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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN E. FIELDS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

J.S. WOOLFORD, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C 05-0870 CW

ORDER SETTING

TRIAL

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a two day jury trial in the abovecaptioned case will be held on January 7, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. A

pretrial conference will be held on December 18, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. 

Parties shall comply with the attached Order for Pretrial

Preparation.

Date: 7/31/07

__________________________

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER FOR PRETRIAL PREPARATION

(PRISONER CASES ONLY)

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

Not less than 10 days prior to the pretrial conference, each

party shall file the pretrial statement required by Civil L.R. 16-

10(b)(6). The pretrial conference statement shall contain the

following information:

(1) The Action.

(A) Substance of the Action. A brief description of the

substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided.

(B) Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the

relief claimed, particularly itemizing all elements of damages

claimed.

(2) The Factual Basis of the Action.

(A) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement of

all relevant facts not reasonably disputed.

(B) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise

statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be

decided.

(C) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether all

or part of the action may be presented upon an agreed

statement of facts.

(D) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations requested

or proposed for pretrial or trial purposes.

(3) Disputed Legal Issues. Without extended legal argument,

a concise statement of each disputed point of law concerning

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liability or relief.

(4) Further Discovery or Motions. A statement of all

remaining discovery or motions.

(5) Trial Alternatives and Options.

(A) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing the

status of settlement negotiations and indicating whether

further negotiations are likely to be productive.

(B) Consent to Trial Before a Magistrate Judge. A

statement whether the parties consent to a court or jury trial

before a magistrate judge, with appeal directly to the Ninth

Circuit.

(C) Bifurcation, Separate Trial of Issues. A statement

of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of specific issues

is feasible and desired.

(6) Miscellaneous. Any other subjects relevant to the trial

of the action, or material to its just, speedy and inexpensive

determination.

In addition, each party shall submit the following:

a. Exhibit List and Objections. The exhibit list

required by Civil L.R. 16-10(b)(7) shall list each proposed exhibit

by its number (see Civil L.R. 30-2(b)), description, and sponsoring

witness, followed by blanks to accommodate the date on which it is

marked for identification and the date on which it is admitted into

evidence. No party shall be permitted to offer any exhibit in its

case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its exhibit list without

leave of the Court for good cause shown. Parties shall also

deliver a set of premarked exhibits to the Courtroom Deputy. The

exhibit markers shall each contain the name and number of the case,

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the number of the exhibit, and blanks to accommodate the date

admitted and the Deputy Clerk's initials. Appropriate sample forms

are attached. 

b. Trial briefs. Briefs on all significant disputed

issues of law, including foreseeable procedural and evidentiary

issues.

c. Proposed Voir Dire. The attached voir dire

questionnaire will be given to the venire members, and copies of

the responses will be made available to parties at the beginning of

voir dire. Each party may submit a set of additional requested

voir dire.

d. Joint Proposed Jury Instructions. Jury instructions

§1.1 through §1.12, §1.13 through §2.2 and §3.1 through §4.3 from

the Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit

(2001 Edition) will be given absent objection. Parties shall each

submit one set of additional proposed jury instructions. The

instructions shall be ordered in a logical sequence, together with

a table of contents. Authority for each instruction shall be

included as part of the submission. 

Whenever possible, parties shall deliver to the Courtroom

Deputy a copy of their proposed jury instructions on a computer

disk in WordPerfect or ASCII format. The disk label should include

the name of the parties, the case number and a description of the

document.

e. Proposed Verdict Forms.

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f. Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

(Court Trial only). Whenever possible, parties shall deliver to

the Courtroom Deputy a copy of their proposed findings of fact and

conclusions of law on a computer disk in WordPerfect or ASCII

format. The disk label should include the name of the parties, the

case number and a description of the document.

g. Witness List. No party shall be permitted to call

any witness in its case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its

pretrial statement without leave of the Court for good cause shown. 

Each party must arrange to subpoena and produce the witnesses they

wish to call.

JURY SELECTION

The Jury Commissioner will summon 20 to 25 prospective jurors. 

The Courtroom Deputy will select their names at random and seat

them in the courtroom in the order in which their names are called.

Voir dire will be asked of sufficient venire persons so that

eight (or more for a lengthy trial) will remain after all

peremptory challenges and an anticipated number of hardship

dismissals and cause challenges have been made.

The Court will then take cause challenges, and discuss

hardship claims from the individual jurors, outside the presence of

the venire. The Court will inform the parties which hardship

claims and cause challenges will be granted, but will not announce

those dismissals until the process is completed. Each party may

then list in writing up to three peremptory challenges. The

parties will review each other's lists and then submit them to the

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Courtroom Deputy.

Then, from the list of jurors in numerical order, the Court

will strike the persons with meritorious hardships, those excused

for cause, and those challenged peremptorily, and call the first

eight people in numerical sequence remaining. Those people will be

the jury.

All jurors remaining at the close of the case will deliberate. 

There are no alternates.

SANCTIONS 

Failure to comply with this Order is cause for sanctions under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________ ______________________________

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print

clearly. Since we want to make copies for the attorneys and the

Court, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more

room, continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your

cooperation.

1. Your name: ________________________________________________

2. Your age: _________________________________________________

3. Your place of birth: ______________________________________

4. Do you rent or own your own home? _________________________

5. Your marital status: (circle one)

single married separated divorced widowed

6. What is your occupation, and how long have you worked in 

it? (If you are retired, please describe your main

 occupation when you were working).

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

7. Who is (or was) your employer?

_______________________________________________________________

8. How long have you worked for this employer? ______________ 

9. Please list the occupations of any adults with whom you

 live.

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_______________________________________________________________

10. If you have children, please list their ages and sex and, 

 if they are employed, please give their occupations.

_______________________________________________________________

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11. Please describe your educational background:

Highest grade completed: _________________________________

College and/or vocational schools you have attended:

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Major areas of study:_____________________________________

12. Have you ever served on a jury before? ________ How many 

 times?________

If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______

When? ____________________________________________________

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Was it a civil or criminal case? _________________________

Did the jury(ies) reach a verdict? ___________________

(rev. 9/02)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FIELDS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

WOOLFORD, et al,

Defendant.

 

Case Number: CV05-0870 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 31, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Kevin E. Fields

P83425 

4A-2R -25L 

CSP-Corcoran 

P.O. Box 3476 

Corcoran, CA 93212-3481 

Michael James Quinn

California State Attorney General's Office 

Correctional Law Section 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Dated: July 31, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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