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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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DAVID J. ST. LOUIS #041122 

LYNETTE D. HECKER #182198 

LAW OFFICES OF DAVID J. ST. LOUIS, INC. 

7100 N. Financial Drive, Ste. 105 

Fresno, California 93720 

(559) 431-5563 

Attorneys for: PlaintiffJAMES GARDNER, M.D. 

 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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JAMES GARDNER, M.D., 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION, 

PAUL REVERE LIFE, 

 Defendants. 

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CASE NO: CIV-F-02-5264 OWW DLB 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

TRIAL, SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE, and PRE-TRIAL 

DATES 

NOTE TO COUNSEL: SEE LAST 

PAGE, ORDER HAS BEEN 

MODIFIED 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, by and through 

their respective counsel, that the trial of this matter, currently scheduled for February 7, 2006, be 

continued to June 27, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 2. 

IT IS ALSO HEREBY STIPULATED that the following dates be continued as 

follows: 

Only specifically designated discovery requests and responses will be admitted into 

evidence. Any deposition testimony shall be designated by page and line and filed with the Court 

on or before May 25, 2006. The opposing party shall counter-designate by line and page from the 

same deposition and shall file written objections to any questions and answer designated by the 

opposing party and filed with the court on or before June 5, 2006. 

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Trial Briefs.

Counsel are directed to file a trial brief in this matter ten days prior to the date of 

commencement of trial, as provided in Local Rule 285, Local Rules of Practice for the Eastern 

District of California. An extended statement of facts is not required. The brief should address 

dispute issues of substantive law, disputed evidentiary issues of law that will not be resolved in

limine, and any other areas of dispute that will require resolution by reference to legal authority. 

Counsel for the parties are ordered to meet and conduct a joint exhibit conference on 

May 25, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. via telephone conference, for purposes of pre-making and examining 

each other’s exhibits and preparing an exhibit list. All joint exhibits will be pre-marked JX1-JX100; 

all of the plaintiff’s exhibits will be pre-marked with numbers 101-200; all of defendant’s exhibits 

will be pre-marked with numbers 201-300. 

At the time of such conference, each counsel shall have possession of four (4) 

complete, legible sets of exhibits, for use as follows: 

a. Two (2) sets to be delivered to the Courtroom Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. 

on June 23, 2006; 

The completed exhibit list shall be delivered to the court on or before June 23, 2006. 

Counsel shall file a list of discovery documents with the Court Clerk at the same time 

and date as the witness and exhibit lists are lodged with the Court Clerk, unless the discovery 

documents are marked as exhibits, which counsel intend to use at trial by designating by number, 

the specific interrogatory, request for admission, or other discovery document. 

1. The motions in limine shall be filed by June 6, 2006, and any responses shall 

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be filed by June 13, 2006. The Court will conduct a hearing on motions in limine in this matter on 

June 16, 2006, at 12:15 p.m. in Courtroom 2 before the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger United 

States District Judge, at which time all evidentiary objections, to the extent possible, will be ruled 

upon, and all other matters pertaining to the conduct of the trial will be settled. 

Counsel shall submit proposed voir dire questions, if any, to the Clerk of the court on 

or before June 23, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. Counsel shall also prepare a joint “statement of the case” 

which shall be a neutral statement, describing the case for prospective jurors, to be used in voir 

dire. 

In order to aid the court in the proper voir dire examination of the prospective jurors, 

counsel are directed to lodge with the Court the day before trial a list of the prospective witnesses 

they expect to call if different from the list of witnesses contained in the Pre-Trial Order of the 

Court. Such list shall not only contain the names of the witnesses, but their business or home 

address to the extent known. This does not excuse any failure to list all witnesses in the Pre-Trial 

Order. 

Counsel shall jointly submit, the day before trial, a neutral statement of the claims and 

defenses of the parties for the use by the court in voir dire. 

All proposed jury instructions shall be filed and served on or before June 23, 2006, by 

4:00 p.m. 

The parties shall serve their proposed jury instructions upon each other fourteen days 

prior to trial. The parties shall then meet, confer, and submit to the Court the Friday before the 

trial is to commence, one complete set of agreed upon instructions. 

Each party shall file with the jury instructions any objections to non-agreed upon 

instructions proposed by any other party. All objections shall be in writing and shall set forth the 

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proposed instruction objected to in its entirety. 

Verdict forms shall be submitted on the first day of the trial. 

If counsel intends to use a laptop computer for presentation of evidence, they shall 

contact the courtroom deputy at least one week prior to trial. 

A settlement conference is hereby set before Magistrate Judge Beck April 27, 2005, 

at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 5. 

 

I consent to the above stipulation. 

