Wilkie v. Gentiva Health Services Inc

Filing 66

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 11/28/11 ORDERING that the Court's 26 09/17/10 Scheduling Order is MODIFIED as follows: 1. The time to complete non-expert, pre-certification discovery shall be extended to 03/1 2/12; 2. the pre-certification expert disclosure schedule shall be modified as follows: a. The time for each party to designate in writing, file with the court, and serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert proposed, accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the expert, shall be extended to 03/30/12; b. The time for pre-certification rebuttal expert disclosures and written reports shall be extended to 04/30/12. c. The time to complete pre -certification expert discovery shall be extended to 05/12/12; 3. The class motion schedule shall be modified as follows: a. Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification shall be filed on 06/18/12. b. Defendant's opposition shall be filed on 07/02/12. c. Plaintiffs' reply shall be filed on 07/09/12. The hearing on the motion shall be heard on 07/30/12 at 9:00 a.m., or such subsequent date as the Court may set. 4. The post-certification discovery cut-off shall be extended to 09/ 11/12. 5. The post-certification expert discovery schedule shall be modified as follows: a. The time for each party to designate in writing, file with the court, and serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each exper t proposed, accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the expert, shall be extended to 09/25/12.b. The time for post-certification rebuttal expert disclosures and written reports shall be extended to 10/15/12.c. The time to complete post -certification expert discovery shall be extended to 11/13/12. 6. The deadline for hearing of all post-certification dispositive motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications, shall be extende d to 02/04/13. Final Pretrial Conference continued to 04/08/13 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. with a joint pretrial statement due 7 days prior; Trial continued to 06/04/13 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. (Benson, A.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 MICHAEL E. BREWER, Bar No. 177912 ANNE-MARIE WAGGONER, Bar No. 173407 LITTLER MENDELSON A Professional Corporation 1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600 Walnut Creek, CA 94597 Telephone: 925.932.2468 mbrewer@littler.com awaggoner@littler.com Attorneys for Defendant GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 7 8 9 10 11 C. Brooks Cutter, Bar No. 121407 John R. Parker Jr., Bar No. 257761 KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF, LLP 401 Watt Avenue Sacramento, CA 95864 Telephone: 916.448-9800 bcutter@kcrlegal.com ihunter@kcrlegal.com Jeffrey A. Klafter Seth R. Lesser Fran L. Rudich KLAFTER OLSEN & LESSER LLP Two International Drive, Suite 350 Rye Brook NY 10573 Telephone: 914.934.9200 jak@klafterolsen.com slesser@klafterolsen.com frudich@klafterolsen.com 12 13 Attorneys for Plaintiffs CATHERINE WILKIE 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 17 CATHERINE WILKIE, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated, 18 19 20 21 Plaintiffs, Case No. 2:10-CV-01451-GEB-GGH STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER v. Action Filed: June 11, 2010 GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Trial Date: February 5, 2013 Defendant. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (NO. 2:10-CV-01451-FCD-GGH) 1. STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER 1 STIPULATION 2 3 WHEREAS the parties have been engaged in active discovery in this litigation and are facing substantial costs and time relative to the outstanding discovery matters; 4 WHEREAS, the parties continue to participate in a productive and extensive 5 mediation, which began on on August 3, 2011, with David Geronemous, Esq. of JAMS in an attempt 6 to resolve the present case; 7 8 WHEREAS the parties continue exchanging informal discovery in connection with their attempt to reach a mediated resolution in this case; 9 WHEREAS, in lieu of just seeking to extend the present discovery schedule so as to 10 permit its completion (at significant time and expense), the parties believe it would be pragmatic and 11 practical to extend the current scheduling order; 12 13 WHEREAS, successful mediation of the matter would obviate the burden and expense of additional formal discovery and motion practice: 14 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the Court’s 15 Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, filed September 17, 2010, as modified by Court’s orders on 16 November 4, 2010, December 9, 2010, February 18, 2011, March 23, 2011, April 25, 2011, and 17 August 23, 2011 be modified with the Court’s consent as follows, with respect to all pre- 18 certification and post-certification dates: 19 20 1. extended from November 11, 2011, to March 12, 2012. 21 22 23 The time to complete non-expert, pre-certification discovery shall be 2. The pre-certification expert disclosure schedule shall be modified as follows: a. The time for each party to designate in writing, file with the court, and 24 serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert proposed, 25 accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the expert, shall be extended from 26 November 30, 2011, to March 30, 2012. 27 28 b. The time for pre-certification rebuttal expert disclosures and written reports shall be extended from December 28, 2011 to April 30, 2012. (NO. 2:10-CV-01451-FCD-GGH) 2. STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER 1 2 c. The time to complete pre-certification expert discovery shall be extended from January 13, 2012, to May 14, 2012. 