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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOSSEIN ZEINALI, Civil No. 07cv1852-JM (CAB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE REQUEST

TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

[Doc. No. 50]

v.

RAYTHEON COMPANY, and DOES 1-25,

Defendant.

On October 6, 2008, Plaintiff Hossein Zeinali filed an ex parte application to modify the

scheduling order regarding the exchange of expert reports and the discovery cutoff. [Doc. No. 50.] Both

parties have motions scheduled before the District Judge for November 7, 2008, that may impact the

nature of expert testimony and the overall scope of this case. This Court therefore finds good cause to

modify the scheduling order as follows:

1. All fact discovery shall be completed on or before December 12, 2008. “Completed”

means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 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 services, notice, and response as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. 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.

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

all other parties no later than December 19, 2008, containing the information required by Fed. R. Civ.

P. 26(a)(2)(A) and (B).

Except as provided in the paragraph below, any party that fails to make these disclosures

shall not, absent substantial justification, be permitted to use evidence or testimony not disclosed

at any hearing or at the time of trial. In addition, the Court may impose sanctions as permitted by

Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c).

3. Any party, through any expert designated, shall in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(2)(C) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 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 January 9, 2009.

4. All expert discovery shall be completed on or before January 23, 2009. “Completed”

means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 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 services, notice, and response as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. 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.

5. Parties or their counsel shall serve on each other and file with the Clerk of the Court their

Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law in compliance with Local Rule 16.1(f)(2) on or before

February 6, 2009.

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

requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) on or before February 6, 2009. Failure to comply with these

disclosures requirements could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions under Fed. R. Civ.

P. 37.

7. Counsel shall meet together and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) on or

before February 13, 2009. At this meeting, counsel shall discuss and attempt to enter into stipulations

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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.

8. The proposed final pretrial conference order, including objections they have to any other

parties’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and lodged with the Clerk

of the Court on or before February 20, 2009, and shall be in the form prescribed in and in compliance

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

conference.

9. The final pretrial conference shall be held before the Honorable Jeffrey T. Miller,

United States District Court Judge, on February 27, 2009, at 8:30 a.m.

10. The trial in this matter shall commence on March 30, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

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

shown.

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

hereafter.

13. The Mandatory Settlement Conference remains scheduled for December 8, 2008, at

10:00 a.m. as set out in the Court’s 9/2/08 minute entry. [Doc. No. 34.]

DATED: October 8, 2008

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO

United States Magistrate Judge

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