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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REGGIE PERKINS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S

DEPARTMENT J-TEAM, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 07-02013 CW (PR)

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL

AND SETTING TRIAL DATE

The Court having determined that it would be beneficial to

have counsel assist Plaintiff in this matter and volunteer counsel

willing to be appointed to represent Plaintiff having been located

by the Court, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Paven Malhotra, Esq. (SBN 258429)

and Asim M. Bhansali, Esq. (SBN 194925) of Keker & Van Nest LLP,

are appointed as counsel for Plaintiff in this matter pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) and the Court's Federal Pro Bono Project

guidelines. 

The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of this Order to

Plaintiff's counsel at Keker & Van Nest LLP, 710 Sansome Street,

San Francisco, California 94111. The Clerk of the Court shall also

send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff, and to Defendants' counsel. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the trial date previously set for

December 14, 2009, is continued to June 7, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. A

pretrial conference will be held on May 11, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. 

Counsel shall comply with the attached Order for Pretrial

Preparation. A case management conference is set for Tuesday,

April 6, 2010 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 2, Fourth Floor, 1301 Clay

Street, Oakland, California. The parties shall meet and confer

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prior to the conference and shall prepare a joint Case Management

Statement which shall be filed no later than one (1) week prior to

the Case Management Conference that complies with the Standing

Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California and the

Standing Order of this Court.

In light of the appointment of counsel, Plaintiff's pending

motions (docket nos. 57, 58, 64, 71) are DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE

to refiling by counsel if counsel deems it advisable.

This Order terminates Docket nos. 57, 58, 64 and 71.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 1/11/10 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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ORDER FOR PRETRIAL PREPARATION

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

1. Not less than 30 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall exchange (but not file or lodge) the papers described

in Civil L.R. 16-10(b)(7),(8),(9), and (10), and their motions in

limine. 

2. At least 20 days before the final pretrial conference,

lead counsel who will try the case shall meet and confer with

respect to:

(a) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement;

(b) Resolution of any differences between the parties

regarding the preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement and the preparation and exchange of

pretrial materials to be served and lodged pursuant to this

Order for Pretrial Preparation. To the extent such

differences are not resolved, parties will present the issues

in the pretrial conference statement so that the judge may

rule on the matter during the pretrial conference; and

(c) Settlement of the action.

3. Not less than 10 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall submit the following.

(a) Pretrial Conference Statement. The parties shall

file a joint pretrial conference statement containing the following

information:

(1) The Action.

(A) Substance of the Action. A brief description of the

substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided.

(B) Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the

relief claimed, particularly itemizing all elements of damages

claimed.

(2) The Factual Basis of the Action.

(A) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement of

all relevant facts not reasonably disputed.

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(B) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise

statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be

decided.

(C) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether all

or part of the action may be presented upon an agreed

statement of facts.

(D) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations requested

or proposed for pretrial or trial purposes.

(3) Disputed Legal Issues. Without extended legal

argument, a concise statement of each disputed point of law

concerning liability or relief.

(4) Further Discovery or Motions. A statement of all

remaining discovery or motions.

(5) Trial Alternatives and Options.

(A) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing the

status of settlement negotiations and indicating whether

further negotiations are likely to be productive.

(B) Consent to Trial Before a Magistrate Judge. A

statement whether the parties consent to a court or jury trial

before a magistrate judge, with appeal directly to the Ninth

Circuit.

(C) Bifurcation, Separate Trial of Issues. A statement

of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of specific issues

is feasible and desired.

(6) Miscellaneous. Any other subjects relevant to the

trial of the action, or material to its just, speedy and

inexpensive determination.

(b) Exhibit List and Objections. The exhibit list shall

list each proposed exhibit by its number (see Civil L.R. 30-2(b)),

description, and sponsoring witness, followed by blanks to

accommodate the date on which it is marked for identification and

the date on which it is admitted into evidence. No party shall be

permitted to offer any exhibit in its case-in-chief that is not

disclosed in its exhibit list without leave of the Court for good

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cause shown. Parties shall also deliver a set of premarked

exhibits to the Courtroom Deputy. The exhibit markers shall each

contain the name and number of the case, the number of the exhibit,

and blanks to accommodate the date admitted and the Deputy Clerk's

initials. (Appropriate sample forms are available on the Court’s

website at www.cand.uscourts.gov). Any objections to exhibits

which remain after the pretrial meeting shall be indicated in the

pretrial statement.

(c) Witness List. In addition to the requirements of

FRCivP 26(a)(3)(A), a brief statement describing the substance of

the testimony to be given by each witness who may be called at

trial. No party shall be permitted to call any witness in its

case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its pretrial statement

without leave of Court for good cause shown.

(d) Use of Discovery Responses. In addition to the

requirements of FRCivP 26(a)(3)(B), a designation of any excerpts

from interrogatory answers or from responses for admissions

intended to be offered at trial. Counsel shall indicate any

objections to use of these materials and that counsel have

conferred respecting such objections. 

(e) Trial briefs. Briefs on all significant disputed

issues of law, including foreseeable procedural and evidentiary

issues, which remain after the pretrial meeting.