3 3. 4 The class motion schedule shall be modified as follows: a. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification shall be filed on June 18, 6 b. Defendant’s opposition shall be on July 2, 2012. 7 c. Plaintiffs’ reply shall be filed on July 9, 2012. 8 d. The hearing on the motion shall be heard on July 30, 2012, at 10:00 5 9 2012. a.m., or such subsequent date as the Court may set. 10 11 4. 2012 to September 11, 2012 12 13 The post-certification discovery cut-off shall be extended from May 11, 5. The post-certification expert discovery schedule shall be modified as follows: 14 a. The time for each party to designate in writing, file with the court, and 15 serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert proposed, 16 accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the expert, shall be extended from May 25, 17 2012, to September 25, 2012. 18 19 b. reports shall be extended from June 15, 2012 to October 15, 2012. 20 21 The time for post-certification rebuttal expert disclosures and written c. The time to complete post-certification expert discovery shall be extended from July 13, 2012 to November 13, 2012. 22 6. The deadline for hearing of all post-certification dispositive motions, except 23 motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications, shall be 24 extended from September 28, 2012 to January 28, 2013. 25 7. 26 to March 18, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. 27 8. 28 The final pre-trial conference shall be continued from to November 16, 2012 The trial date shall be continued from February 5, 2013, to June 5, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. (NO. 2:10-CV-01451-FCD-GGH) 3. STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER 1 2 IT IS SO STIPULATED. Dated: November 23, 2011 3 /s/ Michael E. Brewer Anne-Marie Waggoner Michael E. Brewer LITTLER MENDELSON A Professional Corporation Attorneys for Defendant GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 4 5 6 7 8 Dated: November 15, 2011 9 10 /c/ C. Brooks Cutter C. Brooks Cutter John R. Parker, Jr. KERSHAW, CUTTER & RATINOFF, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (NO. 2:10-CV-01451-FCD-GGH) 4. STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER 1 ORDER 2 Based on the foregoing Stipulation of counsel for the parties, and good cause 3 appearing, it is hereby ordered that the Court’s Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order, filed September 4 17, 2010, as modified by the Court’s Orders of November 4, 2010, December 9, 2010, February 18, 5 2011, March 23, 2011, April 25, 2011, and August 23, 2011 is further modified as follows: 6 7 1. extended from November 11, 2011, to March 12, 2012. 8 9 The time to complete non-expert, pre-certification discovery shall be 2. The pre-certification expert disclosure schedule shall be modified as follows: 10 a. The time for each party to designate in writing, file with the court, and 11 serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert proposed, 12 accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the expert, shall be extended from 13 November 30, 2011, to March 30, 2012. 14 15 b. reports shall be extended from December 28, 2011 to April 30, 2012. 16 17 The time for pre-certification rebuttal expert disclosures and written c. The time to complete pre-certification expert discovery shall be extended from January 13, 2012, to May 14, 2012. 18 3. The class motion schedule shall be modified as follows: a. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification shall be filed on June 18, 21 b. Defendant’s opposition shall be on July 2, 2012. 22 c. Plaintiffs’ reply shall be filed on July 9, 2012. 23 d. The hearing on the motion shall be heard on July 30, 2012, at 9:00 19 20 24 2012. a.m., or such subsequent date as the Court may set. 25 26 4. 2012 to September 11, 2012 27 28 The post-certification discovery cut-off shall be extended from May 11, 5. The post-certification expert discovery schedule shall be modified as follows: (NO. 2:10-CV-01451-FCD-GGH) 5. STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER 1 a. The time for each party to designate in writing, file with the court, and 2 serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert proposed, 3 accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the expert, shall be extended from May 25, 4 2012, to September 25, 2012. 5 6 b. reports shall be extended from June 15, 2012 to October 15, 2012. 7 8 The time for post-certification rebuttal expert disclosures and written c. The time to complete post-certification expert discovery shall be extended from July 13, 2012 to November 13, 2012. 9 6. The deadline for hearing of all post-certification dispositive motions, except 10 motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications, shall be 11 extended from September 28, 2012 to February 4, 2013. 12 7. The final pre-trial conference shall be continued from to November 16, 2012 13 to April 8, 8, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. A joint pretrial statement shall be filed seven days prior to the 14 hearing. 15 16 17 8. The trial date shall be continued from February 5, 2013, to June 4, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. IT IS SO ORDERED. 18 19 Dated: November 28, 2011 20 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (NO. 2:10-CV-01451-FCD-GGH) 6. STIPULATION TO MODIFY STATUS (PRETRIAL) SCHEDULING ORDER

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