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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN TREVINO,

Plaintiff,

v.

GOLDEN STATE FC LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:18-cv-00120-DAD-BAM

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULING ORDER

No. 1:18-cv-00121-DAD-BAM

No. 1:18-cv-00567-DAD-BAM

No. 1:18-cv-01176-DAD-BAM

ROMEO PALMA,

Plaintiff,

v.

GOLDEN STATE FC LLC,

Defendant.

JUAN C. AVALOS,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMAZON.COM, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

BRITTANY HAGMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES, 

INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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CHRISTOPHER WARD, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AMAZON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:18-cv-01300-DAD-BAM

This Court conducted a preliminary scheduling conference on April 23, 2019, in the chambers 

of United States Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. Plaintiffs appeared by telephone by Counsel

Peter Dion-Kindem, Isandra Fernandez, Shawn Westrick, and Alvin Lindsay. Defendants appeared in 

person by Counsel Katherine Smith. 

A. Consent to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the parties have not consented to conduct all further proceedings 

in this case, including trial, before the Honorable Barbara A. McAuliffe, United States Magistrate Judge.

District Court Judges of the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California now have the 

heaviest caseload in the nation. As a result, each District Judge schedules multiple trials to begin on 

each available trial date. Civil cases will “trail” and begin as soon as a courtroom is cleared. The law 

requires that the Court give any criminal trial priority over civil trials or any other matter. A civil trial 

set to begin while a criminal trial is proceeding will trail the completion of the criminal trial. 

The Court cannot give advance notice of which cases will trail or for how long because the Court 

does not know which cases actually will go to trial or precisely how long each will last. Once your trial 

date arrives, counsel, parties and witnesses must remain on 24 hour stand-by until a court opens. Since 

continuance to a date certain will simply postpone, but not solve, the problem, continuances of any civil 

trial under these circumstances will no longer be entertained, absent a specific and stated finding of good 

cause. The Court will use its best efforts to mitigate the effect of the foregoing and to resolve all cases 

in a timely manner. 

One alternative is for the parties to consent to a United States Magistrate Judge conducting all 

proceedings, including trial and entry of final judgment, pursuant to § 28 U.S.C. 636(c), Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 73, and Local Rule 305. The Eastern District Magistrate Judges, all experienced 

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former trial lawyers, use the same jury pool and same court facilities as United States District Court 

Judges. Since Magistrate Judges do not conduct felony trials, they have greater flexibility and schedule 

firm trial dates. Judgment entered by a United States Magistrate Judge is appealable directly to the 

United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. 

B. Amendment To The Parties’ Pleadings

All stipulated amendments or motions to amend the pleadings shall be filed by June 28, 2019.

C. F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures

Initial disclosures pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) shall be completed by May 23, 2019.

C. Preliminary Class Certification Dates 

After discussion with counsel, the Court SETS the following dates for class certification only:

1. Non-Expert Discovery Cutoff: September 30, 2019

2. Class Certification Motion Filing Deadline: October 24, 2019

3. Class Certification Opposition: December 12, 2019

4. Class Certification Reply: January 30, 2020

5. Class Certification Hearing: February 19, 2020

Time: 9:30 a.m.

 Dept: 5 (DAD)

It is also anticipated that the parties may take depositions of declarants during the pendency of 

the motion for class certification. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 24, 2019 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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