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Nature of Suit Code: 320
Nature of Suit: Assault, Libel, and Slander
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Libel, Assault, Slander

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

TROY JACQUES,

Plaintiff,

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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, 

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Defendants.

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CASE NO.: 1:12-cv-00821-SAB

ORDER AMENDING SCHEDULING 

ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION 

OF THE PARTIES

(ECF Nos. 129, 131)

On January 28, 2015, an amended scheduling order issued setting pretrial and trial 

dates in this action. (ECF No. 129.) On January 14, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation to 

continue the pretrial dates set forth in the January 28, 2015 scheduling order. The Court 

finds good cause exists to amend the dates consistent with the parties’ stipulation. 

Additionally, the Court finds that, due to the continuance of the pretrial conference, it is 

necessary to set forth the motion in limine dates at this time.

Any party may file a motion in limine, which is a procedural mechanism to limit in 

advance testimony or evidence in a particular area. United States v. Heller, 551 F.3d 1108, 

1111 (9th Cir. 2009) (quotation marks omitted). The Court orders the parties to meet and 

confer to attempt to come to an agreement on any issue before it is presented to the Court 

in a motion in limine. If this Court surmises that the parties have filed motions in limine 

without meaningful, genuine attempts to meet and confer, this Court will strike the motions 

in limine and remove them from calendar.

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This Court further orders the parties to file motions in limine only with respect to 

important, critical matters. Most evidentiary issues can be resolved easily with a 

conference between counsel or with the Court. Motions in limine on abstract evidentiary 

issues or issues more appropriately addressed by the Court on a case-by-case basis (such as 

a motion in limine to exclude all irrelevant evidence) will be looked upon with disfavor.

The parties shall not file separate motions in limine for every issue presented to the 

Court. Rather, each party may file one consolidated motion in limine which is subdivided 

into separate sections for each issue setting forth the legal authority and analysis. The 

responding party shall file one opposition in response addressing each motion in limine 

issue in a separate section. Counsel are advised that moving and opposition papers must be 

brief, succinct and well-organized.

The parties, after meeting and conferring, shall file and serve their truly disputed 

motions in limine no later than August 24, 2016. Oppositions in response to such motions 

in limine shall be filed and served no later than August 31, 2016. This Court will neither 

accept nor consider reply papers. This Court will conduct a hearing on the motions in 

limine on September 7, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9 (SAB) of this Court, unless this 

Court determines that a hearing is not necessary.

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 

deadlines in the January 28, 2015 amended scheduling order are amended as follows:

Non-Expert Discovery: April 22, 2016

Expert Disclosure: May 6, 2016

Supplemental Expert Disclosure: May 20, 2016

Expert Discovery: June 3, 2016

Non-Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: April 22, 2016

Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline: June 10, 2016

Pre-Trial Conference: August 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9 

(SAB)

Motion in Limine: August 24, 2016

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Opposition to Motions in Limine: August 31, 2016

Motion in Limine Hearing: September 7, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 

9 (SAB)

Trial shall remain on September 20, 2016 at 8:30 in Courtroom 9 (SAB).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 19, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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