Horner v Paneltech International

Filing 89

STIPULATION and ORDER 88 signed by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 11/29/11; On October 25, 2011, the Court executed and issued its order on the parties Request and Stipulation that stayed any further expert discovery until the later of November 9, 20 11 or such time as the court rules on Defendant Paneltech's Motion to Contest good Faith of CORP settlement. As of this date, the Curt has not issued its ruling on the above-referred to motion. Consequently, no further expert discovery has been conducted pursuant to the Court's order. Given the proximity of the Christmas and New Year seasons, the parties expect that it will be impossible to complete their itended expert discovery before the arrival of January 2012 because of anticipa ted experts' and counsel holiday and vacation schedules. Without the completion of expert discovery, the parties submit that they cannot meaningfully participate in the pre-trial conference presently set for December 7, 2011, or be properly pre pared for the trial presently set for January 24, 2012. In an effort to alleviate the problems arising from these circumstances, the parties submit the following request and stipulation. REQUEST AND STIPULATION That the pre-trial conference and trial dates be continued from their presently-ordered dates to dates in the future to be determined by a conference between the Court and all counsel.(Matson, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 THE COSTA LAW FIRM DANIEL P. COSTA, State Bar No. 110919 DAVID D. MacMILLAN, State Bar No. 113185 2489 Sunrise Blvd., Ste. A Gold River, California 95670 Telephone: (916) 400-2734 Telecopier: (916) 400-2744 Attorneys for Defendant PANELTECH INTERNATIONAL, LLC 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EDDIE HORNER, 12 Plaintiff, 13 vs. 14 15 PANELTECH INTERNATIONAL, LLC; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) USDC Case No.: 2:09-cv-01564 KJM-CMK REQUEST AND STIPULATION TO CONTINUE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATES; ORDER Pre-Trial Conference: December 7, 2011 Trial Date: January 24, 2012 Trial Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: 3 Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 18 The Parties hereto request and stipulate that this Court continue the pre-trial conference and 19 trial dates from their presently-ordered dates to dates in the future to be determined by a conference 20 between the Court and all counsel. 21 The parties submit that there is good cause for this request because of the following 22 circumstances: 23 1. On October 25, 2011, the Court executed and issued its order on the parties Request 24 and Stipulation that stayed any further expert discovery until the later of November 9, 2011 or such 25 time as the court rules on Defendant Paneltech’s Motion to Contest good Faith of CORP settlement. 26 2. As of this date, the Curt has not issued its ruling on the above-referred to motion. REQUEST AND STIPULATION TO CONTINUE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATES; ORDER -1- 1 2 Consequently, no further expert discovery has been conducted pursuant to the Court’s order. 3. Given the proximity of the Christmas and New Year seasons, the parties expect that 3 it will be impossible to complete their itended expert discovery before the arrival of January 2012 4 because of anticipated experts’ and counsel holiday and vacation schedules. 5 4. Without the completion of expert discovery, the parties submit that they cannot 6 meaningfully participate in the pre-trial conference presently set for December 7, 2011, or be properly 7 prepared for the trial presently set for January 24, 2012. 8 9 5. In an effort to alleviate the problems arising from these circumstances, the parties submit the following request and stipulation. 10 REQUEST AND STIPULATION 11 That the pre-trial conference and trial dates be continued from their presently-ordered dates 12 13 14 to dates in the future to be determined by a conference between the Court and all counsel. IT IS SO STIPULATED: Dated: November 23, 2011 THE COSTA LAW FIRM 15 By: 16 17 /s/ David D. MacMillan DAVE MACMILLAN DANIEL P. COSTA Attorneys for Defendant Paneltech International, LLC 18 Dated: November 23, 2011 REINER, SIMPSON & SLAUGHTER, LLP 19 By: /s/ Todd E. Slaughter TODD E. SLAUGHTER Attorney for Plaintiff 20 21 22 Dated: November 24, 2011 LOMBARDI, LOPER & CONANT 23 By: 24 25 /s/ Clyde Hutchinson B. CLYDE HUTCHINSON VINCENT CASTILLO Attorneys for Defendant Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad 26 REQUEST AND STIPULATION TO CONTINUE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATES; ORDER -2- 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: November 29, 2011. 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 REQUEST AND STIPULATION TO CONTINUE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATES; ORDER -3-

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