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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOLORES GALINDO,

Plaintiff(s), No. C 03-3671 PJH 

v. REVISED CASE MANAGEMENT

AND PRETRIAL ORDER

AMERICAN AIRLINES,

Defendant(s).

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The August 1, 2005, trial date having beenVACATED, trial is tentatively rescheduled for

September12,2005,trailing anotherpreviouslyscheduled case. The court will advise the parties

as soonas possible whetherthis date is firm or not. The following pretrial instructions supersede

any prior instructions.

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE

TRIAL DATE: Monday, , at 8:30 a.m., Courtroom 3, 17th Fl.

JURY [x] COURT [ ]

TRIAL LENGTH: No more than 8 days.

PRETRIAL INSTRUCTIONS

A. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

1. Each party shall attend personally or by counsel who will try the case.

2. Not less than forty (40) calendar days prior to the pretrial conference, all counsel

and/or parties shall meet and confer regarding preparation of the joint pretrial statement.

3. Not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the pretrial conference, counsel

and/or parties shall:

a. Serve and file ajointpretrialstatement.(Separatelyfiled statements will not

be accepted by the court and monetarysanctions will be imposed uponthe

party failing to cooperate in the preparation of a joint statement).

The pretrial statement shall include the disclosures required byFed. R. Civ.

P. 26(a)(3) as well as the following:

(i) A brief description of the substance of the claims and defenses

which remain to be decided.

(ii) A detailed statement of all relief sought, itemizing all elements of

damages claimed.

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(iii) A statement of all relevant undisputed facts to which the parties will

stipulate for incorporation into the trial record without the necessity

of supporting testimony or exhibits.

(iv) A statement of all relevant disputed facts which remain to be

decided.

(v) A statement of stipulations requested or proposed.

(vi) A brief statement of disputed points of law concerning liability and

relief. Legal argument on these points shall be reserved for the trial

briefs.

(vii) A statement of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of specific

issues is feasible and desired.

(viii) A statement summarizing the status of settlement negotiations and

indicating whether further negotiations are likely to be productive.

b. Serve and file trialbriefs (notto exceed 25 pages), whichshall specifyeach

cause of action and defense remaining to be tried along with a statement

of the applicable legal standard (no opposition shall be filed);

c Serve and file motions in limine, whichshall be contained in one document

and shall not exceed 25 pages:

d. Serve and file a list of depositionexcerpts for witnesses who will not testify

in person, (specifying the witness, page and line references) and other

discovery responses that will be offered at trial;

e. Serve and file a list of all witnesses to be called at trial, in person or by

deposition, other than solely for impeachment or rebuttal, with a brief

statement describing the substance of the testimony to be given;

f. Serve and file a numerical list of exhibits that will be offered as evidence in

a party's case in chiefin support of a claimor defense,with a brief statement

describing the substance and purpose of each exhibit and the name of the

sponsoring witness;

g. Exchange exhibits whichshall be premarked, tabbedand inbinders.Plaintiff

shall use numbers (1,2, 3, etc.) and defendant shall use numbers preceded

by a letter (A-1, A-2, A-3, etc.). Additional parties shall also use a letter

preceding numbers (B-1, B-2, B-3, or C-1, C-2, C-3, etc.).

h. Submit two sets for jurytrials and three sets for court trials of all premarked

exhibits to the Clerk's Office (exhibits are not filed);

I. Serve and file any request regarding the treatment of confidential or sealed

documents.

j. Serve and file proposed joint voirdire questions and joint juryinstructions for

cases to be tried by jury;

k. Serve and file proposed findings of fact and conclusions oflawfor cases to

be tried by the court.

l. Serve and file a proposed verdict form which contains no reference to

submitting party.

4. No party shall be permitted to call any witness or offer any exhibit in its case in chief that

is not disclosed in these pretrial filings without leave of court and for good cause.

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5. Not less than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the pretrial conference, counsel

and/or parties shall serve and file any opposition to a motion in limine. No replies shall be filed.

All motions shall be heard at the pretrial conference unless otherwise ordered. The parties shall

notfile separate objections, apart from those contained in the motions in limine, to the opposing

party's exhibit list or discovery designations.

C. JURY TRIAL

Jury Selection shall proceed as follows: The Jury Commissioner will summon 20 t0 25

prospective jurors. The Courtroom Deputy will select theirnames atrandom and seatthem in the

courtroom in the order in which their names are called. Voir dire will be conducted of sufficient

venire members so thatsix to eight will remainafter all peremptorychallenges and an anticipated

number of hardship dismissals and cause challenges have been made.

The court will then take cause challenges and discuss hardship claims at side bar. The

court will inform counsel whichhardship claims and cause challenges will be granted, but will not

announce those dismissals untilthe selectionprocess is completed. Peremptory challenges will

be made in writing and passed between counsel. The court will strike at one time those with

meritorious hardship claims, those excused for cause, and those challenged peremptorily, and

then seat the first six to eight people remaining in numerical order.

The attached voir dire questionnaire shall be given to the venire members and copies of

the responses willbemadeavailable to counselat the beginning of voirdire. Counsel shall submit

a joint set of additional voir dire questions to be posed by the court. Any voir dire questions on

whichcounsel cannot agree may be submitted separately. Counsel will be permitted brief followup voir dire after the court's questioning.

The following jury instructions from the Ninth CircuitManualof Model Jury Instructions Civil

(2001 Edition) shall be given absent objection: 1.1 - 1.14, 2.1 - 2.2, 3.1 - 3.3. 3.5 - 3.7, 

4.1 - 4.4. Counsel shall submit a joint set of case specific instructions using the Ninth Circuit

Manual where appropriate. Do not submit duplicates of those instructions listed above. Any

instructions on which counsel cannot agree may be submitted separately. Each instruction shall

be typed in full on a separate page with citations to the authority upon which it is based and a

reference to the partysubmitting it. A second blind copy of each instruction shall also be submitted

omitting the citation to authority and the reference to the submitting party, but retaining the title of

the instruction.

D. TRIAL SCHEDULE

The court's trial schedule is 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with two fifteen-minute breaks, on

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 8, 2005

______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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CONFIDENTIAL

JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print clearly. This will assist the judge and

the lawyers in selecting a jury and will save time for them and for you. Because copies will be

made for the attorneys and the judge, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more

room, continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your cooperation.

1. Your name: 

2. Your age: 

3. City in which you reside: 

4. If you have lived there for fewer than five years, where did you live before:

__________________________________________________________

5. Your place of birth: 

6. Your marital status: (circle one)

single married separated divorced widowed

7. What is your occupation and how long have you worked in it? 

 (If you are retired, please describe your main occupation when you were working).

8. Who is (or was) your employer? _________________________________

9. If you have held this job for fewer than five years, describe your previous job:

____________________________________________________________

10. If you are married, please list your spouse's occupation.

11. If you have children, please list their ages and genders and, if they are employed, please

give their occupations.

12. Please describe your education background:

Highest grade completed: 

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College and/or vocational schools you have attended:

Major areas of study: 

13. Have you served in the military? _________________________________

14. Have you ever had jury experience? No. of times? 

If yes: State/County Court Federal Court 

When? 

Was it a civil or criminal case? 

Did any of the juries reach a verdict? 

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