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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GABRIEL CHAVEZ, 

 Plaintiff,

v. 

COMMUNITY HOUSING 

SOLUTIONS; DONNA IVICEVIC d/b/a 

PINE VIEW APARTMENTS; VINCENT 

IVICEVIC d/b/a PINE VIEW 

APARTMENTS; and DOES 1-10, 

inclusive, 

 Defendant.

 Case No.: 16-cv-2032-L (DHB) 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

REGULATING DISCOVERY 

AND OTHER PRE-TRIAL 

PROCEEDINGS 

On September 8, 2017, Defendant Community Housing Solutions filed a Joint 

Motion to Continue the Court’s March 6, 2017 Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 30.) Good 

cause appearing, the Court hereby GRANTS the Joint Motion. Accordingly, the Court 

modifies the Scheduling Order as follows: 

1. By October 23, 2017, each party shall comply with the disclosure provisions 

in Rule 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This disclosure 

requirement applies to all persons retained or specially employed to provide expert 

testimony, or whose duties as an employee of the party regularly involve the giving of 

expert testimony. Except as provided in the paragraph below, any party that fails to 

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make these disclosures shall not, absent substantial justification, be permitted to use 

evidence or testimony not disclosed at any hearing or at the time of trial. In addition, 

the Court may impose sanctions as permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c).

2. Any party shall supplement its disclosure regarding contradictory or rebuttal 

evidence under Rule 26(a)(2)(D) by November 20, 2017. 

3. All discovery shall be completed by all parties by December 18, 2017. 

“Completed” means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, and discovery subpoenas under Rule 45, must be initiated a sufficient period of 

time in advance of the cut-off date, so that it may be completed by the cut-off date, taking 

into account the times for service, notice and response as set forth in the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure. Counsel shall promptly and in good faith meet and confer with 

regard to all discovery disputes in compliance with Local Rule 26.1(a). The Court 

expects counsel to make every effort to resolve all disputes without court intervention 

through the meet and confer process. If the parties reach an impasse on any discovery 

issue, counsel shall file an appropriate joint motion within the time limit and according to 

the procedures outlined in Magistrate Judge David H. Bartick’s Civil Chambers Rules, 

which are posted on the Court’s website. A failure to comply in this regard will result 

in a waiver of a party’s discovery issue. Absent an order of the Court, no stipulation 

continuing or altering this requirement will be recognized by the Court.

4. Please be advised that failure to comply with any discovery order of the Court 

may result in the sanctions provided for in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, including a prohibition on 

the introduction of experts or other designated matters in evidence. 

5. All pretrial motions including those addressing Daubert issues but excluding 

motions in limine must be filed by January 15, 2018. Counsel for the moving party must 

obtain a motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. The 

period of time between the date you request a motion date and the hearing date may vary 

from one district judge to another. Please plan accordingly. Failure to make a timely 

request for a motion date may result in the motion not being heard. The hearing date and 

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briefing schedule for motions in limine will be set at the Final Pretrial Conference. Each 

motion in limine shall be accompanied by a certification that the parties met and conferred 

in an attempt to resolve the issue. 

6. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on April 10, 2018 at 

10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate Judge David H. Bartick. Counsel shall submit 

settlement statements directly to Judge Bartick’s chambers by April 2, 2018.

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may either submit confidential settlement statements or may exchange their settlement 

statements. Each party’s settlement statement shall set forth the party’s statement of the 

case, identify controlling legal issues, concisely set out issues of liability and damages, and 

shall set forth the party’s settlement position, including the last offer or demand made by 

that party, and a separate statement of the offer or demand the party is prepared to make at 

the settlement conference. The settlement conference briefs shall not be filed with the 

Clerk of the Court. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose authority is 

required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in person at the 

conference. The individual(s) present at the Mandatory Settlement Conference with 

settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on behalf of the party 

to: 1) fully explore all settlement options and to agree during the Mandatory Settlement 

Conference to any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. 

v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement position 

of a party during the course of the Mandatory Settlement Conference (Pitman v. Brinker 

Int’l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a settlement without 

being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan’s Foods, Inc., 

270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)). 

Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel only. As to all other 

 

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 Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, shall be e-mailed to chambers 

at efile_Bartick@casd.uscourts.gov. Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and 

exhibits, must be delivered directly to chambers. 

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parties, appearance by litigation counsel only is not acceptable. Retained outside corporate 

counsel shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the authority to 

negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure of any counsel, party or authorized 

person to appear at the Mandatory Settlement Conference as required shall be cause 

for the immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions will be informal, 

off the record, privileged, and confidential. 

7. Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law are neither expected nor 

accepted. 

8. Counsel shall comply with the pre-trial disclosure requirements of Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) by April 23, 2018. Failure to comply with these 

disclosure requirements could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions under 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37. 

9. Counsel shall meet and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) by 

April 30, 2018. At this meeting, counsel shall discuss and attempt to enter into stipulations 

and agreements resulting in simplification of the triable issues. Counsel shall exchange 

copies and/or display all exhibits other than those to be used for impeachment. The exhibits 

shall be prepared in accordance with Local Rule 16.1(f)(4)(c). Counsel shall note any 

objections they have to any other parties’ Pretrial Disclosures under Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(3). Counsel shall cooperate in the preparation of the proposed pretrial 

conference order. 

10. Counsel for Plaintiff will be responsible for preparing the pretrial order and 

arranging the meetings of counsel pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16.1(f). By May 7, 2018, 

Plaintiff’s counsel must provide opposing counsel with the proposed pretrial order for 

review and approval. Opposing counsel must communicate promptly with Plaintiff’s 

attorney concerning any objections to form or content of the pretrial order, and both parties 

shall attempt promptly to resolve their differences, if any, concerning the order. 

11. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including objections to any 

other parties’ Federal Rule 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and 

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lodged with the assigned district judge by May 14, 2018, and shall be in the form prescribed 

in and comply with Local Rule 16.1(f)(6). 

12. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled on the calendar of the Honorable 

M. James Lorenz on May 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Note that trial briefs are not required 

and leave to file a trial brief must be obtained from Judge Lorenz. 

13. The parties must review the chambers’ rules for the assigned district judge 

and magistrate judge. 

14. A post-trial settlement conference before a magistrate judge may be held 

within 30 days of verdict in the case. 

15. The dates and times set forth herein will not be modified except for good cause 

shown. 

16. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion 

shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without leave of a district court judge. 

No reply memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without leave of a district court judge. 

Briefs and memoranda exceeding ten (10) pages in length shall have a table of contents 

and a table of authorities cited. Courtesy copies of filing exceeding 20 pages shall be 

delivered to the Clerk of the Court and shall be noted as “Courtesy Copy.” 

17. Plaintiff’s counsel shall serve a copy of this order on all parties that enter this 

case hereafter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 12, 2017 

 _________________________ 

 LOUISA S PORTER 

 United States Magistrate Judge

 

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