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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Palma Baca Urrutia, et al. 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Darrell Lee Ekdahl, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 03-1990 PHX PGR

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the jury trial in this matter shall

commence on Monday, March 20, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. in the United

States District Court, Courtroom 601, 401 W. Washington Street,

Phoenix, Arizona. The maximum length of the trial shall be nine

(9) days.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall file a trial brief

no later than Monday, March 6, 2006. The trial brief shall raise

all significant disputed issues of law and fact, including

foreseeable procedural and evidentiary issues, and shall set forth

the party’s positions thereon with supporting arguments and

authorities. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file their

proposed voir dire questions and proposed jury instructions,

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1The parties are advised that they will receive a packet with instructions

on the marking and submission of trial exhibits from the Court’s courtroom

deputy, Kerry Reynolds, (602)322-7243 approximately two weeks before trial.

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together with proposed forms of verdict for each count of the

complaint, including special interrogatories, if applicable, no

later than Monday, March 6, 2006.1 Proposed jury instructions

shall be filed in compliance with LRCiv 51.1, AS MODIFIED BY THE

ATTACHED EXHIBIT SETTING FORTH THE COURT'S ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

FOR SUBMITTING JURY INSTRUCTIONS.

Counsel are advised that the instructions for submitting jury

instructions must be followed.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties are to confer regarding

their respective list of exhibits in order to anticipate and narrow

possible objections at trial. The parties are to file an Amended

Joint Pretrial Statement specifically addressing Sections J

(Witnesses) and K (List of Exhibits) on or before Friday, December

30, 2005.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a final Pretrial Conference has

been set for Monday, March 13, 2006, at 3:00 p.m.

DATED this 22nd day of November, 2005.

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- 1 - EXHIBIT TO ORDER

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTING CIVIL JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN JUDGE

ROSENBLATT’S COURT:

Counsel are warned that improper submission of jury

instructions will result in the striking of same.

Counsel to use only 2001 Ninth Circuit Model Civil Jury

Instructions, together with any amendments thereto.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR E-FILING JURY INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE CLERK OF THE

COURT:

Counsel to e-file the following:

• Jury Instructions with no modifications: If a Ninth Circuit

model instruction has no modifications, list only that

instruction number and instruction title.

• Requested/Modified Jury Instructions: If a Ninth Circuit

model instruction has a blank, that information must be filled

out, in bold, by Counsel, unless it is information that cannot

be filled out until the Judge and Counsel go over jury

instructions at close of trial. – In any event, that modified

instruction must now be part of Counsel's requested

instructions and must be numbered as such.* 

• – If a Ninth Circuit model instruction has been modified,*

counsel must type such modification in bold, such that the

Court can easily determine which portion of the instruction is

the standard, and which portion has been modified.

• – If a Ninth Circuit model instruction has been modified,*

counsel must submit each modified instruction on its own page.

* Any model instruction which has been modified will be

considered a "requested instruction" and must be numbered in a

consecutive pattern.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR E-MAILING JURY INSTRUCTIONS DIRECTLY TO CHAMBERS

E-MAILBOX:

Counsel shall e-mail (the subject line of the e-mail shall

contained the case number and case name) directly to the Chambers

e-mailbox (Rosenblatt_Chambers@azd.uscourts.gov) a “CLEAN COPY” of

all modified/requested jury instructions, NO LATER THAN THE DATE

INDICATED IN THE TRIAL ORDER, in accordance with the following

instructions:

Clean Copy of Modified/Requested Jury Instructions:

• The CLEAN COPY shall be:

• In WordPerfect versions 7 or 9, Windows 98, or 2000, or

WordPerfect compatible format. No .pdf documents will be

accepted; 

• In COURIER 12pt. font;

• In NON-CAPITALIZED, DOUBLE SPACED TEXT, with 

FIVE-SPACE TAB INDENTATION; and

• Only ONE instruction per page.

• The CLEAN COPY shall not have any bolding, titles, cites,

instruction numbers, pagination, letterhead markings, or

similar notations signaling which party submitted them.

Revised Arizona Jury Instructions (RAJI):

IF COUNSEL ARE REQUESTING RAJI, COUNSEL MUST E-FILE TO THE

CLERK OF COURT THE FOLLOWING:

• EACH AND EVERY requested RAJI instruction, including its

title, its number, and its text. 

Counsel must also e-file to the Chambers e-mailbox a clean copy of

each and every complete RAJI instruction in accordance with the

above instructions under the section: "INSTRUCTIONS FOR E-MAILING

JURY INSTRUCTIONS DIRECTLY TO CHAMBERS E-MAILBOX."

ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL JUDGE ROSENBLATT'S CHAMBERS -

602-322-7510.

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