Opinion
Mark Venardi Martin Zurada VENARDI ZURADA LLP Walnut Creek, CA Attorneys for Plaintiffs, AMARNADEH KACHEPALLI and HARDIYAL SINGH
Brian Crone Office of Brian Crone Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendants BOMBAY GRILL, INC. d.b.a. "Bombay Bar & Grill"; NAVINDERJIT BHANDAL; SATWINDER BHANDAL; and NEKHBIR BHANDAL
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT WITNESS DISCLOSURE DEADLINES
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiffs AMARNADEH KACHEPALLI and HARDIYAL SINGH ("Plaintiffs") and Defendants BOMBAY GRILL, INC., NAVINDERJIT BHANDAL, SATWINDER BHANDAL and NEKHBIR BHANDAL ("Defendants") (collectively, "Parties"), through their respective counsel of record, as follows:
1. The Court previously continued all discovery deadlines by about one month to permit the parties to complete VDRP without incurring substantial discovery expenses.
2. The parties completed the VDRP and engaged in additional substantive settlement discussions but were unable to settle this case.
3. The parties are now scheduling depositions and other discovery for January 2014 and expect to complete it before the discovery deadline but need additional time to ascertain what if any expert witnesses are needed.
WHEREAS, the parties agree and stipulate that:
4. The deadline for disclosure of expert witnesses pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(A)(2) shall be January 15, 2014;
5. The deadline for disclosure of supplemental and rebuttal experts pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(A)(2)(C) shall be January 22, 2014.
ORDER
Pursuant to the stipulation reached by the parties and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS SO ORDERED THAT:
1. The deadline for disclosure of expert witnesses pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(A)(2) shall be January 15, 2014;
2. The deadline for disclosure of supplemental and rebuttal experts pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(A)(2)(C) shall be January 22, 2014.