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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANDREA BIRDWELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

WAL-MART STORES, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-04051-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE 

COMPLETED BY: April 1, 2016 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Only with Court Approval 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: August 1, 2016 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED): Opening: September 1, 2016 

Rebuttal: September 15, 2016 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: September 30, 2016 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE 

HEARD BY: November 8, 2016 [filed by 10/11/16] 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, December 16, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: January 6, 2017 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, January 20, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, February 6, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. for 

5 days (Jury Trial) 

 

1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for summary 

judgment. 

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance 

hearing on Friday, December 16, 2016 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have 

reviewed the Court’s Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The 

compliance hearing shall be held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) business days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the 

parties shall file a one-page JOINT STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this 

requirement or explaining their failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not 

appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be 

allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may 

result in sanctions. 

 As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall provide the 

Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by January 1, 2016, by filing a JOINT Notice. A 

compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, January 8, 2016 on the Court's 9:01a.m. 

calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in courtroom 1. By 

January 1, 2016, the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice or a one-page JOINT STATEMENT 

setting forth an explanation for their failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need 

not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be 

allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

December 9, 2015

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