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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JON FREDERIC NELSON, CASE NO. CV F 06-0107 LJO TAG

(New Case No. CV F 06-0107 DLB)

Plaintiff, 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

vs.

Expert

INYO COUNTY SHERIFFS Disclosure: August 10, 2007

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Supplemental

Defendants. Expert Disclosure: August 17, 2007

Nonexpert

Discovery Cutoff: September 21, 2007

Expert

Discovery Cutoff: October12, 2007

Pretrial

Motion Filing

Deadline: November 1, 2007

Pretrial Motion

Hearing Deadline: December 4, 2007

Settlement Conf.: None set.

Pretrial Conf.: Date: December 21, 2007

Time: 1:30 a.m.

Dept.: 9 (DLB)

Jury Trial: Date: February 5, 2008

(5 days est.) Time: 9 a.m. 

 / Dept.: 9 (DLB)

This Court conducted an April 4, 2007 scheduling conference. Plaintiff Jon Frederic Nelson

proceeds pro se and appeared by telephone for himself. Defendant County of Inyo appeared by telephone

by counsel John D. Kirby, Law Offices of John D. Kirby. Defendant City of Bishop appeared by

telephone by counsel Richard R. Clouse, Cihigoyenetche, Grossber & Clouse. Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P.

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16(b), this Court sets a schedule for this action.

1. Dismissal Of Party/Amendment To The Parties’ Pleadings

The parties agree to dismiss defendant United States District Court from this action. This Court

DISMISSES United States District Court as a defendant and DIRECTS this Court’s clerk and the parties

to remove United States District Court as a defendant from the caption of this action.

The parties propose no amendment to their respective pleadings.

2. Consent To Magistrate Judge

All parties consent to the conduct of all further proceedings by U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis L.

Beck. By separate orders, this action has been reassigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Beck, and the parties

are required to complete and file a Consent to Exercise of Jurisdiction by a United States Magistrate

J udg e, which is a vailable f rom t h i s C o u r t ’ s w e b p a g e at

http://207.41.18.73/caed/staticOther/page_947.htm.

3. Expert Witnesses

Initial expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than August 10, 2007.

Supplemental expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than August 17, 2007.

Such disclosures must be made pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) and shall include all

information required thereunder. In addition, F.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4) and F.R.Civ.P. 26(e) shall specifically

apply to all discovery relating to expert witnesses and their opinions. Each expert witness must be fully

prepared to be examined on all subjects and opinions included in the designations. Failure to comply

with these requirements will result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions, which may include the

preclusion of testimony or other evidence offered through the expert witness. In particular, this Court

will enforce preclusion of testimony or other evidence if F.R.Civ.P. 26(e) is not strictly complied with.

4. Discovery Cutoffs And Limits

All nonexpert discovery and related discovery motions (including motions to compel) shall be

completed or heard no later than September 21, 2007. All expert discovery and related discovery

motions (including motions to compel) shall be completed or heard no later than October 12, 2007.

5. Pretrial Motion Schedule

All pretrial motions, both dispositive and nondispositive (except discovery motions addressed

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above), shall be served and filed no later than November 1, 2007. All pretrial dispositive and

nondispositive motions (except discovery motions addressed above) shall be set before the appropriate

judge for a hearing to be conducted no later than December 4, 2007.

At the pretrial conference, the Court will set filing and hearing dates for motions in limine.

6. Mandatory Settlement Conference

This Court sets no settlement conference at this time. This Court will set a settlement conference

if the parties jointly request a settlement conference by telephoning the Court at (661) 326-6620 to

arrange a settlement conference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Goldner. 

If this Court conducts and a settlement conference and unless otherwise permitted in advance by

the Court, the attorneys who will try the case shall appear at the settlement conference with the parties

and the person or persons having full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms, at the

conference. 

No later than seven days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit directly

to the settlement conference judge’s chambers a confidential settlement conference statement. This

statement should neither be filed with the clerk of the Court nor served on any other party. Each

statement shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL” with the date and time of the mandatory

settlement conference indicated prominently. Counsel are urged to request the return of their statements.

If such request is not made, the Court will dispose of the statement.

The confidential settlement conference statement shall include the following: 

A. A brief statement of the facts of the case; 

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses (i.e., statutory or other grounds upon which

the claims or defenses are based), a forthright evaluation of the parties' likelihood of prevailing on the

claims and defenses, and a description of the major issues in dispute;

C. A summary of the proceedings to date;

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further pretrial and trial matters,

including discovery;

E. The relief sought; and

F. The party's position on settlement, including the amount which or otherwise what the

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party will accept to settle, realistic settlement expectations, present demands and offers, and a history

of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands.

This Court will vacate the settlement conference iftheCourtfinds the settlement conference will

be neither productive nor meaningful to attempt to resolve all or part of this case. As far in advance of

the settlement conference as possible, a party shall inform the Court and other parties that it believes the

case is not in a settlement posture so the Court may vacate orreset the settlement conference. Otherwise

the parties shall proceed with the settlement conference in good faith to attempt to resolve all or part of

the case.

7. Pretrial Conference

This Court sets a pretrial conference for December 20, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 4 (LJO)

of this Court. The parties are directed to file a joint pretrial statement which complies with the

requirements of this Court’s Local Rule 16-281. In addition, the joint pretrial statement should include

a brief factual summary and an agreed upon neutral statement of the case. An additional copy of the

joint pretrial statement, carefully prepared and executed by all counsel, shall be electronically filed in

CM/ECF and shall be e-mailed in WordPerfect format to ljoorders@caed.uscourts.gov.

The parties’ attention is directed to this Court’s Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282. This Court will

insist upon strict compliance with those rules.

At the pretrial conference, the Court will set deadlines, among others, to file motions in limine,

final witness and exhibits lists, objections thereto, and other trial documents.

8. Trial Date

A 5-day trial is set for February 4, 2008 at 9 a.m. in Department 4 (LJO) of this Court. 

At this time, the parties request no bifurcation of issues. 

9. Effect Of This Order

This order representsthe best estimate of the Court and parties as to the agenda most suitable to

dispose of this case. If the parties determine at any time that the schedule outlined in this order cannot

be met, the parties are ordered to notify the Court immediately of that fact so that adjustments may be

made, either by stipulation or by subsequent status conference. Stipulations extending the deadlines

contained herein will not be considered unless they are accompanied by affidavits or declarations with

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attached exhibits, where appropriate, which establish good cause for granting the relief requested.

Failure to comply with this order shall result in the imposition of sanctions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 18, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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