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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CATHERINE VIVERS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 13-cv-03444-SC 

JURY TRIAL PREPARATION ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

A. Required Submissions

 No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before trial, each party shall e-file with this 

court, serve upon all other parties, and provide to the court two courtesy copies directly to 

chambers of the following materials. Unless otherwise noted, these materials shall be printed 

in thirteen point times new roman font. 

 (1) A JOINT agreed upon, brief statement of the case to be read to the jury prior to 

trial. 

 (2) Proposed Voir Dire questions. 

 (3) A trial brief. 

 (4) A list of exhibits conforming substantially to the form attached as Appendix A. 

Upon request of a party, any party shall make the original of any exhibit available for 

inspection and/or copying. 

 (5) A list of witnesses, including expert witnesses, in the expected order of their 

presentation. The witness list shall also include: 

 (a) a brief statement as to the content of the witness' testimony; 

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 (b) an estimate of the time of the witness' testimony, on both direct and 

cross examination; 

 (c) any expert testimony shall strictly comply with FRCP Rule 26(a). 

 (d) any Daubert objections to the testimony of any expert or witness should 

be raised with the Court by motion ten (10) days before trial, or 

objection is WAIVED. 

No witnesses other than those on said list shall be allowed to testify, except upon express 

order of this court. 

(6) A statement designating all excerpts from depositions (specifying the witness' 

name, with page and line references), answers to interrogatories, and responses to requests 

for admission to be offered at trial for any purpose other than impeachment or rebuttal. 

 (7) JOINT jury instructions (see section C. infra). 

 (8) A proposed form of verdict. 

 (9) Motions in Limine will be heard at the pretrial conference. Motions in limine are 

to be filed and served no later than ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, oppositions 

are to be filed and served no later than five (5) days prior to the pretrial conference. 

B. Exhibit Binders

 Exhibits that can be reduced to 8.5" by 11" form (i.e. written documents, 

photographs, etc.) should be placed in three-ring binders of no more than three inches each. 

Exhibits shall be tabbed on the side and must be pre-marked in accordance with the attached 

forms. A copy of the exhibit list should be placed in the front of the binder. Binders should 

be clearly labeled on the outside as to which party's exhibits and what exhibit numbers they 

contain. The parties should prepare three (3) sets of binders: one for the Judge, one for the 

witness to refer to, and one for the clerk to act as the original. The exhibit marker should be 

affixed to the first page of each exhibit in the lower right hand corner. These binders shall 

be lodged with the Court no later than five (5) days before the scheduled trial date. 

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C. Proposed Jury Instructions

 No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before the trial date, the parties shall e-file 

and provide the Court with two courtesy copies of the JOINT proposed jury instructions. 

The parties are ordered to meet, confer, and prepare said complete set of jury instructions. 

This complete set of all proposed instructions upon which the parties agree must include all 

standard instructions regarding the role of jurors, organization of the jury, communication 

with the court, etc. Failure to submit an agreed upon instruction on a matter of law as to 

which there is no substantial ground for difference of opinion may be considered a sufficient 

ground for the imposition of sanctions on counsel. 

 In addition, the parties shall e-mail a complete set of instructions in Word format to 

Judge Conti’s proposed order mail box, scPO@cand.uscourts.gov. 

 Each individual proposed instruction shall be concise and free from argument, and 

typewritten on separate pages. Each proposed instruction should include the heading 

centered at the top of the first page of the instruction. 

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____ 

 The set shall include two (2) separate copies of the proposed instructions. Each 

instruction in the first copy should include a title briefly stating the general subject matter of 

the instruction and should be free from citation to supporting authority or other extraneous 

references. Each instruction in the second copy should include citations to supporting 

authority whenever available, but should be identical to instruction in the first copy in all 

other respects. With each set of instructions, the parties shall include an index to the 

proposed instructions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 7, 2015 

______________________________________ 

SAMUEL CONTI 

United States District Judge 

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXHIBIT MARKERS, EXHIBIT LIST, AND TRANSCRIPTS 

EXHIBIT MARKERS 

 Counsel should fill in the appropriate markers leaving the "Date Entered" and 

"Deputy Clerk" lines blank. 

 Plaintiff's exhibits should be denoted as: 1, 2, 3, etc. Defendant's exhibits should be 

denoted as: A, B, C, etc. 

EXHIBIT LIST 

 Counsel are to supply all the requested information with the exception of the two 

"Date Boxes." 

COLOR OF EXHIBIT BINDERS 

 Plaintiff's exhibit binders must be black and Defendant's exhibit binders must be 

white. 

TRANSCRIPTS 

 Should a daily transcript and/or realtime reporting be desired, arrangements must be 

made with the Courtroom Deputy at least fourteen (14) days before the scheduled trial date. 

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CASE NO.______________________ DATE: ___________________ 

___________________________ v. __________________________ 

EXHIBIT LIST 

 ( ) Plaintiff ( ) Defendant 

EXHIBIT 

NUMBER MARKED ADMITTED DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Case No. _________________________ 

PLTF Exhibit No. _______1__________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

DEFT Exhibit No. _______A ________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

PLTF Exhibit No. _______2__________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

DEFT Exhibit No. _______B_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

PLTF Exhibit No. ________3_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

DEFT Exhibit No. _______C_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

PLTF Exhibit No. ________4________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

DEFT Exhibit No. _______D_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

PLTF Exhibit No. ________5_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

DEFT Exhibit No. _______E_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

PLTF Exhibit No. ________6_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

Case No. _________________________ 

DEFT Exhibit No. _______F_________ 

Date Admitted _____________________ 

Signature _________________________ 

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