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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IVAN PENA, et al., 

NO. CIV. S-09-1185 KJM CMK

Plaintiffs,

v. STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

ORDER

WILFREDO CID,

Defendant.

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An initial scheduling conference was held in this case on August 30, 2012;

Donald Kilmer appeared for plaintiffs; Anthony Hakl appeared for defendant. Having reviewed

the parties’ Joint Status Report filed on August 23, 2012, and discussed a schedule for the case

with counsel at the hearing, the court makes the following orders:

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

All named defendants have been served and no further service is permitted

without leave of court, good cause having been shown.

II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS

No further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is permitted without

leave of court, good cause having been shown. See FED. R. CIV. P. 16(b); Johnson v. Mammoth

Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992).

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III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Jurisdiction and venue are not

disputed.

IV. DISCOVERY

Initial disclosures as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a) have been

completed. Any supplemental disclosures shall be completed within fourteen days. In this

context, “completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions

have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate

order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All

motions to compel discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance

with the local rules of this court. While the assigned magistrate judge reviews proposed

discovery phase protective orders, requests to seal or redact are decided by Judge Mueller as

discussed in more detail below.

V. DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESSES

All counsel are to designate in writing, file with the court, and serve upon all

other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert that they propose to tender

at trial not later than March 8, 2013. The designation shall be accompanied by a written report

prepared and signed by the witness. The report shall comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B). 

By March 29, 2013, any party who previously disclosed expert witnesses may submit a

supplemental list of expert witnesses who will express an opinion on a subject covered by an

expert designated by an adverse party, if the party supplementing an expert witness designation

has not previously retained an expert to testify on that subject. The supplemental designation

shall be accompanied by a written report, which shall also comply with the conditions stated

above.

Failure of a party to comply with the disclosure schedule as set forth above in all

likelihood will preclude that party from calling the expert witness at the time of trial. An expert

witness not appearing on the designation will not be permitted to testify unless the party offering

the witness demonstrates: (a) that the necessity for the witness could not have been reasonably

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anticipated at the time the list was proffered; (b) that the court and opposing counsel were

promptly notified upon discovery of the witness; and (c) that the witness was promptly made

available for deposition.

For purposes of this scheduling order, an “expert” is any person who may be used

at trial to present evidence under Rules 702, 703 and 705 of the Federal Rules of Evidence,

which include both “percipient experts” (persons who, because of their expertise, have rendered

expert opinions in the normal course of their work duties or observations pertinent to the issues

in the case) and “retained experts” (persons specifically designated by a party to be a testifying

expert for the purposes of litigation). A party shall identify whether a disclosed expert is

percipient, retained, or both. It will be assumed that a party designating a retained expert has

acquired the express permission of the witness to be so listed. Parties designating percipient

experts must state in the designation who is responsible for arranging the deposition of such

persons.

All experts designated are to be fully prepared at the time of designation to render

an informed opinion, and give the bases for their opinion, so that they will be able to give full

and complete testimony at any deposition taken by the opposing party. Experts will not be

permitted to testify at trial as to any information gathered or evaluated, or opinion formed, after

deposition taken subsequent to designation. All expert discovery shall be completed by May 3,

2013.

VI. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

The parties anticipate that the case will be resolved on cross-motions for summary

judgment. 

All dispositive motions, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining

orders or other emergency applications, shall be heard no later than June 28, 2013. The parties

may obtain available hearing dates by calling Casey Schultz, the Courtroom Deputy, at (916)

930-4193.

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All purely legal issues are to be resolved by timely pretrial motions. Local Rule

230 governs the calendaring and procedures of civil motions; the following provisions also

apply:

(a) The opposition and reply must be filed by 4:00 p.m. on the day due; and

(b) When the last day for filing an opposition brief falls on a legal holiday, the

opposition brief shall be filed on the last court day immediately preceding

the legal holiday.

Failure to comply with Local Rule 230(c), as modified by this order, may be deemed consent to

the motion and the court may dispose of the motion summarily. Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651,

652-53 (9th Cir. 1994). 

The court places a page limit of twenty (20) pages on all moving papers, twenty

(20) pages on oppositions, and ten (10) pages for replies. All requests for page limit increases

must be made through the courtroom deputy clerk at least fourteen (14) days prior to the filing of

the motion.

Prior to filing a motion in a case in which the parties are represented by counsel,

counsel shall engage in a pre-filing meet and confer to discuss thoroughly the substance of the

contemplated motion and any potential resolution. Plaintiff’s counsel should carefully evaluate

the defendant’s contentions as to deficiencies in the complaint and in many instances the party

considering a motion should agree to any amendment that would cure a curable defect. Counsel

should discuss the issues sufficiently so that if a motion of any kind is filed, including for

summary judgment, the briefing is directed only to those substantive issues requiring resolution

by the court. Counsel should resolve minor procedural or other non-substantive matters during

the meet and confer. A notice of motion shall contain a certification by counsel filing the

motion that meet and confer efforts have been exhausted, with a brief summary of meet

and confer efforts.

The parties are reminded that a motion in limine is a pretrial procedural device

designed to address the admissibility of evidence. The court looks with disfavor upon

dispositional motions presented at the Final Pretrial Conference or at trial in the guise of motions

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in limine. Although all motions in limine must be filed in conjunction with the joint pretrial

statement, the court will hear only those motions it has identified to counsel before the hearing

date. 

The parties are cautioned that failure to raise a dispositive legal issue that could

have been tendered to the court by proper pretrial motion prior to the dispositive motion cut-off

date may constitute waiver of such issue. 

VII. SEALING

No document will be sealed, nor shall a redacted document be filed, without the

prior approval of the court. If a document for which sealing or redaction is sought relates to the

record on a motion to be decided by Judge Mueller, the request to seal or redact should be

directed to her and not the assigned Magistrate Judge. All requests to seal or redact shall be

governed by Local Rules 141 (sealing) and 140 (redaction); protective orders covering the

discovery phase of litigation shall not govern the filing of sealed or redacted documents on the

public docket. The court will only consider requests to seal or redact filed by the proponent of

sealing or redaction. If a party plans to make a filing that includes material an opposing party

has identified as confidential and potentially subject to sealing, the filing party shall provide the

opposing party with sufficient notice in advance of filing to allow for the seeking of an order of

sealing or redaction from the court.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

No settlement conference is currently scheduled. A settlement conference may be

set anytime at the parties’ request. In the event that a settlement conference date or referral to

the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program (VDRP) is requested, the parties shall file said

request jointly, in writing. The parties should advise the court whether they will stipulate to the

trial judge acting as settlement judge and waive disqualification by virtue thereof.

Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority present at

any Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least

seven (7) calendar days before the Settlement Conference, counsel for each party shall submit to

the chambers of the settlement judge a confidential Settlement Conference Statement. Such

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statements are neither to be filed with the Clerk nor served on opposing counsel. Each party,

however, shall serve notice on all other parties that the statement has been submitted. If the

settlement judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference Statement shall not be

disclosed to the trial judge.

IX. ADDITIONAL DATES

Any additional dates will be set at a further status conference if needed. 

X. MODIFICATION OF STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

The parties are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order shall not be modified except by leave of court

upon a showing of good cause. Agreement by the parties pursuant to stipulation alone does not

constitute good cause. Except in extraordinary circumstances, unavailability of witnesses or

counsel does not constitute good cause.

XI. OBJECTIONS TO STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

This Status Order will become final without further order of the court unless

objections are filed within fourteen (14) calendar days of service of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 18, 2012. 

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