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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RYAN MOORE,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No.: 15cv75-LAB (BLM)

ORDER:

(1) GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO 

EXTEND EXPERT DISCOVERY 

DEADLINE [ECF No. 31]

AND

(2) AMENDED CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

ORDER 

On February 11, 2016, the parties filed a joint motion asking the Court to continue 

the expert discovery deadline from February 12, 2016 to May 20, 2016. ECF No. 31 at 2. 

In support, the parties describe their discovery efforts state that they are “in the process of 

coordinating deposition dates for approximately seventeen retained experts and several 

non-retained treating medical providers,” and that due to the number of witnesses that still 

need to be deposed the requested extension is warranted. Id.

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Having reviewed the parties’ joint motion, and having consulted with the chambers 

of District Judge Larry A. Burns, the Court finds good cause and GRANTS the motion. 

Accordingly, the Court amends the Case Management Order as follows:

1. All expert discovery shall be completed by all parties on or before May 20,

2016. "Completed" means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, and discovery subpoenas under Rule 45, 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.

Counsel shall promptly and in good faith meet and confer with regard to all 

discovery disputes in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(1) and Civil 

Local Rule 26.1(a). All discovery motions must be filed within 30 days of the service of 

an objection, answer or response which becomes the subject of dispute or the passage of a 

discovery due date without response or production, and only after counsel have met and 

conferred and have reached impasse with regard to the particular issue. The Court’s 

procedures for resolving discovery disputes are set forth in Magistrate Judge Barbara L. 

Major’s Civil Chambers Rules, which are posted on the Court’s website. 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.

2. 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.

3. All other pretrial motions must be filed by June 20, 2016. Counsel for the 

moving party must obtain a motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge who will 

hear the motion. The period of time between the date you request a motion date and the 

hearing date may vary from one district judge to another. Please plan accordingly. Failure 

to make a timely request for a motion date may result in the motion not being heard. 

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Motions in limine are to be filed as directed in the Local Rules, or as otherwise set by the 

district judge.

4. Despite the requirements of Civil Local Rule 16.1(f)(2), neither party is 

required to file a Memorandum of Contentions of Fact and Law at any time. The parties 

shall instead focus their efforts on drafting and submitting a proposed pretrial order by the 

time and date specified by Civil Local Rule 16.1(f)(6)(b). The proposed pretrial order shall 

comply with Civil Local Rule 16.1(f)(6) and the Standing Order in Civil Cases issued by 

the assigned district judge.

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

Civ. P. 26(a)(3) by August 22, 2016. Failure to comply with these disclosure requirements 

could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37.

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

August 29, 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.

7. 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 September 5, 

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.

8. 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 September 12, 2016, and shall be in the form 

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

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

Larry Alan Burns on September 19, 2016 at 12:15 p.m.

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

and magistrate judge.

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

within 30 days of verdict in the case.

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

shown.

13. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion 

shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without leave of a district court judge. 

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.

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

case hereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 2/12/2016

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