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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOHN JORDAN, 

 NO. CIV. 2-05-0611 WBS DAD

Plaintiff,

v.

DEERE & COMPANY; THE SCOTT

COMPANY; THE HOME DEPOT, 

INC. and DOES 1-11,

Defendant(s).

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

After reviewing the parties' Joint Status Report, the

court hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

scheduled for July 5, 2005, and makes the following findings and

orders without needing to consult with the parties any further:

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

All named defendants have been served and no further

service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having

been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

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II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

No further joinder of parties or amendments to

pleadings is permitted except with leave of court, good cause

having been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). See Johnson v.

Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992).

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1332

(diversity). Venue is undisputed and is hereby found to be

proper.

 IV. DISCOVERY

The parties have stipulated that each party will serve

the initial disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (a)(1) by

no later than June 28, 2005.

Plaintiff shall disclose experts and produce reports

in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by no later than

November 1, 2005. 

Defendant shall disclose experts and produce reports in

accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by no later than

November 15, 2005. 

All discovery, including depositions for preservation

of testimony, is left open, save and except that it shall be so

conducted as to be completed by March 31, 2006. The word

"completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted

so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes

relevant to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate

order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the

order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be

noticed on the magistrate judge's calendar in accordance with

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the local rules of this court and so that such motions may be

heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) not later than March 31,

2006. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances,

temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications,

shall be filed on or before April 28, 2006. All motions shall

be noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are

cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the requirements

for noticing and opposing such motions on the court's regularly

scheduled law and motion calendar. 

VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for July 17, 2006

at 10:00 a.m. The conference shall be attended by at least one

of the attorneys who will conduct the trial for each of the

parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for

trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial

statements, and are referred to Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282

relating to the contents of and time for filing those

statements. In addition to those subjects listed in Local Rule

16-281(b), the parties are to provide the court with: (1) a

plain, concise statement which identifies every non-discovery

motion which has been made to the court, and its resolution; (2)

a list of the remaining claims as against each defendant; and

(3) the estimated number of trial days.

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In providing the plain, concise statements of

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by

Local Rule 16-281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the

claims that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively

pled defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury,

the parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case,

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

VII. TRIAL SETTING

The trial is set for September 19, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

in Courtroom No. 5.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the

Pretrial Conference.

Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full

settlement authority present at the Settlement Conference or to

be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least

seven calendar days before the Settlement Conference counsel for

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference

Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be

disclosed to the trial judge.

IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this

Scheduling Order, except requests to change the dates of the

Final Pretrial Conference or trial, may be heard and decided by

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the assigned Magistrate Judge. All requests to change the dates

of the Pretrial Conference and/or trial shall be heard and

decided only by the undersigned judge. 

DATED: June 22, 2005.

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