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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROYAL YATES,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL and CURT

WILLIAMS,

Defendant(s).

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No. C05-1510 BZ

ORDER SCHEDULING 

JURY TRIAL

Plaintiff having rejected the remittitur, there will be a

new trial on the sole issue of the amount of punitive damages

against defendant GunnAllen Financial. Following a status

conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. DATES

Trial Date: Monday, 8/28/2006, 2 days, at 8:30 a.m.

Pretrial Conference: Tuesday, 8/15/2006, at 4:00 p.m.

2. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

By August 4, 2006 the parties shall meet and take all

steps necessary to fulfill the requirements of this Order.

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By August 8, 2006, the parties shall: (1) serve and file

a witness list; (2) serve and file requested jury

instructions, and a form of verdict. The parties should agree

to a joint set of instructions based on the set given during

the first trial, and a preliminary instruction advising the

jury of the limited nature of the trial. Any instructions on

which the parties cannot agree may be submitted separately. 

The Ninth Circuit Manual and the California Judicial Council's

Model Jury Instructions (CACI) should be used where possible. 

Each requested instruction shall be typed in full on a

separate page with citations to the authority upon which it is

based. Proposed jury instructions taken from the Ninth

Circuit Manual or CACI need only contain a citation to that

source. Any modifications made to proposed instructions taken

from a manual of model instructions must be clearly indicated. 

In addition, all proposed jury instructions should conform to

the format of the Example Jury Instruction attached to this

Order. By August 10, 2006, the parties shall serve and file

any objections to separately proposed jury instructions.

All proposed jury instructions and forms of verdict shall

be accompanied by a diskette containing a copy of the document

formatted in WordPerfect 6.1, 8, 9 or 10 (Windows) or

WordPerfect 5.1 (DOS).

At the time of filing the original with the Clerk's

Office, two copies of all documents shall be delivered

directly to Chambers (Room 15-6688). Chambers’ copies of all 

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pretrial documents shall be three-hole punched at the side,

suitable for insertion into standard, three-ring binders.

Dated: July 27, 2006

 Bernard Zimmerman

United States Magistrate Judge

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EXAMPLE PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTION

For Chambers of Magistrate Judge Zimmerman

A proposed jury instruction should contain the following

elements in the following order: (1) the name of the party

submitting the instruction; (2) the title of the instruction;

(3) the text of the instruction; (4) the authority for the

instruction; (5) blank boxes for the Court to note whether it

gives the instruction, refuses to give it, or gives it as

modified. The following proposed instruction contains these

elements.

________’s Proposed Instruction No. _____.

(Party)

[Title]

[Text]

[Authority]

 GIVEN REFUSED GIVEN AS MODIFIED

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