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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT BLANKS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.,, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-00765-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, December 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO ADR FOR MEDIATION 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Only with Court Approval 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: February 28, 2017 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED): Opening: February 3, 2017 

Rebuttal: February 17, 2017 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: March 3, 2017 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE 

HEARD BY: May 2, 2017 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, July 28, 2017 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: August 4, 2017 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, August 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, September 5, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. for 

5 days 

(Bench Trial) 

 

1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for summary 

judgment. 

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance 

hearing on Friday, July 28, 2017 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed 

the Court’s Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing 

shall be held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. 

Five (5) business days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page 

JOINT STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their 

failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance 

hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have 

submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

 Plaintiff is to file motion for class certification no later than February 7, 2017. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 30, 2016 

______________________________________ 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

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