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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MELVIN SMITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., ET AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-01779-YGR 

ORDER SETTING TRIAL SCHEDULE;

VACATING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; DENYING REQUEST TO 

APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AS MOOT

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court has reviewed the joint case management statement. Given the nature of the 

action, the Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, July 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 TO BE HEARD BY: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (AS DEFINED HEREIN) Monday, November 21, 2016, at 2:01 p.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: Friday, December 2, 2016 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, December 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, January 9, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. for 

four days (Jury Trial) 

The parties shall meet and confer and provide the Court with a joint statement regarding 

cut-off dates for expert and non-expert discovery in light of the trial date. Parties shall file the 

same no later than Monday, June 20, 2016. 

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

summary judgment. 

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

meet and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The 

compliance hearing on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 2:01 p.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. No later than Monday, November 14, 2016, 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. 

The Court VACATES the Case Management Conference currently set for June 20, 2016. 

The Court DENIES as moot defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.’s motion to appear at the 

Case Management Conference telephonically. 

This Order terminates Docket Numbers 49 and 50. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 16, 2016 

______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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