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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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Case No. 15-CV-05616-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

VINCENT CASTILLO MARENTES, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-CV-05616-LHK 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: Jon-Marc Dobrin, Jordan Stanzler

Defendant’s Attorney: Stephen Ellingson

An initial case management conference was held on February 24, 2016. A further case 

management conference is set for June 29, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case 

management statement by June 22, 2016.

At the case management conference, the Court made the following rulings:

APPLICATION OF COLORADO RIVER ABSTENTION

The parties shall file by March 17, 2016 simultaneous briefs not to exceed 10 pages in 

length which address whether this action should be dismissed pursuant to Colorado River Water 

Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800 (1976). 

MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENT

The parties are hereby referred to a settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Nathanael 

Cousins, to be held by June 22, 2016.

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The Court set the following case schedule:

Scheduled Event Recommendation

Deadline to Exchange Initial Disclosures March 9, 2016

Last Day to Amend the Pleadings/Add Parties April 14, 2016

Deadline to Complete Mediation June 22, 2016

Further Case Management Conference June 29, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

Close of Fact Discovery August 4, 2016

Opening Expert Reports August 18, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports September 1, 2016

Close of Expert Discovery September 15, 2016

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions

(one per side in the entire case)

September 29, 2016

Hearing on Dispositive Motions November 10, 2016, at 1:30 

p.m.

Final Pretrial Conference January 12, 2017, at 1:30 p.m.

Jury Trial January 30, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.

Length of Trial 7 days

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 24, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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