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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTONIO ESQUIVEL, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BANK OF AMERICA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-CV-2502 KJM KJN 

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER 

 A scheduling conference was held in this case on March 3, 2016. Eric Mercer 

appeared for plaintiffs; Steven Ellis appeared for defendants. 

 Having reviewed the parties’ Joint Status Report filed on February 25, 2016, and 

discussed a schedule for the case with counsel at the hearing, the court makes the following 

orders: 

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 

 All named defendants have been served and no further service is permitted without 

leave of court, good cause having been shown. 

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II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS 

 The parties are directed to meet and confer regarding the filing of an amended 

complaint and file a joint stipulation within twenty-one (21) days of the scheduling conference. If 

the parties are unable to stipulate to an amended complaint, plaintiffs shall file their request to 

amend within forty-five (45) days of the scheduling conference. No further joinder of parties or 

amendments to pleadings is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992). 

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE 

 Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Jurisdiction and venue are not 

disputed. 

IV. DISCOVERY 

 Initial disclosures as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a) have been 

completed. The parties have already engaged in extensive discovery and are now given an 

additional sixty (60) days to engage in focused individual discovery that is not duplicative of the 

class certification related discovery that has already occurred. 

 All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s 

calendar in accordance with the local rules of this court. While the assigned magistrate judge 

reviews proposed discovery phase protective orders, requests to seal or redact are decided by 

Judge Mueller as discussed in Judge Mueller’s standing order on the court’s web page. In 

addition, while the assigned magistrate judge handles discovery motions, the magistrate judge 

cannot change the schedule set in this order, even in connection with a discovery matter. 

V. FURTHER SCHEDULING 

 Further dates will be set after the issue of an amended complaint has been resolved 

and the parties have exhausted settlement discussions. 

VI. FUTURE STATUS CONFERENCE 

 A status is set for July 21, 1016, at which time a schedule will be confirmed, 

anticipating a trial in February 2017. 

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VII. OBJECTIONS TO STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 

 This Status Order will become final without further order of the court unless 

objections are filed within fourteen (14) calendar days of service of this Order. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 14, 2016 

 

 

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