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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 47:553 Unauthorized Reception of Cable Service

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VERINA FREEMAN and VALECEA 

DIGGS, individually and on 

behalf of all others 

similarly situated,

 Plaintiffs,

v.

WILSHIRE COMMERCIAL CAPITAL 

LLC d/b/a “Wilshire Consumer 

Credit,” a California limited 

liability company, 

 Defendant.

CIV. NO. 2:15-1428 WBS AC

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the 

court hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference 

scheduled for September 26, 2016, and makes the following 

findings and orders without needing to consult with the parties 

any further. 

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I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

The named defendant has been served, and no further 

service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having 

been shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b).

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

Plaintiff may file an amended complaint by October 11, 

2016. After that date, no further joinder of parties or 

amendments to pleadings will be permitted except with leave of 

court, good cause having been shown under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 16(b). See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 

F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992).

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon federal question 

jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, because plaintiffs’ claim arises

under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227. 

Venue is undisputed and hereby found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties shall serve the initial disclosures 

required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) by no later 

than November 7, 2016.

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 

in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) by no 

later than January 3, 2017. With regard to expert testimony 

intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed 

and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before February 3, 2017.

Discovery concerning plaintiffs’ Article III standing 

in this case shall be so conducted as to be completed by November 

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30, 2016. Discovery concerning the alleged capacity of 

defendant’s Automatic Telephone Dialing System to make autodialed 

calls to plaintiffs and proposed class members shall be so 

conducted as to be completed by February 6, 2017.

All other discovery, including depositions for 

preservation of testimony, is left open, save and except that it 

shall be so conducted as to be completed by September 11, 2017. 

The word “completed” means that all discovery shall have been 

conducted so that all depositions have been taken and any 

disputes relevant to discovery shall have been resolved by 

appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been 

ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel 

discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in 

accordance with the local rules of this court and so that such 

motions may be heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) not later 

than September 11, 2017.

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

Any hearing for a motion regarding plaintiffs’ Article 

III standing in this case shall take place on February 6, 2017 at 

1:30 p.m. Any motion regarding plaintiffs’ Article III standing 

in this case shall be filed by January 9, 2017. Any opposition 

to such motion shall be filed by January 23, 2017. Any reply to 

such opposition shall be filed by January 30, 2017.

Any hearing for a motion regarding the alleged capacity 

of defendant’s Automatic Telephone Dialing System to make 

autodialed calls to plaintiffs and proposed class members shall 

take place on April 3, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. Any motion regarding 

the alleged capacity of defendant’s Automatic Telephone Dialing 

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System to make autodialed calls to plaintiffs and proposed class 

members shall be filed by March 6, 2017. Any opposition to such 

motion shall be filed by March 20, 2017. Any reply to such 

opposition shall be filed by March 27, 2017.

Any hearing for a motion for class certification shall 

take place on July 10, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. Any motion for class 

certification shall be filed by June 12, 2017. Any opposition to 

such motion shall be filed by June 26, 2017. Any reply to such 

opposition shall be filed by July 3, 2017.

All other motions, except motions for continuances, 

temporary restraining orders, or other emergency applications, 

shall be filed on or before November 13, 2017. All motions shall 

be noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are 

cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the requirements 

for noticing and opposing such motions on the court’s regularly 

scheduled law and motion calendar.

VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for January 29, 

2018, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be 

attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the 

trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties 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 shall file separate pretrial statements, 

and are referred to Local Rules 281 and 282 relating to the

contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to 

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

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provide the court with: (1) a plain, concise statement which 

identifies every non-discovery motion which has been made to the 

court, and its resolution; (2) a list of the remaining claims as 

against each defendant; and (3) the estimated number of trial 

days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of 

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by 

Local Rule 281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the claims 

that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively pled 

defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury, the 

parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case, 

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

VII. TRIAL SETTING

The jury trial is set for March 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. 

The parties estimate that a jury trial will last seven to ten

days.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the 

Pretrial Conference. All parties should be prepared to advise 

the court whether they will stipulate to the trial judge acting 

as settlement judge and waive disqualification by virtue thereof.

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 calendar days before the Settlement Conference counsel for 

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference 

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement 

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference 

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Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be disclosed 

to the trial judge.

IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this 

Scheduling Order, except requests to change the date of the 

trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned Magistrate Judge. 

All requests to change the trial date shall be heard and decided 

only by the undersigned judge.

Dated: September 22, 2016

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