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Parties Involved:
Canada Life Assurance Company
Defendant
Mark E. Luck
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK E. LUCK,

NO. CIV. S-05-821 LKK/KJM

Plaintiff,

v.

THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE

COMPANY,

Defendant.

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE

Pursuant to court order, a Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference was held in Chambers on July 25, 2005. DANIEL GLASS

appeared as counsel for plaintiff; ROBERT POHLS appeared as counsel

for defendant. After hearing, the court makes the following

findings and orders:

SERVICE OF PROCESS

All parties defendant have been served and no further service

is permitted except with leave of court, good cause having been

shown.

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JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

Except as provided, no further joinder of parties or

amendments to pleadings is permitted except with leave of court,

good cause having been shown. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations,

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

Plaintiff is granted twenty (20) days to join additional

parties.

JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 29 U.S.C. § 1132(e), is

undisputed and is hereby found to be proper, as is venue.

MOTION HEARING SCHEDULES

All law and motion except as to discovery is left open, save

and except that the parties are directed to bring on cross-motions

for summary judgment on March 24, 2006. Hearing on the motions

shall be held on April 28, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 4,

and shall be deemed a trial before the court. 

Opposition or statement of non-opposition to all motions shall

be filed not later than 4:30 p.m. fourteen (14) days preceding the

hearing date, or by proof of service by mail not less than

seventeen (17) days preceding the hearing date. 

At the time of filing a motion, opposition, or reply, counsel

are directed to email a copy in word processing format to the

Judge’s Assistant, Tim Hinkle, at thinkle@caed.uscourts.gov. 

DISCOVERY

No modifications of the discovery requirements found in the

Federal Rules is ordered.

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All discovery is left open, save and except that it shall be

so conducted as to be completed by January 25, 2006. The word

"completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted so

that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to

discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if

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

complied with. 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 will be heard not later than

December 23, 2005. In this regard, all counsel are to designate

in writing and file with the court and serve upon all other parties

a final list of the names of all experts that they propose to

tender at trial not later than sixty (60) days before the close of

discovery herein established. Accompanying the designation shall

be the written report specified in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 A2B. All

experts so designated are to be fully prepared to render an

informed opinion at the time of designation so that they may fully

participate in any deposition taken by the opposing party. Experts

will not be permitted to testify at the trial as to any information

gathered or evaluated, or opinion formed, after deposition taken

subsequent to designation.

An expert witness not appearing on said lists will not be

permitted to testify unless the party offering the witness

demonstrates: (a) that the necessity of the witness could not have

been reasonably anticipated at the time the lists were exchanged;

(b) the court and opposing counsel were promptly notified upon

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discovery of the witness; and (c) that the witness was promptly

proffered for deposition.

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

At the time of filing their cross-motions for summary

judgment, the parties shall request a Settlement Conference before

a judge other than the trial judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 27, 2005.

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON

SENIOR JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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