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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRIAN BUCHANAN, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES, LTD, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-01696-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, July 16, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. 

REFERRED TO ADR TO BE COMPLETED BY: May 15, 2018 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Only with Court Approval 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: May 15, 2018 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT REPORTS: 

ALL EXPERTS, RETAINED AND NON-RETAINED 

MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN REPORTS COMPLIANT 

WITH FRCP 26(A)(2)(B): 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: May 15, 2018 

MOTIONS RE ARBITRATION, BIFURCATION AND 

DECERTIFICATION To BE FILED BY: May 29, 2018 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, September 21, 2018 at 9:01 a.m. *

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: September 28, 2018 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, November 5, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. for 

Jury Trial 

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance hearing on Friday, September 

21, 2018 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed the Court’s Pretrial 

Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing shall be held in the 

Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) business 

days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page JOINT 

STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their failure to 

comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be 

taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint 

statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

 As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall provide the 

Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator and the date of mediation by February 9, 2018 by 

filing a JOINT Notice. A compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, February 16, 

2018 on the Court's 9:01a.m. calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, in courtroom 1. By February 9, 2018, the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice or 

a one-page JOINT STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for their failure to comply. If 

compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off 

calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement 

in a timely fashion. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 1, 2018 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge 

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