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Parties Involved:
Jessica Dunn
Defendant
Kole McAdams
Plaintiff

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KOLE MCADAMS,

Plaintiff,

v. NO. CIV. S-08-00131 WBS KJM

JESSICA DUNN and DOES 1-50,

Defendants.

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the

court hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

scheduled for April 7, 2008, and makes the following findings

and orders without needing to consult with the parties any

further.

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 under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

No further joinder of parties or amendments to

pleadings is permitted except with leave of court, good cause

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having been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). See Johnson v.

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

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1332

(diversity). Venue is undisputed and is hereby found to be

proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

Each party will serve the initial disclosures required

by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (a)(1) by no later than May 7, 2008.

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(a)(1) and because

plaintiff believes that increased interrogatories will decrease

the length of or eliminate the need for defendant’s deposition

testimony, plaintiff is permitted to serve forty interrogatories

on defendant.

Plaintiff and defendant shall disclose experts and

produce reports in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by

no later than October 17, 2008. With regard to expert testimony

intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed

and reports produced in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)

on or before November 21, 2008.

All discovery, including depositions for preservation

of testimony, is left open, save and except that it shall be so

conducted as to be completed by January 9, 2009. The word

“completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted

so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes

relevant to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate

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

order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be

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noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with

the local rules of this court and so that such motions may be

heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) not later than January

9, 2009. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances,

temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications,

shall be filed on or before February 27, 2009. All motions

shall be noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel

are cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the

requirements for noticing and opposing such motions on the

court’s regularly scheduled law and motion calendar.

VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for May 4, 2009

at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be

attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the

trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for

trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial

statements, and are referred to Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282

relating to the contents of and time for filing those

statements. In addition to those subjects listed in Local Rule

16-281(b), the parties are to provide the court with: (1) a

plain, concise statement which identifies every non-discovery

motion which has been made to the court, and its resolution; (2)

a list of the remaining claims as against each defendant; and

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(3) the estimated number of trial days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by

Local Rule 16-281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the

claims that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively

pled defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury,

the parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case,

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

VII. TRIAL SETTING

The court trial is set for July 7, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.

in Courtroom No. 5.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the

Pretrial Conference.

All parties should be prepared to advise the court

whether they will stipulate to the trial judge acting as

settlement judge and waive disqualification by virtue thereof.

Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full

settlement authority present at the Settlement Conference or to

be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least

seven calendar days before the Settlement Conference counsel for

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference

Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be

disclosed to the trial judge.

IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this

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Scheduling Order, except requests to change the dates of the

final Pretrial Conference or trial, may be heard and decided by

the assigned Magistrate Judge. All requests to change the dates

of the Pretrial Conference and/or trial shall be heard and

decided only by the undersigned judge.

DATED: April 3, 2008

 

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