MD Helicopters v. Aerometals, Inc.

MD Helicopters v. Aerometals, Inc.

Plaintiff:	MD Helicopters, Inc.
Defendant:	Aerometals, Inc.
Case Number:	2:2016cv02249
Filed:	September 21, 2016
Court:	US District Court for the Eastern District of California
Office:	Sacramento Office
County:	Sacramento
Presiding Judge:	Allison Claire
Presiding Judge:	Troy L. Nunley
Nature of Suit:	Copyrights
Cause of Action:	17 U.S.C. § 101
Jury Demanded By:	Plaintiff

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Date Filed	Document Text
March 16, 2022	Filing 242 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 3/16/2022 ORDERING the parties to submit a Joint Status Report on 4/18/2022 and CONTINUING Defendants' deadline to submit reply briefs in support of 219 , 220 Motions to Dismiss to 4/18/2022. (Huang, H)
January 12, 2022	Filing 240 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 01/11/2022 DIRECTING the parties to submit a Joint Status Report on 03/18/2022, which shall include the deadlines addressed by the 212 Court's Order. Defendants' deadline to submit Reply Briefs in support of their 219 , 220 Motions to Dismiss is CONTINUED to 03/18/2022. (Rodriguez, E)
September 22, 2021	Filing 236 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 9/22/2021 DIRECTING the parties to submit a joint status report on 11/5/2021, which shall include the deadlines addressed by the Court's March 26 Order. In addition, Defendants' deadline to submit reply briefs in support of their 219 , 220 motions to dismiss is CONTINUED to 11/5/2021. (Tupolo, A)
August 23, 2021	Filing 234 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 08/23/21, per 233 Stipulation, CONTINUING the following dates: joint status report due 09/30/21; defendants' deadline to submit reply briefs in support of their 219 220 Motions to Dismiss is 09/24/21. (Benson, A.)
July 23, 2021	Filing 228 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 7/23/2021 ORDERING that MDHI may file a combined opposition to Aerometals' Motion and Kamphefner's Motion with a 25-page limit. (Becknal, R)
June 25, 2021	Filing 226 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 6/24/2021 ORDERING The parties shall submit a joint status report on 7/30/2021, which shall include the deadlines addressed by the Court's 212 Order.(Reader, L)
May 26, 2021	Filing 224 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/25/21 ORDERING that Plaintiff shall respond to 219 , 220 Defendants' motions to dismiss on or before 7/26/21. The hearing on Defendants' Motions to Dismiss is RESET for 8/19/2021 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2 (TLN) before District Judge Troy L. Nunley. (Kastilahn, A)
May 17, 2021	Filing 222 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/17/2021 re transition protocol for plaintiff MD Helicopters, Inc.'s new counsel. (Zignago, K.)
March 31, 2021	Filing 214 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 3/30/21 GRANTING 177 Defendant's Motion to Disqualify Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as Plaintiff's Counsel. Plaintiff is ORDERED to file a notice of substitution of counsel or if such a substitution is not possible file a status report not more than 30 days from the date of electronic filing of this Order. (Kastilahn, A)
March 26, 2021	Filing 212 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 3/25/2021 GRANTING 137 Motion to Bifurcate Discovery. Accordingly, discovery that does not focus on the question of liability will be STAYED. The parties are directed to file a Joint Status Report within thirty (30) days of this Order. The Court will issue a Scheduling Order shortly thereafter with new pretrial discovery deadlines. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
March 16, 2021	Filing 211 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 3/15/21 GRANTING 102 Motion to Amend the Complaint. Plaintiff shall file its First Amended Complaint not later than fourteen (14) days after the electronic filing date of this Order . Defendant shall file an answer to the First Amended Complaint not later than thirty (30) days after the electronic filing date of the First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Counterclaim and Affirmative Defense and Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims 103 , Defendant's Motion for Leave to File Amended Answer 167 , and Defendant's Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Answer 200 are DENIED as moot. (Kaminski, H)
March 2, 2021	Filing 210 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 2/28/2021 DENYING 143 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, or, in the Alternative, a Stay of all Proceedings. (Zignago, K.)
