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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GERALD ONWUKEME, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 19-cv-07263-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, August 3, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED 

FOR PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE COMPLETED BY: June 30, 2020 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND 

PLEADINGS: 

Only with Court approval and good cause 

by Motions under FRCP Rule 16(b)(4) 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: September 4, 2020 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT REPORTS: 

ALL EXPERTS, RETAINED AND NON-RETAINED 

MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN REPORTS COMPLIANT 

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

Opening: September 25, 2020 

Rebuttal: October 9, 2020 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: October 30, 2020 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To

BE HEARD BY: On 35 day notice; filed by 9/15/2020 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, January 15, 2021 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: January 22, 2021 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, February 5, 2021 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, February 22, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. 

for 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, January 15, 

2021 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. 

As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall provide the 

Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by February 28, 2020 by filing a JOINT Notice. 

A compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, March 6, 2020 on the Court's 9:01a.m. 

calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in courtroom 1. By 

February 28, 2020 the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice or a one-page JOINT 

STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for 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. 

 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: )HEUXDU\

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Judge 

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