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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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Case No. 15-CV-02320-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JOVITA MEZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-CV-02320-LHK 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiff’s Attorneys: Matt Leal

Defendant’s Attorneys: Brian Kim

An initial case management conference was held on September 24, 2015. A further case 

management conference is set for January 20, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint 

case management statement by January 13, 2016.

By October 8, 2015, the parties shall file a joint mediation report identifying their mediator 

and mediation date. The parties shall complete mediation by February 19, 2016.

The parties shall file a stipulated protective order for Judge Cousins’s signature by October 

8, 2015.

Defendant Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC shall serve initial disclosures by October 23, 2015. 

The initial disclosures shall include a production of documents. 

Plaintiff agreed to submit to an independent medical examination, if Defendant requests.

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Case No. 15-CV-02320-LHK

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The Court will not bifurcate the trial on liability and damages.

The Court set the following case schedule:

Scheduled Event Date

Last Day to Amend the Pleadings/Add Parties November 23, 2015

Opening Expert Reports March 31, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports April 21, 2016

Close of Expert and Fact Discovery May 12, 2016

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions

(one per side in the entire case)

June 2, 2016

Hearing on Dispositive Motions July 14, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. 

Final Pretrial Conference September 8, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. 

Jury Trial October 3, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. 

Length of Trial 3 days

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 24, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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