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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Brandon Meeks,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. Nunez; T. Scott,

Defendant.

Case No.: 13cv973-GPC-BGS

SECOND AMENDED SCHEDULING 

ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY 

AND OTHER PRE-TRIAL 

PROCEEDINGS

Pursuant to Rule 16.1(d) of the Local Rules, a Case Management Conference was 

held on October 30, 2014. On April 26, 2016, the Court vacated the remaining deadlines 

in the scheduling order, pending resolution of Plaintiff’s Objections to the Court’s 

Motion to Compel (ECF No. 141) and Defendants’ Motion for Terminating Sanctions 

(ECF No. 142.) On May 4, 2016, the Court issued an order overruling Plaintiff’s 

Objections to the Court’s Motion to Compel and denying Defendants’ Motion for 

Terminating Sanctions. (See ECF No. 145.) On May 9, 2016, the Court issued an 

amended scheduling order. (ECF No. 146.) On May 16, 2016, Defendants filed a 

Motion for Terminating Sanctions (ECF No. 149) and a Motion to Vacate the Deadlines 

in the Scheduling Order Pending the Determination of Their Motion for Terminating 

Sanctions. (ECF No. 150.) On May 19, 2016, the Court denied Defendants’ Motion for 

Terminating Sanctions. (ECF No. 151.) The Court adjusts the scheduling order as 

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follows:

1. Plaintiff’s deposition shall be completed by June 30, 2016. 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 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 

motion within the time limit and procedures outlined in the undersigned magistrate 

judge’s chambers rules. 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. Defendants are reminded 

that they must provide Plaintiff with reasonable notice of his deposition. If the 

Defendants are not able to schedule Plaintiff’s deposition within this time frame, for 

reasons beyond their control, they are instructed to contact Judge Skomal’s 

chambers to discuss the scheduling issue. 

2. The parties shall designate their respective experts in writing by July 7, 

2016. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(A), the parties must identify any person who 

may be used at trial to present evidence pursuant to Rules 702, 703 or 705 of the Fed. R. 

Evid. This requirement is not limited to retained experts. The date for exchange of 

rebuttal experts shall be by July 14, 2016. The written designations shall include the 

name, address and telephone number of the expert and a reasonable summary of the 

testimony the expert is expected to provide. The list shall also include the normal rates 

the expert charges for deposition and trial testimony.

3. By July 28, 2016, each party shall comply with the disclosure provisions in 

Rule 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This disclosure 

requirement applies to all persons retained or specially employed to provide expert 

testimony, or whose duties as an employee of the party regularly involve the giving of 

expert testimony. Except as provided in the paragraph below, any party that fails to 

make these disclosures shall not, absent substantial justification, be permitted to use 

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evidence or testimony not disclosed at any hearing or at the time of trial. In 

addition, the Court may impose sanctions as permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c).

4. Any party shall supplement its disclosure regarding contradictory or rebuttal 

evidence under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(D) and 26(e) by August 4, 2016.

5. All expert discovery shall be completed by all parties by August 11, 2016. 

The parties shall comply with the same procedures set forth in the paragraph governing 

fact discovery. Failure to comply with this section or any other 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.

6. All other pretrial motions, including those addressing Daubert issues related 

to dispositive motions must be filed by August 23, 2016. Pursuant to Honorable Gonzalo 

P. Curiel’s Civil Pretrial & Trial Procedures, all motions for summary judgment shall be 

accompanied by a separate statement of undisputed material facts. Any opposition to a 

summary judgment motion shall include a response to the separate statement of 

undisputed material facts. Counsel for the moving party must obtain a motion hearing 

date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Motion papers MUST be 

filed and served the same day of obtaining a motion hearing date from chambers. A 

briefing schedule will be issued once a motion has been filed. The period of time 

between the date you request a motion date and the hearing date may vary. Please plan 

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

not being heard.

7. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on October 12, 

2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the chambers of Magistrate Judge Bernard G. Skomal. Counsel or 

any party representing himself or herself shall lodge confidential settlement briefs 

directly to chambers by September 28, 2016. All parties are ordered to read and to fully 

comply with the Chamber Rules of the assigned magistrate judge.

8. Pursuant to Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel’s Civil Pretrial & Trial Procedures, 

the parties are excused from the requirement of Local Rule 16.1(f)(2)(a); no Memoranda

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of Law or Contentions of Fact are to be filed.

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

Civ. P. 26(a)(3) by November 4, 2016. Failure to comply with these disclosure 

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

37.

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

November 11, 2016. At this meeting, counsel shall discuss and attempt to enter into 

stipulations 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.

11. 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 November 

18, 2016, 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.

12. 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 November 25, 2016, and shall be in the form 

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

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

Gonzalo P. Curiel on December 2, 2016 at 1:30pm. The Court will set a trial date 

during the pretrial conference. The Court will also schedule a motion in limine hearing 

date during the pretrial conference.

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

and magistrate judge.

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

within 30 days of verdict in the case.

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

cause shown.

17. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to all motions noticed for 

the same motion day shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length, per party, without 

leave of the judge who will hear the motion. 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 and a table of authorities cited.

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

this case hereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2016

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