G.P.P., Inc. v. Guardian Protection Products, Inc. ( 2023 )

1 CALVIN E. DAVIS (SBN 101640) cdavis@grsm.com 2 AARON P. RUDIN (SBN 223004) arudin@grsm.com 3 GORDON & REES LLP 633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor 4 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 576-5000 5 Facsimile: (213) 680-4470 6 Attorneys for Defendants GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC. and 7 RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP, INC. 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 G.P.P., Inc., d/b/a GUARDIAN INNOVATIVE ) CASE NO. 1:15-cv-00321 SKO 12 SOLUTIONS ) ) STIPULATION AND ORDER 13 Plaintiff, ) SHORTENING TIME ON ) APPLICATION FOR 14 v. RECONSIDERATION; ) DECLARATION OF AARON P. ) 15 GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC. RUDIN IN SUPPORT and RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP, INC. ) 16 ) Judge: Hon. Sheila K. Oberto Defendants. ) Courtroom: 7 (Sixth Floor) 17 ) ) 18 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM ) ) 19 ) 20 Pursuant to Local Rule 144(e), Plaintiff G.P.P., Inc. d/b/a Guardian Innovative 21 Solutions (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Guardian Protection Products, Inc. and RPM Wood 22 Finishes Group (collectively “Defendants”) hereby submit the following stipulation to shorten 23 time on Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration of the Court’s Order Re Cross-Motions 24 for Attorney’s Fees. 25 WHEREAS, on September 12, 2023, Plaintiff and Defendants filed their respective 26 cross-motions for attorney’s fees, Docs. 532, 534; 27 WHEREAS, on November 15, 2023, the Court issued its Order Re Cross Motions for 1 WHEREAS, on November 20, 2023, Defendants filed an Application for 2 Reconsideration of Order Re Cross Motions for Attorney’s Fees (“Application for 3 Reconsideration”), Doc. 546; 4 WHEREAS, on November 21, 2023, the Court issued its Order continuing the hearing 5 on Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration to December 27, 2023, Doc. 547; 6 WHEREAS, under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure, Rule 4, Defendants understand 7 that they have until December 15, 2023, to file a Notice of Appeal of the Order Re Cross 8 Motions for Attorney’s Fees which would divest this Court of jurisdiction to hear the 9 Application for Reconsideration; 10 WHEREAS, on November 21, 2023, counsel for Defendants asked counsel for Plaintiff 11 if Plaintiff would stipulate to shorten time on the hearing of its Application for Reconsideration 12 to on or before December 14, 2023; 13 WHEREAS, on November 22, 2023, counsel for Plaintiff indicated Plaintiff would not 14 oppose the hearing date on Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration to on or before 15 December 14, 2023, as long as it did not impact the time Plaintiff currently has to file an 16 opposition (which is currently December 4, 2023); 17 THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and respectfully request that the Court order 18 that the hearing date of Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration be shortened to a date on 19 or before December 14, 2023 and that Plaintiff’s opposition to the Application for 20 Reconsideration shall remain due no later than December 4, 2023. 21 22 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 23 Dated: November 29, 2023 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 24 By: /s/ Aaron P. Rudin 25 Calvin E. Davis Aaron P. Rudin 26 Attorneys for Defendants GUARDIAN PROTECTION PRODUCTS, INC. and 27 RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP, INC. 1 2 Dated: November 29, 2023 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 3 Professional Corporation 4 By: /s/ Dylan Liddiard 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff 6 (as authorized on November 27, 2023) 7 ORDER 8 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation (Doc 548), the hearing on Defendants’ Application for 9 Reconsideration (Doc. 546) shall be set for December 13, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. Any Opposition by 10 Plaintiff to Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration shall remain due on December 4, 2023. 11 Any Reply by Defendants to Plaintiff’s Opposition to the Application for Reconsideration shall 12 be due no later than December 8, 2023. 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 Dated: November 29, 2023 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . 16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 DECLARATION OF AARON P. RUDIN 2 I, Aaron P. Rudin, declare as follows: 3 1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice before the United States District Court 4 for the Eastern District of California and am a Partner with the law firm of Gordon & Rees, LLP, 5 attorneys of record for defendant and counterclaimant Guardian Protection Products, Inc. 6 (“Guardian”) and defendant RPM Wood Finishes Group, Inc. (“RPM”), in the above-captioned 7 action. I am familiar with the facts and circumstances in the above-entitled matter as they relate 8 to this declaration, and if called upon, I could and would competently testify thereto. 9 2. On September 12, 2023, Plaintiff and Defendants filed their respective cross- 10 motions for attorney’s fees, Docs. 532, 534. 11 3. On November 15, 2023, the Court issued its Order Re Cross Motions for Attorney’s 12 Fees, Doc. 545. 13 4. On November 20, 2023, Defendants filed an Application for Reconsideration of 14 Order Re Cross Motions for Attorney’s Fees (“Application for Reconsideration”), Doc. 546; 15 5. On November 21, 2023, the Court issued its Order continuing the hearing on 16 Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration to December 27, 2023, Doc. 547. 17 6. Under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure, Rule 4, it is my understanding that 18 Defendants have until December 15, 2023 to file a Notice of Appeal of the Order Re Cross Motions 19 for Attorney’s Fees which would divest this Court of jurisdiction to hear the Application for 20 Reconsideration. 21 7. It is also my understanding that it is unsettled whether a Rule 60(b) motion extends 22 the time to appeal an Order on attorney’s fees. See Miller v. Marriott Int'l, Inc., 300 F.3d 1061, 23 1064, n. 2 (9th Cir. 2002); Jones v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am., 223 F.3d 130, 137–138 (2d Cir. 24 2000) (“a motion under Civil Rule 60(b) filed within 10 days of the entry of judgment might not 25 extend the time for appeal if it seeks only attorneys' fees”.) 26 8. Since the current hearing date on the Application for Reconsideration appears to be 27 after Defendants’ deadline to file a notice of appeal, on November 21, 2023, I asked counsel for 1 Reconsideration to on or before December 14, 2023. 2 9. On November 22, 2023, counsel for Plaintiff indicated Plaintiff would not oppose 3 the hearing date on Defendants’ Application for Reconsideration to on or before December 14, 4 2023, as long as it did not impact the time Plaintiff currently has to file an opposition (which is 5 currently December 4, 2023). 6 7 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 8 true and correct and that this declaration was executed on November 27, 2023, in Los Angeles, 9 California. 10 /s/ Aaron P. Rudin 11 Aaron P. Rudin, Declarant 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27