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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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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

ED NICHOLS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CHAPARRAL BOATS INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 06-04731 JSW

ORDER SETTING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

REQUIRING JOINT CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

STATEMENT

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter having been assigned to the Honorable Jeffrey S. White, it is hereby

ordered that, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and Civil L. R. 16-10, a Case Management

Conference shall be held in this case on January 12, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor,

Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

Plaintiff(s) shall serve copies of this Order immediately on all parties to this action, and on

any parties subsequently joined, in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 and 5. Following service,

plaintiff(s) shall file with the Clerk of the Court a certificate reflecting such service, in accordance

with Civil L. R. 5-6(a). 

The parties shall appear through lead counsel to discuss all items referred to in this Order and

with authority to enter stipulations, to make admissions and to agree to further scheduling dates.

The parties shall file a joint case management statement and proposed order no later than five

(5) court days prior to the conference. If any party is proceeding without counsel, separate

statements may be filed by each party. Any request to reschedule the date of the conference shall be

made in writing, and by stipulation if possible, at least ten (10) calendar days before the date of the

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conference and must be based upon good cause. Lead counsel shall meet and confer as required by

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) prior to the Case Management Conference with respect to those subjects set

forth below. The statements shall not exceed twelve (12) pages in length and shall address the

following items in the following order:

1. A brief description of the basis for this Court's subject-matter jurisdiction, whether

any issue exists regarding personal jurisdiction or venue, and whether any parties

remain to be served;

2. A brief description of the case and defenses, the several key factual events underlying

the action, and a brief description of any related proceeding, including any

administrative proceedings;

3. A brief description of the legal issues genuinely in dispute, including whether there

are any dispositive or partially dispositive issues appropriate for decision by motion

or by agreement;

4. A brief description of the procedural history of the matter, including a list of all

pending motions and their current status;

5. A brief description of the scope of discovery to date, including whether there has

been a full and timely compliance with the initial disclosure requirements of Fed. R.

Civ. P. 26;

6. A formal, agreed-upon plan of the discovery each party intends to pursue, including,

but not limited to, based upon the nature of the case, the scope and duration of the

discovery and whether the parties can limit discovery in any manner, such as using

phased discovery to or limiting the scope of initial discovery matters, as well as a list

of key witnesses who the parties deem essential to prove their claims or defenses, and

the information each party deems essential to obtain from the other to prove their

claims or defenses;

7. A brief description of the motions each party intends to pursue before trial, the extent

to which new parties will be added or existing parties deleted, and the extent to which

evidentiary, claim-construction or class certification hearings are anticipated;

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8. A brief description of the relief sought, including the method by which damages are

computed;

9. ADR efforts to date and a specific ADR plan for the case, whether the parties have

complied with Civil L. R. 16-8(b) regarding ADR certification, and the prospects for

settlement including whether either party wishes to have a settlement conference with

another judge or magistrate;

10. Whether all parties will consent to assignment of the case to a magistrate judge to

conduct all further proceedings including trial;

11. Proposed deadlines and court dates, including a discovery cut-off, hearing dispositive

motions, pretrial conference and trial date, the anticipated length of trial, the

approximate number of witnesses, experts and exhibits, whether the case will be tried

by jury or to the Court, whether it is feasible to bifurcate issues for trial or reduce the

length of the trial by stipulation, use of summaries or statements, or other expedited

means of presenting evidence;

12. A service list for all counsel, including telephone and facsimile numbers;

13. To the extent not specifically addressed above, all other items set forth in Civil L. R.

16-10.

14. In order to assist the Court in evaluating any need for disqualification or recusal, the

parties shall disclose to the Court the identities of any person, associations, firms,

partnerships, corporations or other entities known by the parties to have either (1)

financial interest in the subject matter at issue or in a party to the proceeding; or (2)

any other kind of interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the

proceeding. If disclosure of non-party interested entities or persons has already been

made as required by Civil L. R. 3-16, the parties may simply reference the pleading

or document in which the disclosure was made. In this regard, counsel are referred to

the Court's Recusal Order posted on the Court website at the Judges Information link

at www.cand.uscourts.gov.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 8, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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