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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:0078m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KAY STRATEGIES, INC., et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

UBIQUITY, INC., et al., 

Defendants.

 Case No.: 15-cv-02720-H (DHB) 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION TO CONTINUE DATES IN 

THE SCHEDULING ORDER OF 

NOVEMBER 21, 2016 

(ECF No. 54) 

After conferring with the chambers of Judge Huff, the Court GRANTS the parties 

request to continue the discovery cutoff and all remaining dates ninety (90) days. 

Accordingly, the remaining scheduling order dates are modified as follows: 

1. All discovery shall be completed by all parties by December 8, 2017. 

“Completed” means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, and discovery subpoenas under Rule 45, must be initiated a sufficient period of 

time in advance of the cut-off date, so that it may be completed by the cut-off date, taking 

into account the times for service, notice and response as set forth in the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure. Counsel shall promptly and in good faith meet and confer with 

regard to all discovery disputes in compliance with Local Rule 26.1(a). The Court 

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expects counsel to make every effort to resolve all disputes without court intervention 

through the meet and confer process. If the parties reach an impasse on any discovery 

issue, counsel shall file an appropriate joint motion within the time limit and according to 

the procedures outlined in Magistrate Judge David H. Bartick’s Civil Chambers Rules, 

which are posted on the Court’s website. A failure to comply in this regard will result 

in a waiver of a party’s discovery issue. Absent an order of the court, no stipulation 

continuing or altering this requirement will be recognized by the court.

2. Please be advised that failure to comply with any discovery order of the Court 

may result in the sanctions provided for in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, including a prohibition on 

the introduction of experts or other designated matters in evidence. 

3. All pretrial motions must be filed so as to be heard by January 12, 2018. 

Counsel for the moving party must obtain a motion hearing date from the law clerk of the 

judge who will hear the motion. The period of time between the date you request a motion 

date and the hearing date may vary from one district judge to another. Please plan 

accordingly. Failure to make a timely request for a motion date may result in the motion 

not being heard. Motions in limine are to be filed as directed in the Local Rules, or as 

otherwise set by the district judge. 

4. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on March 19, 2018

at 10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate Judge David H. Bartick. Counsel shall submit 

settlement statements directly to Judge Bartick’s chambers by March 12, 2018.

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parties may either submit confidential settlement statements or may exchange their 

settlement statements. Each party’s settlement statement shall set forth the party’s 

statement of the case, identify controlling legal issues, concisely set out issues of liability 

and damages, and shall set forth the party’s settlement position, including the last offer or 

                                               

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 Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, shall be e-mailed to chambers 

at efile_Bartick@casd.uscourts.gov. Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and 

exhibits, must be delivered directly to chambers. 

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demand made by that party, and a separate statement of the offer or demand the party is 

prepared to make at the settlement conference. The settlement conference briefs shall 

not be filed with the Clerk of the Court. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose authority is 

required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in person at the 

conference. The individual(s) present at the Mandatory Settlement Conference with 

settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on behalf of the party 

to: 1) fully explore all settlement options and to agree during the Mandatory Settlement 

Conference to any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. 

v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement position 

of a party during the course of the Mandatory Settlement Conference (Pitman v. Brinker 

Int’l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a settlement without 

being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan’s Foods, Inc., 

270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)). 

Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel only. As to all other 

parties, appearance by litigation counsel only is not acceptable. Retained outside corporate 

counsel shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the authority to 

negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure of any counsel, party or authorized 

person to appear at the Mandatory Settlement Conference as required shall be cause 

for the immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions will be informal, 

off the record, privileged, and confidential. 

5. Counsel shall file their Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law and take 

any other action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(2) by April 23, 2018. 

6. Counsel shall comply with the pre-trial disclosure requirements of Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 26(a)(3) by April 23, 2018. Failure to comply with these disclosure requirements 

could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. 

7. Counsel shall meet and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) by 

April 30, 2018. At this meeting, counsel shall discuss and attempt to enter into stipulations 

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and agreements resulting in simplification of the triable issues. Counsel shall exchange 

copies and/or display all exhibits other than those to be used for impeachment. The exhibits 

shall be prepared in accordance with Local Rule 16.1(f)(4)(c). Counsel shall note any 

objections they have to any other parties’ Pretrial Disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(a)(3). Counsel shall cooperate in the preparation of the proposed pretrial conference 

order. 

8. Counsel for Plaintiff will be responsible for preparing the pretrial order and 

arranging the meetings of counsel pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16.1(f). By May 7, 2018, 

Plaintiff’s counsel must provide opposing counsel with the proposed pretrial order for 

review and approval. Opposing counsel must communicate promptly with Plaintiff’s 

attorney concerning any objections to form or content of the pretrial order, and both parties 

shall attempt promptly to resolve their differences, if any, concerning the order. 

9. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including objections to any 

other parties’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and 

lodged with the assigned district judge by May 14, 2018, and shall be in the form prescribed 

in and comply with Local Rule 16.1(f)(6). 

10. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled on the calendar of the Honorable 

Marilyn L. Huff on May 21, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.. 

11. The parties must review the chambers’ rules for the assigned district judge 

and magistrate judge. 

12. A post-trial settlement conference before a magistrate judge may be held 

within 30 days of verdict in the case. 

13. The dates and times set forth herein will not be modified except for good cause 

shown. 

14. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion 

shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without leave of a district court judge. 

No reply memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without leave of a district court judge. 

Briefs and memoranda exceeding ten (10) pages in length shall have a table of contents 

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and a table of authorities cited. 

15. Plaintiff’s counsel shall serve a copy of this order on all parties that enter this 

case hereafter. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 28, 2017 

 _________________________ 

 LOUISA S PORTER 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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