YellowCake, Inc. v. DashGo, Inc. ( 2021 )

1 Thomas P. Griffin, Jr., Esq. (SBN 155133) HEFNER, STARK & MAROIS, LLP 2 2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 450 3 Sacramento, CA 95833 Telephone: (916) 925-6620 4 Facsimile: (916) 925-1127 Email: tgriffin@hsmlaw.com 5 6 Seth L. Berman, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) ABRAMS, FENSTERMAN, FENSTERMAN, EISMAN, 7 FORMATO, FERRARA, WOLF & CARONE, LLP 3 Dakota Drive, Suite 300 8 Lake Success, NY 11042 9 Telephone: (516) 328-2300 Facsimile: (516) 328-6638 10 Email: sberman@abramslaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Yellowcake, Inc. 11 12 Richard J. Idell, Esq. (SBN 069033) Ory Sandel, Esq. (SBN 233204) 13 DICKENSON PEATMAN & FOGARTY P.C. 14 1455 First Street, Suite 301 Napa, CA 94559 15 Telephone: (707) 261-7000 Facsimile: (707) 255-6876 16 Email: ridell@dpf-law.com 17 osandel@dpf-law.com Attorneys for Defendants Dashgo, Inc. and 18 Audiomicro, Inc. d.b.a. Adrev 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 21 YELLOWCAKE, INC., a California CASE NO. 1:21-cv-00803-AWI-BAM corporation, 22 STIPULATION RE: EXTENSION OF Plaintiff, TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND 23 TO: (1) PLAINTIFF’S REQUESTS FOR v. PRODUCTION TO DEFENDANTS – SET 24 DASHGO, INC., a Delaware corporation; ONE; AND (2) PLAINTIFF’S FIRST SET 25 and AUDIOMICRO, INC. d/b/a ADREV, a OF INTERROGATORIES TO Delaware corporation, DEFENDANTS; 26 Defendants. ORDER 27 [Civil Local Rule 144(a)] 28 (E-filing) 1 Plaintiff Yellowcake, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Yellowcake”), on the one hand, and defendants 2 Dashgo, Inc. (“Dashgo”) and Audiomicro, Inc. d.b.a. Adrev (“Adrev”) (collectively, 3 “Defendants”), on the other hand (collectively, the “Parties”; each individually, a “Party”), by 4 and through their respective attorneys, hereby agree and stipulate as follows with reference to the 5 following facts: 6 1. On August 13, 2021, Dashgo served Yellowcake with Requests for Production of 7 Documents, Set One (“Dashgo’s RFPD”) via U.S. mail and email. 8 2. On October 12, 2021, Yellowcake served its written responses to Dashgo’s RFPD 9 via email only. 10 3. Defendants contend that Yellowcake’s written responses to Dashgo’s RFPD were 11 served late, and that, as a result, all objections were waived, including objections on the grounds 12 of privilege and confidentiality. Richmark Corp. v. Timber Falling Consultants (9th Cir. 1992) 13 959 F.2d 1468, 1473; Franklin v. Tate (E.D. Cal. Apr. 21, 2021) No. 119CV01170AWISABPC, 14 15 2021 WL 1561958, at *3 (citing cases); Yellowcake disputes and denies Defendants’ contention 16 and contends instead that Yellowcake’s written responses to Dashgo’s RFPD were timely 17 because no scheduling order has yet been entered in this action. Defendants dispute and deny 18 Yellowcake’s contention. 19 4. On November 1, 2021, Yellowcake served Defendants with Requests for 20 Production to Defendants – Set One (“Plaintiff’s RFPD”) via email only. 21 5. On November 10, 2021, Yellowcake served Defendants with a First Set of 22 Interrogatories (“Plaintiff’s Interrogatories”) via email only. 23 6. Plaintiff contends that Defendants’ responses to Plaintiff’s RFPD and Plaintiff’s 24 Interrogatories are due 30 days from the date of electronic service; Defendants dispute and deny 25 Plaintiff’s contention and contend instead that electronic service alone is not a permitted form of 26 service under Rule 5 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure unless Defendants consented to 27 such electronic service in writing, Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(b)(2)(E), and that Defendants did not so 28 consent. Plaintiff disputes and denies Defendants’ contention. 1 7. Notwithstanding the above-described disputes and differences, Defendants have 2 requested an extension of time to respond to Plaintiff’s RFPD and Plaintiff’s Interrogatories, and 3 Plaintiff has agreed to such extension of time on the terms set forth herein. 4 8. Civil Local Rule 144(a) of the United States District Court, Eastern District of 5 California, provides, in pertinent part, as follows: “Unless the filing date has been set by order of 6 the Court, an initial stipulation extending time for no more than twenty-eight (28) days . . . to 7 respond to interrogatories, . . . or requests for production of documents may be filed without 8 approval of the Court if the stipulation is signed on behalf of all parties who have appeared in the 9 action and are affected by the stipulation. All other extensions of time must be approved by the 10 Court.” 11 NOW THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 12 A. Subject to a court order hereon, and without waiver of Dashgo’s right to compel 13 further responses, Yellowcake’s objections on the grounds of privilege and 14 15 confidentiality to Dashgo’s Requests for Production of Documents, Set One shall be 16 deemed timely. 17 B. Subject to a court order hereon, Defendants’ written responses to Yellowcake’s 18 Requests for Production to Defendants – Set One shall be due on or before December 19 31, 2021, or a date thereafter in the Court’s discretion. 20 C. Subject to a court order hereon, Defendants’ written responses to Yellowcake’s First 21 Set of Interrogatories shall be due on or before December 31, 2021, or a date 22 thereafter in the Court’s discretion. 23 SO STIPULATED. 24 25 [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE] 26 27 28 1 ABRAMS, FENSTERMAN, FENSTERMAN, EISMAN, FORMATO, FERRARA, WOLF & CARONE, LLP 2 3 By: /s/ Seth L. Berman Seth L. Berman (admitted pro hac vice) 4 Attorneys for Plaintiff Yellowcake, Inc. 5 DICKENSON PEATMAN & FOGARTY P.C. 6 By: /s/ Ory Sandel 7 Richard J. Idell 8 Ory Sandel Attorneys for Defendants Dashgo, Inc. and 9 Audiomicro, Inc. d.b.a. Adrev 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER 2 Pursuant to the Stipulation of the Parties, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY 3 ORDERED as follows: 4 1. Yellowcake, Inc.’s objections on the grounds of privilege and confidentiality to 5 Dashgo, Inc.’s Requests for Production of Documents, Set One are hereby deemed 6 timely. 7 2. Defendants Dashgo, Inc. and Audiomicro, Inc. d.b.a. Adrev’s written responses to 8 Yellowcake, Inc.’s Requests for Production to Defendants – Set One are due on or 9 before December 31, 2021. 10 3. Defendants Dashgo, Inc. and Audiomicro, Inc. d.b.a. Adrev’s written responses to 11 Yellowcake, Inc.’s First Set of Interrogatories are due on or before December 31, 12 2021. 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: December 13, 2021 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _ 17 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28