UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI WESTERN DIVISION
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, CASE NO. 4:14-cv-00815-BCW Plaintiff, Vv.
BF LABS, INC., et al.
Defendants.
JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER
Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Defendants BF Labs, Inc., Sonny Vleisides, Darla Jo Drake, and Nasser Ghoseiri (“Defendants’’) respectfully request that the Court extend discovery deadlines for the Amended Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 302). In support of its motion, the parties state as follows:
1. In March 2015, the Court issued an Amended Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 302) setting forth deadlines for discovery and dispositive motions and setting the trial date.
2a The parties have engaged in discovery in this matter. The FTC has issued interrogatories, document requests, and deposition notices. Defendants have issued interrogatories, document requests, and requests for admission. The parties anticipate needing a short extension beyond the deadlines set in the Amended Scheduling Order to complete discovery.
3. All parties now request that the Court extend discovery deadlines in the Amended Scheduling Order by approximately two weeks. Only discovery deadlines would be affected. The
proposed new deadline dates are as follows:
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Action Scheduling Order Deadline Proposed Deadline Fact Discovery August 10, 2015 August 31, 2015 Designate Expert Witnesses August 24, 2015 September 14, 2015
schedules. The parties are not seeking an extension toward the deadline for dispositive motions and are not seeking to move the trial date. Thus, granting the requested extension would not impact any other deadlines in the Amended Scheduling Order and would not delay the case. WHEREFORE, the FTC and the Defendants jointly and respectfully request this Court amend the Amended Scheduling Order to extend certain discovery deadlines by approximately
two weeks as set forth supra paragraph 3.
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Dated: July 1, 2015
/s/ Helen Wong
HELEN WONG, DC Bar #997800 LEAH FRAZIER, DC Bar #492540 GREGORY A. ASHE, VA Bar #39131 JASON M. ADLER, IL Bar #6295738 Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Mail Stop CC-10232
Washington, D.C. 20580 202-326-3779 (Wong)
202-326-2187 (Frazier)
202-326-3719 (Ashe)
202-326-3231 (Adler)
Facsimile: 202-326-3768
hwong @ftc.gov
Ifrazier @ftc.gov
gashe @ftc.gov
jadler@ftc.gov
CHARLES M. THOMAS, MO Bar #28522
Assistant United States Attorney Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse 400 East Ninth Street, Room 5510 Kansas City, MO 64106
Telephone: (816) 426-3130 Facsimile: (816) 426-3165 charles.thomas @usdoj.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
/s/ Mark Oltho
MARK A. OLTHOFF, MO Bar #38572 MICHAEL S. FOSTER, MO Bar #61205 MIRIAM E. BAILEY, MO Bar #60366 Polsinelli PC
900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900
Kansas City, Missouri 64112-1895 Telephone: (816) 753-1000
Facsimile: (816) 753-1536
jhumphrey @ polsinelli.com mfoster@polsinelli.com
mbailey @ polsinelli.com
BRADEN M. PERRY, MO Bar #53865 Kennyhertz Perry, LLC
420 Nichols Road, Suite 207
Kansas City, MO 64112
Telephone: 816-527-9445
Facsimile: 816-844-2914
braden @kennyhertzperry.com
Attorneys for Defendants BF Labs Inc., Sonny Vleisides, and Darla Drake
/s/ James Griffin
JAMES D. GRIFFIN, MO Bar #33370 LISA M. BOLLIGER, MO Bar #65496 Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin, PC 1100 Walnut Street, Suite 1950
Kansas City, MO 64106
Telephone: 816-268-9400
Facsimile: 816-268-9409
Email: jgriffin@sakg.com
Email: lbolliger@sakg.com
Attorneys for Defendant Nasser Ghoseiri
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on July 1, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed electronically with the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri using the CM/ECF system, which sent notification to all parties of interest participating in the CM/ECF system.
/s/ Helen Wong Attorney for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission
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