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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332lp Diversity-Property Damage/Product Liability

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRISTIAN GARCIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware 

corporation,

Defendant.

Case No.: 19cv1819-MDD-KSC

AMENDED SCHEDULING 

ORDER REGULATING 

DISCOVERY 

AND OTHER PRE-TRIAL 

PROCEEDINGS

[ECF NO. 17]

On April 7, 2020, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Amend the 

Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 17). The Court finds good cause to GRANT IN 

PART AND DENY IN PART the parties’ joint motion. IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED:

1. The deadline to file a motion to join other parties, to amend the 

pleadings, or to file additional pleadings expired two months prior to the 

filing of the parties’ motion to amend the scheduling order.

2. All expert disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be 

served on all parties on or before June 10, 2020. Any contradictory or 

rebuttal disclosures within the meaning of Rule 26(a)(2)(D)(ii) shall be 

disclosed on or before July 10, 2020. Unless otherwise stipulated by the 

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parties, the required expert disclosures shall include an expert report as 

required by Rule 26(a)(2)(B). If a written report is not required, the 

disclosure must provide the information required under Rule 26(a)(2)(C).

3. All discovery, including expert discovery, shall be completed by all 

parties by August 12, 2020. Completed means that interrogatories, requests 

for production, and other discovery requests must be served at least thirty 

(30) days prior to the established cutoff date so that responses thereto will be 

due on or before the cutoff date. All subpoenas issued for discovery must be 

returnable on or before the discovery cutoff date. All disputes concerning 

discovery shall be brought to the attention of the Magistrate Judge no later 

than thirty (30) days following the date upon which the event giving rise to 

the dispute occurred. The parties are required to meet and confer regarding 

all discovery disputes pursuant to the requirements of Local Rule 26.1(a). 

The parties are to comply with the chambers rules of Judge Dembin in 

bringing discovery before the court.

4. Failure to comply with this section or any other discovery order of 

the court may result in the sanctions provided for in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, 

including a prohibition on the introduction of experts or other designated 

matters in evidence.

5. All dispositive pretrial motions, including motions for summary 

judgment and motions addressing Daubert issues, must be filed by

September 14, 2020.

1 Counsel for the moving party must obtain a motion 

hearing date from Judge Dembin’s law clerk. The period of time between the 

date you request a motion date and the hearing date may vary from one 

 

1 This deadline is not applicable to pretrial motions in limine. For further information 

regarding motions in limine, please contact Judge Dembin’s Chambers.

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district judge to another. Please plan accordingly. Failure to make a timely 

request for a motion date may result in the motion not being heard.

6. If appropriate, following the filing of an order ruling on a motion 

for summary judgment or other dispositive pretrial motion, or in the event no 

such motion is filed, after the expiration of the deadline set forth in 

paragraph 8, supra, Judge Dembin will issue a pretrial scheduling order 

setting a pretrial conference, trial date, and all related pretrial deadlines. 

The parties must review and be familiar with Judge Dembin’s Civil 

Chambers Rules, which provide additional information regarding pretrial 

scheduling.

 7. The parties are ORDERED to contact the Chambers of 

Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford within three days of the Court’s ruling 

on a dispositive pretrial motion, or in the event no such motion is filed, after 

the expiration of the deadline set forth in paragraph 8, supra, to schedule a 

Mandatory Settlement Conference.

 8. A post trial settlement conference before a magistrate judge 

may be held within 30 days of verdict in the case.

 9. The dates and times set forth herein will not be modified except 

for good cause shown.

 10. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any 

pending motion must not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without 

leave of a district court judge. No reply memorandum will exceed ten (10) 

pages without leave of a district court judge. Briefs and memoranda

exceeding ten (10) pages in length must have a table of contents and a table 

of authorities cited.

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 11. Plaintiff’s counsel must serve a copy of this order on all parties 

that enter this case hereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 21, 2020

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