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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FACEBOOK INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 16-cv-01730-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE 

COMPLETED BY: September 11, 2018 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Only with Court Approval 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: October 26, 2018 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT REPORTS: 

ALL EXPERTS, RETAINED AND NON-RETAINED 

MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN REPORTS COMPLIANT 

WITH FRCP 26(A)(2)(B): 

Opening: November 9, 2018 

Rebuttal: December 14, 2018 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: January 15, 2019 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE 

HEARD BY: 

Heard on 35 day notice; Filed by February 

5, 2019 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, May 10, 2019 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: May 10, 2019 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 

 1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for 

summary judgment. 

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TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, June 10, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. (Jury 

Trial) 

Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance hearing on Friday, May 24, 

2019 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed the Court’s Pretrial Setting 

Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing shall be held in the Federal 

Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) business days prior 

to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page JOINT STATEMENT 

confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining 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. Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

 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: July 9, 2018 

______________________________________ 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Judge 

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