DATED: December 21, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF DAVID J. ST. LOUIS, INC. 

 By: ____________________ 

 LYNETTE D. HECKER, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

JAMES GARDNER, M.D. 

I consent to the above stipulation. 

DATED: December ____, 2005 KELLY, HERLIHY & KLEIN LLP 

 By: __________________ 

 MICHAEL GLANZBERG, Attorneys for 

Defendants UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION and 

PAUL REVERE LIFE 

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GARDNER, M.D. v. UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION 

U.S. District Court Case No.: CIV-F-02-5264 OWW DLB 

 

O R D E R

 

Pursuant to the above stipulation, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the trial of this matter, currently scheduled for 

February 7, 2006, be continued to June 27, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 2. 

IT IS ALSO HEREBY ORDERED that the following dates be continued as follows: 

 

Only specifically designated discovery requests and responses will be admitted into 

evidence. Any deposition testimony shall be designated by page and line and filed with the Court 

on or before May 25, 2006. The opposing party shall counter-designate by line and page from the 

same deposition and shall file written objections to any questions and answer designated by the 

opposing party and filed with the court on or before June 5, 2006. 

Trial Briefs:

Counsel are directed to file a trial brief in this matter ten days prior to the date of 

commencement of trial, as provided in Local Rule 285, Local Rules of Practice for the Eastern 

District of California. An extended statement of facts is not required. The brief should address 

dispute issues of substantive law, disputed evidentiary issues of law that will not be resolved in

limine, and any other areas of dispute that will require resolution by reference to legal authority. 

Counsel for the parties are ordered to meet and conduct a joint exhibit conference on 

May 25, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. via telephone conference, for purposes of pre-making and examining 

each other’s exhibits and preparing an exhibit list. All joint exhibits will be pre-marked JX1-JX100; 

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all of the plaintiff’s exhibits will be pre-marked with numbers 101-200; all of defendant’s exhibits 

will be pre-marked with numbers 201-300. 

At the time of such conference, each counsel shall have possession of four (4) 

complete, legible sets of exhibits, for use as follows: 

a. Two (2) sets to be delivered to the Courtroom Clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. 

on June 23, 2006; 

The completed exhibit list shall be delivered to the court on or before June 23, 2006. 

Counsel shall file a list of discovery documents with the Court Clerk at the same time 

and date as the witness and exhibit lists are lodged with the Court Clerk, unless the discovery 

documents are marked as exhibits, which counsel intend to use at trial by designating by number, 

the specific interrogatory, request for admission, or other discovery document. 

1. The motions in limine shall be filed by June 6, 2006, and any responses shall 

be filed by June 13, 2006. The Court will conduct a hearing on motions in limine in this matter on 

June 16, 2006, at 12:15 p.m. in Courtroom 2 before the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger United 

States District Judge, at which time all evidentiary objections, to the extent possible, will be ruled 

upon, and all other matters pertaining to the conduct of the trial will be settled. 

Counsel shall submit proposed voir dire questions, if any, to the Clerk of the court on 

or before June 23, 2006, at 4:00 p.m. Counsel shall also prepare a joint “statement of the case” 

which shall be a neutral statement, describing the case for prospective jurors, to be used in voir 

dire. 

In order to aid the court in the proper voir dire examination of the prospective jurors, 

counsel are directed to lodge with the Court the day before trial a list of the prospective witnesses 

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Court. Such list shall not only contain the names of the witnesses, but their business or home 

address to the extent known. This does not excuse any failure to list all witnesses in the Pre-Trial 

Order. 

Counsel shall jointly submit, the day before trial, a neutral statement of the claims and 

defenses of the parties for the use by the court in voir dire. 

All proposed jury instructions shall be filed and served on or before June 23, 2006, by 

4:00 p.m. 

The parties shall serve their proposed jury instructions upon each other fourteen days 

prior to trial. The parties shall then meet, confer, and submit to the Court the Friday before the 

trial is to commence, one complete set of agreed upon instructions. 

Each party shall file with the jury instructions any objections to non-agreed upon 

instructions proposed by any other party. All objections shall be in writing and shall set forth the 

proposed instruction objected to in its entirety. 

Verdict forms shall be submitted on the first day of the trial. 

If counsel intends to use a laptop computer for presentation of evidence, they shall 

contact the courtroom deputy at least one week prior to trial. 

A settlement conference is hereby set before Magistrate Judge Beck April 27, 2005, 

at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 5. 

NO FURTHER CONTINUANCES (OWW) 

DATED: _January 20, 2006_________ _/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER_____ 

 HONORABLE OLIVER W. WANGER 

 JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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