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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

C&D MOTORHOMES, LLC, a California

limited liability company ,

Civil No. 07-cv-0250-BEN (POR)

Plaintiff, ORDER CONTINUING DISCOVERY

DATES AND MANDATORY

v. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

MONACO COACH CORPORATION, a

Delaware corporation; DOES 1-50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Counsel for the parties in this case jointly contacted the Court on September 10, 2007 to

request a continuance of the Mandatory Settlement Conference scheduled for September 24, 2007,

as well as a continuance of discovery dates set forth in this Court’s June 19, 2007 Scheduling Order

Regulating Discovery and Other Pretrial Proceedings. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED:

1. On or before October 16, 2007, all parties shall exchange with all other parties a list

of all expert witnesses expected to be called at trial. The list shall include the name, address, and

phone number of the expert and a brief statement identifying the subject areas as to which the expert

is expected to testify. The list shall also include the normal rates the expert charges for deposition

and trial testimony. On or before October 30, 2007, any party may supplement its expert

designation in response to any other party’s designation, so long as that party has not previously

retained an expert to testify on that subject.

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2. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on November 15, 2007, at

10:00 a.m., in the chambers of the Honorable Louisa S. Porter. Counsel shall lodge confidential

settlement statements, if any, directly with the chambers of Judge Porter on or before November 9,

2007. The settlement statements should include a neutral factual statement of the case, identify

controlling legal issues, and concisely set out issues of liability and damages, including any

settlement demands and offers to date and addressing special and general damages where applicable. 

The settlement statements shall not be filed with the Clerk of the Court. The settlement statements

may be lodged with chambers via e-mail to efile_Porter@casd.uscourts.gov.

All parties and claims adjusters for insured defendants and representatives with complete

authority to enter into a binding settlement, as well as the principal attorney(s) responsible for the

litigation, must be present and legally and factually prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the

mandatory settlement conference. All conference discussions will be informal, off the record,

privileged and confidential.

Mandatory settlement conferences shall not be rescheduled without a showing of good cause

and adequate notice to the Court. If counsel wish to reschedule this conference, they shall contact

the Court at least 10 days prior to the conference. Absent exceptional circumstances, the Court will

not reschedule this conference with less than 10 days notice. Only in extreme circumstances will the

Court reschedule a mandatory settlement conference with less than 24 hours notice.

3. All discovery other than expert discovery, shall be completed on or before November

30, 2007. “Completed” means that all discovery under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30-36 must

be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the cut-off date, so that it may be completed by

the cut-off date, taking into account the times for service, notice, and response as set forth in the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All disputes concerning discovery shall be brought to the

attention of this Court no later than thirty days following the date upon which the event giving rise

to the discovery dispute occurred. Counsel shall meet and confer pursuant to the requirements of

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Local Rule 26.1(a) before contacting the Court regarding

discovery disputes.

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4. Each expert witness designated by a party shall prepare a written report to be

provided to all other parties no later than November 30, 2007, containing the information required

by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(A) and (B).

5. Any party, through any expert designated, shall in accordance with Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(C) and 26(e), supplement any of its expert reports regarding evidence

intended solely to contradict or rebut evidence on the same subject matter identified in an expert

report submitted by another party. Any such supplemental reports are due on or before December

14, 2007.

6. All expert discovery shall be completed on or before December 28, 2007. 

“Completed” means that the parties shall take into account the times for service, notice, and

response as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

 7. All motions, other than motions to amend or join parties, or motions in limine, shall

be FILED on or before January 28, 2008

Motions will not be heard or calendared unless counsel for the moving party has obtained a

motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Be advised that the

parties must file their moving papers within three days of receiving the motion hearing date from the

Court. Be further advised that the period of time between the date you request a motion date and the

hearing date may be up to two months. Please plan accordingly.

Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion shall not exceed

25 pages in length without permission of the judge or magistrate judge who will hear the motion. 

No reply memorandum shall exceed 10 pages without leave of the judge or magistrate judge who

will hear the motion.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(f)(3)(c), if an opposing party fails to file opposition papers

in the time and manner required by Local Rule 7.1(e)(2), that failure may constitute a consent to the

granting of a motion or other request for ruling by the court. Accordingly, all parties are ordered to

abide by the terms of Local Rule 7.1(e)(2) or otherwise face the prospect of any pretrial motion

being granted as an unopposed motion pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(f)(3)(c).

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Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(f)(1), when filing a Motion for Summary Judgment and/or

Adjudication, Defendants shall file, and serve on Plaintiff, a separate statement setting forth plainly

and concisely all material facts which they contend are undisputed. Each of the material facts stated

shall be followed by a reference to the supporting evidence. Further, Plaintiff shall file, and serve

on Defendants, a separate statement that responds to each of the material facts contended by

Defendants to be undisputed, indicating whether the opposing party agrees or disagrees that those

facts are undisputed. The statement also shall set forth plainly and concisely any other material facts

that the opposing party contends are disputed. Each material fact contended by the opposing party

to be disputed shall be followed by a reference to the supporting evidence.

8. All other dates and requirements in the Scheduling Order Regulating Discovery and

Other Pretrial Proceedings filed on June 19, 2007 shall remain in effect.

DATED: September 21, 2007

LOUISA S PORTER

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: The Honorable Roger T. Benitez

All parties

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