Amazing Ins., Inc. v. DiManno ( 2022 )

1 Benjamin K. Mason (State Bar No. 289066) Daniel J. Ban (State Bar No. 172521) 2 MORLEY MASON, PLC 3 2600 W. Geronimo Pl., Ste. 100 Chandler, AZ 85224 4 Telephone: 480.320.1254 Facsimile: 480.505.0926 5 bmason@morleymason.com dban@morleymason.com 6 documents@morleymason.com 7 orders@morleymason.com Attorneys for Amazing Insurance, Inc. 8 and Third-Party Defendants 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 AMAZING INSURANCE, INC, a Georgia Case No. 2:19-cv-01349-TLN-CKD corporation, 13 14 Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, v. 15 CONSENT MOTION TO MODIFY MICHAEL A. DiMANNO, an individual, DISCOVERY DEADLINES; 16 and ACCUIRE, LLC, a Florida limited ORDER liability company, 17 18 Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs. 19 __________________________________ 20 MICHAEL A. DiMANNO, an individual, and ACCUIRE, LLC, a Florida limited 21 liability company, 22 Counterclaim Plaintiffs, 23 v. 24 VIKASH JAIN, an individual, GERALD DOUGLAS ANDERTON, an individual, 25 KARA CHILDRESS, an individual, and ALEX CAMPOS, an individual, 26 Third-Party Defendants. 27 28 1 Plaintiff Amazing Insurance, Inc. and Third-Party Defendants (collectively, in this 2 document, “Plaintiff”) file the following Consent Motion to Modify Discovery Deadlines: 3 INTRODUCTION 4 The parties’ efforts to complete discovery in this case have become much more fruitful over 5 the last several weeks and months, but unfortunately require short extensoin of the current deadlines 6 in order to be completed. Defendants consent to the relief sought herein. 7 PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 8 The Court entered an Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order on July 18, 2019 (the “Pretrial 9 Order”). ECF No. 3. The Pretrial Order set a number of discovery deadlines, keyed off trial dates 10 and Answer dates. Id. On January 31, 2020, the parties filed a Joint Status Report providing for 11 different discovery deadlines. ECF No. 33. The Court did not adopt or agree to these deadlines; 12 therefore, the governing deadlines were those from the Pretrial Order. The Court then issued ECF 13 No. 43 which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On December 30, 2020, in response to a 14 Joint Motion to Extend Time to Complete Discovery, the Court issued ECF No. 78, which set new 15 discovery deadlines in this matter. On March 1, 2021, the parties consented to a further extension 16 of discovery deadlines, after which the Court then issued ECF No. 81. On March 31, 2021, the 17 court issued ECF No. 83 which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On May 10, 2021, the 18 court issued ECF No. 85 which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On June 25, 2021, the 19 parties consented to a further extension of discovery deadlines, after which the Court issued ECF 20 No. 89, which set new discovery deadlines in this matter. On August 26, 2021, the parties consented 21 to a further extension of discovery deadlines, after which the Court issues ECF No. 93, which set 22 new discovery deadlines in this matter. On November 2, 2021, the parties consented to a further 23 extension of discovery deadlines, after which the Court issued ECF No. 95, which set new 24 discovery deadlines in this matter. On December 6, 2021, the parties consented to a further 25 extension of discovery deadlines, after which the Court issued ECF No. 99, which set new 26 discovery deadlines in this matter. 27 28 STANDARD OF LAW 1 This Court has broad discretion to amend to govern the pretrial phase of litigation before it, 2 “The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase of litigation, and its 3 decisions regarding the preclusive effect of a pretrial order . . . will no t be disturbed unless they 4 evidence a clear abuse of discretion.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 5 (9th Cir. 1992) (citing Miller v. Safeco Title Ins. Co.,758 F.2d 364, 369 (9t h Cir. 1985)). As stated 6 by the Court itself, and by case law, the Court can modify its pretrial order on a showing of good 7 cause, “A pretrial order controls the subsequent course of the action unless modified ``upon a 8 showing of good cause.'“ Amerisourcebergen Corp. v. Dialysist West, Inc., 445 F.3d 1132, 1135 n. 9 1 (9th Cir. 2006) (citing ElHakem v. BJY Inc.,415 F.3d 1068, 1077 (9th Cir.2005); Zivkovic v. S. 10 Cal. Edison Co.,302 F.3d 1080, 1087 (9th Cir. 2002)), petition for cert. filed, 74 U.S.L.W. 3407 11 (U.S. Oct. 19, 2005) (No. 05-84); see also Arsement v. Spinnaker Exploration Co.,400 F.3d 238, 12 245 (5th Cir.2005) (“It goes without saying that a pre-trial order controls the scope and course of 13 trial.. . .”). 14 ARGUMENT 15 The parties have exchanged discovery responses, and further supplemental responses are 16 expected. Many of the expected nine (or more) contemplated depositions have been completed, and 17 the parties are actively communicating through counsel and working to accommodate the taking of 18 said depositions. However, Plaintiff’s/Third-Party Defendants’ counsel has recently been severely 19 ill with a non-Covid viral illness, which put him out of the office for more than a week and which 20 continues to trouble him. This illness, in combination with an upcoming trial by Defendants’ 21 counsel, and with the Christmas holidays, make it almost impossible for the parties to complete 22 discovery by the currently deadlines. 23 Based on this, Plaintiff and Third-Party Defendants, and Defendants, each through counsel, 24 have agreed that the parties would request an extension of deadlines. Plaintiff therefore respectfully 25 asks the Court to modify the discovery deadlines as follows: 26 Deadline ECF No. 95 New Deadline 27 Requested by Parties 28 Discovery March 31, 2022 May 15, 2022 1 Initial Expert Disclosures May 31, 2022 July 15, 2022 > Supplemental Expert June 30, 2022 August 14, 2022 Disclosures 3 August 15, 2022 September 29, 2022 4 CONCLUSION 5 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays this Court grant the relief detailed above, as to which all 6 parties consent. 7 | DATED this 15th day of March, 2022. 8 MORLEY MASON, PLC 9 Li /\ 10 By: Daniel Ban MORLEY MASON, PLC 12 Attorneys for Amazing Insurance, Inc. and All Third-Party Defendants 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ] CERTIFICATE OF CONFERRAL 2 I certify that, on March 4, 2022, March 8, 2022, and again on March 14, 2022, | 3 | communicated with John Shoreman, counsel for Defendants, wherein M_ r. Shoreman represent 4 | to me that Defendants do not oppose the relief sought. Mr. Shoreman confirmed his approval of 5 | this filing via email to me on March 15, 2022. Vi yl ZA 6 / Ve Vy 7 By:_" Daniel Ban 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on March 15, 2022, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing 3 | via ECF filingemail on all counsel of record. WI lows 5 By:_* Daniel Ban 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. /)\ f /) 8 | DATE: March 15, 2022 “ i? haku 10 United States District Judge 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28