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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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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

RALPH MILLER,

Plaintiff(s),

 vs.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, et

al,

Defendant(s). /

No. C 02-2118 MJJ (MEJ)

ORDER RE: WITNESS PRECLUSION

On April 13, 2006, the Court granted defendant International Business Machines' ("IBM")

motion to preclude plaintiff Ralph Miller from calling any person to testify or otherwise provide

evidence in this action for whom he has not provided full and accurate contact details. Doc. #420. 

In its order, the Court ruled that Miller could not call any person to testify or otherwise provide

evidence for whom he has not provided full and accurate details as required by FRCP 26(a)(1)(A)

and this Court's February 6, 2006. On April 20, 2006, Miller filed the declarations of William F.

Mueller and Byron C. Thompson, his counsel in this case, in response to the April 13 Order. 

Upon review of Miller's declarations, the Court finds that good cause does not exist to

modify its April 13 Order. However, if it is Miller's position that he supplied up-to-date contact

information for any witness in response to the Court's February 6, 2006 Order (Doc. #315 at 4:23-

27), he may present evidence from said witnesses in support of any dispositive motions or trial,

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subject to IBM moving the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, presiding judge in this matter, to preclude

the witness' testimony if IBM can show that Miller did not provide up-to-date contact information as

ordered. As the Court previously found, the October 2000 BCC contact list does not constitute upto-date contact information. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 24, 2006 MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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