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`HILGERS GRABEN PLLC
`MICHAEL MERRIMAN (SBN 234663)
`mmerriman@hilgersgraben.com
`655 West Broadway, Suite 900
`San Diego, CA 92101
`Telephone: 619-369-6232
`Facsimile: 402-413-1880
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`TRENT TANNER (pro hac vice)
`ttanner@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd. Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-260-1391
`Facsimile: 402-413-1880
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`JENNIFER ERICKSON BAAK (pro hac vice
`pending)
`jericksonbaak@hilgersgraben.com
`600 17th Street, Suite 2800
`Denver, CO 80202
`Telephone: 773-407-5502
`Facsimile: 402-413-1880
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`Attorneys for Movant Gregory Lucier
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE, INC., a Delaware
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`Case No. 18-cv-00347-MDD-CAB
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`Plaintiff,
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`MOVANT GREGORY
`LUCIER’S UNOPPOSED EX
`PARTE APPLICATION FOR
`SHORTENING OF TIME
`RELATED TO MOTION TO
`QUASH TRIAL SUBPOENA
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
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`Defendants.
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`Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(e)(5), third-party movant Gregory Lucier submits
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`this unopposed ex parte application for an order shortening the briefing schedule
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`related to his Motion to Quash Trial Subpoena (Doc. No. 373). Specifically, Mr.
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`Lucier requests an order setting February 23, 2022 as the deadline for Alphatec to
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`respond in opposition to Mr. Lucier’s motion to quash, and February 28, 2022 as the
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`deadline for Mr. Lucier to reply in support of the motion to quash.
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`In support of this Application, Mr. Lucier states as follows:
` On January 4, 2022, Defendants Alphatec Holdings, Inc. and Alphatec
`Spine, Inc. (collectively, “Alphatec”) served Mr. Lucier with a subpoena
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`commanding him to appear to testify at trial on February 28, 2022. See
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`Doc. No. 373-2 at 6 (Lucier Decl. ¶ 38).
` Counsel for Mr. Lucier and for Alphatec met and conferred on several
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`UNOPPOSED EX PARTE APPLICATION
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`occasions regarding Alphatec’s subpoena. Tanner Decl. ¶ 2.1 During these
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`meet-and-confers, Mr. Lucier raised several objections to the subpoena,
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`including the fact that Alphatec failed to tender payment of his witness fee
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`and mileage allowance concurrently with the subpoena as required by Rule
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`45(b). Tanner Decl. ¶ 3; see also Doc. No. _-_ at 6 (Lucier Decl. ¶ 38).
` As a result of these meet-and-confers, Alphatec agreed to the briefing
`schedule for Mr. Lucier’s motion to quash, as outlined in this Application,
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`and to provide the witness fee and mileage allowance, in exchange for Mr.
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`Lucier’s agreement to forgo the requirement of concurrent service. Tanner
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`Decl. ¶ 4.
` On February 9, 2022, Mr. Lucier moved to quash Alphatec’s subpoena.
`Doc. No. _. Mr. Lucier’s motion is timely. Odyssey Reinsurance Co. v.
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`Nagby, No. 16-CV-3038-BTM(WVG), 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70641, at
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`*5 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 26, 2018) (to be “timely,” motion to quash must be filed
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`“before the compliance date designated in the subpoena”); N. Am. Co. for
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`Life & Health Ins. v. Philpot, No. 08cv270 BEN (NLS), 2010 U.S. Dist.
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`LEXIS 124577, at *6-7 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 24, 2010) (same).
` Trial is scheduled to begin on March 1, 2022. See Doc. No. 368.
` Although the subpoena that Mr. Lucier has moved to quash commands his
`appearance at trial on February 28, 2022, counsel for Alphatec has agreed
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`that if the Court denies Mr. Lucier’s motion to quash, Mr. Lucier need not
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`appear to testify at trial until at least March 7, 2022. Tanner Decl. ¶ 5.
` Mr. Lucier makes this Application to ensure that the Court has a full set of
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`1 “Tanner Decl.” refers to the “Declaration of Trenton D. Tanner In Support of
`Movant Gregory Lucier’s Ex Parte Application for Shortening of Time Related to
`Motion to Quash Trial Subpoena,” submitted herewith.
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`UNOPPOSED EX PARTE APPLICATION
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`briefing before the time set for Mr. Lucier’s compliance with the
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`subpoena.
` Undersigned counsel has met and conferred with counsel for Alphatec.
`Counsel for Alphatec indicates that Alphatec does not oppose the relief
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`sought in this Application and has agreed to submit its Response brief on
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`or before February 23, 2022. Tanner Decl. ¶¶ 2-4.
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`WHEREFORE, Movant Mr. Lucier requests an order from the Court shortening the
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`time for Alphatec to submit its Response brief in opposition to Mr. Lucier’s motion
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`to quash on or before February 23, 2022, and for Mr. Lucier to submit his Reply
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`brief in support of his motion to quash on or before February 28, 2022.
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`UNOPPOSED EX PARTE APPLICATION
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`Dated: February 9, 2022
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`HILGERS GRABEN PLLC
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`By: /s/ Trenton Tanner
`MICHAEL MERRIMAN (SBN 234663)
`mmerriman@hilgersgraben.com
`655 West Broadway, Suite 900
`San Diego, CA 92101
`Telephone: 619-369-6232
`Facsimile: 402-413-1880
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`TRENT TANNER (pro hac vice)
`ttanner@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd. Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-260-1391
`Facsimile: 402-413-1880
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`JENNIFER ERICKSON BAAK (pro hac vice
`pending)
`jericksonbaak@hilgersgraben.com
`600 17th Street, Suite 2800
`Denver, CO 80202
`Telephone: 773-407-5502
`Facsimile: 402-413-1880
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`Attorneys for Movant Gregory Lucier.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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`document has been served on this date to all current and/or opposing counsel of
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`record, if any to date, who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via
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`the Court’s CM/ECF system per Civ.L.R. 5.4(d). Any other counsel of record will
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`be served by electronic mail, facsimile and/or overnight delivery.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the Laws of the United States of
`America that the above is true and correct. Executed this 9th day of February 2022,
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`at San Diego, California.
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`By: /s/ Trenton Tanner
`Trenton Tanner
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