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Parties Involved:
Eskaton Health Plan
Defendant
Eskaton Properties, Inc.
Defendant
Healthcomp Administrators
Defendant
Shirley Taylor
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHIRLEY TAYLOR, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ESKATON PROPERTIES, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-CV-0102 KJM CKD 

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER 

 An initial scheduling conference was held in this case on May 26, 2016. Kiersta 

Perlee appeared for plaintiff’s counsel Anthony Ontiveros; Fraser McAlpine and Sander Van der 

Heide appeared for defendants Eskaton Properties, Inc. and Eskaton Health Plan; there was no 

appearance by defendant Healthcomp Administrators. 

 Having reviewed the parties’ separate case Management Statements1

 and discussed 

a schedule for the case with counsel at the hearing, the court makes the following orders: 

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 

 All named defendants have been served and no further service is permitted without 

leave of court, good cause having been shown. 

 

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 The parties were reminded that such separate statements, when a joint statement is required, 

are highly disfavored. 

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II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS 

 No further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is permitted without 

leave of court, good cause having been shown. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b); Johnson v. Mammoth 

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

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE 

 Jurisdiction is predicated upon 29 U.S.C. § 1132. Jurisdiction and venue are not 

disputed. 

IV. INITIAL DISCLOSURES 

 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(B)(1), initial disclosures are 

neither required nor appropriate because this is an action for review based on an administrative 

record. 

VI. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE 

 This matter will be decided by cross-motions for judgment under Rule 52 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The following schedule will apply: 

- The Administrative Record shall be filed with the court on or before June 27, 2016. 

- The parties disagree about the nature and extent of permissible discovery. Any motion 

for permission to conduct discovery shall be notice to be heard within forty-five (45) 

days after the filing of the Administrative Record. 

- Cross-motions shall be filed by each party no later than January 27, 2017. 

- Responsive briefing, if any, shall be filed no later than February 24, 2017. 

- Cross-motions for judgment shall be heard on March 24, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. before 

the undersigned in Courtroom No. 3. 

XI. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

 No settlement conference is currently scheduled. In the event that an earlier court 

settlement conference date or referral to the Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program (VDRP) is 

requested, the parties shall file said request jointly, in writing. 

 Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority present at 

any Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. Each judge 

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has different requirements for the submission of settlement conference statements; the appropriate 

instructions will be sent to you after the settlement judge is assigned. 

XII. MODIFICATION OF STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 

 The parties are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order shall not be modified except by leave of court 

upon a showing of good cause. Agreement by the parties pursuant to stipulation alone does not 

constitute good cause. Except in extraordinary circumstances, unavailability of witnesses or 

counsel does not constitute good cause. 

 The assigned magistrate judge is authorized to modify only the discovery dates 

shown above to the extent any such modification does not impact the balance of the schedule of 

the case. 

XIII. OBJECTIONS TO STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 

 This Status Order will become final without further order of the court unless 

objections are filed within fourteen (14) calendar days of service of this Order. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 20, 2016 

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