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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY VINCENT PASSER,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR. STEEVERS, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:08-cv-2792 MCE KJN P

ORDER AND STAY OF EXPERT 

DISCOVERY AND PRETRIAL MOTIONS 

DEADLINES

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel. The undersigned has reviewed the 

record in this action and determined that discovery should be phased such that percipient witness 

depositions and other party discovery should occur prior to the parties engaging in discovery 

concerning expert witnesses, including the depositions of expert witnesses. Phasing discovery in 

this case is consistent with Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which states that the 

rules “should be construed and administered to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive 

determination of every action and proceeding.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 1. Moreover, as set forth in the 

court’s prior order, “[t]he district court is given broad discretion in supervising the pretrial phase 

of litigation.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation 

and internal quotation marks omitted). In light of this phasing, the expert deposition deadline of 

September 30, 2014, and the pretrial motions deadline of October 10, 2014, are stayed. 

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Once percipient witness and party discovery is completed, this case shall be scheduled for 

a mandatory settlement conference with a randomly selected judge.1 Within ten days from 

completion of such discovery, all counsel for the parties shall contact Sujean Park, ADR and Pro 

Bono Director, (916) 930-4278, to arrange for the scheduling of a settlement conference before a 

randomly-selected settlement judge. Absent further leave of court, the mandatory settlement 

conference shall be scheduled within two months from the date such discovery is completed.

Expert discovery is stayed pending completion of the mandatory settlement conference. 

Further scheduling order will issue, as appropriate, following the settlement conference. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Discovery shall be phased as set forth above; 

2. The September 30, 2014 expert deposition deadline and the October 10, 2014 pretrial 

motions deadline are stayed pending further order of the court; 

3. Within ten days from the completion of percipient witness and party discovery, counsel 

for both parties shall contact Sujean Park, ADR and Pro Bono Director, (916) 930-4278, to 

schedule a mandatory settlement conference with a randomly selected settlement judge. Absent 

further leave of court, the mandatory settlement conference shall be scheduled within two months 

from the date discovery is completed; and

4. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on Sujean Park.

DATED: September 24, 2014.

/pass2792.phdsc

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 Pursuant to Local Rule 270(b) of the Eastern District of California, the parties may 

affirmatively request that the undersigned serve as the settlement judge, but must waive any claim 

of disqualification to the undersigned trying the case thereafter.

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