Klausner v. Lucas Film Entertainment Company LTD et al

Filing 59

ORDER Granting 57 Stipulation. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 11/01/2010. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/1/2010)

Klausner v. Lucas Film Entertainment Company LTD et al

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MARGOLIS & TISMAN LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW -------------------601 MONTGOMERY STREET SUITE 2030 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94111

ROBERT M. LIEBER, ESQ. SBN: 039976 NAKI M. IRVIN, ESQ. SBN: 094120 MARGOLIS & TISMAN LLP 601 Montgomery Street, Suite 2030 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC, a division of LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD. ANDREW F. PIERCE, ESQ. SBN: 101889 STACY NORTH, ESQ. SBN: 219034 PIERCE & SHEARER LLP 2483 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 202 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff DREW KLAUSNER UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION

DREW KLAUSNER; Plaintiff, v. INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC, a division of LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD. and DOES 1 through 25, inclusive, Defendants.

Case No. CV 09-03502-CW STIPULATION & ORDER EXTENDING EXPERT WITNESS DEADLINES; DECLARATION OF ROBERT M. LIEBER [Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 29; Civ. L.R. 6-2]

Action Filed: July 30, 2009 Trial Date: April 11, 2011

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STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES WHEREAS, the deadline to disclose the identities and reports of expert witnesses in this case is currently October 29, 2010, and the deadline to complete expert discovery is December 1, 2010; WHEREAS, the trial of this action is not scheduled to begin until April 11, 2011; WHEREAS, Defendant's motion for summary judgment was heard on September 16, 2010, and is currently pending; WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to participate in a mediation on December 6, 2010 to determine if settlement of this case is possible; WHEREAS, the Parties desire to prevent unnecessary expenditures of expert fees pending the mediation and the order on Defendant's motion for summary judgment; WHEREAS, continuing the expert discovery deadlines will not delay the trial date or otherwise affect the schedule for this case; THEREFORE, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 29 and Civil Local Rule 6-2, the Parties to this action, by and through their counsel of record, do HEREBY STIPULATE AND REQUEST THE COURT TO ORDER as follows: (1) The deadline to disclose the identities and reports of expert witnesses is extended from October 29, 2010 to December 17, 2010; and (2) The deadline to complete expert discovery is extended from December 1, 2010 to January 28, 2010. IT IS SO STIPULATED. DATED: October 27, 2010 MARGOLIS & TISMAN LLP By: /s/ Robert M. Lieber ROBERT M. LIEBER Attorneys for Defendant INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC, a division of LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.

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DATED: October 28, 2010

PIERCE & SHEARER LLP By: /s/ Stacy North STACY NORTH Attorneys for Plaintiff DREW KLAUSNER ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. (1) The deadline to disclose the identities and reports of expert witnesses is extended from October 29, 2010 to December 17, 2010; and (2) The deadline to complete expert discovery is extended from December 1, 2010 to January 28, 2010.

DATED: November 1, 2010

__________________________________ HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN United States District Court Judge

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DECLARATION OF ROBERT M. LIEBER I, Robert M. Lieber, hereby declare and state as follows: 1. 2. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth below. I am a partner with Margolis & Tisman LLP, which is counsel of record in this

action for Defendant Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. ("Defendant"). Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2(a), I make this declaration to accompany the parties' stipulated request for an order extending the expert witness deadlines in this case. 3. The reason for the requested enlargement of time is to prevent unnecessary

expenditures of expert fees pending mediation of this case and the order on Defendant's motion for summary judgment. 4. The only prior time modifications in this case have related to fact and expert

discovery deadlines. 5. The requested time modification will not delay the trial, which is not scheduled to

begin until April 11, 2010, or otherwise affect the schedule for this case. I declare, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed this 28th day of October, 2010, at San Francisco, California. /s/ Robert M. Lieber ROBERT M. LIEBER

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