Garden Meadow, Inc. et al v. Grocery Outlet, Inc.

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Order by Hon. Lucy H. Koh granting 19 Application for Extension of Time to File Responsive Pleading.(lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/12/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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GARDEN MEADOW, INC., a Connecticut
Corporation,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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GROCERY OUTLET, INC., a California
Corporation doing business as GROCERY
OUTLET and as IDEAL DISTRIBUTING

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and

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JOHN DOES Numbers 1 through 99,

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Defendants.

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Case No.: 12-CV-04811-LHK
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE
RESPONSIVE PLEADING

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Plaintiff Garden Meadow filed this action on September 13, 2012, against Defendants
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Grocery Outlet, Inc. d/b/a Grocery Outlet, Ideal Distributing, and John Does Numbers 1 through 99
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(collectively “Defendants”), alleging claims of copyright infringement and willful copyright
infringement. See ECF No. 1. On October 2, 2012, the Court granted the parties’ stipulation to

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extend the time by which Grocery Outlet must file a responsive pleading to the Complaint to
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October 30, 2012. ECF No. 13. On October 30, 2012, the parties again filed a stipulation and
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proposed order seeking to extend the time by which Grocery Outlet must file a responsive pleading
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to the Complaint to November 9, 2012, stating that the parties “desire[d] additional time to attempt
to resolve the action and/or narrow the areas of dispute between the parties.” ECF No. 17 at 2.

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The Court granted this stipulation on October 31, 2012. ECF No. 17. On November 9, 2012, the
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Case No.: 12-CV-04811-LHK
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING

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parties once again filed a stipulation and proposed order seeking to extend the time by which

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Grocery Outlet must file a responsive pleading to the Complaint to November 28, 2012. ECF No.

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19. In this stipulation, the parties state that they “still wish to attempt to resolve the action and/or

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attempt to narrow the areas of dispute, but recent weather-related incidents in the Eastern United

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States have made it difficult for the parties to do so.” Id. at 2. While the Court GRANTS the

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parties’ stipulation to extend the deadline for Grocery Outlet to file a responsive pleading to the

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Complaint to November 28, 2012, no further extensions will be permitted.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Dated: November 12, 2012

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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Case No.: 12-CV-04811-LHK
ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING