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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCISCO AREIAS, Individually and 

as Successor-In-Interest to the Estate of 

Lucia Areias, BOBBY AREIAS, and 

HELDER AREIAS,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LOWES HOME CENTERS, LLC, 

Defendant.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00391-KES-HBK

ORDER GRANTING CONSTRUED 

MOTION TO EXTEND CASE 

MANAGEMENT AND 

SCHEDULING ORDER

(Doc. No. 16)

On January 10, 2025, the parties filed an Amended Joint Mid-Discovery Status Report. 

(Doc. No. 16). Therein, the parties provide a status on the case and include a request to extend

certain deadlines in the July 11, 2024 Case Management and Scheduling Order. The Court finds 

good cause to grant an extension to certain deadlines in the Case Management Scheduling Order. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). The extension to the dispositive deadline date necessitates extensions to 

the pretrial and trial dates consistent with the district court’s scheduling preferences.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The Parties’ motion to extend certain case management and scheduling deadlines 

incorporated in their Amended Joint-Discovery Status Report (Doc. No. 16) is 

GRANTED to the extent set forth herein.

2. The following dates shall govern the management of this action.

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I. Extended Deadlines and Dates1

Action or Event Date

Deadline to complete non-expert discovery. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. 04/11/2025

Deadline for plaintiff to disclose expert report(s). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2). 05/12/2025

Deadline for defendants to disclose expert report(s). 05/12/2025

Deadline for disclosing any expert rebuttal report(s). 06/11/2025

Deadline for expert discovery. 07/14/2025

Deadline to advise the Court of settlement, ADR, VDRP or mediation efforts to date. 

See Local Rules 270, 271. The parties may contact Chambers prior to this date to 

arrange a settlement conference.

07/28/2025

Deadline to file pre-trial dispositive motions. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. 08/26/2025

Deadline to file final joint pretrial statement, motion(s) in limine, proposed jury 

instructions, and verdict form. See Local Rules 281, 282. 

12/15/2025

Date of the final pretrial conference. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(e); See Local Rule 280, 

281, 282, 283. (Second or Fourth Monday) (Judge Sheriff requires 16 weeks form 

dispositive motion filing date)

12/22/2025

at 1:30 p.m.

Trial Date. (Tuesday) 02/17/2026

at 8:30 a.m.

3. The procedures set forth in the July 11, 2024 Case Management and Scheduling 

Order (Doc. No. 11) will continue to govern this action.

4. The Court VACATES the Mid-Discovery Conference scheduled for January 16, 2025. 

Dated: January 10, 2025 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 The Court adjusted the parties’ proposed dates to conform to the next business day if the proposed date 

fell on a weekend or on a non-court business day. 

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