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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Darla Padgett, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

Brian Loventhal, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 04-03946 JW 

ORDER FOLLOWING TELEPHONIC

CONFERENCE; ORDER RE: MOTIONS

IN LIMINE AND OTHER MOTIONS

REQUIRING RULING PRIOR TO THE

NEW FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Court conducted a telephonic conference on September 6, 2007. The Court vacated the

trial presently set for September and set new trial dates. (See Minutes Order, Docket Item No.

415.) In light of the Court’s discussion with the parties, the Court ORDERS as follows:

A. Counsel for Defendants shall receive service of Summons for all current City of

Monte Sereno employees.

B. At the conference, the parties informed the Court that there are some motions in

limine they wish to have the Court addressed prior to the January 7, 2008 Final

Pretrial Conference. For the purposes of organization, the Court separates the

motions into two different Rounds and orders the parties to organize those motions as

follows:

(1) Each side shall be responsible for producing a combined folder with all of the

in limine motions, oppositions, and replies, respectively. The motion papers

shall be clearly marked and separated in one single binder. The binder shall

contain a table of contents, listing each motion with a short sentence regarding

the grounds for in limine and a short sentence regarding the opposition; all

must be supported by proper citations to the motions. The table of contents

shall also be saved on a 31⁄2 floppy disk to be attached inside the binder.

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(2) Defendants are responsible for Round 1 of the motions and Plaintiffs are

responsible for Round 2. In Round 1, the Court will address any motions or

issues the parties would wish to have resolved prior to the conference. 

However, the Court will only entertain motions involving evidence to be

presented at trial and not discovery related motions; the Special Master is still

charged with resolving discovery and related disputes. Please note that this

binder is not a substitute for filing the motions and related papers via ECF; it

is designed for the Court to evaluate the motions.

(3) The Round 1 binder shall be delivered to the Court (by way of the Clerk’s

Office) no later than Wednesday, September 26, 2007 by 3 PM. 

(4) The Round 2 binder shall be delivered to the Court (by way of the Clerk’s

Office) no later than Wednesday, January 2, 2008 by 3 PM.

Dated: September 6, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Darla Kaye Padgett Actiontkr@aol.com

Joseph C. Howard jhoward@hrmrlaw.com

Todd H. Master tmaster@hrmrlaw.com

Dated: September 6, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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