Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-04808 WHA

v.

RUIFENG BIZTECH INC., et al., ORDER RE MOTION FOR

PROVISIONAL RELIEF AND

Defendants.

FURTHER CASE SCHEDULING

ORDER

15 16 A previous order denied defense counsel’s request for an exemption from the requirement that all individuals be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for in-person arguments and trial. The order accordingly vacated our trial date “until such time as the COVID-19 pandemic is over, until Attorney Kamath becomes fully vaccinated, or until further order of the Court” (Dkt. No. 269). The order acknowledged the resulting prejudice to plaintiff Quintara and permitted “Quintara to bring a regularly noticed motion for provisional relief, based on a sworn record, the hearing to be conducted remotely” (ibid.). Quintara has done so, requesting “Defendants’ counsel be ordered to be vaccinated within sixty (60) days, or alternatively, that counsel be ordered to retain trial…