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

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06cv1581

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD WILLIAM MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY,

INC., et al.,

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Case No. 06-CV-1581-BTM (JMA)

1) ORDER FOLLOWING EARLY

NEUTRAL EVALUATION CONFERENCE,

AND

2) CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY AND

OTHER PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS

(Fed. R. Civ. P. 16) 

(Local Rule 16.1)

(Fed. R. Civ. P. 26)

Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

a telephonic Early Neutral Evaluation Conference was held on July

31, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. During the conference, counsel for

Defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. advised that Defendant

intends to file motions seeking court orders for 1) the

deposition of Plaintiff, who is currently incarcerated and 2)

preservation of the vehicle which is the subject of this

litigation, which is currently in the custody of the Nevada

Department of Public Safety. Plaintiff advised that he does not

oppose either request. Defendant will submit proposed orders to

the Court.

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After consulting with the parties and being advised of the

status of the case, and good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Any motion to join other parties, to amend the

pleadings, or to file additional pleadings shall be filed on or

before September 28, 2007.

2. A telephonic Case Management Conference shall be held

before Magistrate Judge Adler on November 7, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.

Counsel for each party shall appear telephonically at this

conference. The Court will initiate the conference call.

3. Plaintiff(s) (or the party(ies) having the burden of

proof on any claim) shall serve on all parties a list of experts

whom that party expects to call at trial on or before October 26,

2007. Defendant(s) (or the party(ies) defending any claim,

counterclaim, crossclaim, or third party claim) shall serve on

all parties a list of experts whom that party expects to call at

trial on or before November 9, 2007. On or before November 23,

2007, any party may supplement its designation in response to any

other party's designation, so long as that party has not

previously retained an expert to testify on that subject. Expert

designations shall include the name, address, and telephone

number of each expert, and a reasonable summary of the testimony

the expert is expected to provide. The list shall also include

the normal rates the expert charges for deposition and trial

testimony.

The parties must identify any person who may be used at

trial to present evidence pursuant to Rules 702, 703 or 705 of

the Federal Rules of Evidence. This requirement is not limited

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to retained experts.

Please be advised that 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.

4. All expert disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(2) shall be served on all parties on or before January 25,

2008. Any contradictory or rebuttal information shall be

disclosed on or before February 29, 2008. In addition, Fed. R.

Civ. P. 26(e)(1) imposes a duty on the parties to supplement the

expert disclosures made pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)

by the time that pretrial disclosures are due under Fed. R. Civ.

P. 26(a)(3) (discussed below). This disclosure requirement

applies to all persons retained or specially employed to provide

expert testimony, or whose duties as an employee of the party

regularly involve the giving of expert testimony. 

Please be advised that 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 discovery shall be completed by all parties on or

before March 28, 2008. "Completed" means that all discovery

under Rules 30 through 36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

must be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the

cutoff date, so that it may be completed by the cutoff date,

taking into account the times for service, notice, and response

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Counsel should note that while historically motion cutoff

deadlines issued by this Court were deadlines for motion hearings, the

motion cutoff dates now being issued establish deadlines for the

parties to file motions.

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as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All

disputes concerning discovery shall be brought to the attention

of Magistrate Judge Adler no later than thirty (30) days

following the date upon which the event giving rise to the

dispute occurred. For oral discovery, the event giving rise to

the discovery dispute is the completion of the transcript of the

affected portion of the deposition. For written discovery, the

event giving rise to the discovery dispute is the service of the

response. Counsel are required to meet and confer prior to

contacting the Court regarding all discovery disputes pursuant to

the requirements of Local Rules 16.5(k) and 26.1(a).

6. All motions, other than motions to amend or join

parties, or motions in limine, shall be filed on or before April

25, 2008.1 Motions will not be heard or calendared unless

counsel for the moving party has obtained a motion hearing date

from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Be

advised that the parties must file their moving papers within

three (3) days of receiving their motion hearing date from the

Court. Be further advised that the period of time between the

date you request a motion date and the hearing date may be up to

sixty (60) days. Please plan accordingly. Failure of counsel to

timely request a motion date may result in the motion not being

heard. 

Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any

pending motion shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length

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without leave of the judge who will hear the motion. No reply

memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without such leave of

court.

7. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on

July 21, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate Judge

Adler. Counsel shall submit settlement statements directly to

Magistrate Judge Adler's chambers no later than July 14, 2008. 

The parties may either submit confidential settlement statements

or may exchange their settlement statements. Each party's

settlement statement shall set forth the party's statement of the

case, identify controlling legal issues, concisely set out issues

of liability and damages, and shall set forth the party's

settlement position, including the last offer or demand made by

that party, and a separate statement of the offer or demand the

party is prepared to make at the Mandatory Settlement Conference. 

The settlement conference briefs shall not be filed with the

Clerk of the Court. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s)

whose authority is required to negotiate and enter into

settlement shall appear in person at the conference. The

individual(s) present at the Mandatory Settlement Conference with

settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion and

authority on behalf of the party to: 1) fully explore all

settlement options and to agree during the Mandatory Settlement

Conference to any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G.

Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653

(7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement position of a party

during the course of the Mandatory Settlement Conference (Pitman

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v. Brinker Int'l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)),

and 3) negotiate a settlement without being restricted by any

predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan's Foods, Inc.,

270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)).

Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel

only. As to all other parties, appearance by litigation counsel

only is not acceptable. Retained outside corporate counsel shall

not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the

authority to negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure

of any counsel, party or authorized person to appear at the

Mandatory Settlement Conference as required shall be cause for

the immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference

discussions will be informal, off the record, privileged, and

confidential.

8. If Plaintiff is incarcerated in a penal institution or

other facility, the Plaintiff's presence is not required at

conferences before Judge Adler, and the Plaintiff may appear by

telephone. In that case, defense counsel is to coordinate the

Plaintiff's appearance by telephone.

9. The parties must comply with the pretrial disclosure

requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) no later than August 5,

2008. 

10. No Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law are to be

filed except in a bench trial. In that case, counsel shall serve

on each other and file with the Clerk of the Court their

Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law in compliance with Local

Rule 16.1(f)(2) on or before August 5, 2008.

11. Counsel shall confer and take the action required by

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Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) on or before August 12, 2008. 

12. Counsel shall comply with the Order Setting Form of

Pretrial Order, filed concurrently with this Order, in preparing

the pretrial order.

13. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including

written objections, if any, to any party's Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3) pretrial disclosures, shall be prepared, served, and

lodged with the Clerk's Office on or before August 19, 2008. Any

objections shall comply with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3). Please be advised that the failure to file written

objections to a party's pretrial disclosures may result in the

waiver of such objections, with the exception of those made

pursuant to Rules 402 (relevance) and 403 (prejudice, confusion

or waste of time) of the Federal Rules of Evidence.

14. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled on the

calendar of the Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz on August 26, 2008

at 4:00 p.m. The trial date will be assigned by Judge Moskowitz

at the pretrial conference.

15. The dates and times set forth herein will not be

modified except for good cause shown.

16. Defendant's(s') counsel shall serve a copy of this

order on all parties that enter this case hereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 31, 2007

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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