Amazing Ins., Inc. v. DiManno ( 2021 )

1 Benjamin K. Mason (State Bar No. 289066) MORLEY MASON, PLC 2 2600 W. Geronimo Pl., Ste. 100 Chandler, AZ 85224 3 Telephone: 480.320.1254 4 Facsimile: 480.505.0926 ben@morleymason.com 5 Attorneys for Amazing Insurance, Inc. and Third-Party Defendants 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 AMAZING INSURANCE, INC, a Georgia Case No. 2:19-cv-01349-TLN-CKD corporation, 11 Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, 12 v. 13 CONSENT MOTION TO MODIFY MICHAEL A. DiMANNO, an individual, DISCOVERY DEADLINES; 14 and ACCUIRE, LLC, a Florida limited ORDER liability company, 15 Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs. 16 __________________________________ 17 MICHAEL A. DiMANNO, an individual, 18 and ACCUIRE, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, 19 20 Counterclaim Plaintiffs, 21 v. 22 VIKASH JAIN, an individual, GERALD DOUGLAS ANDERTON, an individual, 23 KARA CHILDRESS, an individual, and ALEX CAMPOS, an individual, 24 Third-Party Defendants. 25 26 Plaintiff Amazing Insurance, Inc. and Third-Party Defendants (collectively, in this 27 document, “Plaintiff”) file the following Consent Motion to Modify Discovery Deadlines: 28 1 INTRODUCTION 2 The parties’ efforts to complete discovery in this case have become much more fruitful over 3 the last several weeks and require only a short extension of the curren t deadlines in order to be 4 completed. Defendants consent to the relief sought herein. 5 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 6 The Court entered an Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order on July 18, 2019 (the “Pretrial 7 Order”). ECF No. 3. The Pretrial Order set a number of discovery deadlines, keyed off trial dates 8 and Answer dates. Id. On January 31, 2020, the parties filed a Joint Status Report providing for 9 different discovery deadlines. ECF No. 33. The Court did not adopt or agree to these deadlines; 10 therefore, the governing deadlines were those from the Pretrial Order. The Court then issued ECF 11 No. 43 which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On December 30, 2020, in response to a 12 Joint Motion to Extend Time to Complete Discovery, the Court issued ECF No. 78, which set new 13 discovery deadlines in this matter. On March 1, 2021, the parties consented to a further extension 14 of discovery deadlines, after which the Court then issued ECF No. 81. On March 31, 2021, the 15 court issued ECF No. 83 which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On May 10, 2021, the 16 court issued ECF No. 85 which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On June 25, 2021, the 17 parties consented to a further extension of discovery deadlines, after which the Court issued ECF 18 No. 89, which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On August 26, 2021, the parties consented 19 to a further extension of discovery deadlines, after which the Court issues ECF No. 93, which set 20 new discovery deadlines in this matter. 21 STANDARD OF LAW 22 This Court has broad discretion to amend to govern the pretrial phase of litigation before it, 23 “The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation, and its 24 decisions regarding the preclusive effect of a pretrial order . . . will not be disturbed unless they 25 evidence a clear abuse of discretion.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 26 (9th Cir. 1992) (citing Miller v. Safeco Title Ins. Co.,758 F.2d 364, 369 (9th Cir. 1985)). As stated 27 by the Court itself, and by case law, the Court can modify its pretrial order on a showing of good 28 cause, “A pretrial order controls the subsequent course of the action unless modified ``upon a 1 showing of good cause.'“ Amerisourcebergen Corp. v. Dialysist West, Inc., 445 F.3d 1132, 1135 n. 2 1 (9th Cir. 2006) (citing ElHakem v. BJY Inc.,415 F.3d 1068, 1077 (9th Cir.2005); Zivkovic v. S. 3 Cal. Edison Co.,302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002)), petition for cer t. filed, 74 U.S.L.W. 3407 4 (U.S. Oct. 19, 2005) (No. 05-84); see also Arsement v. Spinnaker Exploration Co.,400 F.3d 238, 5 245 (5th Cir.2005) (“It goes without saying that a pre-trial order controls the scope and course of 6 trial.. . .”). 7 ARGUMENT 8 The parties have exchanged discovery responses, and further supplemental responses are 9 expected. Some of the expected nine (or more) contemplated depositions have been completed, and 10 the parties are actively communicating through counsel and working to accommodate the taking of 11 said depositions. 12 Based on this, Plaintiff and Third-Party Defendants, and Defendants, through counsel, have 13 agreed that the parties would request an extension of deadlines. Plaintiff therefore respectfully asks 14 the Court to modify the discovery deadlines as follows: 15 Deadline ECF No. 93 New Deadline 16 Requested by Parties 17 Discovery November 15, 2021 December 31, 2021 Initial Expert Disclosures January 14, 2022 February 28, 2022 18 Supplemental Expert February 14, 2022 March 28, 2022 Disclosures 19 Dispositive Motions April 1, 2022 May 16, 2022 20 CONCLUSION 21 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays this Court grant the relief detailed above, as to which all 22 parties consent. 23 DATED this 2nd day of November, 2021. 24 MORLEY MASON, PLC 25 By: /s/ Benjamin K Mason 26 Benjamin K. Mason MORLEY MASON, PLC 27 Attorneys for Amazing Insurance, Inc. and All Third-Party Defendants 28 1 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERRAL 2 I certify that, on November 2, 2021, I spoke with John Shoreman, counsel for Defendants, 3 || wherein Mr. Shoreman represented to me that Defendants do not oppose the relief sought. Mr. 4 | Shoreman confirmed his approval of this filing via email on November 2, 2021. 5 6 By:__/s/ Benjamin K Mason Benjamin K Mason 7 8 5 / IT IS SO ORDERED. \ | yf 10 i } Arnr>AM Dated: November 2, 2021 —AAK ZN 11 Troy L. Nunley United States District Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28