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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CARMELO ANTHONY, MELO

ENTERPRISES, INC., and CHOSEN

ONE PROPERTIES, LLC,

NO. CIV. 2:09-2272 WBS KJM

Plaintiffs,

v.

LARRY HARMON aka LARRY W. HARMON

aka LAWRENCE HARMON, HARMON &

ASSOCIATES, P.A., HARMONCASTILLO, LLP, FRANK CASTILLO,

KELLY RUNKLE, SORA BARNES, KENNY

CRUZ aka KENNETH CRUZ, KC

DEVELOPMENT, LLC, VITALIS

PARTNERS, LLC, PROFESSIONAL

PARTNERS, LLC, and MCG PARTNERS,

Defendants. /

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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 January 11, 2010. 

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I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

The named defendants have been served and no further

service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having

been shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). 

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

Pursuant to the stipulation and order signed on

December 24, 2009, plaintiffs have until the end of the day

today, January 8, 2010, to file an amended complaint in light of

the court’s grant of defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs

further request permission to amend their pleadings at any point

before December 31, 2010 to add potential new issues and parties;

defendants propose that plaintiffs be given until June 30, 2010

to amend their pleadings and add potential new parties. The time

suggested by both parties is excessive and does not require the

parties to exercise diligence to determine whether amendments or

joinder of new parties will be necessary. Therefore, no further

joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings will be permitted

except with leave of court, good cause having been shown under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). See Johnson v. Mammoth

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

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon diversity of

citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Venue is undisputed and is hereby

found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties indicate that they have served the initial

disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1). 

Any remaining initial disclosures shall be made by no later than

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January 15, 2010. 

Plaintiff Carmelo Anthony’s deposition may be taken

only between July 1, 2010 and September 31, 2010, provided that

he makes himself available for the entirety of his deposition

during that period and with the exception that his deposition may

be taken at any such time before July 1, 2010 that the Denver

Nuggets may be eliminated from the play-offs. 

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports

in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) by no

later than October 15, 2010. With regard to expert testimony

intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed

and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before November 15, 2010. 

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 January 10, 2011. 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 the local

rules of this court and so that such motions may be heard (and

any resulting orders obeyed) not later than January 10, 2011. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be

filed on or before March 7, 2011. All motions shall be noticed

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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 May 16, 2011,

at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. 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.

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.

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 VII. TRIAL SETTING

The jury trial is set for July 26, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. 

The parties have demanded a jury trial, and plaintiffs estimate

that the trial will last seven court days and defendants estimate

that the trial will last fourteen court days. 

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the

Pretrial Conference. All parties should be prepared to advise

the court whether they will stipulate to the trial judge acting

as settlement judge and waive disqualification by virtue thereof.

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 date of the

trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned Magistrate Judge. 

All requests to change the trial date shall be heard and decided

only by the undersigned judge.

DATED: January 8, 2010

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