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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TOBY HENRY,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANGELINI PHARMA, INC.,

Defendants.

No. 2:17-cv-02593-TLN-KJN

PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

 After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the Court 

makes the following Pretrial Scheduling Order.

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.

II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS

No joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is 

permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown. 

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1332. 

Jurisdiction and venue are not contested.

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IV. DISCOVERY

All discovery, with the exception of expert discovery, shall 

be completed by September 20, 2021. In this context, “completed”

means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all 

depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to 

discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if 

necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has 

been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on 

the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with the local 

rules of this Court.

Any request to deviate from the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure should be made to the assigned Magistrate Judge.

V. DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESSES

All counsel are to designate in writing, file with the 

Court, and serve upon all other parties the name, address, and 

area of expertise of each expert that they propose to tender at 

trial not later than November 18, 2021.1 The designation shall 

be accompanied by a written report prepared and signed by the 

witness. The report shall comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(a)(2)(B). 

Within twenty (20) days after the designation of expert 

witnesses, any party may designate a supplemental list of expert 

witnesses who will express an opinion on a subject covered by an 

expert designated by an adverse party. 

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1 The discovery of experts will include whether any motions based on Daubert 

v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) and/or Kumho Tire 

Co. v. Carmichael, 119 S. Ct. 1167 (1999) are anticipated.

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The right to designate a supplemental expert for rebuttal 

purposes only shall apply to a party who has not previously 

disclosed an expert witness on the date set for expert witness 

disclosure by this Pretrial Scheduling Order.

Failure of a party to comply with the disclosure schedule as 

set forth above in all likelihood will preclude that party from 

calling the expert witness at the time of trial. An expert 

witness not appearing on the designation will not be permitted to 

testify unless the party offering the witness demonstrates: (a) 

that the necessity for the witness could not have been reasonably 

anticipated at the time the list was proffered; (b) that the 

Court and opposing counsel were promptly notified upon discovery 

of the witness; and (c) that the witness was promptly made 

available for deposition.

For purposes of this Pretrial Scheduling Order, an “expert” 

is any person who may be used at trial to present evidence under 

Rules 702, 703, and 705 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which 

include both “percipient experts” (persons who, because of their 

expertise, have rendered expert opinions in the normal course of 

their work duties or observations pertinent to the issues in the 

case) and “retained experts” (persons specifically designated by 

a party to be a testifying expert for the purposes of 

litigation).

Each party shall identify whether a disclosed expert is 

percipient, retained, or both. It will be assumed that a party 

designating a retained expert has acquired the express permission 

of the witness to be so listed.

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Parties designating percipient experts must state in the 

designation who is responsible for arranging the deposition of 

such persons.

All experts designated are to be fully prepared at the time 

of designation to render an informed opinion, and give their 

bases for their opinion, so that they will be able to give full 

and complete testimony at any deposition taken by the opposing 

party. Experts will not be permitted to testify at the trial as 

to any information gathered or evaluated, or opinion formed, 

after deposition taken subsequent to designation. 

Counsel are instructed to complete all discovery of expert 

witnesses in a timely manner in order to comply with the Court’s 

deadline for filing dispositive motions. 

VI. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(e), the 

parties shall exchange any supplemental disclosures and responses 

(including expert supplemental materials) no later than thirty 

(30) days prior to the dispositive motion hearing date. Any 

supplemental disclosures and responses necessary after that date 

will require leave of Court good cause having been shown. 

VII. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All dispositive motions, except motions for continuances, 

temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications, 

shall be heard no later than March 24, 2022.

All purely legal issues are to be resolved by timely 

pretrial motions. Local Rule 230 governs the calendaring and 

procedures of civil motions with the following additions:

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(a) The opposition and reply must be filed by 4:00 p.m. on 

the day due; and

(b) When the last day for filing an opposition brief falls 

on a legal holiday, the opposition brief shall be filed 

on the last court day immediately preceding the legal 

holiday.

Failure to comply with Local Rule 230(c), as modified by 

this order, may be deemed consent to the motion and the court may 

dispose of the motion summarily. Further, failure to timely 

oppose a summary judgment motion2 may result in the granting of 

that motion if the movant shifts the burden to the nonmovant to 

demonstrate that a genuine issue of material fact remains for 

trial.

