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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR PALACIOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMERIWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-04066-KAW 

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO 

FILE SUR-REPLY & PERMITTING 

DEFENDANT TO FILE RESPONSE

Re: Dkt. No. 55

On February 22, 2016, Defendant Ameriwood Industries, Inc. filed a motion to exclude the 

testimony of Brad Wong, whose expert opinions Plaintiff Victor Palacios will seek to introduce at 

trial. Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motion on March 7, 2016, along with a new expert 

opinion dated March 6, 2016. In its reply, Defendant argues that the new opinion is untimely and 

that it, like the initial opinion, fails to pass muster under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 

509 U.S. 579 (1993). As Plaintiff does not address the timeliness of the March 6, 2016 opinion or 

the admissibility of the initial opinion dated December 6, 2015, Plaintiff shall file a sur-reply of no 

more than 5 pages addressing both of these issues by no later than March 22, 2016.

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may file a response to Plaintiff's sur-reply by no later than March 25, 2016.

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If Plaintiff intends to rely solely on Mr. Wong's March 6, 2016 opinion, he shall specify that in 

his sur-reply.

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Furthermore, as of the filing of this order, Plaintiff has not lodged a courtesy copy of his 

opposition papers, and Defendant has not lodged a courtesy copy of its reply. The parties shall 

promptly provide courtesy copies of these filings and any future filings in this case. Civil L.R. 5-

1(e)(7).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 03/18/2016

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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