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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 Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBINSON,

 v.

DAVIS, ET AL,

 /

No. C 02-01538 CW

AMENDED

MINUTE ORDER AND

CASE MANAGEMENT

ORDER

Clerk: Sheilah Cahill Reporter: Starr Wilson, pro tem

Plaintiff Attorney: James Donato; Franklin Goldberg

Defendant Attorney: Julianne Mossler

A case management conference was held on: 10/23/07. The Case

Management Statement and Proposed Order filed by the parties is hereby

adopted by the Court as the Case Management Order for the case, except

as may be noted below. The Court's standard Order for Pretrial

Preparation also applies.

The case is hereby referred to the following ADR process:

Non-binding Arbitration: © a Early Neutral Evaluation: © a

Court-connected mediation: © a Private mediation: © a

Magistrate Judge settlement conference: © X a

ADR session to be held by: ©01/02/08a

(or as soon thereafter as is convenient to the mediator's schedule)

Deadline to add additional parties or claims: ©11/26/07a

Date of next case management conference: ©N/Aa

Completion of Fact Discovery: ©02/29/08a

Disclosure of identities and reports of expert witnesses: ©01/11/08a

Completion of Expert Discovery: ©02/29/08a

All case-dispositive motions to be heard at 2:00 P.M. 

on or before: ©04/10/08a

Final Pretrial Conference at 2:00 P.M. on: ©06/17/08a

A 3 day Jury Trial will begin at 8:30 A.M. on: ©06/25/08a

Additional Matters: Copy of Court's Order for Pretrial Preparation

given to attys in court. Parties to go back to Magistrate Judge

Nandor Vadas for further settlement conference. Defendant will need

to file motion to amend complaint to add religion claim by 11/26/07.

Discovery and dispositive motions will be limited only to claims added

if Court grants motion to amend. Plaintiff’s counsel will need to

seek writ for plaintiff’s appearance at trial or for any other

prisoner. Court will not bifurcate liability and punitive damages;

counsel can provide information by way of declaration and statement

to be read to jury re damages. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 10/25/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

Copies to: Chambers; Wings; M/J Vadas

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NOTICE

Case Management Conferences and Pretrial Conferences are

conducted on Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. Criminal Law and Motion calendar

is conducted on Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. for defendants in custody and

2:30 p.m. for defendants not in custody. Civil Law and Motion

calendar is conducted on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. Order of call is

determined by the Court. Counsel need not reserve a hearing date for

civil motions; however, counsel are advised to check the legal

newspapers or the Court’s website at www.cand.uscourts.gov for

unavailable dates.

Motions for Summary Judgment: All issues shall be contained

within one motion of 25 pages or less, made on 35 days notice. (See

Civil L.R. 7-2). Separate statements of undisputed facts in support

of or in opposition to motions for summary judgment will not be

considered by the Court. (See Civil Local Rule 56-2(a)). The motion

and opposition should include a statement of facts supported by

citations to the declarations filed with respect to the motion.

Evidentiary and procedural objections shall be contained within the

motion, opposition or reply; separate motions to strike will not be

considered by the Court. Any cross-motion shall be contained within

the opposition to any motion for summary judgment, shall contain 25

pages or less, and shall be filed 21 days before the hearing. The

reply to a motion may contain up to 15 pages, shall include the

opposition to any cross-motion, and shall be filed 14 days before the

hearing. (See Civil Local Rule 7-3). The Court may, sua sponte or

pursuant to a motion under Civil L.R. 6-3, reschedule the hearing so

as to give a moving party time to file a reply to any cross-motion.

All discovery motions are referred to a Magistrate Judge to be

heard and considered at the convenience of his/her calendar. All such

matters shall be noticed by the moving party for hearing on the

assigned Magistrate Judge's regular law and motion calendar, or

pursuant to that Judge's procedures.

Pursuant to General Order 45,§ VI.G, “In all cases subject to

ECF, in addition to filing papers electronically, the parties are

required to lodge for chambers no later than noon on the business day

following the day that the papers are filed electronically, one paper

copy of each document that is filed electronically.” 

