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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL MCPHAIL, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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FIRST COMMAND FINANCIAL

PLANNING, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

 

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Case No. 05-CV-0179-IEG (JMA)

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY AND

OTHER PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS

(Fed. R. Civ. P. 16) 

(Local Rule 16.1)

(Fed. R. Civ. P. 26)

Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

a telephonic Case Management Conference was held on November 2,

2007 at 9:00 a.m. After consulting with the attorneys of record

for the parties and being advised of the status of the case, and

good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. A telephonic Case Management Conference shall be held

before Magistrate Judge Adler on March 3, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.

Counsel for each party shall appear telephonically at this

conference. Counsel for Plaintiffs shall make all arrangements

for the conference call, and shall provide the Court and all

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other participating counsel with the call-in telephone number and

any participant codes or passwords by no later than February 27,

2008. 

2. All discovery, other than expert discovery, shall be

completed by all parties on or before July 25, 2008. "Completed"

means that all discovery under Rules 30 through 36 of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure must be initiated a sufficient period of

time in advance of the cutoff date, so that it may be completed

by the cutoff date, taking into account the times for service,

notice, and response as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. All disputes concerning discovery shall be brought to

the attention of Magistrate Judge Adler no later than thirty (30)

days following the date upon which the event giving rise to the

dispute occurred. For oral discovery, the event giving rise to

the discovery dispute is the completion of the transcript of the

affected portion of the deposition. For written discovery, the

event giving rise to the discovery dispute is the service of the

response. Counsel are required to meet and confer prior to

contacting the Court regarding all discovery disputes pursuant to

the requirements of Local Rules 16.5(k) and 26.1(a).

3. Plaintiffs’ expert disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ.

P. 26(a)(2) shall be served on all parties on or before August

22, 2008. Defendants’ expert disclosures required by Fed. R.

Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be served on all parties on or before

September 23, 2008. Any contradictory or rebuttal information

shall be disclosed on or before October 23, 2008. In addition,

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e)(1) imposes a duty on the parties to

supplement the expert disclosures made pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.

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Counsel should note that while historically motion cutoff

deadlines issued by this Court were deadlines for motion hearings, the

motion cutoff dates now being issued establish deadlines for the

parties to file motions.

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P. 26(a)(2)(B) by the time that pretrial disclosures are due

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) (discussed below). 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. 

Please be advised that failure to comply with this section

or any other 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.

4. All expert discovery shall be completed by all parties

on or before December 5, 2008. 

5. All motions, other than motions to amend or join

parties, or motions in limine, shall be filed on or before

December 19, 2008.1

 Motions will not be heard or calendared

unless counsel for the moving party has obtained a motion hearing

date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. 

Be advised that the period of time between the date you request a

motion date and the hearing date may be up to sixty (60) days. 

Please plan accordingly. Failure of counsel to timely request a

motion date may result in the motion not being heard. 

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 the judge who will hear the motion. No reply

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memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without such leave of

court.

6. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on

February 9, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate

Judge Adler. Counsel shall submit settlement statements directly

to Magistrate Judge Adler's chambers no later than February 2,

2009. The parties 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)),

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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 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 will result in the

immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions

will be informal, off the record, privileged, and confidential.

7. Counsel shall serve on each other and file their

Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law and take any other

action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(2) on or before February

23, 2009. On or before this date, the parties must also comply

with the pretrial disclosure requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3). 

8. Counsel shall confer and take the action required by

Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) on or before March 2, 2009. 

9. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including

written objections, if any, to any party's Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3) pretrial disclosures, shall be prepared, served, and

lodged with the Clerk's Office on or before March 9, 2009 and

shall be in the form prescribed in Local Rule 16.1(f)(6). Any

objections shall comply with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3). Please be advised that the failure to file written

objections to a party's pretrial disclosures may result in the

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waiver of such objections, with the exception of those made

pursuant to Rules 402 (relevance) and 403 (prejudice, confusion

or waste of time) of the Federal Rules of Evidence.

10. The final pretrial conference is scheduled on the

calendar of the Honorable Irma E. Gonzalez on March 16, 2009 at

10:30 a.m. The trial date will be assigned by Judge Gonzalez at

the pretrial conference.

11. The dates and times set forth herein will not be

modified except for good cause shown.

12. Plaintiff's(s') counsel shall serve a copy of this

order on all parties that enter this case hereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 2, 2007

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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