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Nature of Suit Code: 315
Nature of Suit: Airplane Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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United States District Court

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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

SUE JAN MCGRATH, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants. _________________________________

SUE JAN MCGRATH, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

 /

No. C-05-01542 CW

No. C-06-03800 CW

AMENDED

ORDER FOR

CONSOLIDATION

The action numbers listed above are related cases within the

meaning of Civil L.R. 3-12. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a),

these cases are hereby consolidated into Civil Action No. C-05-1542

CW for all pretrial proceedings before this Court. All further

filings shall only be filed in C-05-1542 CW. 

This Order is entered without prejudice to the rights of any

party to apply for severance of any claim or action, for good cause

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shown.

The attached Stipulation and Order Continuing Case Management

Deadlines and Trial Date As Modified filed in C-05-1542 CW shall

apply to both cases, except the date for private mediation is

extended to June 20, 2007. The Case Management Conference

previously set for October 20, 2006, in C-06-3800 CW is vacated.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

10/19/06

Dated 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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NOTICE

Criminal Law and Motion calendar is conducted on Mondays at

2:00 p.m. (in custody) and 2:30 p.m. (not in custody). Civil Law

and Motion calendar is conducted on Fridays at 10:00 a.m. Case

Management Conferences and Pretrial Conferences are conducted on

Fridays at 1:30 p.m. Order of call is determined by the Court. 

Counsel need not reserve a hearing date for civil motions; however,

counsel are advised to check the legal newspapers or the Court’s

website at www.cand.uscourts.gov for unavailable dates.

Motions for Summary Judgment: All issues shall be contained

within one motion and shall conform with Civil L.R. 7-2. Separate

statements of undisputed facts in support of or in opposition to

motions for summary judgment will not be considered by the Court. 

(See Civil Local Rule 56-2(a)). All briefing on motions for

summary judgment must be included in the memoranda of points and

authorities in support of, opposition to, or reply to the motion,

and must comply with the page limits of Civil Local Rule 7-4. The

memoranda should include a statement of facts supported by

citations to the declarations filed with respect to the motion. 

Cross or counter-motions shall be contained within the opposition

to any motion for summary judgment and shall conform with Civil

L.R. 7-3. The Court may, sua sponte or pursuant to a motion under

Civil L.R. 6-3, reschedule the hearing so as to give a moving party

time to file a surreply to the cross or counter-motion.

All DISCOVERY MOTIONS are referred to a Magistrate Judge to be

heard and considered at the convenience of his/her calendar. All

such matters shall be noticed by the moving party for hearing on

the assigned Magistrate Judge's regular law and motion calendar, or

pursuant to that Judge's procedures. .

(rev. 5/11/05)

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ORDER FOR PRETRIAL PREPARATION

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

1. Not less than 30 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall exchange (but not file or lodge) the papers described

in Civil L.R. 16-10(b)(7),(8),(9), and (10), and their motions in

limine. 

2. At least 20 days before the final pretrial conference,

lead counsel who will try the case shall meet and confer with

respect to:

(a) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement;

(b) Resolution of any differences between the parties

regarding the preparation and content of the joint pretrial

conference statement and the preparation and exchange of

pretrial materials to be served and lodged pursuant to this

Order for Pretrial Preparation. To the extent such

differences are not resolved, parties will present the issues

in the pretrial conference statement so that the judge may

rule on the matter during the pretrial conference; and

(c) Settlement of the action.

3. Not less than 10 days prior to the pretrial conference,

counsel shall submit the following.

(a) Pretrial Conference Statement. The parties shall

file a joint pretrial conference statement containing the following

information:

(1) The Action.

(A) Substance of the Action. A brief description of the

substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided.

(B) Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the

relief claimed, particularly itemizing all elements of damages

claimed.

(2) The Factual Basis of the Action.

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(A) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement of

all relevant facts not reasonably disputed.

(B) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise

statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be

decided.

(C) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether all

or part of the action may be presented upon an agreed

statement of facts.

(D) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations requested

or proposed for pretrial or trial purposes.

(3) Disputed Legal Issues. Without extended legal argument,

a concise statement of each disputed point of law concerning

liability or relief.

(4) Further Discovery or Motions. A statement of all

remaining discovery or motions.

(5) Trial Alternatives and Options.

(A) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing the

status of settlement negotiations and indicating whether

further negotiations are likely to be productive.

(B) Consent to Trial Before a Magistrate Judge. A

statement whether the parties consent to a court or jury trial

before a magistrate judge, with appeal directly to the Ninth

Circuit.

(C) Bifurcation, Separate Trial of Issues. A statement

of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of specific issues

is feasible and desired.

(6) Miscellaneous. Any other subjects relevant to the trial

of the action, or material to its just, speedy and inexpensive

determination.

(b) Exhibit List and Objections. The exhibit list shall

list each proposed exhibit by its number, description, and

sponsoring witness, followed by blanks to accommodate the date on

which it is marked for identification and the date on which it is

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admitted into evidence. No party shall be permitted to offer any

exhibit in its case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its exhibit

list without leave of the Court for good cause shown. Parties

shall also deliver a set of premarked exhibits to the Courtroom

Deputy. The exhibit markers shall each contain the name and number

of the case, the number of the exhibit, and blanks to accommodate

the date admitted and the Deputy Clerk's initials. (Appropriate

sample forms are available on the Court’s website at

www.cand.uscourts.gov). Any objections to exhibits which remain

after the pretrial meeting shall be indicated in the pretrial

statement.

