. No. 17; WHEREAS Plaintiff’s opposition to that motion is due on Monday, December 5, 2016, and Defendants’ reply is due on Monday, December 12, 2016, Dkt. No. 17; 1 UNOPPOSED REQUEST FOR AN ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON DEFENDANTS’ FORTHCOMING MOTION TO STAY CASE NO. 3:16-cv-05355-MMC 1 WHEREAS the motion to dismiss is set for hearing on January 20, 2017, Dkt. No. 17; 2 WHEREAS on November 29, 2016, the day after the parties conducted their Rule 26(f) 3 conference, Plaintiff served Defendants with several sets of discovery requests, including 51 4 requests for admission and over 70 requests for production of documents on each of the three 5 Defendants, and 10 interrogatories on Defendant BPI Sports, LLC, Silverman Decl. at ¶ 3; 6 7 8 9 ¶ 7; WHEREAS on November 30, 2016, Your Honor issued a Case Management Scheduling Order, setting the Initial Case Management Conference for February 24, 2017, Dkt. No. 26; WHEREAS Defendants contend that pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties would not have had to conduct a Rule 26(f) conference, triggering discovery, until 12 310-229-9900 11 LOS ANG ELES, CA 90067 VENABLE LLP 2049 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 2 300 10 WHEREAS Defendants’ responses are currently due January 3, 2017, Silverman Decl. at February 3, 2017, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f)(1) (“the parties must confer… at least 21 days before 13 a scheduling conference is to be held”); 14 WHEREAS shortly after receiving the Court’s Case Management Conference Order on 15 November 30, 2016, Defendants reached out to Plaintiff, and proposed that the parties stipulate 16 to stay discovery until Your Honor resolves the pending motion to dismiss the Complaint, in 17 order to conserve the parties’ resources, as the motion to dismiss is dispositive of the case, 18 Silverman Decl., ¶ 4, Ex. A at 6-7; 19 20 21 22 23 WHEREAS Plaintiff’s counsel refused to agree to a stay of discovery, Silverman Decl., ¶ 4, Ex. A at 6; WHEREAS when Plaintiff refused, Defendants then informed Plaintiff that they would be moving to stay discovery, Silverman Decl., ¶ 5, Ex. A at 5; WHEREAS Defendants’ regularly noticed motion to stay would be moot if not heard on 24 shortened time, in that Defendants’ responses to Plaintiff’s discovery requests would be due 25 before the motion could be briefed and resolved, Silverman Decl., ¶ 7; 26 WHEREAS on December 2, 2016, Defendants’ counsel reached out to Plaintiff’s counsel 27 to inquire if he would agree to have the motion heard on shortened time, Silverman Decl., ¶ 6, 28 Ex. A at 3; 2 UNOPPOSED REQUEST FOR AN ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON DEFENDANTS’ FORTHCOMING MOTION TO STAY CASE NO. 3:16-cv-05355-MMC 1 WHEREAS Plaintiff’s counsel agreed to have the motion heard on shortened time, 2 conditional on reduced page lengths for the briefs: 10 pages for the motion, 10 pages for the 3 opposition, and 5 pages for reply, which condition Defendants’ counsel agreed to, Silverman 4 Decl., ¶ 6, Ex. A at 1; 5 WHEREAS no previous time modifications have been requested in this case to date; and 6 WHEREAS the time modification would not have any effect on the schedule of the case, 7 and would simply allow the parties to avoid wasting of resources in preparing responses to 8 Plaintiff’s discovery requests should Your Honor grant Defendants’ motion to stay discovery; 9 11 Defendants’ motion to stay discovery and opening brief in support of same, not to exceed 10 pages, will be due December 8, 2016; 12 310-229-9900 LOS ANG ELES, CA 90067 VENABLE LLP 2049 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 2 300 10 WHEREFORE, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT: Plaintiff’s opposition brief, not to exceed 10 pages, will be due December 13, 2016; 13 Defendants’ reply brief, not to exceed 5 pages, will be due on December 16, 2016; and 14 Defendants agree to waive oral argument on the motion unless the Court deems a hearing 15 necessary and helpful to the Court. 16 17 18 Respectfully submitted, December 5, 2016 VENABLE LLP 19 20 By: 21 22 /s/ Daniel S. Silverman Daniel S. Silverman (SBN 137864) Attorneys for Defendants BPI Sports, LLC, Image Sports, LLC, and Be Powerful, LLC 23 24 25 26 27 IT IS SO ORDERED. It is further ordered that defendants' reply brief, not to exceed 5 pages, will be due no later than noon on December 16, 2016. Date: December 5, 2016 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 28 3 UNOPPOSED REQUEST FOR AN ORDER SHORTENING TIME ON DEFENDANTS’ FORTHCOMING MOTION TO STAY CASE NO. 3:16-cv-05355-MMC

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