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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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CASE NO. 14-CV-00173-SI

Robert A. Mittelstaedt (State Bar No. 60359) 

ramittelstaedt@JonesDay.com 

Caroline N. Mitchell (State Bar No. 143124) 

cnmitchell@JonesDay.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415.626.3939 

Facsimile: 415.875.5700 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CHEVRON CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NATTO IYELA GBARABE, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v.

CHEVRON CORPORATION, 

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-00173-SI 

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: CERTAIN 

DISCOVERY AND CLASS 

CERTIFICATION MATTERS AND 

CONTINUING THE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE TO 

JUNE 3, 2016 

 This Court, having considered parties Stipulation Re: Certain Discovery and Class 

Certification Matters and Continuing the Case Management Conference to June 3, 2016 (Dkt. 

No. ), and finding good cause exists, orders as follows: 

 1. The page limit for Chevron’s opposition brief shall be commensurate with plaintiff’s 

motion, i.e., 41 pages. Any other submissions, including Daubert or other motions, shall adhere 

to the page limits in the Local Rules. Plaintiff shall adhere to the Local Rules in all future 

briefing, absent an agreement and permission of the Court. Chevron reserves all rights to object 

or seek other relief for other defects in plaintiff’s motion, supporting papers and expert reports; 

plaintiff reserves all right to assert the motion, supporting papers and expert reports are Rule 26 

compliant. 

 2. By April 30, 2016, plaintiff shall provide additional source materials and cure any 

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defects in their expert reports to ensure that the reports comply with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2)(B), without changing the substance of those reports. This includes providing 

to Chevron the complete facts and data considered by plaintiff’s experts in forming their opinions. 

To the extent that Chevron asserts any report fails to comply with Rule 26(a)(2)(B) after April 30, 

at Chevron’s election, Chevron can address any remaining deficiencies in its submission in 

opposition to the class certification motion. Alternatively, it can initiate a meet-and-confer 

between the parties and seek to have plaintiff withdraw all or part of a report, with any remaining 

disputes that the parties cannot resolve referred to the Court for determination. 

 3. The dates for class certification shall be re-set as follows: 

 Class Certification Opposition Brief: August 12, 2016; 

 Class Certification Reply Brief: October 14, 2016; and 

 Hearing: December 2, 2016. 

 4. The parties shall not engage in speaking objections at the depositions and shall limit 

themselves to succinctly stated objections to the form of the question. This means that the parties

shall not to make argumentative objections or objections that suggest in any way how the witness 

should respond or say “If you know” between a question and answer. Nothing in this stipulation 

prohibits instructions not to answer where permitted by law. 

 5. The parties shall continue to discuss multi-track depositions of percipient witnesses 

and putative class members in Nigeria and attempt to reach agreement. 

 6. The Case Management Conference scheduled for April 22, 2016 is continued until 

June 3, 2016. 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April __, 2016 ________________________________ 

 The Honorable Susan Y. Illston 

NAI-1500565980v1

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