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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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Case No. 15-CV-05233-LHK

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JARNAIL SINGH DHINDSA,

Plaintiff,

v.

AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-CV-05233-LHK 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiff’s Attorney: Rattan Dhaliwal

Defendants’ Attorneys: Amanda Fu (for Defendants Avis Budget Group, Inc., Dave McMillan, 

and Anna Livermore), Edward Tafe (for Defendant American Casualty Co. of Reading, 

Pennsylvania), and Amir Nassihi (for Defendant Ford Motor Co.)

An initial case management conference was held on February 3, 2016. A further case 

management conference is set for June 15, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case 

management statement by June 8, 2016.

By February 4, 2016, Defendants American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania and 

Ford Motor Co. shall file on the federal court docket the answers that were previously filed in state 

court.

By February 10, 2016, Plaintiff Jarnail Singh Dhindsa shall file a First Amended 

Complaint clarifying which causes of action are asserted against which defendant. Plaintiff may 

not otherwise amend the complaint at this time. Defendants may file amended answers in 

response to the First Amended Complaint by February 17, 2016.

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Case No. 15-CV-05233-LHK

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The parties shall exchange initial disclosures by February 17, 2016.

The Court referred the parties to court-sponsored Early Neutral Evaluation with a deadline 

for completion of May 31, 2016. The parties shall contact the Court’s ADR program within 15 

days of receiving this referral to identify a mutually acceptable evaluator and date.

The Court set the following case schedule:

Scheduled Event Date

Last Day to Amend the Pleadings/Add Parties March 31, 2016

Close of Fact Discovery October 5, 2016

Opening Expert Reports October 26, 2016

Rebuttal Expert Reports November 16, 2016

Close of Expert Discovery December 7, 2016

Last Day to File Dispositive Motions

(one per party in the entire case)

January 5, 2017

Opposition due: January 26, 2017

Reply due: February 6, 2017

Hearing on Dispositive Motions February 23, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. 

Final Pretrial Conference April 27, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. 

Jury Trial May 9, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. 

Length of Trial 5 days

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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