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Parties Involved:
Tayler Bayer
Plaintiff
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Defendant

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAYLER BAYER,

Plaintiff,

v.

NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-04487-TSH 

FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER

On April 10, 2019, the Court held a Final Pretrial Conference in this matter. This Order 

summarizes the Court’s rulings and information about how the trial will be conducted. 

1. The trial will proceed in Courtroom A as follows: The parties will appear at 8:30 a.m. on 

Monday, April 29, 2019. The trial will start at 9:00 a.m. The following day trial will 

resume at 9:00 a.m. Each day there will be a 15-minute break at 11:00 a.m., a 45-minute 

lunch break at 12:30 p.m., and a 15-minute afternoon break at 2:30 p.m. Trial will 

conclude at 4:30 p.m. each day. The trial will last no more than two days.

2. Each side has 6 hours and 15 minutes to present its case. The hours include opening and 

closing statements, as well as any rebuttal. Opening statements must be limited to 30 

minutes per side, and closing arguments must be limited to 45 minutes per side, including 

rebuttal.

3. With respect to objections to evidence and other legal points the Court must decide, any 

such argument should occur before 9:00 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. unless it is unavoidable. 

Objections during the trial should consist of a citation to the Federal Rule(s) of Evidence at 

issue and the applicable generic description (e.g. “relevance”).

4. The parties must rise when making an objection. 

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5. The parties must seek leave to approach witnesses.

6. Forty-eight hours in advance, counsel must disclose to the opposing party the witnesses to 

be called and the exhibit numbers of the documents that counsel plans to use on direct 

(other than for impeachment). Within 24 hours of such disclosure, counsel shall exchange 

exhibit numbers to be used in cross of the witnesses (other than for impeachment). The 

parties will not be allowed to call witnesses or use documents other than those that have 

been previously disclosed in the Pretrial Conference Statement and in the daily witness 

lists.

7. The parties shall have their exhibits marked and copies in binders. The exhibits, along 

with exhibit and witness lists, must be delivered to the Clerk’s Office by noon on Friday, 

April 26, 2019. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 10, 2019

THOMAS S. HIXSON

United States Magistrate Judge

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