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Parties Involved:
Douglas Jurist
Plaintiff
Receivables Performance Management, LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DOUGLAS JURIST,

 Plaintiff,

v.

RECEIVABLES PERFORMANCE 

MANAGEMENT, LLC,

 Defendant.

CIV. NO. 2:15-2033 WBS KJN

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

A telephonic Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference 

was held in this matter on February 1, 2016. David McGlothlin

appeared as counsel for plaintiff and Sean Flynn appeared as 

counsel for defendant. (Docket No. 13.) Following the hearing, 

the court enters this Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order:

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

Defendant does not dispute personal jurisdiction and 

has filed an answer to the Complaint. (Docket No. 5.) No 

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further service will be permitted without leave of court, good 

cause having been shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

16(b).

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

Defendant may file an amended answer within fourteen 

days of the date of this Order. Thereafter, no further joinder 

of parties or amendments to pleadings will be permitted except 

with leave of court, good cause having been shown under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). See Johnson v. Mammoth 

Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992).

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon federal question 

jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, because plaintiff asserts claims 

under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et 

seq., and Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 et 

seq. The court exercises supplemental jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1367, over plaintiff’s state-law claim under the Rosenthal Fair 

Debt Collection Practices Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1788 et seq. 

Defendant disputes venue in this district and indicates

that there may be an arbitration clause in the underlying 

agreement that governs this matter.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties agree to stay all discovery in this case 

for sixty days pending defendant’s investigation into whether an 

arbitration agreement governs this matter. All discovery is

hereby stayed until April 1, 2016. If defendant does not file a 

motion to compel arbitration by April 1, 2016, the discovery stay 

shall automatically be lifted and discovery shall proceed as 

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follows:

The parties shall serve the initial disclosures 

required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) by no later 

than April 29, 2016.

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 

in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) by no 

later than October 4, 2016. With regard to expert testimony 

intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed 

and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) no later than November 4, 2016.

All discovery, including depositions for preservation 

of testimony, will be left open, save and except that it shall be 

so conducted as to be completed by December 2, 2016. The word 

“completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted so 

that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relevant to 

discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if 

necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has 

been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on 

the Magistrate Judge’s calendar in accordance with the local 

rules of this court and so that such motions may be heard (and 

any resulting orders obeyed) not later than December 2, 2016.

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary 

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be 

filed on or before February 3, 2017. All motions shall be 

noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are 

cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the requirements 

for noticing and opposing such motions on the court’s regularly 

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scheduled law and motion calendar.

VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for March 13, 2017

at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be 

attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the 

trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for 

trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters 

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for 

oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial statements, 

and are referred to Local Rules 281 and 282 relating to the 

contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to 

those subjects listed in Local Rule 281(b), the parties are to 

provide the court with: (1) a plain, concise statement which 

identifies every non-discovery motion which has been made to the 

court, and its resolution; (2) a list of the remaining claims as 

against each defendant; and (3) the estimated number of trial 

days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of 

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by 

Local Rule 281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the claims 

that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively pled 

defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury, the 

parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case, 

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

VII. TRIAL SETTING

The jury trial is set for April 11, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. 

in Courtroom No. 5. Defendant estimates that the jury trial will 

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last four days.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the 

Pretrial Conference. All parties should be prepared to advise 

the court whether they will stipulate to the trial judge acting 

as settlement judge and waive disqualification by virtue thereof.

Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full 

settlement authority present at the Settlement Conference or to 

be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least 

seven calendar days before the Settlement Conference, counsel for 

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference 

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement 

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference 

Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be disclosed 

to the trial judge.

IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this 

Scheduling Order, except requests to change the date of the 

trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned Magistrate Judge. 

All requests to change the trial date shall be heard and decided 

only by the undersigned judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 2, 2016

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