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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEON JEROME MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-0554 DAD PS

ORDER

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

READ THIS ORDER CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT DATES WHICH 

THE COURT WILL STRICTLY ENFORCE AND WITH WHICH ALL COUNSEL AND 

PARTIES MUST COMPLY. A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS 

ORDER MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION OF MONETARY AND ALL OTHER 

SANCTIONS WITHIN THE POWER OF THE COURT, INCLUDING DISMISSAL OR AN 

ORDER OF JUDGMENT.

Pursuant to court order, a Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference was held in this action 

on August 29, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. before the undersigned.1 Attorney Kelly Trujillo appeared on 

behalf of the defendants and plaintiff Leon Martin appeared on his own behalf. 

 

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 The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. ' 636(c)(1). (Dkt. No. 21.)

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After hearing, the court makes the following findings and orders:

SERVICE OF PROCESS

Service of process has been completed. No further service is permitted except with leave 

of court, good cause having been shown.

JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

No further joinder of parties or amendment to pleadings is permitted except with leave of 

court, good cause having been shown. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 

609-10 (9th Cir. 1992).

JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction over plaintiff’s claims is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. ' 1331, is not disputed, 

and is hereby found to be proper. Venue is not disputed and is also found to be proper.

MOTION HEARING SCHEDULES

All law and motion, except as to discovery, which is discussed below, shall be conducted 

so as to be completed by June 12, 2015. The word “completed” in this context means that all law 

and motion matters must be heard on or before the above date. Because this date is not 

necessarily a date that will be set aside for law and motion hearings, it is incumbent upon the 

parties to contact this court’s courtroom deputy, Pete Buzo, at (916) 930-4128 sufficiently in 

advance so as to ascertain dates upon which law and motion will be heard and to properly notice 

motions for hearing on or before the specified date. This paragraph does not preclude the filing 

of motions for continuances, motions for temporary restraining orders, and other emergency 

applications that are subject to special scheduling.

The parties are cautioned to refer to Local Rule 230 regarding the requirements for 

noticing a non-discovery motion on this court’s regularly scheduled law and motion calendar. A 

party’s opposition or a statement of non-opposition to every properly noticed motion shall be 

filed with the court and served on the moving party not later than 4:30 p.m. fourteen (14) days 

preceding the hearing date.

The parties should keep in mind that the purpose of law and motion is to narrow and 

refine the legal issues raised by the case, and to dispose of by pretrial motion those issues that are 

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susceptible to resolution without trial. To accomplish that purpose, the parties must identify and 

fully research the issues presented by the case and then examine those issues in light of the 

evidence gleaned through discovery. If it appears to a party, after examining the legal issues and 

the facts, that an issue can be resolved by pretrial motion, the party shall file an appropriate 

motion properly noticed for hearing within the time set forth above.

ALL PURELY LEGAL ISSUES ARE TO BE RESOLVED BY TIMELY PRETRIAL 

MOTION. The parties are reminded that motions in limine are procedural devices designed to 

address the admissibility of evidence. Parties are therefore cautioned that the court will look with 

disfavor upon substantive motions presented in the guise of motions in limine at the time of trial. 

Parties are further cautioned that if any legal issue that should have been tendered to the court by 

pretrial motion must be resolved by the court after law and motion cutoff, substantial sanctions 

may be levied against the party who failed to timely file an appropriate motion.

DISCOVERY

All limitations on discovery set forth in the Federal Rules shall govern this action absent 

further order of the court. All discovery shall be conducted so as to be completed by April 24, 

2015. The word “completed” in this context means that all discovery shall have been conducted 

so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been 

resolved by appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has 

been complied with. All discovery motions must be noticed for hearing on the undersigned’s

calendar in accordance with the local rules of this court. See Local Rule 251.

Any initial disclosures pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) are to be 

made by mutual agreement of the parties. The undersigned does not hold Rule 26(f) conferences 

in cases in which any party is proceeding pro se. 

On or before February 27, 2015, plaintiff shall disclose in a writing filed with the court 

and served upon claimant the names of any experts plaintiff proposes to tender at trial. On or 

before March 13, 2015, defendants shall disclose in a writing filed with the court and served 

upon plaintiff the names of any experts they propose to tender at trial. Plaintiff shall designate 

and disclose any rebuttal experts not later than March 20, 2015. All experts so designated are to 

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be fully prepared to render an informed opinion at the time of designation so that they may fully 

participate in any deposition taken by the opposing party. Experts will not be permitted to testify 

at the trial as to any information gathered or evaluated, or opinion formed, after deposition taken 

subsequent to designation. An expert witness not listed in the party’s designation of witnesses 

will not be permitted to testify unless the party offering the witness demonstrates that: (a) the 

necessity of the witness could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time the lists were 

exchanged; (b) the court and the opposing party were promptly notified upon discovery of the 

witness; and (c) the witness was promptly proffered for deposition.

FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

Final Pretrial Conference is SET for August 14, 2015, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 27 

before the undersigned. The parties are cautioned that any counsel appearing for Final Pretrial 

Conference shall in fact try the matter.

