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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CAROL KUESTER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DHL EXPRESS (USA), INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 14-cv-04428-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, September 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION Compliance Hearing re name of private 

mediator set Friday, 3/27/15 at 9:01am 

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

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: September 1, 2015 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED): Opening: September 15, 2015 

Rebuttal: September 30, 2015 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: October 16, 2015 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 TO BE HEARD BY: January 5, 2016 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, March 25, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: April 1, 2016 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, April 15, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, May 2, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. for 5 

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, March 25, 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. 

 Parties are advised that while the Court set a trial date in this action, the trial date may be 

advanced if the calendar opens. Said trial date will not be sooner than eight (8) weeks after the 

close of discovery. 

As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall provide the 

Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by March 20, 2015 by filing a JOINT Notice. A 

compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, March 27, 2015 on the Court's 9:01a.m. 

calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in courtroom 1. By 

March 20, 2015m the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice or a one-page JOINT 

STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for 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. 

Parties are advised that while the Court set a trial date in this action, the trial date may be 

advanced if the calendar opens. Said trial date will not be sooner than eight (8) weeks after the 

close of discovery. 

 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. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 3, 2015 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

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