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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1362 Declaration re: Indian Tribal Water Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALEEN FRANCO, et al., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

THE INTERIOR, et al., 

Defendants, 

No. 2:09-cv-01072-KJM-KJN 

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER 

 An initial scheduling conference was held in this case on October 2, 2014. 

Courtney Bateman appeared for plaintiff; Lynn Ernce appeared for defendant. 

 Having reviewed the parties’ Joint Status Report filed on September 25, 2014 and 

discussed a schedule for the case with counsel at the hearing, the court makes the following 

orders: 

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 

 All named defendants have been served and no further service is permitted without 

leave of court, good cause having been shown. 

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II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS 

 Plaintiffs must file any amendments to their pleading within 30 days of this Order. 

Defendants will oppose any efforts to further amend the complaint. No further joinder of parties is 

permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); 

Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992). 

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE 

 Plaintiffs claim jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1331, 28 U.S.C. § 1361, 

28 U.S.C. §1362, 16 U.S.C. §§ 470cc, 42 U.S.C. § 4321, 16 U.S.C. §§ 470 et seq., 5 U.S.C. 

§§ 702, 706. Defendant disagrees that jurisdiction attaches based on all these statutes. Venue is 

undisputed and predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1402(b). 

IV. DISCOVERY 

 Parties agree there will be no discovery as this is an action governed by 

Administrative Procedures Act (APA). The United States Forest Service filed the Supplemental 

Administrative Record on September 30, 2014. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE 

 All dispositive motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining 

orders or other emergency applications, shall be heard no later than March 27, 2015.1 The parties 

may obtain available hearing dates by checking Judge Mueller’s page on the court’s website. 

Because this is an APA action, this case will be resolved through summary judgment motions. 

The court sets the following briefing schedule: 

Forest Service’s motion: December 19, 2014 

Plaintiffs’ consolidated opposition/cross-motion: January 30, 2015 

Forest Service’s consolidated reply/opposition: February 20, 2015 

Plaintiffs’ reply: March 13, 2015

Hearing: March 27, 2015, 2:00 p.m. 

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 Note that this date may not correspond to a law and motion calendar date. 

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 All purely legal issues are to be resolved by timely pretrial motions. Local Rule 

230 governs the calendaring and procedures of civil motions; the following provisions also apply: 

 (a) The opposition and reply must be filed by 4:00 p.m. on the day due; and 

 (b) When the last day for filing an opposition brief falls on a legal holiday, the 

opposition brief shall be filed on the last court day immediately preceding the legal holiday. 

Failure to comply with Local Rule 230(c), as modified by this order, may be deemed consent to 

the motion and the court may dispose of the motion summarily. Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651, 

652-53 (9th Cir. 1994). 

 The court places a page limit of twenty (20) pages on all moving papers, twenty 

(20) pages on oppositions, and ten (10) pages for replies. All requests for page limit increases 

must be made through the courtroom deputy clerk at least fourteen (14) days prior to the filing of 

the motion. 

 Prior to filing a motion in a case in which the parties are represented by counsel, 

counsel shall engage in a pre-filing meet and confer to discuss thoroughly the substance of the 

contemplated motion and any potential resolution. Plaintiff’s counsel should carefully evaluate 

the defendant’s contentions as to deficiencies in the complaint and in many instances the party 

considering a motion should agree to any amendment that would cure a curable defect. Counsel 

should discuss the issues sufficiently so that if a motion of any kind is filed, including for 

summary judgment, the briefing is directed only to those substantive issues requiring resolution by 

the court. Counsel should resolve minor procedural or other non-substantive matters during the 

meet and confer. A notice of motion shall contain a certification by counsel filing the motion 

that meet and confer efforts have been exhausted, with a brief summary of meet and confer 

efforts.

 The parties are reminded that a motion in limine is a pretrial procedural device 

designed to address the admissibility of evidence. The court looks with disfavor upon 

dispositional motions presented at the Final Pretrial Conference or at trial in the guise of motions 

in limine. Although all motions in limine must be filed in conjunction with the joint pretrial 

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statement, the court will hear only those motions it has identified to counsel before the hearing 

date. 

 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. SEALING 

 No document will be sealed, nor shall a redacted document be filed, without the 

prior approval of the court. If a document for which sealing or redaction is sought relates to the 

record on a motion to be decided by Judge Mueller, the request to seal or redact should be directed 

to her and not the assigned Magistrate Judge. All requests to seal or redact shall be governed by 

Local Rules 141 (sealing) and 140 (redaction); protective orders covering the discovery phase of 

litigation shall not govern the filing of sealed or redacted documents on the public docket. The 

court will only consider requests to seal or redact filed by the proponent of sealing or redaction. If 

a party plans to make a filing that includes material an opposing party has identified as 

confidential and potentially subject to sealing, the filing party shall provide the opposing party 

with sufficient notice in advance of filing to allow for the seeking of an order of sealing or 

redaction from the court. 

VII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

 No settlement conference is currently scheduled. A settlement conference may be 

set at the time of the Final Pretrial Conference or at an earlier time at the parties’ request. In the 

event that an earlier settlement conference date or referral to the Voluntary Dispute Resolution 

Program (VDRP) is requested, the parties shall file said request jointly, in writing. Because the 

case will be tried to a jury, 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 

any Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. Each judge 

has different requirements for the submission of settlement conference statements; the appropriate 

instructions will be sent to you after the settlement judge is assigned. 

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VIII. MODIFICATION OF STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 

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

Procedure, the Status (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 does not 

constitute good cause. Except in extraordinary circumstances, unavailability of witnesses or 

counsel does not constitute good cause. 

IX. OBJECTIONS TO STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 

 This Status Order will become final without further order of the court unless 

objections are filed within fourteen (14) calendar days of service of this Order. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 14, 2014. 

 

 

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