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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN DOE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendant.

CASE NO. 18-cv-04622-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL 

ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 21 

The Court has read and reviewed the parties’ Joint Case Management Conference 

Statement. (Dkt. No. 21). Given that this case arises under the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001, et seq., the Court will not set a date for a 

bench trial until briefing on cross motions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 is completed.1 

If required, a bench trial can be scheduled on a fairly expedited basis. In light of the instant order, 

the Court hereby VACATES the case management conference currently set for Monday, December 

17, 2018 and SETS a new case management conference as stated herein. An earlier conference can 

be rescheduled if requested. 

Defendant shall preserve the administrative record and lodge the same with the Court 

twenty-eight days after the close of discovery. 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE

LAST DAY TO AMEND PLEADINGS/ADD PARTIES Not without the Court’s permission 

REFERRAL TO ADR; LAST DAY TO CONDUCT 

MEDIATION/SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Referred to Private Mediation 

June 28, 2019 

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 Should the parties determine that a bench trial will be required, rather than resolution on 

the papers, the Court will discuss the issue with the parties at the next case management 

conference and modify the schedule below to require simultaneous opening briefs and responsive 

briefs. 

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CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, July 15, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. 

DISCOVERY CUTOFF August 30, 2019 

PARTIES TO FILE AFFIRMATIVE MOTIONS FOR 

JUDGMENT: October 4, 2019 

PARTIES TO FILE RESPONSES TO ONE ANOTHER’S 

MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT: October 25, 2019 

HEARING November 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. 

The parties are REFERRED to private mediation to be completed by June 28, 2019. The 

parties shall provide the Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by March 1, 2019 by 

filing a JOINT Notice. A compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, March 8, 2019 

on the Court’s 9:01 a.m. calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, in Courtroom 1. By March 1, 2019, 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. 

 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: December 14, 2018 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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