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Nature of Suit Code: 441
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Voting
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited. 1

ORDER AFTER PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

Case No. C-04-2012 JF 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

**E-Filed 3/30/07**

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

STEVEN R. PREMINGER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ANTHONY PRINCIPI, as Secretary of

Veterans Affairs, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case No. C 04-2012 JF

ORDER AFTER PRETRIAL 1

CONFERENCE

The Court conducted a final pre-trial conference in the above-entitled action on March

23, 2007. The parties appeared by their counsel of record. Pursuant to the stipulations recited on

the record, and good cause therefor appearing, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows:

1. Trial will commence on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 9:00am, and shall proceed on the

following schedule:

Monday, April 2: 9:00am-12:00pm; 1:30pm-4:45pm

Tuesday, April 3: 9:00am-12:00pm; 1:30pm-4:45pm

Wednesday, April 4: 9:30am-12:00pm

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Consistent with the Court’s indication at the pre-trial conference, the parties may 2

introduce evidence as to Defendants’ practices at Building 347 on the Menlo Park campus for the

limited purpose of attacking or supporting the reasonableness of Defendants’ policies with

respect to Building 331.

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2. Plaintiffs’ claims for damages against Defendants in their individual capacities are

dismissed without prejudice. Such dismissal shall not affect the Court’s determination as to the

amount of attorney’s fees to be awarded to Plaintiffs in the event that Plaintiffs prevail on one or

more of their remaining claims for injunctive and declaratory relief.

3. The Court’s factual and legal determinations will be limited to claims concerning or

arising from Plaintiffs’ efforts to register voters at Building 331 on the Menlo Park campus of the

Palo Alto Health Care System ;

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4. While it intends to decide the instant case expeditiously, the Court will monitor

closely the status of Plaintiffs’ facial challenge to 38 C.F.R § 1.218(a)(14)(ii) now pending

before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

5. In agreeing to the foregoing, no party shall be deemed to have waived for purposes of

appeal any objection to previous orders of the Court, including without limitation the Court’s

order dated March 7, 2007 granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ motion for summary

judgment and denying Plaintiffs’ cross-motion for summary judgment, and the Court’s order

dated January 12, 2006 to the extent that such order denied Plaintiffs’ request to reopen

discovery.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 3/30/07 ____________________________

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge 

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ORDER AFTER SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

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Copies of this Order were served on the following persons:

Owen Peter Martikan owen.martikan@usdoj.gov, lily.c.ho-vuong@usdoj.gov

Scott Joseph Rafferty rafferty@alumni.princeton.edu, rafferty@alumni.princeton.edu

James A. Scharf james.scharf@usdoj.gov

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