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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 U.S. Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MINERY A CHAVEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 

COMMISSARY, DEPARTMENT OF 

THE NAVY; and MALU BARLETT, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 16cv2099-H(KSC) 

AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER 

REGULATING DISCOVERY AND 

OTHER PRE-TRIAL 

PROCEEDINGS 

ORDER GRANTING EXP ARTE 

MOTION TO EXTEND FACT 

DISCOVERY DEADLINE 

20 Before the Court is defendant's Ex Parte Motion to Extend Fact Discovery to 

21 Conduct Cross Border Discovery and Continue Remaining Case Deadlines. [Doc. No. 

22 17.] Plaintiff has not opposed defendant's Ex Parte Motion. In the Ex Parte Motion, 

23 defendant seeks to extend the discovery deadline in the case for a period of seven (7) 

24 months in order to pursue key discovery in Mexico via a Letter of Request under the 

25 Hague Evidence Convention. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

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Defendant's unopposed Ex Parte Motion is GRANTED. 

All fact discovery shall be completed by all parties on or before June 15, 

28 2018. "Completed" means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of 

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1 Civil Procedure, and discovery subpoenas under Rule 45, must be initiated a sufficient 

2 period of time in advance of the cut-off date, so that it may be completed by the cut-off 

3 date, taking into account the times for service, notice and response as set forth in the 

4 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Counsel shall promptly and in good faith meet and 

5 confer with regard to all discovery disputes in compliance with Local Rule 26.l(a). The 

6 Court expects counsel to make every effort to resolve all disputes without court 

7 intervention through the meet and confer process. All discovery motions must be filed 

8 within 45 days of the service of an objection, answer, or response which become the 

9 subject of dispute, or the passage of a discovery due date without response or production, 

10 and only after counsel have met and conferred and have reached an impasse with regard 

11 to the particular issue. For oral discovery, the event giving rise to the dispute is the 

12 completion of the transcript of the affected portion of the deposition. In any case, the 

13 event giving rise to a discovery dispute is not the date on which counsel reach an impasse 

14 in meet and confer efforts. If the discovery dispute concerns written discovery requests, 

15 the parties shall submit a joint statement entitled, "Joint Motion for Determination of 

16 Discovery Dispute" with the Court. (For further information on resolving discovery 

17 disputes, see Judge Crawford's "Chambers' Rules" which are accessible via the Court's 

18 website at www.casd.uscourts.gov.) A failure to comply in this regard will result in a 

19 waiver of a party's discovery issue. Absent an order of the Court, no stipulation 

20 continuing or altering this requirement will be recognized by the Court. 

21 3. The parties shall designate their respective experts in writing by Julv 16, 

22 2018. The parties must identify any person who may be used at trial to present evidence 

23 pursuant to Rules 702, 703 or 705 of the Fed. R. Evid. This requirement is not limited to 

24 retained experts. The date for exchange of rebuttal experts shall be on or before July 30, 

25 2018. The written designations shall include the name, address and telephone number of 

26 the expert and a reasonable summary of the testimony the expert is expected to provide. 

27 The list shall also include the normal rates the expert charges for deposition and trial 

28 testimony. 

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1 4. On or before August 31, 2018, each party shall comply with the disclosure 

2 provisions in Rule 26(a)(2)(B) and Rule 26(a)(2)(C) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

3 Procedure. 

4 5. Any party shall supplement its disclosure regarding contradictory or rebuttal 

5 evidence under Rule 26(a)(2)(D) on or before September 14, 2018. 

6 6. All expert discovery shall be completed by all parties on or before 

7 October 15, 2018. The parties shall comply with the same procedures set forth in the 

8 paragraph governing fact discovery. 

9 7. Please be advised that failure to comply with discovery deadlines or any 

10 other discovery order of the Court may result in the sanctions provided for in Federal 

11 Rule of Civil Procedure 37, including a prohibition on the introduction of experts or other 

12 designated matters in evidence. 

13 8. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on October 31, 

14 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford, United States 

15 Courthouse, 333 West Broadway, Suite 1010, San Diego, California 92101. Counsel or 

16 any party representing himself or herself shall submit confidential settlement briefs 

17 directly to chambers no later than October 24, 2018. All parties are ordered to read and 

18 to fully comply with the settlement conference procedures set forth in Judge Crawford's 

19 Chambers Rules which are accessible via the Court's website at www.casd.uscourts.gov. 

20 9. All other pretrial motions must be filed so as to be heard on or before 

21 November 19, 2018. Counsel for the moving party must obtain a motion hearing date 

22 from the law clerk of the District Judge who will hear the motion. The period of time 

23 between the date you request a hearing for your motion and the hearing date set by the 

24 law clerk may vary from one District Judge to another. Please plan accordingly. Failure 

25 to make a timely request for a motion date may result in the motion not being heard. 

26 10. Counsel shall file their Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law and take 

27 any other action required by Local Rule 16.1(£)(2) on or before Januarv 7, 2019. 

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1 11. Counsel shall comply with the pre-trial disclosure requirements of Federal 

2 Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) on or before January 7, 2019. Failure to comply with 

3 these disclosure requirements could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions under 

4 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37. 

5 12. Counsel shall meet and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(±)(4) on 

6 or before January 14, 2019. At this meeting, counsel shall discuss and attempt to enter 

7 into stipulations and agreements resulting in simplification of the triable issues. Counsel 

8 shall exchange copies and/or display all exhibits other than those to be used for 

9 impeachment. The exhibits shall be prepared in accordance with Local Rule 

10 16.1(±)(4)(c). Counsel shall note any objections they have to any other parties' Pretrial 

11 Disclosures under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3). Counsel shall cooperate in 

12 the preparation of the proposed pretrial conference order. 

13 13. Counsel for plaintiff will be responsible for preparing the pretrial order and 

14 arranging the meetings of counsel pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16.1(±). On or before 

15 Januarv 21, 2019, plaintiffs counsel must provide opposing counsel with the proposed 

16 pretrial order for review and approval. Opposing counsel must communicate promptly 

17 with plaintiffs attorney concerning any objections to form or content of the pretrial order, 

18 and both parties shall attempt promptly to resolve their differences, if any, concerning the 

19 order. 

20 14. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including objections to any 

21 other parties' Federal Rule 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and 

22 lodged with the assigned District Judge on or before January 28, 2019, and shall be in 

23 the form prescribed in and comply with Local Rule 16.1(±)(6). 

24 15. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled on the calendar of Judge Huff on 

25 February 4, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. 

26 16. A post trial settlement conference before a Magistrate Judge may be held 

27 within 30 days of verdict in the case. 

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1 1 7. The dates and times set forth herein will not be modified except for good 

2 cause shown. 

3 18. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion 

4 shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without leave of a District Court Judge. 

5 No reply memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without leave of a District Court 

6 Judge. Briefs and memoranda exceeding ten (10) pages in length shall have a table of 

7 contents and a table of authorities cited. 

8 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

9 Dated: November 22, 2017 

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United States Magistrate Judge 

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