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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KATHLEEN PEAUA, 

 NO. CIV. 2:09-2650 WBS DAD

Plaintiff,

v.

HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendant.

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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 March 8, 2010.

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).

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II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

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, and the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132. Venue is

undisputed and is 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 April 5,

2010. 

The parties shall disclose any experts and produce

reports in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

26(a)(2) by no later than July 20, 2010. 

All 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 20, 2010. 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

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any resulting orders obeyed) not later than September 20, 2010. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except the parties’ anticipated crossmotions for judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52,

motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders, or other

emergency applications, shall be filed on or before October 4,

2010. 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 parties agree that the matter should be resolved by

a bench trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52 and

have requested that the court waive the Final Pretrial

Conference. The court, however, will schedule a pretrial

conference to confirm the trial date and briefing schedule. A

Final Pretrial Conference is therefore set for October 18, 2010,

at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. After receiving the parties’

pretrial statements, the court may issue a Final Pretrial Order

without requiring appearances at the Final Pretrial Conference. 

If, however, the court does not do so, 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. 

Two weeks before the Final Pretrial Conference, each

party shall file a separate pretrial statement. The parties’

pretrial statements need only 1) identify the factual, legal, and

evidentiary issues that the court must resolve at trial; 2)

propose a schedule for filing trial briefs and any supplements to

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the administrative record; and 3) estimate the amount of time

needed for the bench trial. The parties are cautioned that, with

the expedited trial they have requested, opening briefs would be

due on November 2, 2010 and reply briefs would be due on November

23, 2010. 

 VII. TRIAL SETTING

The bench trial is set for December 14, 2010, at 9:00

a.m. The parties anticipate that the bench trial will last half

of one court day. 

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

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

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only by the undersigned judge.

DATED: March 4, 2010

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