(rev. 10/10/07)

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ORDER FOR PRETRIAL PREPARATION

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

1. Not less than 30 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall exchange (but not file or lodge) the papers

described in Civil L.R. 16-10(b)(7),(8),(9), and (10), and their

motions in limine. 

2. At least 20 days before the final pretrial conference,

lead counsel who will try the case shall meet and confer with

respect to:

(a) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement;

(b) Resolution of any differences between the

parties regarding the preparation and content of the joint

pretrial conference statement and the preparation and

exchange of pretrial materials to be served and lodged

pursuant to this Order for Pretrial Preparation. To the

extent such differences are not resolved, parties will

present the issues in the pretrial conference statement so

that the judge may rule on the matter during the pretrial

conference; and

(c) Settlement of the action.

3. Not less than 10 days prior to the pretrial

conference, counsel shall submit the following.

(a) Pretrial Conference Statement. The parties shall

file a joint pretrial conference statement containing the

following information:

(1) The Action.

(A) Substance of the Action. A brief description of

the substance of claims and defenses which remain to be

decided.

(B) Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the

relief claimed, particularly itemizing all elements of

damages claimed.

(2) The Factual Basis of the Action.

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(A) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement

of all relevant facts not reasonably disputed.

(B) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise

statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be

decided.

(C) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether

all or part of the action may be presented upon an agreed

statement of facts.

(D) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations

requested or proposed for pretrial or trial purposes.

(3) Disputed Legal Issues. Without extended legal

argument, a concise statement of each disputed point of law

concerning liability or relief.

(4) Further Discovery or Motions. A statement of all

remaining discovery or motions.

(5) Trial Alternatives and Options.

(A) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing

the status of settlement negotiations and indicating

whether further negotiations are likely to be productive.

(B) Consent to Trial Before a Magistrate Judge. A

statement whether the parties consent to a court or jury

trial before a magistrate judge, with appeal directly to

the Ninth Circuit.

(C) Bifurcation, Separate Trial of Issues. A

statement of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of

specific issues is feasible and desired.

(6) Miscellaneous. Any other subjects relevant to

the trial of the action, or material to its just, speedy

and inexpensive determination.

(b) Exhibit List and Objections. The exhibit list

shall list each proposed exhibit by its number (see Civil L.R.

30-2(b)), description, and sponsoring witness, followed by

blanks to accommodate the date on which it is marked for

identification and the date on which it is admitted into

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evidence. No party shall be permitted to offer any exhibit in

its case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its exhibit list

without leave of the Court for good cause shown. Parties shall

also deliver a set of premarked exhibits to the Courtroom

Deputy. The exhibit markers shall each contain the name and

number of the case, the number of the exhibit, and blanks to

accommodate the date admitted and the Deputy Clerk's initials.

(Appropriate sample forms are available on the Court’s website

at www.cand.uscourts.gov). Any objections to exhibits which

remain after the pretrial meeting shall be indicated in the

pretrial statement.

(c) Witness List. In addition to the requirements of

FRCivP 26(a)(3)(A), a brief statement describing the substance

of the testimony to be given by each witness who may be called

at trial. No party shall be permitted to call any witness in

its case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its pretrial

statement without leave of Court for good cause shown.

(d) Use of Discovery Responses. In addition to the

requirements of FRCivP 26(a)(3)(B), a designation of any

excerpts from interrogatory answers or from responses for

admissions intended to be offered at trial. Counsel shall

indicate any objections to use of these materials and that

counsel have conferred respecting such objections. 

(e) Trial briefs. Briefs on all significant disputed

issues of law, including foreseeable procedural and evidentiary

issues, which remain after the pretrial meeting.

(f) Motions in Limine. Any motions in limine that

could not be settled at the pretrial meeting shall be filed with

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the pretrial statement. All motions in limine shall be

contained within one document, limited to 25 pages pursuant to

Civil L.R. 7-2(b), with each motion listed as a subheading.