The Court places a page limit for points and authorities 

(exclusive of exhibits and other supporting documentation) of 

twenty (20) pages on all initial moving papers, twenty (20) pages 

on oppositions, and ten (10) pages for replies. All requests for 

page limit increases must be made in writing to the Court setting 

forth any and all reasons for any increase in page limit at least 

fourteen (14) days prior to the filing of the motion.

For the Court’s convenience, citations to Supreme Court 

cases should include parallel citations to the Supreme Court 

Reporter.

The parties are reminded that a motion in limine is a 

pretrial procedural device designed to address the admissibility 

of evidence. The Court will look with disfavor upon 

 

2 The Court urges any party that contemplates bringing a motion for summary 

judgment or who must oppose a motion for summary judgment to review Local Rule 

260.

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dispositional motions presented in the guise of motions in

limine.

The parties are cautioned that failure to raise a 

dispositive legal issue that could have been tendered to the 

court by proper pretrial motion prior to the dispositive motion 

cut-off date may constitute waiver of such issue.

 VIII. TRIAL SETTING

The parties are ordered to file a Joint Notice of Trial 

Readiness not later than thirty (30) days after receiving this 

Court’s ruling(s) on the last filed dispositive motion(s). If 

the parties do not intend to file dispositive motions, the 

parties are ordered to file a Joint Notice of Trial Readiness not 

later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of 

discovery and the notice must include statements of intent to 

forgo the filing of dispositive motions.

The parties are to set forth in their Notice of Trial 

Readiness, the appropriateness of special procedures, their 

estimated trial length, any request for a jury, their 

availability for trial, and if the parties are willing to attend 

a settlement conference. The parties’ Notice of Trial Readiness 

Statement shall also estimate how many court days each party will 

require to present its case, including opening statements and 

closing arguments. The parties’ estimate shall include time 

necessary for jury selection, time necessary to finalize jury 

instructions and instruct the jury. 

After review of the parties’ Joint Notice of Trial 

Readiness, the Court will issue an order that sets forth dates 

for a Final Pretrial Conference and Trial. 

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IX. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The parties may request a settlement conference prior to the

Final Pretrial Conference if they feel it would lead to the 

possible resolution of the case. In the event a settlement 

conference date is requested, the parties shall file said request 

jointly, in writing. The request must state whether the parties 

waive disqualification, pursuant to Local Rule 270(b), before a 

settlement judgment can be assigned to the case. Absent the 

parties’ affirmatively requesting that the assigned Judge or 

Magistrate Judge participate in the settlement conference AND 

waiver, pursuant to Local Rule 270(b), a settlement judge will be 

randomly assigned to the case.

In the event a settlement conference is set by the Court, 

counsel are instructed to have a principal with full settlement 

authority present at the Settlement Conference or to be fully 

authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least seven (7) 

calendar days before the settlement conference, counsel for each 

party shall submit to the chambers of the settlement judge a 

confidential Settlement Conference Statement. Such statements 

are neither to be filed with the Clerk nor served on opposing 

counsel. Each party, however, shall serve notice on all other 

parties that the statement has been submitted. If the settlement 

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference Statement 

shall not be disclosed to the trial judge. 

X. COURTESY COPIES

No party shall submit paper courtesy copies of pleadings or 

exhibits to the Court unless expressly ordered to do so.

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XI. VOLUNTARY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM

Pursuant to Local Rule 271, parties may stipulate at any 

stage in the proceedings to refer the action, in whole or in 

part, to the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program.

XII. MODIFICATION OF PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

The parties are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Pretrial Scheduling Order 

shall not be modified except by leave of court upon a showing of 

good cause. Agreement by the parties pursuant to stipulation 

alone to modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order does not constitute 

good cause. Except in extraordinary circumstances, 

unavailability of witnesses or counsel will not constitute good 

cause.

XIII. OBJECTIONS TO PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

This Pretrial Scheduling Order will become final without 

further order of the Court unless objections are filed within 

fourteen (14) days of service of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 29, 2020

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