Peritas Brands, LLC v. Leaphigh Animals, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA * * * Peritas Brands, LLC, Case No. 2:23-cv-00483-GMN-DJA Plaintiff, 7 Order v. Leaphigh Animals, LLC, Defendant.

11 Before the Court is the parties’ joint status report regarding settlement. (ECF No. 116).

12 The parties indicate that they have not yet reached a settlement and Plaintiff Peritas Brands, LLC requests that the Court set a renewed case schedule while Defendant Leaphigh Animals, LLC asks that the Court order the parties to engage in mediation. The Court cannot force parties to settle. See Rogers v. Giurbino, No. 11-cv-560-WQH-RBB, 2016 WL 3878163, at *3 (S.D. Cal. July 18, 2016). So, the Court will set a renewed case schedule.

18 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the below deadlines shall govern in this case: Fact Discovery Cut-Off Thursday, November 19, 2026 Disclosure of Non-infringement, Invalidity, Monday, March 16, 2026 and Unenforceability Contentions (LPR 1-8 and 1-9) per LPR 1-11 Asserted Claims and Infringement Monday, April 27, 2026 Contentions, LPR 1-6 and 1-7 per LPR 1-11 Response to Invalidity and Unenforceability Monday, April 27, 2026 Contentions, LPR 1-10 Exchange of Proposed Claim Terms for Monday, May 11, 2026 Construction, LPR 1-13 Exchange of Preliminary Claim Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Constructions, LPR 1-14 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Monday, June 8, 2026 Statement, LPR 1-15 Opening Claim Construction Brief, LPR 1-16 Monday, June 29, 2026 Response to Claim Construction Brief, LPR 1- Monday, July 20, 2026 16 Reply Claim Construction Brief, LPR 1-16 Monday, July 27, 2026 Claim Construction Hearing Friday, September 25, 20261 Expert Designations Tuesday, November 24, 2026 Rebuttal Expert Designations Thursday, December 24, 2026 Expert Discovery Cutoff Monday, January 25, 2027 Dispositive Motion Deadline Wednesday, February 24, 2027 DATED: January 7, 2026 19 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1 Within sixty days after the reply brief is filed, the Court will complete its hearing, and issue its order within an additional 60 days. If the Court is unable to issue its order within 120 days after submission of the reply brief, the Court may reset expert disclosure deadlines as requested by a