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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PARDAMANDEEP KAUR BOYAL,

Petitioner,

v.

JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary

of the Department of Homeland

Security, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. 2:09-cv-03263-MCE-KJM

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the Court

makes the following Pretrial Scheduling Order.

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

All named Respondents have been served and no further

service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having

been shown.

II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS

No joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is

permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown. 

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III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. sections 1331 and

1361 and 5 U.S.C. section 701 et seq. Jurisdiction and venue are

not contested. 

IV. DISCOVERY

In agreeing that no need for additional discovery is

indicated at this time, the parties appear to concede that

judicial review of agency decisions is limited to the

administrative record, unless a need to expand that record is

demonstrated by the parties. See Southwest Center for Biological

Diversity v. U.S., 100 F.3d 1443, 1450 (9th Cir. 1996); see also

5 U.S.C. § 706. Consequently, the Court's review will be limited

to the administrative record unless good cause is found for

augmentation of that record. Respondents shall provide

Petitioner a copy of the entire administrative record within 60

days of the date of this Pretrial Scheduling Order. The filing

of the written administrative record shall be filed not later

than July 14, 2010.

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

The Petitioner’s dispositive motion shall be filed by

July 8, 2010. Respondents’ opposition and cross-motion shall be

filed by July 29, 2010. Petitioner’s reply and opposition shall

be filed by August 12, 2010. Respondents’ reply shall be filed

by August 26, 2010. Hearing on such motions shall be on

September 2, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The opposition and reply must be

filed by 4:00 p.m. on the day due.

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 The Court urges any party that contemplates bringing a 1

motion for summary judgment or who must oppose a motion for

summary judgment to review Local Rule 260.

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The time deadline for disposition motions does not apply to

motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or other

emergency applications. 

All purely legal issues are to be resolved by timely

pretrial motions. Failure to comply with Local Rules 230 and

260, as modified by this Order, may be deemed consent to the

motion and the Court may dispose of the motion summarily. 

Further, failure to timely oppose a summary judgment motion may 1

result in the granting of that motion if the movant shifts the

burden to the nonmovant to demonstrate that a genuine issue of

material fact remains for trial. 

The Court places a page limit of twenty (20) pages on all

initial moving papers, twenty (20) pages on oppositions, and ten

(10) pages for replies. All requests for page limit increases

must be made in writing to the Court setting forth any and all

reasons for any increase in page limit at least fourteen (14)

days prior to the filing of the motion.

For the Court’s convenience, citations to Supreme Court

cases should include parallel citations to the Supreme Court

Reporter.

The parties are reminded that a motion in limine is a

pretrial procedural device designed to address the admissibility

of evidence. The Court will look with disfavor upon

dispositional motions presented at the Final Pretrial Conference

or at trial in the guise of motions in limine.

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The parties are cautioned that failure to raise a

dispositive legal issue that could have been tendered to the

court by proper pretrial motion prior to the dispositive motion

cut-off date may constitute waiver of such issue. 

VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for November 18, 2010

at 2:00 p.m. At least one of the attorneys who will conduct the

trial for each of the parties shall attend the Final Pretrial

Conference. If by reason of illness or other unavoidable

circumstance a trial attorney is unable to attend, the attorney

who attends in place of the trial attorney shall have equal

familiarity with the case and equal authorization to make

commitments on behalf of the client.

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for trial

at the time of the Final Pretrial Conference, with no matters

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. 

The parties shall file, not later than October 27, 2010, a

Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement. The provisions of

Local Rules 281 shall apply with respect to the matters to be

included in the Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement. In

addition to those subjects listed in Local Rule 281(b), the

parties are to provide the Court with a plain, concise statement

that identifies every non-discovery motion tendered to the Court

and its resolution. Failure to comply with Local Rule 281, as

modified by this Pretrial Scheduling Order, may be grounds for

sanctions. 

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At the time of filing the Joint Final Pretrial Conference

Statement, counsel shall also electronically mail to the Court in

digital format compatible with Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, the

Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement in its entirety

including the witness and exhibit lists. These documents shall

be sent to: mceorders@caed.uscourts.gov.

The parties should identify first the core undisputed facts

relevant to all claims. The parties should then, in a concise

manner, identify those undisputed core facts that are relevant to

each claim. The disputed facts should be identified in the same

manner. Where the parties are unable to agree as to what

disputed facts are properly before the Court for trial, they

should nevertheless list all disputed facts asserted by each

party. Each disputed fact or undisputed fact should be

separately numbered or lettered. 

Each party shall identify and concisely list each disputed

evidentiary issue which will be the subject of a motion in

limine.

Each party shall identify the points of law which concisely

describe the legal issues of the trial which will be discussed in

the parties’ respective trial briefs. Points of law should

reflect issues derived from the core undisputed and disputed

facts. Parties shall not include argument or authorities with

any point of law.

