Synthes (USA) v. Spinal Kinetics Inc.

Filing 211

ORDER re 210 Defendant's Motion for Continuance. Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on 6/2/2011. (hrllc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/2/2011)

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*E-FILED 06-02-2011*

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NOT FOR CITATION

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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SYNTHES USA, LLC (f/k/a SYNTHES
(U.S.A.)); SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC; and
SYNTHES, INC.,

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No. C09-01201 RMW (HRL)
INTERIM ORDER RE DEFENDANT’S
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE

Plaintiffs,
v.
SPINAL KINETICS, INC.,
Defendant.
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Defendant moves for a continuance of the deadlines set in this court’s May 13, 2011

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Interim Order re Defendant’s Motion to Compel an In Camera Inspection of Documents

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(Docket No. 208). Despite the fact that the activities directed in the May 13 Order were to have

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been completed by June 3, 2011, defendant noticed its motion for continuance for a July 26,

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2011 hearing, apparently contemplating that the subject deadlines would be extended for weeks

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(or even months) after the original dates. This court sees no need for a regular briefing schedule

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or formal hearing on the requested continuance, and the July 26 hearing is vacated. And, as a

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practical matter, the court-ordered deadlines that are the subject of defendant’s motion have all

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but passed. Having reviewed defendant’s motion for a continuance, this court will grant a brief

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extension of the meet-and-confer and joint report deadlines set in the May 13 Order. This court

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is disinclined to grant more than a brief extension, and will not entertain requests to re-set

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deadlines into July or August.

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No later than Monday, June 6, 2011, the parties shall file statements advising this

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court when, in the next three weeks, their lead counsel (and anyone else whose presence is

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needed to fully explore resolution) are available to meet-and-confer. The deadline for the

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previously ordered joint status report will be re-set by the court, likely to a date within 7 days

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after the re-set meet-and-confer deadline.

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SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 2, 2011

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HOWARD R. LLOYD
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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5:09-cv-01201-RMW Notice has been electronically mailed to:

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Allan William Jansen [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]

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Andre De La Cruz

[e-mail], [e-mail]

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Daniel E. Gustafson

[e-mail], [e-mail]

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Ehab Monsef Samuel [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]

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James W. Geriak [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail]

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Jeffrey Martin Olson

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

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Kurt Timothy Mulville

[e-mail], [e-mail]

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[e-mail]

Monte M.F. Cooper
For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

Matthew Spencer Jorgenson
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[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

Paul Howard Meier

[e-mail]

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Robert W. Dickerson

[e-mail]

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Robert William Dickerson [e-mail],
[e-mail]

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Samuel N. Tiu

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Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not
registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

[e-mail]

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