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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVE FERRARI, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MERCEDES BENZ USA, LLC, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 17-cv-00018-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION TO 

BE COMPLETED BY: November 17, 2017 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: August 8, 2017 

PLAINTIFF MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION To

BE HEARD BY: 

4/17/18 at 2:00pm [Filed by 1/30/18] 

Opposition filed 3/1/18; Reply filed 3/30/18 

COMPLIANCE HEARING RE NAME OF MEDIATOR: Friday, August 25, 2017 at 9:01 a.m. 

COMPLIANCE HEARING RE MEET AND CONFER ON 

DISCOVERY ISSUES: 

11/3/2017 at 9:01am [Joint Statement by 

10/27/17] 

 As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall provide the 

Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by August 18, 2017 by filing a JOINT Notice. A 

compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, August 25, 2017 on the Court's 9:01a.m. 

calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in courtroom 1. By 

August 18, 2017, the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice or a one-page JOINT 

STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for 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. 

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 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: August 2, 2017 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

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