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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM FORBES, an individual, Civil No. 06cv2089-BEN (POR)

Plaintiff, SCHEDULING ORDER REGULATING

DISCOVERY AND OTHER PRETRIAL

v. PROCEEDINGS

MARTIN RESNICK CONSTRUCTION

COMPANY, a business of unknown structure

and function; CITY ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES, INC., a business of unknown

structure and function; FEDERAL AVIATION

ADMINISTRATION, an agency of the United

States of America; UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

On April 9, 2007, the Court held a Case Management Conference pursuant to Rule 16 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Maurizio A. Mangini appeared on behalf of Plaintiff. B.J. Haeck

appeared on behalf of Defendant Martin Resnick Construction Company; Anthony Osborn appeared

on behalf of Defendant City Environmental Services, Inc.; and Steve Chu appeared on behalf of

Defendant Federal Aviation Administration. After consulting with the attorneys of record for the

parties and being advised of the status of the case, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED:

1. Any motion to join other parties, to amend the pleadings, or to file additional

pleadings shall be filed on or before July 6, 2007.

2. On or before August 6, 2007, all parties shall exchange with all other parties a list of

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all expert witnesses expected to be called at trial. The list shall include the name, address, and

phone number of the expert and a brief statement identifying the subject areas as to which the expert

is expected to testify. The list shall also include the normal rates the expert charges for deposition

and trial testimony. On or before August 20, 2007, any party may supplement its expert designation

in response to any other party’s designation, so long as that party has not previously retained an

expert to testify on that subject.

3. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on September 28, 2007, at

10:00 a.m., in the chambers of the Honorable Louisa S. Porter. Counsel shall lodge confidential

settlement statements, if any, directly with the chambers of Judge Porter by email to

efile_porter@casd.uscourts.gov on or before September 24, 2007. The settlement statements

should include a neutral factual statement of the case, identify controlling legal issues, and concisely

set out issues of liability and damages, including any settlement demands and offers to date and

addressing special and general damages where applicable. The settlement statements shall not be

filed with the Clerk of the Court.

All parties and claims adjusters for insured defendants and representatives with complete

authority to enter into a binding settlement, as well as the principal attorney(s) responsible for the

litigation, must be present and legally and factually prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the

mandatory settlement conference. All conference discussions will be informal, off the record,

privileged and confidential.

Mandatory settlement conferences shall not be rescheduled without a showing of good cause

and adequate notice to the Court. If counsel wish to reschedule this conference, they shall contact

the Court at least 10 days prior to the conference. Absent exceptional circumstances, the Court will

not reschedule this conference with less than 10 days notice. Only in extreme circumstances will the

Court reschedule a mandatory settlement conference with less than 24 hours notice.

4. Each expert witness designated by a party shall prepare a written report to be

provided to all other parties no later than October 15, 2007, containing the information required by

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(A) and (B).

5. Any party, through any expert designated, shall in accordance with Federal Rules of

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Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(C) and 26(e), supplement any of its expert reports regarding evidence

intended solely to contradict or rebut evidence on the same subject matter identified in an expert

report submitted by another party. Any such supplemental reports are due on or before October 29,

2007.

6. All discovery, including expert discovery, shall be completed on or before November

19, 2007. “Completed” means that all discovery under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30-36 must

be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the cut-off date, so that it may be completed by

the cut-off date, taking into account the times for service, notice, and response as set forth in the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Based on the parties’ stipulation, any party may serve upon any

other party written interrogatories, not exceeding 35 in number. 

All disputes concerning discovery shall be brought to the attention of this Court no later than

thirty days following the date upon which the event giving rise to the discovery dispute occurred. 

Counsel shall meet and confer pursuant to the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26

and Local Rule 26.1(a) before contacting the Court regarding discovery disputes.

7. All motions, other than motions to amend or join parties, or motions in limine, shall

be FILED on or before December 21, 2007.

Motions will not be heard or calendared unless counsel for the moving party has obtained a

motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Be advised that the

parties must file their moving papers within three days of receiving the motion hearing date from the

Court. Be further advised that the period of time between the date you request a motion date and the

hearing date may be up to two months. Please plan accordingly.

Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion shall not exceed

25 pages in length without permission of the judge or magistrate judge who will hear the motion. 

No reply memorandum shall exceed 10 pages without leave of the judge or magistrate judge who

will hear the motion.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(f)(3)(c), if an opposing party fails to file opposition papers

in the time and manner required by Local Rule 7.1(e)(2), that failure may constitute a consent to the

granting of a motion or other request for ruling by the court. Accordingly, all parties are ordered to

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abide by the terms of Local Rule 7.1(e)(2) or otherwise face the prospect of any pretrial motion

being granted as an unopposed motion pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(f)(3)(c).

Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(f)(1), when filing a Motion for Summary Judgment and/or

Adjudication, Defendants shall file, and serve on Plaintiff, a separate statement setting forth plainly

and concisely all material facts which they contend are undisputed. Each of the material facts stated

shall be followed by a reference to the supporting evidence. Further, Plaintiff shall file, and serve

on Defendants, a separate statement that responds to each of the material facts contended by

Defendants to be undisputed, indicating whether the opposing party agrees or disagrees that those

facts are undisputed. The statement also shall set forth plainly and concisely any other material facts

that the opposing party contends are disputed. Each material fact contended by the opposing party

to be disputed shall be followed by a reference to the supporting evidence.

8. On or before March 31, 2008, counsel shall lodge directly with the Chambers of the

Honorable Roger T. Benitez their Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law in compliance with

Local Rule 16.1(f)(2), (3) and (4).

9. All parties or their counsel shall fully comply with the Pretrial Disclosure

requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) on or before March 31, 2008. Failure to

comply with these disclosures requirements could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37.

10. Counsel shall meet together and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(5) on

or before April 7, 2008. 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)(3)(c). Counsel shall note any objections they have

to any other parties’ Pretrial Disclosures under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3). Counsel

shall cooperate in the preparation of the proposed pretrial conference order.

 11. The proposed final pretrial conference order, including objections any party has to

any other parties’ Rule 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and lodged with the

Clerk of the Court on or before April 14, 2008, and shall be in the form prescribed in and in

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compliance with Local Rule 16.1 (f)(6). Counsel shall also bring a copy of the pretrial order to the

pretrial conference for the Court.

12. The final pretrial conference shall be held before the Honorable Roger T. Benitez,

United States District Court Judge, on April 21, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.

13. The trial date will be scheduled by the Court at the pretrial conference.

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

cause shown.

15. Counsel for Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this order on any parties that enter this case

hereafter.

DATED: April 11, 2007

LOUISA S PORTER

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: The Honorable Roger T. Benitez

All parties

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