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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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United States District Court 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT AND 

MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE PEER GROUP, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-00866-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR FOR MEDIATION TO BE 

COMPLETED BY: January 22, 2016 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Only with Court approval 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: April 15, 2016 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED): Opening: March 25, 2016 

Rebuttal: April 8, 2016 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: May 2, 2016 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE 

HEARD BY: June 28, 2016 [filed by 5/24/16] 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, September 16, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: September 23, 2016 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, October 31, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. for 

7 days 

(Jury Trial) 

 

1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for summary 

judgment. 

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance 

hearing on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have 

reviewed the Court’s Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The 

compliance hearing shall be held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) business days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the 

parties shall file a one-page JOINT STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this 

requirement or explaining their failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not 

appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be 

allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may 

result in sanctions. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 6, 2015 

______________________________________ 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

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