Opinion
GLEN A. VAN DYKE, ESQ., SBN: 183796, VAN DYKE LAW GROUP, A Professional Corporation, Truckee, California, DANIEL KOHLS, ESQ., SBN 167987, HANSEN, KOHLS, SOMMER & JACOB, Roseville, California, Wools & Peer, A Professional Corporation H. DOUGLAS GALT, DAPHNE SUBAR, Attorneys for Defendant, CENTURY SURETY COMPANY.
Hines Carder, Attorneys at Law, MARC HINES, MICHELLE CARDER, NMEGAN LIEBER, Attorneys for Defendant NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INS. COMPANY.
STIPULATION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER TO CONTINUE DATES FOR DESIGNATION OF EXPERTS AND PRESENTATION OF EXPERT REPORTS AND FOR DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS; PROPOSED ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 29(b), the parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court continue the dates for designation of experts and presentation of expert reports, and the last date for hearing dispositive motions. The current order sets the date for expert designation and presentation of expert reports by September 12, 2013, and the date for hearing all dispositive motions by January 23, 2014. The parties request that the date for the designation of experts and presentation of expert reports be continued to October 28, 2013, and the date for hearing all dispositive motions be continued to March 4, 2014.
The request is made on the grounds that one of Plaintiffs' experts has a family emergency which has required him to leave the state for the next 15-30 days, and he will be unavailable for business matters. The request is made on the further grounds that the parties require completion of expert reporting and depositions in order to prepare motions for summary judgment and oppositions to same. Continuance of the expert reporting deadline without a commensurate continuance of the dispositive motion hearing deadline will prejudice the parties' ability to make and oppose dispositive motions.
ORDER
The parties, having stipulated and requested that the Court continue the dates for designation of experts and presentation of expert reports, and the last date for hearing dispositive motions, due to the unavailability of Plaintiffs' expert;
The current order sets the date for expert designation and presentation of expert reports by September 12, 2013, and the date for hearing all dispositive motions by January 23, 2014.
GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties' request that the date for the designation of experts and presentation of expert reports be continued to October 28, 2013, and the date for hearing all dispositive motions be continued to March 4, 2014 is granted. Accordingly, the March 20, 2014 Final Pretrial Conference and May 12, 2014 Jury Trial are vacated. An Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order will be forthcoming.
IT IS SO ORDERED.