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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SCOTT JOHNSON,

 Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT E. LARSON; KATHLEEN E. 

LARSON; LARSON MARINE, INC.,

a California Corporation; and 

Does 1 through 10,

 Defendants.

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CIV. NO. 2:15-00934 WBS EFB

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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 October 13, 2015, and makes the following findings 

and orders without needing to consult with the parties any 

further. 

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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

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 federal question 

jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, because plaintiff’s claims arise 

under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et 

seq. Supplemental jurisdiction over the claims brought under the 

Unruh Act is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1367. Venue is 

undisputed and is hereby found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties shall serve any remaining the initial 

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

by October 9, 2015.

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 

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

later than December 1, 2015. 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 December 29, 2015. 

According to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33, a party may 

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serve on any other party no more than twenty-five written 

interrogatories. However, the court may grant leave to serve 

additional interrogatories to the extent it is consistent with 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1) and (2). Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 33. The Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 33 explain that the 

“aim is not to prevent needed discovery, but to provide judicial 

scrutiny before parties make potentially excessive use of this 

discovery device. In many cases it will be appropriate for the 

court to permit a larger number of interrogatories in the 

scheduling order.” Id. Here, plaintiff offers no explanation 

for why he requests leave to serve forty-five, rather than 

twenty-five, interrogatories. As a result, the court denies 

plaintiff’s request. 

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 26, 2016. 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 26, 2016.

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary 

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be 

filed on or before March 1, 2016. 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 9, 2016 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 281 and 282 relating to the

contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to 

those subjects listed in Local Rule 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 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 July 12, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. The 

parties estimate that a jury trial will last two to three days. 

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The court understands the parties have already had a 

settlement conference which was unsuccessful in resolving the 

case.

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: October 7, 2015

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