Fellow Industries, Inc. v. Turlyn International, Inc.
- Beth Freeman
- 5:23-cv-02270
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 3
In Fellow Industries v. Turlyn International, Judge Freeman granted the parties’ request to extend deadlines for jurisdictional discovery and depositions.
Fellow Industries, Inc. and defendants Jiangmen Jianxin Trading Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Chwares E-Business Co., Ltd., and Jiangmen Yongkeng Electric & Hardware Co.; the order extended deadlines for jurisdictional discovery and depositions.
What happened
Fellow Industries, Inc. v. Turlyn International, Inc. concerns jurisdictional discovery involving Fellow Industries and three Chinese defendants. The parties jointly asked to extend certain discovery deadlines because of the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday.
The approved schedule moved the Chinese defendants’ deadline to respond to jurisdictional discovery from January 26, 2024, to March 1, 2024, and moved the deadline to complete depositions from February 16, 2024, to March 15, 2024. The filing lists February 10, 2024, as the deadline to provide dates and times for depositions, but the provided text does not show a proposed new date for that deadline.
Judge Beth Freeman granted the joint request to extend the jurisdictional-discovery deadlines. The parties stated that there had been no earlier extension requests, that the request was not for an improper purpose, and that the extensions would not affect other case deadlines.
The detailed version
- Fellow Industries, Inc. v. Turlyn International, Inc. · No. 5:23-cv-02270
- Beth Freeman
- Jan. 26, 2024
Background
Fellow Industries, Inc. and defendants Jiangmen Jianxin Trading Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Chwares E-Business Co., Ltd., and Jiangmen Yongkeng Electric & Hardware Co. jointly filed a stipulation under Local Rule 6-2. The stipulation concerned jurisdictional discovery that the court had authorized on November 29, 2023. The provided document states that Fellow Industries served the three Chinese defendants with discovery requests on December 14, 2024, although that date appears inconsistent with the January 2024 deadlines described elsewhere in the filing.
Requested extensions
The parties identified these jurisdictional-discovery deadlines:
- Written responses, objections, and document production by the Chinese defendants: moved from January 26, 2024, to March 1, 2024. - Deadline to provide dates and times for each deposition under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6): the table lists February 10, 2024, as the current date, but the provided text does not show a proposed new date. - Deadline to complete depositions: moved from February 16, 2024, to March 15, 2024.
The parties attributed the request to the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday. They also stated that no prior extension request had been made, that the request was not being sought for an improper purpose, and that extending the discovery deadlines would not affect other case deadlines.
Ruling
The court granted the parties’ joint request to extend the jurisdictional-discovery deadlines. The provided text does not include a separate explanatory discussion by the court; it shows the stipulation marked “GRANTED.”
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