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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN O’QUINN,

Plaintiff,

v.

RALEY’S AND BEL AIR, a

California Corporation; 

JOYCE RALEY TELL, an

individual; MICHAEL J. TEEL,

an individual,

Defendants.

_____________________________/

No. 2:02-cv-0308-MCE-GGH

ORDER

After reviewing the parties’ January 9, 2006 Joint Status 

Report, the Court makes the following order.

I. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for November 7, 2006 at

1:30 p.m. At least one of the attorneys who will conduct the

trial for each of the parties shall attend the Final Pretrial

Conference. 

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If by reason of illness or other unavoidable circumstance a

trial attorney is unable to attend, the attorney who attends in

place of the trial attorney shall have equal familiarity with the

case and equal authorization to make commitments on behalf of the

client.

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for trial

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

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. 

The parties shall file, not later than October 24, 2006, a

joint pretrial statement. The provisions of Local Rules 16-281

shall apply with respect to the matters to be included in the

joint pretrial statement. In addition to those subjects listed

in Local Rule 16-281(b), the parties are to provide the court

with a plain, concise statement that identifies every nondiscovery motion tendered to the court and its resolution. 

Failure to comply with Local Rule 16-281, as modified by this

order, may be grounds for sanctions. 

At the time of filing the Final Pretrial Conference

Statement, counsel shall also electronically mail to the court in

digital format compatible with Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, the

joint pretrial statement in its entirety including the witness

and exhibit lists. These documents shall be sent to:

mceorders@caed.uscourts.gov.

The parties should identify first the core undisputed facts

relevant to all claims. The parties should then, in a concise

manner, identify those undisputed core facts that are relevant to

each claim. 

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The disputed facts should be identified in the same manner. 

Where the parties are unable to agree as to what disputed facts

are properly before the court for trial, they should nevertheless

list all disputed facts asserted by each party. 

Each disputed fact or undisputed fact should be separately

numbered or lettered. 

Each party shall identify and concisely list each disputed

evidentiary issue which will be the subject of a motion in

limine.

Each party shall identify the points of law which concisely

describe the legal issues of the trial which will be discussed in

the parties’ respective trial briefs. Points of law should

reflect issues derived from the core undisputed and disputed

facts. Parties shall not include argument or authorities with

any point of law.

The parties shall prepare a joint statement of the case in 

plain concise language which will be read to the jury at the

beginning of the trial. The purpose of the joint statement is to

inform the jury what the case is about.

The parties are reminded that pursuant to Local Rule 16-281 

they are required to list in the Final Pretrial Conference

Statement all witnesses and exhibits they propose to offer at

trial. After the name of each witness, each party shall provide

a brief statement of the nature of the testimony to be proffered. 

The parties may file a joint list or each party may file separate

lists. 

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These list(s) shall not be contained in the body of the Final

Pretrial Conference Statement itself, but shall be attached as

separate documents to be used as addenda to the Final Pretrial

Order. 

Plaintiff’s exhibits shall be listed numerically. 

Defendants’ exhibits shall be listed alphabetically. The parties

shall use the standard exhibit stickers provided by the court:

pink for plaintiff and blue for defendant. In the event that the

alphabet is exhausted, the exhibits shall be marked “AA-ZZ” and

“AAA-ZZZ” etc. All multi page exhibits shall be stapled or

otherwise fastened together and each page within the exhibit

shall be numbered. The list of exhibits shall not include

excerpts of depositions, which may be used to impeach witnesses. 

In the event that plaintiff(s) and defendant(s) offer the same

exhibit during trial, that exhibit shall be referred to by the

designation the exhibit is first identified. The court cautions

the parties to pay attention to this detail so that all

concerned, including the jury, will not be confused by one

exhibit being identified with both a number and a letter. 

The Final Pretrial Order will contain a stringent standard

for the offering at trial of witnesses and exhibits not listed in

the Final Pretrial Order, and the parties are cautioned that the

standard will be strictly applied. On the other hand, the

listing of exhibits or witnesses that a party does not intend to

offer will be viewed as an abuse of the court’s processes.

Counsel shall produce all trial exhibits to Amanda

Souvannarath, the Courtroom Clerk, no later than 3:00 p.m. on

December 6, 2006.

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 The parties also are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure it will be their duty at the

Final Pretrial Conference to aid the court in: (a) the 

formulation and simplification of issues and the elimination of

frivolous claims or defenses; (b) the settling of facts that

should properly be admitted; and (c) the avoidance of unnecessary

proof and cumulative evidence. Counsel must cooperatively

prepare the joint Final Pretrial Conference Statement and

participate in good faith at the Final Pretrial Conference with

these aims in mind. A failure to do so may result in the

imposition of sanctions which may include monetary sanctions,

orders precluding proof, elimination of claims or defenses, or

such other sanctions as the court deems appropriate.

II. TRIAL SETTING

The trial is set for December 13, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. Trial

will be by jury. The panel will consist of nine (9) jurors. The

parties estimate a trial length of fourteen (14) days.

III. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

No settlement conference is currently scheduled. A

settlement conference may be set at the parties’ request. In the

event a settlement conference date is requested, the parties

shall file said request jointly, in writing. 

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 (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. 

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Such 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.

After the Final Pretrial Conference, the court will not set

a settlement conference. The parties are free, however, to

continue to mediate or attempt to settle the case with the

understanding that the trial date is a firm date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 13, 2006

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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