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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARTIN COLDWELL, CASE NO. CV-F-07-1131 LJO SMS

Plaintiff, 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

vs.

Expert

COUNTY OF FRESNO, et. al, Disclosure: September 4, 2008

Defendant. Supplemental

Expert Disclosure: September 18, 2008

Nonexpert

Discovery Cutoff: October 27, 2008

Expert

Discovery Cutoff: November 24, 2008

Pretrial

Motion Filing

Deadline: December 19, 2008

Pretrial Motion

Hearing Deadline: January 23, 2009

Settlement Conf.: Date: July 22, 2008

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Dept: 7 (SMS)

Pretrial Conf.: Date: Feb. 4, 2009

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept.: 4 (LJO)

Jury Trial: Date: Mar. 23, 2009

(7 days est.) Time: 9:00 a.m. 

 / Dept.: 8 (LJO)

This Court conducted a January 15, 2008 scheduling conference. Plaintiff Martin Coldwell

appeared by telephone by counsel Bruce Nickerson. Defendants appeared by telephone by counsel

Michael Woods. Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 16(b), this Court sets a schedule for this action.

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1. Consent To Magistrate Judge

The parties do not consent to the conduct of all further proceedings, including trial, before a

United States Magistrate Judge.

2. Expert Witnesses

Initial expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than September 4, 2008.

Supplemental expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than September 18, 2008.

Such disclosures must be made pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) and shall include all

information required thereunder. In addition, F.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4) and F.R.Civ.P. 26(e) shall specifically

apply to all discovery relating to expert witnesses and their opinions. Each expert witness must be fully

prepared to be examined on all subjects and opinions included in the designations. Failure to comply

with these requirements will result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions, which may include the

preclusion of testimony or other evidence offered through the expert witness. In particular, this Court

will enforce preclusion of testimony or other evidence for failure to strictly comply with F.R.Civ.P.

26(e).

3. Discovery Cutoffs

All nonexpert discovery and related discovery motions (including motions to compel) shall be

completed or heard no later than October 27, 2008. All expert discovery and related discovery motions

(including motions to compel) shall be completed or heard no later than November 24, 2008. 

4. Pretrial Motion Schedule

All pretrial motions, both dispositive and nondispositive (except discovery motions addressed

above), shall be served and filed no later than December 19, 2008. All pretrial dispositive and

nondispositive motions (except discovery motions addressed above) shall be set before the appropriate

judge for a hearing to be conducted no later than January 23, 2009. 

At the pretrial conference, the Court will set filing and hearing dates for motions in limine.

5. Mandatory Settlement Conference

This Court sets a settlement conference for July 22, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. in Department 7 (SMS)

before United States Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder. Unless otherwise permitted in advance by the

Court, the attorneys who will try the case shall appear at the settlement conference with the parties and

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the person or persons having full authority to negotiate and settle the case, on any terms, at the

conference. 

No later than five Court days before the settlement conference, each party shall submit

directly to the settlement conference judge’s chambers a confidential settlement conference statement.

This statement should neither be filed with the clerk of the Court nor served on any other party. Each

statement shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL” with the date and time of the mandatory

settlement conference indicated prominently. Counsel are urged to request the return of their statements.

If such request is not made, the Court will dispose of the statement.

The confidential settlement conference statement shall include the following: 

A. A brief statement of the facts of the case; 

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses (i.e., statutory or other grounds upon which

the claims or defenses are based), a forthright evaluation of the parties' likelihood of prevailing on the

claims and defenses, and a description of the major issues in dispute;

C. A summary of the proceedings to date;

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further pretrial and trial matters,

including discovery;

E. The relief sought; and

F. The party's position on settlement, including the amount which or otherwise what the

party will accept to settle, realistic settlement expectations, present demands and offers, and a history

of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands.

This Court will vacate the settlement conference if the Courtfinds the settlement conference will

be neither productive nor meaningful to attempt to resolve all or part of this case. As far in advance of

the settlement conference as possible, a party shall inform the Court and other parties that it believes the

case is not in a settlement posture so the Court may vacate orreset the settlement conference. Otherwise

the parties shall proceed with the settlement conference in good faith to attempt to resolve all or part of

the case.

6. Pretrial Conference

A pretrial conference is set for February 4, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 4 (LJO) of this

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Court. The parties are directed to file a joint pretrial statement which complies with the requirements

of this Court’s Local Rule 16-281. In addition, the joint pretrial statement should include a brief factual

summary and an agreed upon neutral statement of the case. An additional copy of the joint pretrial

statement, carefully prepared and executed by all counsel, shall be electronically filed in CM/ECF and

shall be e-mailed in WordPerfect format to ljoorders@caed.uscourts.gov.

The parties’ attention is directed to this Court’s Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282. This Court will

insist upon strict compliance with those rules.

At the pretrial conference, the Court will set deadlines, among others, to file motions in limine,

final witness and exhibits lists, objections thereto, and other trial documents.

7. Trial Date

A 7 day jury trial is set for March 23, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 4 (LJO) of this Court.

8. Effect Of This Order

This order represents the best estimate of the Court and parties as to the agenda most suitable to

dispose of this case. If the parties determine at any time that the schedule outlined in this order cannot

be met, the parties are ordered to notify the Court immediately of that fact so that adjustments may be

made, either by stipulation or by subsequent status conference. Stipulations extending the deadlines

contained herein will not be considered unless they are accompanied by affidavits or declarations with

attached exhibits, where appropriate, which establish good cause for granting the relief requested.

Failure to comply with this order shall result in the imposition of sanctions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 15, 2008 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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