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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALICIA WAGNON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ROCKLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:17–cv–1666–KJN

ORDER

The Court ruled on defendants’ motion for summary judgment, finding certain claims are 

ripe for trial.

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 (ECF No. 74). No trial is currently scheduled, but the operative scheduling order 

calls for a notice of trial readiness within 30 days after resolution of the summary judgment 

motion. (ECF No. 28 at 4-5.) However, given the undersigned’s impacted schedule up through 

his upcoming retirement in February of 2024, the court will not set a pretrial scheduling 

conference or trial dates at this time. Instead, the parties shall confer over the submission of a 

joint statement, as described below, and shall propose a pretrial conference date and trial date for 

consideration by the incoming magistrate judge. The parties shall propose a pretrial conference 

date for a date no earlier than May of 2024, and propose a trial start date no earlier than July of 

2024. This joint statement is due within 30 days of this order.

1 This case is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) for all purposes, including 

the entry of judgment, pursuant to the consent of all parties. (ECF Nos. 23, 24.) 

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FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The pretrial conference will take place before the incoming magistrate judge, and shall 

take place on a date agreeable to the parties and in line with the court’s instructions above. 

Counsel who appear at the pretrial conference shall in fact try the matter. Counsel are to be fully 

prepared for trial at the time of the pretrial conference, with no matters remaining to be 

accomplished except production of witnesses for oral testimony. Counsel are referred to Local 

Rules 281 and 282 relating to pretrial statements and conferences. A FAILURE TO COMPLY 

WITH L.R. 281 AND 282 WILL BE GROUNDS FOR SANCTIONS. 

The parties shall submit a joint pretrial statement (see L.R. 281(a)(2)) no later than seven 

days prior to the final pretrial conference; it shall conform to Local Rule 281(b). Specifically:

1. The undisputed facts and disputed factual issues shall be set forth in two separate sections; 

2. The parties should identify those facts which are relevant to each separate cause of action. 

In this regard, the parties are to number each individual fact or factual issue. Each fact 

should (generally) relate or correspond to an element of the relevant cause of action;

3. Where the parties are unable to agree as to what factual issues are properly before the 

Court for trial, they should nevertheless list in the section on “DISPUTED FACTUAL 

ISSUES” all issues asserted by any of the parties and explain by parenthetical the 

controversy concerning each issue;

4. The parties should also keep in mind that the purpose of listing the disputed factual issues 

is to apprise the Court and all parties about the precise issues that will be litigated at trial. 

The Court is not interested in a listing of all evidentiary facts underlying the issues that are 

in dispute. However, with respect to the listing of undisputed facts, the Court will accept 

agreements as to evidentiary facts; and

5. The joint statement of undisputed facts and disputed factual issues is to be filed with the 

Court concurrently with the filing of the joint pretrial statement. 

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Per Local Rule 281(b), the parties are required to provide with their pretrial statement a list of 

witnesses and exhibits that they propose to proffer at trial, no matter for what purpose. Of note:

1. These lists shall not be contained in the pretrial statement itself, but shall be attached as 

separate documents to be used as addenda to the final pretrial order;

2. Plaintiff’s exhibits shall be listed numerically; Defendant’s exhibits shall be listed 

alphabetically; and

3. The pretrial order will contain a stringent standard for the proffering of witnesses and 

exhibits at trial not listed in the pretrial order. Counsel are cautioned that the standard will 

be strictly applied. On the other hand, the listing of exhibits or witnesses which counsel 

do not intend to use will be viewed as an abuse of the Court’s processes.

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, it will be counsel’s duty at the pretrial conference to 

aid the court in: (a) formulating and simplifying issues and the eliminating meritless claims or 

defenses; (b) settling of facts that should be properly admitted; and (c) avoiding unnecessary 

proof and cumulative evidence. The parties must prepare their joint pretrial statement and 

participate in good faith at the 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.

TRIAL SETTING

A jury trial shall commence before the incoming magistrate judge at a time agreed upon 

by the parties and as instructed above. The first day of trial should be on a Friday, and will be 

limited to addressing motions in limine, jury instructions, and other preliminary trial matters. 

Jury selection will commence on the following Monday at 9:00 a.m. In the joint statement, the 

parties shall indicate the anticipated number of days needed for the jury trial. 

Dated: August 22, 2023

wagn.1666

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