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

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1 LRCiv 40.2(b) provides:

(b) No Continuance. After a case is set for . . . trial, it shall not be continued

except as justice requires, and the Court may condition the continuance upon

compliance with orders, including the payment of the expenses caused to the

other parties and of jury fees incurred by the Court. A case may also be dismissed

for want of prosecution if no showing is made that justice requires a continuance.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

IMA North America, Inc.,

Plaintiff, 

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Marlyn Nutraceuticals, Inc., d/b/a

Naturally Vitamins,

Defendant. 

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No. CV-06-0344-PHX-LOA

ORDER

This matter arises on Plaintiff IMA North America, Inc.’s Motion to Move

Trial Date. (docket # 98) Since Plaintiff’s motion does not meet either the standard set forth

in the Court’s February 27, 2008 Order, docket # 96, or that contained in LRCiv 40.2(b)1

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Court will rule on the pending motion at this time.

On February 26, 2008, lead counsel met with the Court to set the Rule 16

deadlines and trial date in order to bring this litigation to a conclusion. The trial date was

selected based upon everyone’s work and vacation calendar. The Court made clear to counsel

that once the Court and counsel set the agreed-upon dates, including the trial date, they would

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 Monday, October 13, 2008 is Columbus Day and a legal holiday.

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be firm dates. Both counsel agreed to start the trial of this matter on Tuesday, October 142, 2008

through Wednesday, October 22, 2008. Seven (7) trial days were scheduled in the unlikely

event the trial would be to a jury, an unresolved issue at that time. At the Rule 16 scheduling

conference, Plaintiff’s counsel made no reference to, or concern about, a “corporate

representative for IMA and several key witnesses [being] scheduled to attend a yearly

weeklong meeting in Italy starting October 13, 2008.” (docket # 98 at 1) Moreover, the Court

will not reschedule the October 14, 2007 start date because Plaintiff now believes a trial to the

Court will only take three days. Both the Court, and likely Defendant Marlyn Nutraceuticals,

Inc., have relied upon an agreed-upon October 14 start date. The fact that this trial will now be

much shorter since neither party timely requested a jury by the deadline of March 7, 2008, does

not warrant changing the start date. 

Plaintiff has not demonstrated that “extraordinary circumstances (like death)”

exist or that “justice requires” rescheduling the trial’s start date because Plaintiff’s “key

witnesses” would rather go to Italy for a week when the trial of this case is scheduled to begin.

Moreover, at the scheduling conference itself, the Court, and its February 27, 2008 Order, made

clear that the “deadlines and dates set [therein] are real and will be enforced by the Court.”

(docket # 96 at 5)

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff IMA North America, Inc.’s Motion to Move

Trial Date, docket # 98, is DENIED.

Because this Court has now scheduled a jury trial to begin on September 22,

2008 for ten days in another civil case,

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED rescheduling the Final Pretrial Conference in

this case from Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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at 9:00 a.m. All other deadlines set forth in the Court’s February 27, 2008 Order are hereby

AFFIRMED.

DATED this 24th day of June, 2008.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

KEYBOARD(name), )

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KEYBOARD(party), )

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v. ) CV- KEYBOARD(number)PHX-LOA

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KEYBOARD(name), ) JOINT PRETRIAL STATEMENT

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Pursuant to the Scheduling Order previously entered, the following is the parties'

Joint Pretrial Statement to be considered at the Final Pretrial Conference set for September

23, 2008.

 A. STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION. 

Cite the facts and the statute(s) which gives this Court jurisdiction.

B. NATURE OF ACTION. Provide a concise statement of the type of case, the

cause of action, and the relief sought.

C. CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES. With respect to each count of the

complaint, counterclaim or cross-claim, and to any defense or the rebuttal of a presumption

where the burden of proof has shifted, the party having the burden of proof shall list the

elements or standards that must be proved in order for the party to prevail on that claim or

defense. Brief citation to relevant legal authority is required. Statements made shall not be

in the form of a question, but should be a concise narrative statement of each party's

contention as to each uncontested issue. 

D. STIPULATIONS AND UNCONTESTED MATERIAL FACTS

E. CONTESTED ISSUES OF MATERIAL FACT. Each issue of fact must be

stated separately and in specific terms, as must the parties' contentions as to each issue.

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F. CONTESTED ISSUES OF LAW. Each issue of law must be stated separately

and in specific terms, as must the parties' contentions as to each issue.

G. WITNESSES. List all potential witnesses, identifying each as either

plaintiff's(s') or defendant's(s'), and indicating whether the witness is a fact or expert

witness.

H. LIST OF EXHIBITS. Potential exhibits shall be numbered and listed by each

party, with a description of each containing sufficient information to identify the exhibit,

and indicating as to each exhibit whether the parties have or will agree to its admission or

whether an objection is anticipated. The party opposing the admission of any exhibit shall

specify the objection and briefly explain the basis for the objection. Those portions of

depositions that will be read at trial must be listed by page and line number, and objections

thereto must be specified.

I. LIST OF PENDING MOTIONS. Identify by name and date of filing.

J. PROBABLE LENGTH OF TRIAL AND WHETHER A JURY TRIAL OR

BENCH TRIAL. The reason for any dispute as to whether a jury trial was timely

requested must be specified.

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:

 

 Attorney for Plaintiff

 

 Attorney for Defendant

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