September 26, 2019	Filing 182 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 09/26/19 RESETTING Hearing on 177 Motion to Disqualify to 11/14/2019 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2 (TLN) before District Judge Troy L. Nunley. Plaintiff's opposition is due 10/21/19. (Benson, A.)
May 17, 2019	Filing 164 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/15/19 ORDERING the Clerk to file under seal the unredacted Reply filed in support of Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or, in the Alternative, to Stay All Proceedings. This document shall remain sealed during the duration of this litigation pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order unless the confidentiality designations are withdrawn or ordered removed. (Becknal, R)
May 14, 2019	Filing 163 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 5/14/2019 IT IS SO ORDERED that the non-specific, boilerplate objections in the "General Objections" section of Aerometals' response to request for admissions (set one) are OVERRULED and STRICKEN for failure to comply with the specificity requirements in the Federal Rules; and Plaintiff's 136 motion to compel and for discovery sanctions is otherwise DENIED. (Reader, L) Modified on 5/14/2019 (Reader, L).
May 10, 2019	Filing 157 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 5/9/19 GRANTING 154 Request to Seal. (Coll, A)
May 7, 2019	Filing 149 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/1/2019 GRANTING 148 Notice of Request to Seal Documents. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to file UNDER SEAL the following documents: the unredacted Memorandum as well as Exhibits 3-9 t o the Declaration of Stephen L. Bacon filed in support of Defendant's 143 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or, in the Alternative, to Stay all Proceedings. These documents shall REMAIN SEALED during the duration of this litigation pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order unless the confidentiality designations are withdrawn or ordered removed. (York, M)
April 18, 2019	Filing 139 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 4/17/2019 IT IS SO ORDERED 138 That documents Exhibits A, B, and C to the Declaration of Stephen L. Bacon filed in support of Defendant's Motion to Bifurcate 137 shall be filed under SEALED. These documents shall remain sealed during the duration of this litigation pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order unless the confidentiality designations are withdrawn or ordered removed. (Reader, L)
March 15, 2019	Filing 134 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 3/15/2019 DENYING 104 Motion to Compel in its entirety, DENYING 119 Motion to Quash, temporarily STAYING damages related discovery, and DENYING as MOOT 120 Motion to Compel Damages Discovery and 121 Motion for Protective Order without prejudice. (Huang, H)
March 8, 2019	Filing 130 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 3/8/19 GRANTING Plaintiff's Request to Seal Documents re 120 Motion to Compel Discovery. Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file Exhibits 1-4 to 127 Declaration of W. Dalton under seal. (Coll, A)
March 7, 2019	Filing 128 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 3/7/2019 GRANTING 124 Request to Seal Documents. Defendant Aerometals, Inc. shall file under seal Exhibits A-B to the Declaration of Stephen L. Bacon filed in support of Defendant's Opposition. (Huang, H)
February 8, 2019	Filing 118 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 2/7/19 VACATING the hearing date of 2/13/19 and RE-SETTING the hearing 104 for 3/13/2019 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 26 (AC) before Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. The joint statement 116 is STRIKEN. The revised compliant joint statement is due 3/06/19. No motion or stipulation to exceed page limits will be considered. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
February 6, 2019	Filing 114 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 2/4/19 GRANTING 108 Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application as follows: the pages limits for Plaintiff's Reply in Support of its Motion for Leave to File Revised First Amended Complaint is EXTENDED to 12 pages.(Kastilahn, A) Modified on 2/6/2019 (Kastilahn, A).
