Ronald Cohn, Inc. v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

Filing 72

ORDER Granting 70 Joint Motion to Stay Case and Continue all Dates 60 Days. This action is stayed for 60-days and all previously set dates in the case are continued 60 days. The Settlement Conference is set for 8/3/2021 at 8:30 AM before Magistrat e Judge Ruben B. Brooks. The Joint Discovery Plan is due on 8/16/2021. The Pretrial Order is due by 9/26/2022. The Final Pretrial Conference is set for 10/3/2022 at 2:30 PM in Courtroom 13B before Judge John A. Houston. Signed by Judge John A. Houston on 6/2/2021. (tcf)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RONALD COHN, INC. d/b/a SPROUTS
FARMERS MARKET, a California
corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
SPROUTS FARMERS MARKETS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation; f/k/a and d/b/a
SPROUTS FARMERS MARKETS, LLC,
a Delaware limited lability company,

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Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-00848-JAH-RBB
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
MOTION TO STAY CASE AND
CONTINUE ALL DATES 60 DAYS
District Judge: Hon. John A. Houston
Magistrate: Hon. Ruben B. Brooks
Compl. Filed: May 6, 2019
Amended Compl. Filed: June 4, 2020
Counterclaim filed: March 8, 2021

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM
On May 18, 2021, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Ronald Cohn, Inc. (“Cohn”)
and Defendant and Counter-Claimant Sprouts Farmers Markets, Inc. (“Sprouts”), filed
a Joint Motion to Continue the Settlement Conference and Related Dates. See Doc. No.
68. On May 20, 2021, Magistrate Judge Brooks found good cause to grant the motion
with respect to the Settlement Conference, the Order to Show Cause hearing previously
scheduled, and the Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 compliance dates. See Doc. No. 69. However,
Magistrate Judge Brooks did not find good cause to continue the dates set forth in his

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Scheduling Order Regulating Discovery and Other Pre-Trial Proceedings. See Id.

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CASE NO.: 19-cv-00848-JAH-RBB
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO STAY CASE AND CONTUNE ALL DATES 60 DAYS

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After reviewing both the parties’ prior Joint Motion to (Doc. No. 68) and the

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instant Joint Motion for a Stay, it is clear that the specific contours of the parties’

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settlement negotiations were not presented to Magistrate Judge Brooks. In light of such

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disclosure, and in lieu of remanding the matter to Judge Brooks for reconsideration, the

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Court finds there is good cause to grant the parties’ motion. Accordingly, IT IS

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HEREBY ORDERED the Joint Motion to Stay Case and Continue All Dates 60 Days

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is GRANTED. This action is stayed for 60-days and all previously set dates in the case

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are continued 60 days. The revised schedule for the case is as follows:

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Dkt. Deadline

Current Date

Proposed New
Date

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Settlement Conference

June 3, 2021, at
9:00 a.m. – All Day

August 3, 2021, at
8:30 a.m. – All Day

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Settlement Conference Brief

May 27, 2021

July 27, 2021

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Rule 26(f) conference

Completed

Completed

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Joint Discovery Plan

June 17, 2021

August 16, 2021

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Initial Disclosures (Rule 26(a))

June 24, 2021

August 23, 2021

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Join Parties, Amend Pleadings,
or File Additional Pleadings

July 6, 2021

September 3, 2021

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Fact Discovery Completed /
Discovery Cutoff (non-expert)

November 5, 2021

January 4, 2022

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September 3, 2021

November 2, 2021

December 3, 2021

February 1, 2022

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Deadline to serve Written
Discovery
Expert Designation

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Rebuttal Expert Designation

December 17, 2021

February 15, 2022

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Rule 26(a)(2)(A) and (B)
Disclosures

January 21, 2022

March 22, 2022

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Rule 26(a)(2)(D) Disclosures

February 4, 2022

April 5, 2022

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Expert Discovery Cutoff

March 4, 2022

May 3, 2022

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Pretrial Motions

April 4, 2022

June 3, 2022

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Pre-Trial Disclosures

July 1, 2022

August 30, 2022

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CASE NO.: 19-cv-00848-JAH-RBB
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO STAY CASE AND CONTUNE ALL DATES 60 DAYS

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Local Rule 16.1(f)(4)
Stipulations and Agreements

July 11, 2022

September 12, 2022

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Plaintiff’s Counsel to provide
Proposed Pre-Trial Order

July 18, 2022

September 19, 2022

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Final Pretrial Order and Rule
26(a)(e) Pretrial Disclosures

July 25, 2022

September 26, 2022

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Final Pretrial Conference

August 1, 2022, at
2:30 p.m.

October 3, 2022, at
2:30 pm.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 2, 2021
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JOHN A. HOUSTON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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CASE NO.: 19-cv-00848-JAH-RBB
ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO STAY CASE AND CONTUNE ALL DATES 60 DAYS

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