NantWorks, LLC v. Niantic, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division NANTWORKS, LLC, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06262-LB

Plaintiffs, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. Re: ECF No. 198

NIANTIC, INC., Defendant. 16 On September 5, 2023, NantWorks filed an emergency motion to extend the case schedule by forty-two days due to “an unexpected change in counsel.” NantWorks said it needed the extra time to “change counsel from Sullivan Blackburn Pratt LLP after the two attorneys who have been representing it recently left that firm.”1 At the time, fact discovery was to close on September 14 and expert disclosures were due on September 21, 2023.2 NantWorks has not yet changed counsel. On September 27, 2023, Niantic moved to dismiss for lack of prosecution. A hearing on that motion is scheduled for November 2, 2023.3 The motion is fully briefed; NantWorks’ previous 24

1 Emergency Mot. – ECF No. 190. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File…