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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BARBARA JEAN WARDROBE-FOX,

Plaintiff,

v. NO. CIV. 2:05-CV-1447 WBS JFM

NCO FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendant.

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AMENDED STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

This matter having been referred back by the

Magistrate Judge, and the parties having requested a continuance

of the original dates as set forth in the status order of

December 12, 2005, it is hereby ordered as follows.

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 under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b).

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

No further joinder of parties or amendments to

pleadings is permitted except with leave of court, good cause

having been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). See 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

(federal question)and 15 U.S.C. § 1692, et seq. (Fair Debt

Collection Practices Act). The plaintiff states that she would

have preferred this matter remain in local state small claims

court. Venue is undisputed and hereby found to be proper.

 IV. DISCOVERY

The parties have stipulated that all discovery is left

open, save and except that it shall be so conducted as to be

completed by June 1, 2006. The word "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 and so

that such motions may be heard (and any resulting orders obeyed)

not later than June 1, 2006. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

 Motions pertaining to discovery matters shall be filed

on or before July 13, 2006. Dispositive motions shall be noticed

to be heard by August 10, 2006. All motions shall be noticed for

the next available hearing date. Counsel are cautioned to refer

to the local rules regarding the requirements for noticing and

opposing such motions on the court's regularly scheduled law and

motion calendar. 

VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for September 25,

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2006 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be

attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the

trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for

trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial statements,

and are referred to Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282 relating to the

contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to

those subjects listed in Local Rule 16-281(b), the parties are to

provide the court with: (1) a plain, concise statement which

identifies every non-discovery motion which has been tendered to

the court, and its resolution; (2) a list of the remaining claims

as against each defendant; and (3) the estimated number of trial

days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by

Local Rule 16-281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the

claims that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively pled

defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury, the

parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case,

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

VII. TRIAL SETTING

The jury trial is set for December 12, 2006, at 9:00

a.m. in Courtroom No. 5.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the

Pretrial Conference.

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All parties should be prepared to 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 the Settlement Conference or to

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

seven calendar days before the Settlement Conference counsel for

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference

Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be disclosed

to the trial judge.

IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this

Scheduling Order, except requests to change the dates of the

final Pretrial Conference or trial, may be heard and decided by

the assigned Magistrate Judge. All requests to change the dates

of the Pretrial Conference and/or trial shall be heard and

decided only by the undersigned judge.

DATED: April 10, 2006

 

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