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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GMAC,

Plaintiff,

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ELITE SPORTS GROUP, etc., et

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Case No. 06-CV-1415-LAB (JMA)

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY AND

OTHER PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS

(Fed. R. Civ. P. 16) 

(Local Rule 16.1)

(Fed. R. Civ. P. 26)

Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

a telephonic Case Management Conference was held on December 13,

2006 at 9:30 a.m. After consulting with the attorneys of record

for the parties and being advised of the status of the case, and

good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Counsel shall refer to the Standing Order in Civil

Cases of the Honorable Larry A. Burns, which is accessible via

the Court's website at www.casd.uscourts.gov. 

2. A telephonic Case Management Conference shall be held

before Magistrate Judge Adler on February 9, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.

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Counsel for each party shall appear telephonically at this

conference. The Court will initiate the conference call.

3. Any motion to join other parties, to amend the pleadings, or to file additional pleadings shall be filed on or before

February 12, 2007.

4. On or before March 16, 2007, all parties shall exchange

with all other parties a list of expert witnesses expected to be

called at trial. On or before March 30, 2007, any party may

supplement its designation in response to any other party's

designation, so long as that party has not previously retained an

expert to testify on that subject. Expert designations shall

include the name, address, and telephone number of each expert,

and a reasonable summary of the testimony the expert is expected

to provide. The list shall also include the normal rates the

expert charges for deposition and trial testimony.

The parties must identify any person who may be used at

trial to present evidence pursuant to Rules 702, 703 or 705 of

the Federal Rules of Evidence. This requirement is not limited

to retained experts.

Please be advised that failure to comply with this section

or any other discovery order of the Court may result in the

sanctions provided for in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, including a prohibition on the introduction of experts or other designated matters

in evidence.

5. All expert disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(2) shall be served on all parties on or before April 13,

2007. Any contradictory or rebuttal information shall be disclosed on or before May 11, 2007. In addition, Fed. R. Civ. P.

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26(e)(1) imposes a duty on the parties to supplement the expert

disclosures made pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) by the

time that pretrial disclosures are due under Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3) (discussed below). This disclosure requirement applies

to all persons retained or specially employed to provide expert

testimony, or whose duties as an employee of the party regularly

involve the giving of expert testimony. 

Please be advised that failure to comply with this section

or any other discovery order of the Court may result in the

sanctions provided for in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, including a prohibition on the introduction of experts or other designated matters

in evidence.

6. All discovery shall be completed by all parties on or

before June 8, 2007. "Completed" means that all discovery under

Rules 30 through 36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure must

be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the cutoff

date, so that it may be completed by the cutoff date, taking into

account the times for service, notice, and response as set forth

in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All disputes concerning

discovery shall be brought to the attention of Magistrate Judge

Adler no later than thirty (30) days following the date upon

which the event giving rise to the dispute occurred. For oral

discovery, the event giving rise to the discovery dispute is the

completion of the transcript of the affected portion of the

deposition. For written discovery, the event giving rise to the

discovery dispute is the service of the response. Counsel are

required to meet and confer prior to contacting the Court regarding all discovery disputes pursuant to the requirements of Local

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Counsel should note that while historically motion cutoff

deadlines issued by this Court were deadlines for motion hearings, the

motion cutoff dates now being issued establish deadlines for the

parties to file motions.

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Rules 16.5(k) and 26.1(a).

7. All motions, other than motions to amend or join

parties, or motions in limine, shall be filed on or before July

6, 2007.1 Motions will not be heard or calendared unless counsel

for the moving party has obtained a motion hearing date from the

law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Be advised that

the period of time between the date you request a motion date and

the hearing date may be up to six weeks. Please plan accordingly. Failure of counsel to timely request a motion date may

result in the motion not being heard. 

Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any

pending motion shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length

without leave of the judge who will hear the motion. No reply

memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without such leave of

court.

8. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on

October 11, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate

Judge Adler. Counsel shall submit settlement statements directly

to Magistrate Judge Adler's chambers no later than October 4,

2007. The parties may either submit confidential settlement

statements or may exchange their settlement statements. Each

party's settlement statement shall set forth the party's statement of the case, identify controlling legal issues, concisely

set out issues of liability and damages, and shall set forth the

party's settlement position, including the last offer or demand

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made by that party, and a separate statement of the offer or

demand the party is prepared to make at the settlement conference. The settlement conference briefs shall not be filed with

the Clerk of the Court. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s)

whose authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in person at the conference. The individual(s)

present at the Mandatory Settlement Conference with settlement

authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on

behalf of the party to: 1) fully explore all settlement options

and to agree during the Mandatory Settlement Conference to any

settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing

Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir.

1989)), 2) change the settlement position of a party during the

course of the Mandatory Settlement Conference (Pitman v. Brinker

Int'l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3)

negotiate a settlement without being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d

590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)).

Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel

only. As to all other parties, appearance by litigation counsel

only is not acceptable. Retained outside corporate counsel shall

not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the

authority to negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure

of any counsel, party or authorized person to appear at the

Mandatory Settlement Conference as required will result in the

immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions

will be informal, off the record, privileged, and confidential.

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9. Counsel shall comply with the pretrial disclosure

requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) on or before October 29,

2007. 

10. Despite the requirements of Local Rule 16.1(f)(2),

neither party is required to file a Memorandum of Contentions of

Fact and Law at any time. The parties shall instead focus their

efforts on drafting and submitting a proposed pretrial order by

the time and date specified by Local Rule 16.1(f)(6)(b). The

proposed pretrial order shall comply with Local Rule 16.1(f)(6) 

and the Standing Order in Civil Cases issued by the Honorable

Larry Alan Burns.

11. Counsel shall confer and take the action required by

Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) on or before November 5, 2007. 

12. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order, including

written objections, if any, to any party's Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3) pretrial disclosures, shall be prepared, served, and

lodged with the Clerk's Office on or before November 12, 2007 and

shall be in the form prescribed in Local Rule 16.1(f)(6). Any

objections shall comply with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(3). Please be advised that the failure to file written

objections to a party's pretrial disclosures may result in the

waiver of such objections, with the exception of those made

pursuant to Rules 402 (relevance) and 403 (prejudice, confusion

or waste of time) of the Federal Rules of Evidence.

13. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled in the

chambers of the Honorable Larry Alan Burns on November 19, 2007

at 11:15 a.m. The trial date will be assigned by Judge Burns at

the pretrial conference.

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14. The dates and times set forth herein will not be

modified except for good cause shown.

15. Plaintiff's(s') counsel shall serve a copy of this order

on all parties that enter this case hereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 14, 2006

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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