Patterson v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC

Filing 27

ORDER Granting Joint Stipulation 26 to Extend Expert Deadlines: 1) the last day for disclosure of experts and expert reports shall be continued from 12/1/2011 to 2/15/2012; 2) the last day for disclosure of supplemental experts and supplemental reports shall be continued from 12/15/2011 to 2/29/2012; and 3) the close of discovery of expert witnesses shall be continued from 1/1/2012 to 3/15/2012. signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe on 11/28/2011. (Herman, H)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TRISH M. HIGGINS (STATE BAR NO. 119215) thiggins@orrick.com ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 Telephone: (916) 447-9200 Facsimile: (916) 329-4900 SITTHIKIT CHARIYASATIT (STATE BAR NO. 252028) schariyasatit@orrick.com ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: (650) 614-7400 Facsimile: (650) 614-7401 Attorneys for Defendant MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC 10 11 12 13 PETER SEAN BRADLEY, ESQ. (STATE BAR NO. 109258) PENNER, BRADLEY & SIMONIAN 1171 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 102 Fresno, CA 93711 Telephone: (559) 221-2100 Facsimile: (559) 221-2101 14 15 Attorney for Plaintiff CLARENCE REITH PATTERSON, JR. 16 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION 19 20 CLARENCE REITH PATTERSON, JR., 21 22 23 Plaintiff, v. MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY, LLC and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, 24 Defendants. 25 26 27 28 Case No. 1:10-cv-02084-LJO-BAM ORDER GRANTING JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES 1 2 Plaintiff Clarence Reith Patterson, Jr. and Defendant Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (collectively “the Parties”) stipulate as follows: 3 WHEREAS, the deadline for disclosure of expert witnesses pursuant to Federal Rules of 4 Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) is currently set for December 1, 2011; 5 WHEREAS, the trial is not set to start until May 30, 2012; 6 WHEREAS, the Parties agree there is insufficient time for the Parties to complete expert 7 reports or expert discovery before the respective deadlines; 8 WHEREAS, the Parties anticipate the filing of a dispositive motion by Defendant, and 9 continuing expert disclosure and discovery may save significant unnecessary expenses for the 10 Parties; 11 12 WHEREAS, the Parties have sought only one previous scheduling change in this matter regarding expert discovery, which did not impact any court dates set by the Court; WHEREAS, the Parties’ stipulation would not affect the Dispositive Motion Filing 13 14 Deadline, the Settlement Conference Date, Pre-Trial Conference Date, or the Trial Date 15 scheduled for May 30, 2012 set by the Court; 16 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this action through their 17 designated counsel as follows: 18 1. 19 the last day for disclosure of experts and expert reports shall be continued from December 1, 2011 to February 15, 2012; 20 2. the last day for disclosure of supplemental experts and supplemental 21 reports shall be continued from December 15, 2011 to February 29, 2012; and 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 26 27 28 -2- 1 2 3. the close of discovery of expert witnesses shall be continued from January 1, 2012 to March 15, 2012. 3 Pursuant to the stipulation between the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 4 parties joint stipulation to extend the expert deadlines is GRANTED. The Court’s Scheduling 5 Order shall be modified accordingly only as to expert disclosure and expert discovery cut off. 6 The dates for the Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline, the Settlement Conference Date, Pre-Trial 7 Conference Date, or the Trial Date shall remain as originally set in the February 16, 2011 8 Scheduling Order. 9 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 Dated: /s/ Barbara November 28, 2011 13 A. McAuliffe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END: 14 10c20kb8554 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-

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