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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

David Halterman,

Plaintiff,

 v.

EMC Corporation, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 04-02660 JW 

ORDER FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 

On November 21, 2005, the Court conducted a preliminary pretrial conference. The Court orders

the parties to comply with the following:

A. Meet and Confer Requirement

1. On or before March 22, 2006, the parties shall meet and confer with respect to the Joint

Pretrial Conference Statement, submission of a joint list of witnesses, a joint list of trial exhibits and a joint

list of discovery material which each party intends to offer in evidence as a part of its case-in-chief. Unless

objections are made in accord with this Order, all witnesses, exhibits and discovery material contained on

the joint submission shall be deemed admissible into evidence by stipulation.

B. Objections and Lodging Disputed Material with the Court

2. If a party objects to receipt into evidence of a witness, exhibits or discovery response, the

party shall advise all opposing parties during the conference and attempt to resolve the dispute. If the

parties are unsuccessful in resolving the dispute, any party wishing to object to receipt of the testimony of

any witness, any exhibit or discovery response into evidence shall lodge with Chambers a copy of the

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disputed material on or before March 31, 2006, together with a brief statement of the objection and any

response by the proffering party. The Court will indicate on the submitted copy whether the objection is

overruled or sustained and return the material to counsel.

C. Lodging Joint Pretrial Conference Statement and In Limine Motions

3. On or before March 31, 2006, the parties shall file and lodge with Chambers the following:

a. Joint Pretrial Conference Statement: The parties shall file a joint pretrial statement

which shall contain the following information: (1) a brief description of the substance of

each claim which remains to be decided (the description must list the essential elements

which the party contends it must prove in order to prevail on each claim); (2) as to each

claim, a detailed statement of all the relief requested, particularly itemizing the amount of

damages being requested; (3) as to each claim, a description of each defense which is being

asserted; (4) a plain and concise statement of any relevant facts not disputed to which the

parties stipulate; (5) a list of all fact witnesses likely to be called at trial, other than solely for

impeachment or rebuttal; (6) a list of all expert witnesses and the field of expertise in which

the witness is tendered as an expert; (7) an estimate of the number of hours needed for the

presentation of each party's case; and (8) any other subjects relevant to the trial of the

action, or material to its just, speedy and inexpensive determination. 

Counsel are directed to meet and confer in advance of the date for submission of

pretrial material with respect to the pretrial conference statement.

b. In Limine Motions: Any In limine motions shall be filed in writing and submitted

along with the Joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement. Any opposition shall be filed in

writing and served on or before April 21, 2006. These motions will be deemed submitted

without oral argument, unless the Court orders otherwise.

D. Final Pretrial Conference

4. The Court will conduct a Final Pretrial Conference with the parties on May 1, 2006 at 3:00

p.m. The trial attorneys must attend the conference. At the final pretrial conference the Court will consider

issues raised in the Final Pretrial Conference Statement, motions in limine and discuss the procedures for

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trial of the case.

E. Lodging Witness Lists, Exhibit Lists and Proposed Jury Instructions

5. On May 16, 2006, the parties shall lodge with Chambers the joint list of witnesses, and a

joint list of exhibits. Unless otherwise ordered, all exhibits shall be in a format compatible with either the

video or digital evidence presentation system utilized by the Court. The proffering party shall retain custody

of all exhibits, schedules, summaries, diagrams or charts to be used at the trial. 

6. Upon request, in noncomplex cases the Court will excuse the parties from using electronic

formatted documents. In that event on the first day of trial, the parties shall submit exhibits as follows:

a. A copy for the trial judge;

b. A copy for the witness stand. The Court prefers the parties to prepare a binder for

each witness, which contains only those documents pertinent to that witness.

c. No duplicates of a document shall be submitted, unless the duplicate copy has

independent evidentiary value to prove some disputed issue of material fact (e.g., date stamp to prove

receipt on a particular date, where date of receipt is a disputed issue of a material fact).

7. At the Final Pretrial Conference, the parties shall submit proposed jury instructions and

verdict forms on both hard copy and disk format. The Court will give the preliminary instructions contained

in the Model Jury Instructions of the Ninth Circuit at the beginning of the trial and will give the standard

closing instructions Model Jury Instructions of the Ninth Circuit prior to closing argument. The parties need

not submit preliminary or introductory closing instructions, unless they wish the Court to consider giving a

particular instruction. 

8. If the parties are unable to agree on a particular substantive instruction, the set of

instructions submitted by the parties shall contain each party's version of the contested instruction containing

a citation of authority for the instruction.

F. Proposed Findings (Nonjury Trials)

9. In nonjury trials, on the first day of trial, each party shall submit its proposed findings of

fact and conclusions of law.

G. Trial Schedule

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10. Pursuant to stipulation, the trial schedule for this case will be as follows: May 17, 18, 19,

23, 24, 25, 30 and June 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

11. The time allowed for trial shall be divided equally between the plaintiff’s side and the

defendant’s side. Co-parties are ordered to meet, confer and agree to an allocation among themselves. A

party may spend its allocated time presenting its own case or on cross-examination of witnesses called by

other parties or for presentation of a counterclaim. When a party's allocated time period has expired,

unless otherwise ordered for good cause shown, no further time will be allowed to that party if it would

interfere with the ability of the opposing party to present its case.

Dated: November 29, 2005

04eciv2660pptc

 /s/ James Ware 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

David Angle dave@daveangle.com

Gary R. Siniscalco grsiniscalco@orrick.com

Jeffrey A. Ross jeffross@dicksonross.com

Kathryn Burkett Dickson kbdickson@dicksonross.com

Leah Linda Scholer lscholer@orrick.com

Lynne C. Hermle lchermle@orrick.com

Michael D. Weil mweil@orrick.com

Leanne J. Fitzgerald

EMC Corporation

2350 West El Camino Real

Mountain View, CA 94040

Dated: November 29, 2005 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Ronald L. Davis

Courtroom Deputy

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