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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Susan Brown,

Plaintiff,

v.

City of Pleasant Hill, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 07-0071 JL

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and Civ. L.R. 16-10(b), the following case

management and pretrial order is entered:

1. TRIAL DATE

a. Jury trial will begin on July 7, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom F, 15th

Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102.

b. The length of the trial will be not more than 7-8 days.

2. DISCOVERY

All discovery shall be completed by March 31, 2008.

In the event of a discovery dispute the parties shall use the following

procedure:

Parties shall meet and confer in person, or, if counsel are located outside the Bay

Area, by telephone, to attempt to resolve their dispute informally. A mere exchange of

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letters, telephone calls, or facsimile transmissions does not satisfy the requirement to meet

and confer.

If, after a good faith effort, the parties have not resolved their dispute, they shall

prepare a concise joint statement, of less than three pages, without affidavits or exhibits,

stating the nature and status of their dispute. If a joint statement is not possible, each side

may submit a one page individual statement. The Court will advise the parties regarding the

need, if any, for formal briefing or a hearing.

3. MOTIONS

All dispositive motions shall be served and filed not less than thirty-five (35) days

prior to the scheduled hearing date. Any opposition shall be served and filed no later than

twenty-one (21) days prior to the hearing date. Any reply to the opposition shall be served

and filed no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing. Prior to a dispositive motion,

the parties shall meet and confer and, at the time the motion is filed, submit a joint

statement of undisputed facts.

4. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)

The Court hereby refers this case for the following:

a. A settlement conference to be scheduled before another Magistrate

Judge of this court within 90 days of the case management

conference. Counsel will be contacted by that judge's chambers with a

date and time for the conference as soon as is convenient to the

judge's calendar.

5. A further Case Management Conference will be held within 30 days of

unsuccessful settlement conference or ADR proceedings. Parties shall jointly propose a

date on a Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

6. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

a. A final pretrial conference shall be held on June 18, 2008, at 11:00

a.m., in Courtroom F, 15th Floor. Each party shall attend personally or by counsel who will

try the case.

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b. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the pretrial

conference, all counsel or parties shall meet and fulfill the requirements of Civil Local Rule

16-10(b).

c. Not less than twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel or parties shall

 (I) serve and file a joint pretrial statement pursuant to Local Rule 16-10

(b);

The pretrial statement shall include the disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3) as well as the following:

THE ACTION

Substance of the Action

Relief Prayed

FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE ACTION

Undisputed Facts

Disputed Factual Issues

Agreed Statement

Stipulations

DISPUTED LEGAL ISSUES

(List)

TRIAL PREPARATION

Witnesses to be Called

Exhibits, Schedules and Summaries;

Trial

Estimate of Trial Time

Use of Discovery Responses at Trial

Further Discovery or Motions

TRIAL ALTERNATIVES AND OPTIONS

Settlement Discussions

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Amendments - Dismissals

Bifurcation, Separate Trial of Issues

MISCELLANEOUS

 Any other concerns of the parties

 d. At the same time that the parties file their joint pretrial statement they

shall also:

 (ii) Serve and file trial briefs, which shall specify each cause of

action and defense remaining to be tried along with a statement of the

applicable legal standard (no opposition shall be filed);

(iii) Serve and file motions in limine, which shall be contained in

one document. Motions in limine will be decided at the Pretrial

Conference.

 e. Serve and file a list of excerpts from discovery that will be offered at

trial, specifying the witness, page and line references and whether the excerpt is to be

offered in lieu of testimony or as impeachment;

 f. Serve and file a list of witnesses likely to be called at trial, in person or

by deposition, other than solely for impeachment or rebuttal, with a brief statement

describing the substance of the testimony to be given;

 g. Serve and file a numerical list of exhibits (including demonstrative

exhibits that may be admitted into evidence but not those that are purely illustrative), with a

brief statement describing the substance and purpose of each exhibit and the name of the

sponsoring witness;

 h. Exchange exhibits which shall be premarked, tabbed and in binders

(plaintiff shall use numbers and defendant shall use letters); and deliver the original and

two duplicate sets of all premarked exhibits to chambers (exhibits are not to be filed) at

least one week before trial. 

 (See Label)

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. _______________

Exhibit No. ______________

Date entered: ____________

RICHARD W. WIEKING, Clerk

By: ___________________

Deputy Clerk

 j. Serve and file proposed joint voir dire questions and joint jury

instructions for cases to be tried by jury (further instructions regarding jury instructions

below);

 k. Serve and file proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law for cases

to be tried by the Court.

 l. Serve and file a proposed verdict form which contains no reference to

submitting party.

 m. Two courtesy copies of trial briefs and motions in limine shall be

provided.

 n. No party shall be permitted to call any witness or offer any exhibit in its

case in chief that is not disclosed in these pretrial filings without leave of court and for good

cause.

 7. Not less than nine calendar days prior to the pretrial conference, counsel or

parties shall serve and file any opposition or objection to those items required by section 3

(e), (f), (i),(j), (k) and (l) of this order. Additionally, counsel or parties shall file any

objections to the qualifications of expert witnesses contained in the opposing party's

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witness list. Objections not filed as required will be deemed waived. No replies shall be

filed. All motions and objections shall be heard at the pretrial conference unless otherwise

ordered.

8. JURY TRIAL

a. Counsel shall submit an agreed upon set of additional voir dire

questions to be posed by the Court. Any voir dire questions on which counsel cannot

agree may be submitted separately. Counsel will be allowed brief follow-up voir dire after

the Court's questioning.

b. The following jury instructions from the Manual of Model Civil Jury

Instructions for the Ninth Circuit (April 2007) will be given absent objection: 1.1B, 1.1C, 1.6

- 1.14, 1.18, 1.19, 2.1 - 2.4, 2.11, 3.1 - 3.4. The Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Civil Jury

Instructions is available on the web site for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District

of California at www.cand.uscourts.gov. Click on the 9th Circuit home page button at the

lower left of the first screen and then choose the Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions

from the list on the left-hand side of the next screen. Counsel shall also submit an agreed

upon set of case-specific instructions, using the Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Civil Jury

Instructions where appropriate. Do not submit duplicates of those listed above. Any

instructions to which counsel cannot agree may be submitted separately. Each requested

instruction shall be typed in full on a separate page with citations to the authority upon

which it is based and a reference to the party submitting it. A second blind copy of each

instruction and verdict form shall also be submitted omitting the citation to authority and the

reference to the submitting party.

 9. All documents filed with the Clerk of the Court shall list the civil case number

followed by the initials "JL." One copy shall be clearly marked as a chambers copy.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 21, 2007

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 James Larson

 Chief Magistrate Judge

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