Opposition to the motions in limine shall be contained within

one document, limited to 25 pages, with corresponding

subheadings, and filed five (5) days thereafter.

(g) Joint Proposed Voir Dire. The attached voir dire

questionnaire will be given to the venire members, and copies of

the responses will be made available to counsel at the beginning

of voir dire. Counsel may submit a set of additional requested

voir dire, to be posed by the Court, to which they have agreed

at the pretrial meeting. Any voir dire questions on which

counsel cannot agree shall be submitted separately. Counsel may

be allowed brief follow-up voir dire after the Court's

questioning.

(h) Joint Proposed Jury Instructions. As applicable,

jury instructions §1.1A, §1.1C, §1.2 through §1.17, §1.19, §2.1

through §2.13, §3.1 through §3.3 from the Manual of Model Civil

Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit (2007 Edition) will be

given absent objection. Counsel shall jointly submit one set of

additional proposed jury instructions, to which they have agreed

at the pretrial meeting. The instructions shall be ordered in

a logical sequence, together with a table of contents. Any

instruction on which counsel cannot agree shall be marked as

"disputed," and shall be included within the jointly submitted

instructions and accompanying table of contents, in the place

where the party proposing the instruction believes it should be

given. Argument and authority for and against each disputed

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instruction shall be included as part of the joint submission,

on separate sheets directly following the disputed instruction.

Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to the

Courtroom Deputy a copy of their joint proposed jury

instructions on a computer disk in WordPerfect or ASCII format.

The disk label should include the name of the parties, the case

number and a description of the document.

(i) Proposed Verdict Forms, Joint or Separate.

(j) Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

(Court Trial only). Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to

the Courtroom Deputy a copy of their proposed findings of fact

and conclusions of law on a computer disk in WordPerfect or

ASCII format. The disk label should include the name of the

parties, the case number and a description of the document.

JURY SELECTION

The Jury Commissioner will summon 20 to 25 prospective

jurors. The Courtroom Deputy will select their names at random

and seat them in the courtroom in the order in which their names

are called.

Voir dire will be asked of sufficient venire persons so

that eight (or more for a lengthy trial) will remain after all

peremptory challenges and an anticipated number of hardship

dismissals and cause challenges have been made.

The Court will then take cause challenges, and discuss

hardship claims from the individual jurors, outside the presence

of the venire. The Court will inform the attorneys which

hardship claims and cause challenges will be granted, but will

not announce those dismissals until the process is completed.

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Each side may then list in writing up to three peremptory

challenges. The attorneys will review each other's lists and

then submit them to the Courtroom Deputy.

Then, from the list of jurors in numerical order, the Court

will strike the persons with meritorious hardships, those

excused for cause, and those challenged peremptorily, and call

the first eight people in numerical sequence remaining. Those

people will be the jury.

All jurors remaining at the close of the case will

deliberate. There are no alternates.

SANCTIONS 

Failure to comply with this Order is cause for sanctions

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________ ______________________________

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print

clearly. Since we want to make copies for the attorneys and the

Court, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more

room, continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your

cooperation.

1. Your name: ________________________________________________

2. Your age: _________________________________________________

3. The city where you live: __________________________________

 

4. Your place of birth: ______________________________________

5. Do you rent or own your own home? _________________________

6. Your marital status: (circle one)

single married separated divorced widowed live with partner

7. What is your occupation, and how long have you worked in 

 it? (If you are retired, please describe your main

 occupation when you were working).

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

8. Who is (or was) your employer?

_______________________________________________________________

9. How long have you worked for this employer? ______________

10. Please list the occupations of any adults with whom you

 live.

_______________________________________________________________

11. If you have children, please list their ages and sex and, 

 if they are employed, please give their occupations.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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12. Please describe your educational background:

Highest grade completed: _________________________________

College and/or vocational schools you have attended:

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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Major areas of study:_____________________________________

13. Have you ever served on a jury before? ________ How many 

 times?________

If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______

When? ____________________________________________________

Was it a civil or criminal case? _________________________

Did the jury(ies) reach a verdict? ___________________

(rev. 10/10/07)

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