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Parties Involved:
City of Sacramento
Defendant
Lawrence Slaughter
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAWRENCE SLAUGHTER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF SACRAMENTO, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:24-cv-01757-SCR 

ORDER 

 Each of the parties in the above-captioned case has consented to proceed before a United 

States Magistrate Judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Accordingly, this matter has been assigned to 

the undersigned for all further proceedings. ECF No. 11. Defendant has filed an answer. ECF 

No. 6. Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. A Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is set for January 30, 2025 at 11 a.m., at the 

United States District Court, to be convened over Zoom. 

2. Not later than fourteen (14) days prior to the Status Conference, the parties shall file a 

joint status report addressing the following matters: 

a. Service of process; 

b. Possible joinder of additional parties; 

c. Any expected or desired amendment of the pleadings; 

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d. Jurisdiction and venue; 

e. Anticipated motions and their scheduling; 

f. The report required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) outlining the 

proposed discovery plan and its scheduling, including disclosure of expert 

witnesses; 

g. Future proceedings, including setting appropriate cut−off dates for discovery and 

law and motion, and the scheduling of a pretrial conference and trial; 

h. Special procedures, if any; 

i. Estimated trial time; 

j. Modification of standard pretrial procedures specified by the rules due to the 

simplicity or complexity of the proceedings; 

k. Whether the case is related to any other cases, including bankruptcy; 

l. Whether a settlement conference should be scheduled; and 

m. Any other matters that may add to the just and expeditious disposition of this 

matter. 

3. The parties are informed that they may elect to participate in the court’s Voluntary 

Dispute Resolution Program (“VDRP”) by contacting the court’s VDRP administrator, Sujean 

Park, at (916) 930-4278 or SPark@caed.uscourts.gov.1 The parties shall carefully review and 

comply with Local Rule 271, which outlines the specifications and requirements of the VDRP. 

The parties are directed to meet and confer regarding possible VDRP participation, and 

contact Ms. Park to make the necessary arrangements if both parties agree that 

participation may be beneficial, within 45 days of this order. If the parties agree to participate 

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 The resources of the VDRP program are limited, and the parties are expected to make good 

faith efforts to timely and fully exhaust informal settlement efforts prior to initiating participation 

in the VDRP. The court will look with disfavor upon parties stalling or failing to participate in 

initial informal discussions, prompting potentially unnecessary participation in the VDRP and 

straining the program’s resources. 

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 in VDRP, the status conference will be vacated, to be reset if the case fails to settle. 

DATED: December 10, 2024 

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