(f) Motions in Limine. Any motions in limine that could

not be settled at the pretrial meeting shall be filed with the

pretrial statement. All motions in limine shall be contained

within one document, limited to 25 pages pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-

2(b), with each motion listed as a subheading. Opposition to the

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motions in limine shall be contained within one document, limited

to 25 pages, with corresponding subheadings, and filed five (5)

days thereafter.

(g) Joint Proposed Voir Dire. The attached voir dire

questionnaire will be given to the venire members, and copies of

the responses will be made available to counsel at the beginning of

voir dire. Counsel may submit a set of additional requested voir

dire, to be posed by the Court, to which they have agreed at the

pretrial meeting. Any voir dire questions on which counsel cannot

agree shall be submitted separately. Counsel may be allowed brief

follow-up voir dire after the Court's questioning.

(h) Joint Proposed Jury Instructions. As applicable,

jury instructions §1.1A, §1.1C, §1.2 through §1.17, §1.19, §2.1

through §2.13, §3.1 through §3.3 from the Manual of Model Civil

Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit (2007 Edition) will be

given absent objection. Counsel shall jointly submit one set of

additional proposed jury instructions, to which they have agreed at

the pretrial meeting. The instructions shall be ordered in a

logical sequence, together with a table of contents. Any

instruction on which counsel cannot agree shall be marked as

"disputed," and shall be included within the jointly submitted

instructions and accompanying table of contents, in the place where

the party proposing the instruction believes it should be given. 

Argument and authority for and against each disputed instruction

shall be included as part of the joint submission, on separate

sheets directly following the disputed instruction. 

Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to the Courtroom Deputy a

copy of their joint proposed jury instructions on a computer disk

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in WordPerfect or ASCII format. The disk label should include the

name of the parties, the case number and a description of the

document.

(i) Proposed Verdict Forms, Joint or Separate.

(j) Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

(Court Trial only). Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to

the Courtroom Deputy a copy of their proposed findings of fact and

conclusions of law on a computer disk in WordPerfect or ASCII

format. The disk label should include the name of the parties, the

case number and a description of the document.

JURY SELECTION

The Jury Commissioner will summon 20 to 25 prospective jurors. 

The Courtroom Deputy will select their names at random and seat

them in the courtroom in the order in which their names are called.

Voir dire will be asked of sufficient venire persons so that

eight (or more for a lengthy trial) will remain after all

peremptory challenges and an anticipated number of hardship

dismissals and cause challenges have been made.

The Court will then take cause challenges, and discuss

hardship claims from the individual jurors, outside the presence of

the venire. The Court will inform the attorneys which hardship

claims and cause challenges will be granted, but will not announce

those dismissals until the process is completed. Each side may

then list in writing up to three peremptory challenges. The

attorneys will review each other's lists and then submit them to

the Courtroom Deputy.

Then, from the list of jurors in numerical order, the Court

will strike the persons with meritorious hardships, those excused

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for cause, and those challenged peremptorily, and call the first

eight people in numerical sequence remaining. Those people will be

the jury.

All jurors remaining at the close of the case will deliberate. 

There are no alternates.

SANCTIONS 

Failure to comply with this Order is cause for sanctions under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________ ______________________________

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print

clearly. Since we want to make copies for the attorneys and the

Court, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more

room, continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your

cooperation.

1. Your name: ________________________________________________

2. Your age: _________________________________________________

3. The city where you live: __________________________________

 How long have you lived there:______________________________

4. Your place of birth: ______________________________________

5. Do you rent or own your own home? _________________________

6. Your marital status: (circle one)

single married live with partner separated divorced widowed 

7. What is your occupation, and how long have you worked in 

it? (If you are retired, please describe your main

 occupation when you were working).

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

8. Who is (or was) your employer?

_______________________________________________________________

9. How long have you worked for this employer? ______________ 

10. Please list the occupations of any adults with whom you

 live.

_______________________________________________________________

11. If you have children, please list their ages and sex and, 

 if they are employed, please give their occupations.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 12. Please describe your educational background:

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Highest grade completed: _________________________________

College and/or vocational schools you have attended:

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Major areas of study:_____________________________________

13. Have you ever served on a jury before? ________ How many 

 times?________

If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______

When? ____________________________________________________

Was it a civil or criminal case? _________________________

Did the jury(ies) reach a verdict? _______________________

14. Attached is a list of the parties in this case, the law firms

representing the parties, attorneys in this case, and persons

who are potential witnesses in this case. Do you know, or

think you know, any of the persons listed? 

 Yes:_____ No:_____

If so, make a check next to their name. 

Rev. 04/15/09

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REGGIE PERKINS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-02013 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 11, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Asim M. Bhansali

Paven Malhotra M

Keker and Van Nest

710 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

Silvano Bruno Marchesi

County Counsel

Bernard Louis Knapp

Monika L. Cooper

County of Contra Costa

651 Pine Street9th Floor

Martinez, CA 94553

Reggie Perkins J-24040

Bldg 17 / Bed 224

California State Prison-Solano

P.O. Box 4000

Vacaville, CA 95696

Timothy J. McDonough

Deputy Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

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Dated: January 11, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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