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Nature of Suit Code: 423
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Withdrawal 28 USC 157
Cause of Action: 28:0157 Motion for Withdrawal of Reference

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re )

) 2:06-cv-2657-GEB-KJM

CHUNG XAY LUU, )

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Debtor. ) ORDER

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PREM DHAWAN, Trustee in )

Bankruptcy, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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THAM THI MAI, )

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Defendant. )

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On August 24, 2007, Plaintiff filed a “Declaration of

Zunilda Ramos Re: Leave to File Separate Jury Instructions, Voir

Dire, and Verdict Forms” requesting “that the court permit the

filing of separate proposed jury instructions, voir dire, and

verdict forms.” (Ramos Decl. ¶ 2.) The final pretrial order

issued in this action on August 14, 2007 provides, in relevant

part:

Jury instructions, proposed voir dire, and

verdict forms shall be filed no later than

fifteen (15) court days before trial. The

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28 1 The final pretrial order does not require the parties to

confer and attempt to agree upon proposed voir dire.

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parties shall prepare the instructions and

verdict forms in accordance with Local Rule 51-163, and shall

tailor all general instructions to the facts and issues in suit. 

The parties are directed to confer and to attempt to agree upon a

joint set of jury instructions and verdict forms. As to

instructions on which there is dispute, the parties shall adhere to

the following procedure: 1) the party offering the disputed

instruction(s) shall submit the instruction(s) as its proposed jury

instructions, shall submit authority in support of the proposed

instruction(s) and shall number the disputed instruction(s) in a

manner that shows where each disputed instruction should be placed

in the tendered agreed upon instructions. The contested

instruction(s) and supporting authority shall be filed with the

joint set of instructions fifteen (15) court days prior to the

trial commencement date; 2) the party opposed to the contested

instruction(s) shall file opposing authority ten (10) court days

prior to the trial commencement date.

(Aug. 14, 2007 Order at 15-16 (emphasis added).) Therefore, the

final pretrial order contemplates that if the parties are unable to

agree on any joint jury instructions and/or verdict forms, they

shall file separate proposed jury instructions and verdict forms.1

Accordingly, the leave Plaintiff seeks is unnecessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 28, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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