Inventist, Inc. v. Ninebot, Inc. et al

Filing 98

ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND RELATED DATES: Jury Trial is set for 2/21/2023 before Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Fact Discovery to be completed by 2/21/2022, Expert Witness Disclosure/Reports under FRCP 26(a)(2) due by 4/25/2022, Rebuttal Expe rt Disclosure/Reports due by 5/16/2022, Expert Discovery to be completed by 6/13/2022, Dispositive motions due by 8/15/2022, Attorney settlement conference to be held by 11/22/2022, Motions in Limine due by 1/13/2023, Joint Pretrial Statement due by 1/23/2023, Pretrial Conference set for 2/6/2023 at 10:30 AM before Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (MW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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INVENTIST, INC.,
No. 3:16-CV-5688-BJR

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Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND
RELATED DATES

NINEBOT, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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The Court has reviewed the parties’ joint status report (Dkt. No. 97), which proposes a

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new trial date and related dates. Having reviewed the joint status report and the record in this

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case, the Court has made adjustments to the schedule proposed by the parties.

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The parties based their proposed schedule on deadlines that were previously set by the
Honorable Ronald B. Leighton, who presided over this matter until his retirement in August
2020. Because this Court’s practices differ in some respects from Judge Leighton’s, the case

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schedule has been adjusted to conform to this Court’s practices. In particular, the parties are
reminded to follow the requirements set forth in this Court’s Standing Order for All Civil Cases
(“Standing Order,” Dkt. No. 86).
The Court sets the case schedule as follows:

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Event
Completion of fact discovery
Expert Witness
Disclosure/Reports under
FRCP 26(a)(2)
Rebuttal Expert
Disclosure/Reports
Expert discovery completed
Dispositive motions due
Settlement conference to be
held by
Mediation to be completed
by
Motions in limine due by
Pretrial Order due by

Parties’ Proposed Date
3/21/2022
5/23/2022

Date Ordered by Court
2/21/2022
4/25/2022

6/13/2022

5/16/2022

7/11/2022
10/10/2022
12/16/2022

6/13/2022
8/15/2022
11/22/2022

1/16/2023

N/A

1/16/2023
2/13/2023

Joint Pretrial Statement (see
Court’s Standing Order for
requirements)
Trial briefs to be submitted
by

N/A

1/13/2023
N/A
Per Court’s Standing Order, the
parties are to submit a Joint
Pretrial Statement rather than a
Pretrial Order
1/23/2023

Proposed voir dire/jury
instructions due by

3/20/2023

Pretrial Conference
Jury Trial is set for

3/31/2023
At the Court’s
convenience around
4/7/2023

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3/20/2023

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Court reserves the authority to
order the submission of trial briefs
if needed
To be submitted as part of the
Joint Pretrial Statement, per
Court’s Standing Order
2/6/2023 at 10:30 a.m.
2/21/2023

Dated: October 8, 2021

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Barbara Jacobs Rothstein
U.S. District Court Judge

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