February 5, 2019	Filing 112 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 2/4/2019 GRANTING 106 Request to File Under Seal Documents in Support of 105 Opposition to 102 Motion for Leave to File Revised First Amended Complaint. The Clerk of the Court shall file under seal Exhibits A through G and Exhibit L to the Declaration of Robert S. Metzger filed in support of Defendant's Opposition. These documents shall REMAIN SEALED during the duration of this litigation pursuant to the terms of the Protective Order unless the confidentiality designations are withdrawn or ordered removed. (York, M)
November 30, 2018	Filing 95 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 11/28/18 DENYING 5 Motion to Dismiss & Special Motion to Strike. The parties are hereby ordered to file a Joint Status Report within 30 days of this order. (Coll, A)
April 18, 2018	Filing 89 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 04/16/18 GRANTING 85 Request to Seal. (Benson, A.)
January 19, 2018	Filing 83 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 1/18/2018 DENYING 51 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Washington, S)
August 4, 2017	Filing 80 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 8/3/2017 VACATING the 79 Motion to Compel without prejudice to refilling; VACATING the hearing on said motion set for 8/9/2017; CAUTIONING the parties to timely comply with this Court's rules upon re-filing of any Motion to Compel. (Michel, G.)
May 25, 2017	Filing 71 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/23/2017 ORDERING that the Exhibits in support of Aerometals, Inc.'s Opposition to MD Helicopters, Inc.'s Motion for A Preliminary Injunction, labeled as SEAL000532-1738 be filed under seal, pursuant to the terms of the protective order on file. (Zignago, K.)
May 15, 2017	Filing 63 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 5/15/17 ORDERING that Plaintiff's Motions to Compel (ECF Nos. 35 , 39 ), are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows. All production will be conducted pursuant to the operative Pro tective Order (ECF No. 34 ); Defendant's objection to the confidential designations is SUSTAINED; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel is GRANTED as to Interrogatory No. 5 and RFP No 1; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel in re to RFP No. 24 is GRANTED as to the declaration of Rex Kamphefner and otherwise DENIED; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel is GRANTED as to Interrogatory Nos. 7-8 and RFP No. 25 insofar as defendant shall identify the OEM drawings that have come into its possession within 10 yrs prior to the filing of this lawsuit, identify the source of each, and specify which are used in current applications; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel is GRANTED as to RFP Nos. 14-18, and as to RFP No. 21 as limited to communicati ons related to the sales of MD 500 helicopter parts. The Motion to Compel is DENIED as to RFP Nos. 27, 29, and 31; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel is GRANTED as to RFP Nos. 19, 26, 28, 30. Production in response to Nos. 26, 28, and 30 is lim ited to contracts andagreements related to OEM drawings currently in use; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel is DENIED as to RFP Nos. 2-13; Defendant's boilerplate privilege and statutory objections are OVERRULED without prejudice to their renewal in proper form; Plaintiff's request to seal (ECF No. 40) is GRANTED in relation to these motions only; Defendant's request to seal (ECF No. 49) is DENIED without prejudice. (Becknal, R)
May 10, 2017	Filing 53 ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/9/2017 Request to Seal Documents in Support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED. (Washington, S)
February 16, 2017	Filing 34 PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 2/15/2017. (Zignago, K.)
February 6, 2017	Filing 32 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 2/3/17 ORDERING that Plaintiff's renewed Motion for Entry of Protective Order (ECF No. 26 ), is GRANTED; and The proposed Protective Order ECF No. [26-1] at 11-27 is APPROVED and INCORPORATED herein. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
December 9, 2016	Filing 24 ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 12/9/16 ORDERING that the 12/14/16 hearing on this matter is VACATED; Plaintiff, the moving party, shall arrange for an informal telephonic conference on this matter, as described on the undersigned's court web page. The court acknowledges that the parties have already satisfied the "meet and confer" requirement. In addition no further briefing shall be filed.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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Plaintiff: MD Helicopters, Inc.
Represented By:	William Daniel Janicki
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Represented By:	Merri Anne Baldwin
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