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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LIVINGSTON & MATTESICH LAW

CORPORATION, 

 NO. CIV. S-05-0393 WBS/DAD

Plaintiff,

v.

ARIZONA BEVERAGE COMPANY LLC, 

a New York limited liability

company; BEVERAGE MARKETING

USA, INC., a New York business

corporation; FEROLITO AND 

VULTAGGIO LTD., a New York

business corporation; FEROLITO

VULTAGGIO & SONS, a business 

entity of unknown form; and

HORNELL BREWING COMPANY, INC.,

a New York business corporation,

Defendants.

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

After reviewing Plaintiff's Status Report, the court

hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

scheduled for June 20, 2005, and makes the following findings

and orders without needing to consult with the parties any

further:

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

All named defendants have been served and no further

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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 without 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).

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1332

(diversity). Venue is found to be proper predicated upon 28

U.S.C. § 1391 (a)(2).

 IV. DISCOVERY

Both parties will serve initial disclosures required

by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (a)(1) by not later than July 13, 2005. 

Each party shall disclose experts and produce reports

in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by no later than

August 17, 2005.

 With regard to expert testimony intended solely for

rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed and reports produced

in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) on or before

September 21, 2005.

All discovery, including depositions for preservation

of testimony, is left open, save and except that it shall be so

conducted as to be completed by February 9, 2006. The word

"completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted so

that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relevant to

discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if

necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has

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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 February 9, 2006.

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances,

temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications,

shall be filed on or before March 20, 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 May 22, 2006

at 10:00 a.m. 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 made to the

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

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

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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 trial is set for July 18, 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.

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

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

decided only by the undersigned judge.

DATED: June 7, 2005.

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