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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANNON WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHRISTOPHER BAKER; UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-ADA-HBK (PC)

FINAL AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT 

AND SCHEDULING ORDER

On March 8, 2023, the Court held an informal discovery conference. (Doc. No. 131). At 

the conference, the Parties jointly requested to modify certain deadlines in the governing Case 

Management and Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 123). For good cause shown, the Court will allow

one final modification to certain of the case management deadlines. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 

1. Counsel for Defendant shall contact appropriate officials at Plaintiff’s place of 

incarceration to ensure that Plaintiff’s counsel has access to Plaintiff and may 

engage in attorney-client communications with Plaintiff. 

2. The following amended dates shall govern this action.

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Operative Deadlines and Dates

Action or Event Date

Deadline for completing discovery. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37.

Any motions to compel discovery shall be filed no later than 21-days after 

the expiration of the due date or receipt of the objectionable discovery.

05/15/2023

Deadline for plaintiff to disclose expert report(s). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2). 05/08/2023

Deadline for defendants to disclose expert report(s). 05/08/2023

Deadline for disclosing any expert rebuttal report(s). 05/22/2023

Expert discovery deadline. 06/12/2023

Deadline to advise the Court of settlement, ADR, VDRP or mediation efforts 

to date. See Local Rules 270, 271. The parties may contact Chambers prior 

to this date to arrange a settlement conference.

06/16/2023

Deadline for filing dispositive motions. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. 07/07/2023

Deadline for filing the final joint pretrial statement, motion(s) in limine, 

proposed jury instructions, and verdict form. See Local Rule 281. 12/08/2023

Date of the final pretrial conference. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(e); See Local 

Rule 280, 281, 282, 283. Before Judge de Alba at 1:30 p.m.

01/08/2024

Month and year of the trial term. Before Judge de Alba at 8:30 a.m. 03/12/2024

2. The parties may contact Chambers at any time prior to the June 16, 2023 deadline 

should the parties wish to engage in a settlement conference earlier before the undersigned or 

another magistrate judge. 

3. All other provisions of the June 29, 2021 Amended Case Management and 

Scheduling Order (Doc. No. 96) as modified (Doc. Nos. 103, 110, 118, 120 and 123) remain in 

effect.

Dated: March 9, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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