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Parties Involved:
James Bryant Phifer
Plaintiff
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BRYANT PHIFER,

No. CIV S-08-0299 LKK DAD PS

Plaintiff,

ORDER SETTING STATUS

v. (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

CONFERENCE

SECRETARY UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,

Defendant.

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This action has been referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to

Local Rule 72-302(c)(21) for all purposes encompassed by that provision. Defendant has filed

an answer to plaintiff’s complaint.

The parties are informed that United States Magistrate Judges in this district are

available to conduct all proceedings in an action. Thus, the parties in this case may, if all

consent, proceed to trial, whether by jury or by the court without a jury, before the assigned

United States Magistrate Judge while preserving the right to appeal directly to the Ninth Circuit

Court of Appeals. An appropriate form for consent to proceed before a magistrate judge will

accompany this order. A party who chooses to consent may complete the form and return it to

the Clerk of the Court at any time. Neither the magistrate judge nor the district judge assigned to

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the case will be notified of the filing of a consent form unless all parties to the action have filed

consent forms.

Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, IT

IS ORDERED that:

1. A Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is set for September 5, 2008, at

11:00 a.m., in Courtroom No. 27, before Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd.

2. Each party shall appear at the Status Conference by counsel or, if acting

without counsel, on his own behalf. A party may appear at the Status Conference either in

person or telephonically. To arrange telephonic appearance, the party shall contact Pete Buzo,

the courtroom deputy of the undersigned magistrate judge, at (916) 930-4128 no later than three

days before the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference.

3. Plaintiff shall file and serve a status report on or before August 22, 2008, and

defendant shall file and serve a status report on or before August 29, 2008. Each status report

shall address all of the following matters:

a. Progress of service of process;

b. Possible joinder of additional parties;

c. Any expected or desired amendment of the

pleadings;

d. Jurisdiction and venue;

e. Anticipated motions and the scheduling thereof;

f. Anticipated discovery and the scheduling thereof,

including disclosure of expert witnesses;

g. Future proceedings, including the setting of

appropriate cut-off dates for discovery and for law

and motion, and the scheduling of a final pretrial

conference and trial;

h. Modification of standard pretrial procedures

specified by the rules due to the relative simplicity

or complexity of the action;

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i. Whether the case is related to any other case,

including matters in bankruptcy;

j. Whether the parties will stipulate to the magistrate

judge assigned to this matter acting as settlement

judge, waiving any disqualifications by virtue of his

so acting, or whether they prefer to have a

Settlement Conference before another judge; 

k. Whether the parties intend to consent to proceed

before a United States Magistrate Judge; and

l. Any other matters that may aid in the just and

expeditious disposition of this action.

4. The Clerk of the Court shall send each party, along with this order, a copy of

the form “Consent to Proceed Before United States Magistrate Judge.”

DATED: July 3, 2008.

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