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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Davida Guse,

Plaintiff, 

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Alhambra School District Number 68, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 04-2666-PHX-SMM

ORDER RE: FINAL PRETRIAL

CONFERENCE

A Final Pretrial Conference has been set in this case for October 24, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that, if this case shall be tried to a jury, the attorneys who will be

responsible for the trial of the lawsuit shall prepare and sign a Proposed Pretrial Order and

submit it to the Court no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 29, 2006. In addition to filing

a written copy of the Proposed Pretrial Order with the Court, the parties shall also submit a

copy of the Final Pretrial Order on an IBM-compatible computer disk in WordPerfect® 7.0

format. (360K, 720K, 1.24K, and 1.44K diskettes are all acceptable).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the content of the Proposed Pretrial Order shall

include, but not be limited to, that prescribed in the Form of Pretrial Order attached hereto.

Statements made shall not be in the form of a question, but should be a concise narrative

statement of each party's contention as to each uncontested and contested issue.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(c) that

the Court will not allow the parties to offer any exhibits, witnesses, or other information that

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were not previously disclosed in accordance with the provisions of this Order and/or the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or not listed in the Proposed Pretrial Order, except for

good cause. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the parties to exchange drafts of the

Proposed Pretrial Order no later than fourteen (14) days before the submission deadline.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file and serve all motions in

limine no later than September 29, 2006. Each motion in limine shall include the legal basis

supporting it. Responses to motions in limine are due October 6, 2006. No replies will be

permitted. The attorneys for all parties shall come to the Final Pretrial Conference prepared

to address the merits of all such motions.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the parties to complete the following tasks

by the time of the filing of the Proposed Pretrial Order if they intend to try the case before

a jury:

(1) The parties shall jointly file a description of the case to be read to the jury.

(2) The parties shall jointly file a proposed set of voir dire questions. The voir dire

questions shall be drafted in a neutral manner. To the extent possible, the parties shall

stipulate to the proposed voir dire questions. If the parties have any disagreement

about a particular question, the party or parties objecting shall state the reason for

their objection below the question.

(3) The parties shall file a proposed set of stipulated jury instructions. The

instructions shall be accompanied by citations to legal authority. If a party believes

that a proposed instruction is a correct statement of the law, but the facts will not

warrant the giving of the instructions, the party shall so state. The party who believes

that the facts will not warrant the particular instruction shall provide an alternative

instruction with appropriate citations to legal authority.

(4) Each party shall submit a form of verdict to be given to the jury at the end of

the trial.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the parties to submit their proposed voir dire

questions, joint statement of the case, and stipulated jury instructions on IBM-PC compatible

computer disk in WordPerfect® 7.0 format in addition to the written materials filed with the

Clerk of the Court. (360K, 720K, 1.24K, and 1.44K diskettes are all acceptable).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if the case will be tried to the Court, rather than

to a jury, instead of filing a Proposed Pretrial Order, each party shall submit proposed

findings of fact and conclusions of law by the same date the Proposed Pretrial Order is due.

These proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be submitted in both written

copy and on an IBM-compatible computer disk in WordPerfect® 7.0 format. (360K, 720K,

1.24K, and 1.44K diskettes are all acceptable).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall keep the Court apprised of the

possibility of settlement and should settlement be reached, the parties shall file a Notice of

Settlement with the Clerk of the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Court views compliance with the provisions

of this Order as critical to its case management responsibilities and the responsibilities of the

parties under Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

DATED this 5th day of September, 2006.

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