(c) Witness List. In addition to the requirements of

FRCivP 26(a)(3)(A), a brief statement describing the substance of

the testimony to be given by each witness who may be called at

trial. No party shall be permitted to call any witness in its

case-in-chief that is not disclosed in its pretrial statement

without leave of Court for good cause shown.

(d) Use of Discovery Responses. In addition to the

requirements of FRCivP 26(a)(3)(B), a designation of any excerpts

from interrogatory answers or from responses for admissions

intended to be offered at trial. Counsel shall indicate any

objections to use of these materials and that counsel have

conferred respecting such objections. 

(e) Trial briefs. Briefs on all significant disputed

issues of law, including foreseeable procedural and evidentiary

issues, which remain after the pretrial meeting.

(f) Motions in Limine. Any motions in limine that could

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not be settled at the pretrial meeting shall be filed with the

pretrial statement. All motions in limine shall be contained

within one document, limited to 25 pages pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-

2(b), with each motion listed as a subheading. Opposition to the

motions in limine shall be contained within one document, limited

to 25 pages, with corresponding subheadings, and filed five (5)

days thereafter.

(g) Joint Proposed Voir Dire. The attached voir dire

questionnaire will be given to the venire members, and copies of

the responses will be made available to counsel at the beginning of

voir dire. Counsel may submit a set of additional requested voir

dire, to be posed by the Court, to which they have agreed at the

pretrial meeting. Any voir dire questions on which counsel cannot

agree shall be submitted separately. Counsel may be allowed brief

follow-up voir dire after the Court's questioning.

(h) Joint Proposed Jury Instructions. Jury instructions

§1.1 through §1.12, §1.13 through §2.2, and §3.1 through §4.3 from

the Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit

(2001 Edition) will be given absent objection. Counsel shall

jointly submit one set of additional proposed jury instructions, to

which they have agreed at the pretrial meeting. The instructions

shall be ordered in a logical sequence, together with a table of

contents. Any instruction on which counsel cannot agree shall be

marked as "disputed," and shall be included within the jointly

submitted instructions and accompanying table of contents, in the

place where the party proposing the instruction believes it should

be given. Argument and authority for and against each disputed

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instruction shall be included as part of the joint submission, on

separate sheets directly following the disputed instruction. 

Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to the Courtroom

Deputy a copy of their joint proposed jury instructions on a

computer disk in WordPerfect or ASCII format. The disk label

should include the name of the parties, the case number and a

description of the document.

(I) Proposed Verdict Forms, Joint or Separate.

(j) Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

(Court Trial only). Whenever possible, counsel shall deliver to

the Courtroom Deputy a copy of their proposed findings of fact and

conclusions of law on a computer disk in WordPerfect or ASCII

format. The disk label should include the name of the parties, the

case number and a description of the document.

JURY SELECTION

The Jury Commissioner will summon 20 to 25 prospective jurors. 

The Courtroom Deputy will select their names at random and seat

them in the courtroom in the order in which their names are called.

Voir dire will be asked of sufficient venire persons so that

eight (or more for a lengthy trial) will remain after all

peremptory challenges and an anticipated number of hardship

dismissals and cause challenges have been made.

The Court will then take cause challenges, and discuss

hardship claims from the individual jurors, outside the presence of

the venire. The Court will inform the attorneys which hardship

claims and cause challenges will be granted, but will not announce

those dismissals until the process is completed. Each side may

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then list in writing up to three peremptory challenges. The

attorneys will review each other's lists and then submit them to

the Courtroom Deputy.

Then, from the list of jurors in numerical order, the Court

will strike the persons with meritorious hardships, those excused

for cause, and those challenged peremptorily, and call the first

eight people in numerical sequence remaining. Those people will be

the jury.

All jurors remaining at the close of the case will deliberate. 

There are no alternates.

SANCTIONS 

Failure to comply with this Order is cause for sanctions under

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________ s/CLAUDIA WILKEN

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print

clearly. Since we want to make copies for the attorneys and the

Court, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more

room, continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your

cooperation.

1. Your name: ________________________________________________

2. Your age: _________________________________________________

3. The city where you live: __________________________________

 

4. Your place of birth: ______________________________________

5. Do you rent or own your own home? _________________________

6. Your marital status: (circle one)

single married separated divorced widowed

7. What is your occupation, and how long have you worked in 

it? (If you are retired, please describe your main

 occupation when you were working).

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

8. Who is (or was) your employer?

_______________________________________________________________

9. How long have you worked for this employer? ______________ 

10. Please list the occupations of any adults with whom you

 live.

_______________________________________________________________

11. If you have children, please list their ages and sex and, 

 if they are employed, please give their occupations.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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12. Please describe your educational background:

Highest grade completed: _________________________________

College and/or vocational schools you have attended:

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Major areas of study:_____________________________________

13. Have you ever served on a jury before? ________ How many 

 times?________

If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______

When? ____________________________________________________

Was it a civil or criminal case? _________________________

Did the jury(ies) reach a verdict? ___________________

(rev. 9/4/02)

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