The parties are to be fully prepared for trial at the time of the Final Pretrial Conference, 

with no matters remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for oral testimony.

The parties are referred to Local Rules 280 and 281 relating to the contents of and time for 

filing Pretrial Statements. In addition to all subjects listed in Local Rule 281(b), the parties shall 

include in their pretrial statements a plain, concise statement that identifies every non-discovery 

motion tendered to the court and its resolution. A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL 

RULES 280 AND 281 WILL BE GROUNDS FOR SANCTIONS.

Plaintiff and defendants shall file separate Pretrial Statements in accordance with the

provisions of Local Rule 281(a)(1). However, in addition to their separate Pretrial Statements, 

the parties shall cooperate in the preparation of a JOINT STATEMENT with respect to the 

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues of the case. See Local Rule 281(b)(3), (4), and (6). 

In the joint statement, the undisputed facts and disputed factual issues are to be set forth in two 

separate sections. In each section, the parties should first identify the general facts relevant to all 

causes of action. After identifying the general facts, the parties should then identify those facts 

which are relevant to each separate cause of action. In this regard, the parties are to number each 

individual fact or factual issue. Where the parties are unable to agree as to what factual issues are 

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properly before the court for trial, they should list in the section on “DISPUTED FACTUAL 

ISSUES” all issues asserted by any party and explain by parenthetical the controversy concerning 

each issue. In general, each fact should relate or correspond to an element of the relevant cause 

of action. Notwithstanding the provisions of Local Rule 281, the Joint Statement of Undisputed 

Facts and Disputed Factual Issues is to be filed with the court concurrently with the filing of 

plaintiff’s separate Pretrial Statement.

Pursuant to Local Rule 281(b)(10) and (11), the parties are required to provide with their 

separate Pretrial Statements a list of witnesses and a list of exhibits that they propose to proffer at 

trial for any purpose. These lists shall not be contained in the party’s Pretrial Statement itself but 

shall be attached as separate documents. Plaintiff’s exhibits shall be listed numerically. 

Defendants’ exhibits shall be listed alphabetically. In the event that the alphabet is exhausted, 

defendants’ additional exhibits shall be marked “2A-2Z, 3A-3Z,” etc. The court’s Pretrial Order 

will contain a stringent standard for the proffering at trial of witnesses and exhibits not listed in 

the Pretrial Order. The parties are cautioned that the standard will be strictly applied. On the 

other hand, the listing of exhibits or witnesses which the party does not intend to call or use at 

trial will be viewed as an abuse of the court’s processes and sanctions may be imposed.

Pursuant to Local Rule 281(b)(12), each party is required to provide a list of all answers to 

interrogatories and responses to requests for admission that the party expects to offer at trial. This 

list should include only those documents or portions thereof which the party expects to offer in its 

case-in-chief. Unless otherwise barred by a rule of evidence or order of this court, the parties 

remain free to tender appropriate discovery documents during trial for such purposes as, but not 

limited to, impeachment or memory refreshment.

Pursuant to Local Rule 281(b)(8), each party’s separate Pretrial Statement shall contain a 

“statement of legal theory, etc.” Each party shall commence this section by specifying as to each 

claim whether federal or state law governs, and, if state law, the state whose law is applicable.

The parties are reminded that, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16, it will be their duty at the 

Final Pretrial Conference to aid the court in (a) the formulation and simplification of issues and 

the elimination of frivolous claims or defenses; (b) the settling of facts that should be properly 

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admitted; and (c) the avoidance of unnecessary proof and cumulative evidence. Each party must 

prepare its Pretrial Statement, and participate in good faith at the Final Pretrial Conference, with 

these aims in mind. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION of 

SANCTIONS, which may include monetary sanctions, orders precluding proof, the elimination of 

claims or defenses, or such other sanctions as the court deems appropriate.

TRIAL SETTING

A jury trial not to exceed twelve court days in length is SET for November 16, 2015, at 

9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 27 before the undersigned.

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The parties are advised that a Settlement Conference may be scheduled when the Final 

Pretrial Conference is held.2 The court may require that all parties proceeding pro se be present at 

the Settlement Conference. Such a settlement conference may be set before the undersigned, if 

both parties request that the undersigned participate in the conference and will waive any claim of 

disqualification on that basis. The parties may also request a settlement conference before 

another magistrate judge. See Local Rule 270(b).

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

The parties are cautioned that this order shall not be modified except by leave of court 

upon a showing of good cause. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

There appear to be no other matters presently pending before the court that will aid the 

just and expeditious disposition of this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 29, 2014

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 At any time prior to the Final Pretrial Conference, an early settlement conference may be set 

before the undersigned, or another magistrate judge who is randomly selected, if all parties agree 

to request an early settlement conference. Either party may initiate such a request by calling Pete 

Buzo, courtroom deputy to the undersigned, at (916) 930-4128. Information will be provided 

regarding the procedure to follow.

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