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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAVE MART SUPERMARKETS, CASE NO. CV F 07-1572 LJO SMS

Plaintiff, 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

vs.

Expert

ALBERTSON’S LLC, Disclosure: July 23, 2008

Defendant. Supplemental

Expert Disclosure: July 30, 2008

Nonexpert

Discovery Cutoff: August 11, 2008

Expert

Discovery Cutoff: September 8, 2008

Pretrial

Motion Filing

Deadline: October 3, 2008

Pretrial Motion

Hearing Deadline: November 5, 2008

Settlement Conf.: Date: June 11, 2008

Time: 10 a.m.

Dept.: 7 (SMS)

Pretrial Conf.: Date: December 17, 2008

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept.: 4 (LJO) 

Court Trial: Date: January 26, 2009

(3 days est.) Time: 9 a.m. 

 / Dept.: 4 (LJO)

This Court conducted a March 3, 2008 scheduling conference. Plaintiff Save Mart Supermarkets

appeared by counsel Daniel Muller, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP. Defendant

Albertson’s, LLC appeared by counsel Roger Mead, Folger Levin & Kahn LLP and Michael Swartz,

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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. Pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 16(b), this Court sets a schedule for this action.

1. Amendment To The Parties’ Pleadings

The parties propose no amendments to their respective pleadings other than plaintiff will correct

a mistake in its complaint via stipulation. 

2. Consent To Magistrate Judge

All parties do not consent to the conduct of further proceedings, including trial, by a United

States Magistrate Judge. Due to this Court’s heavy caseload and its effect to hold to scheduled dates,

the parties are encouraged to reconsider consent to the conduct of further proceedings by a United States

Magistrate Judge.

3. F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures

The parties shall serve their respective F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) initial disclosures no later than March

24, 2008.

4. Expert Witnesses

Initial expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than July 23, 2008.

Supplemental expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than July 30, 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 prepared fully

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 if F.R.Civ.P. 26(e) is not strictly complied with. 

5. Discovery Cutoffs And Limits

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

completed or heard no later than August 11, 2008. All expert discovery and related discovery motions

(including motions to compel) shall be completed or heard no later than September 8, 2008.

6. Pretrial Motion Schedule

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

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above), shall be served and filed no later than October 3, 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 November 5, 2008.

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

7. Mandatory Settlement Conference

This Court sets a settlement conference for June 11, 2008 at 10 a.m. in Department (SMS)

before United States Magistrate Judge Gary Austin. 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 the

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

No later than June 4, 2008, 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 acceptto 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 iftheCourtfinds the settlement conference will

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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 that the Court may vacate or reset 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.

8. Pretrial Conference

This Court sets a pretrial conference for December 17, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 4 (LJO)

of this 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 lists, exhibits, jury instructions, objections, and other trial documents.

9. Trial Date

A three-day court trial is set for January 26, 2009 at 9 a.m. in Department 4 (LJO) of this Court.

At this time, the parties request no bifurcation of issues. 

10. 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.

/ / /

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2008 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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