The parties are reminded that pursuant to Local Rule 281 

they are required to list in the Joint Final Pretrial Conference

Statement all witnesses and exhibits they propose to offer at

trial. 

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After the name of each witness, each party shall provide a brief

statement of the nature of the testimony to be proffered. The

parties may file a joint list or each party may file separate

lists. These list(s) shall not be contained in the body of the

Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement itself, but shall be

attached as separate documents to be used as addenda to the Final

Pretrial Order. 

Petitioner’s exhibits shall be listed numerically. 

Respondents’ exhibits shall be listed alphabetically. The

parties shall use the standard exhibit stickers provided by the

Court Clerk’s Office: pink for petitioner and blue for

respondent. In the event that the alphabet is exhausted, the

exhibits shall be marked “AA-ZZ” and “AAA-ZZZ” etc. After three

letters, note the number of letters in parenthesis (i.e.,

“AAAA(4)”) to reduce confusion at trial. All multi-page exhibits

shall be stapled or otherwise fastened together and each page

within the exhibit shall be numbered. All photographs shall be

marked individually. The list of exhibits shall not include

excerpts of depositions, which may be used to impeach witnesses. 

In the event that Petitioner and Respondents offer the same

exhibit during trial, that exhibit shall be referred to by the

designation the exhibit is first identified. The Court cautions

the parties to pay attention to this detail so that all concerned

will not be confused by one exhibit being identified with both a

number and a letter. 

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The Final Pretrial Order will contain a stringent standard

for the offering at trial of witnesses and exhibits not listed in

the Final Pretrial Order, and the parties are cautioned that the

standard will be strictly applied. On the other hand, the

listing of exhibits or witnesses that a party does not intend to

offer will be viewed as an abuse of the court’s processes.

 The parties also are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure it will be their duty at the

Final Pretrial Conference to aid the Court in: (a) the 

formulation and simplification of issues and the elimination of

frivolous claims or defenses; (b) the settling of facts that

should properly be admitted; and (c) the avoidance of unnecessary

proof and cumulative evidence. Counsel must cooperatively

prepare the Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement and

participate in good faith at the Final Pretrial Conference with

these aims in mind. A failure to do so may result in the

imposition of sanctions which may include monetary sanctions,

orders precluding proof, elimination of claims or defenses, or

such other sanctions as the Court deems appropriate.

VII. TRIAL BRIEFS

The parties shall file trial briefs not later than

November 3, 2010 by 4:00 p.m. Counsel are directed to Local Rule

285 regarding the content of trial briefs. 

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VIII. EVIDENTIARY AND/OR PROCEDURAL MOTIONS

Any evidentiary or procedural motions are to be filed by

October 27, 2010. Oppositions must be filed by November 3, 2010

and any reply must be filed by November 10, 2010. The motions

will be heard by the Court at the same time as the Final Pretrial

Conference.

IX. TRIAL SETTING

The trial is set for January 14, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Trial

will be a one (1) day bench trial. 

X. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

At the Final Pretrial Conference, the Court may set a

settlement conference if the parties so request. In the event no

settlement conference is requested, the parties are free to

continue to mediate or attempt to settle the case with the

understanding that the trial date is a firm date. 

In the event a settlement conference is set by the Court,

counsel are instructed to have a principal with full settlement

authority present at the Settlement Conference or to be fully

authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least seven (7)

calendar days before the settlement conference, counsel for each

party shall submit to the chambers of the settlement judge a

confidential Settlement Conference Statement. Such statements

are neither to be filed with the Clerk nor served on opposing

counsel. Each party, however, shall serve notice on all other

parties that the statement has been submitted. If the settlement

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference Statement

shall not be disclosed to the trial judge.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties may request a

settlement conference prior to the Final Pretrial Conference if

they feel it would lead to the possible resolution of the case.

In the event an early settlement conference date is requested,

the parties shall file said request jointly, in writing. The

request must state whether the parties waive disqualification,

pursuant to Local Rule 270(b), before a settlement judge can be

assigned to the case. Absent the parties' affirmatively

requesting that the assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge

participate in the settlement conference AND waiver, pursuant to

Local Rule 270(b), a settlement judge will be randomly assigned

to the case.

XI. VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

Pursuant to Local Rule 271 parties will need to lodge a

stipulation and proposed order requesting referral to the

Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program.

XII. MODIFICATION OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

The parties are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Pretrial Scheduling Order

shall not be modified except by leave of court upon a showing of

good cause. Agreement by the parties pursuant to stipulation

alone to modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order does not constitute

good cause. Except in extraordinary circumstances,

unavailability of witnesses or counsel will not constitute good

cause.

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XIII. OBJECTIONS TO PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

This Pretrial Scheduling Order will become final without

further order of the Court unless objections are filed within

seven (7) court days of service of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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