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Parties Involved:
AM General LLC
Defendant
Timothy Marland
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY MARLAND, CASE NO. CV F 07-0694 LJO SMS

(New Case No. CV F 07-0694 SMS)

Plaintiff, 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

vs.

Expert

AM GENERAL LLC, Disclosure: February 29, 2008

Defendant. Supplemental

Expert Disclosure: March 14, 2008

Nonexpert

Discovery Cutoff: March 14, 2008

Expert

Discovery Cutoff: April 18, 2008

Pretrial

Motion Filing

Deadline: May 2, 2008

Pretrial Motion

Hearing Deadline: June 5, 2008

Settlement Conf.: Date: April 2, 2008

Time: 2 p.m.

Dept.: 9 (DLB)

Pretrial Conf.: Date: June 12, 2008

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept.: 7 (SMS)

Jury Trial: Date: August 4, 2008

(5 days est.) Time: 9 a.m. 

 / Dept.: 7 (SMS)

This Court conducted an October 30, 2007 scheduling conference. Plaintiff Timothy Marland

appeared by telephone by counsel Todd M. Friedman, Krohn and Moss LTD. Defendant AM General

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LLC appeared by telephone by counsel I. Hooshie Broomand, Gordon & Rees LLP. Pursuant to

F.R.Civ.P. 16(b), this Court sets a schedule for this action.

1. Amendment To The Parties’ Pleadings

The parties propose no amendment to their respective pleadings.

2. Consent To Magistrate Judge

All parties consent to the conduct of all further proceedings by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sandra M.

Snyder. By a separate order, this action has been reassigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder,

and the parties are required to complete and file a Consent to Exercise of Jurisdiction by a United States

Magistr at e J udge, wh i ch is av ail able from this Court’s webpage at

http://207.41.18.73/caed/staticOther/page_947.htm.

3. Expert Witnesses

Initial expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than February 29, 2008.

Supplemental expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than March 14, 2008.

Such disclosures must be made pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) and shall include all

information required thereunder. In addition, F.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4) and F.R.Civ.P. 26(e) shall specifically

apply to all discovery relating to expert witnesses and their opinions. Each expert witness must be fully

prepared to be examined on all subjects and opinions included in the designations. Failure to comply

with these requirements will result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions, which may include the

preclusion of testimony or other evidence offered through the expert witness. In particular, this Court

will enforce preclusion of testimony or other evidence if F.R.Civ.P. 26(e) is not strictly complied with.

4. Discovery Cutoffs And Limits

All nonexpert discovery and related discovery motions (including motions to compel) shall be

completed or heard no later than March 14, 2008. All expert discovery and related discovery motions

(including motions to compel) shall be completed or heard no later than April 18, 2008.

5. Pretrial Motion Schedule

All pretrial motions, both dispositive and nondispositive (except discovery motions addressed

above), shall be served and filed no later than May 2, 2008. All pretrial dispositive and nondispositive

motions (except discovery motions addressed above) shall be set before the appropriate judge for a

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hearing to be conducted no later than June 5, 2008.

At the pretrial conference, the Court will set filing and hearing dates for motions in limine.

6. Mandatory Settlement Conference

A settlement conference is set for April 2, 2008 at 2 p.m. in Department 9(DLB). Unless

otherwise permitted in advance by the Court, the attorneys who will try the case shall appear at the

settlement conference with the parties and the person or persons having full authority to negotiate and

settle the case, on any terms, at the conference. 

No later than seven days prior to the settlement conference, each party shall submit directly

to the settlement conference judge’s chambers a confidential settlement conference statement. This

statement should neither be filed with the clerk of the Court nor served on any other party. Each

statement shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL” with the date and time of the mandatory

settlement conference indicated prominently. Counsel are urged to request the return of their statements.

If such request is not made, the Court will dispose of the statement.

The confidential settlement conference statement shall include the following: 

A. A brief statement of the facts of the case; 

B. A brief statement of the claims and defenses (i.e., statutory or other grounds upon which

the claims or defenses are based), a forthright evaluation of the parties' likelihood of prevailing on the

claims and defenses, and a description of the major issues in dispute;

C. A summary of the proceedings to date;

D. An estimate of the cost and time to be expended for further pretrial and trial matters,

including discovery;

E. The relief sought; and

F. The party's position on settlement, including the amount which or otherwise what the

party will accept to settle, realistic settlement expectations, present demands and offers, and a history

of past settlement discussions, offers, and demands.

This Court will vacate the settlement conference if the Court finds the settlement conference will

be neither productive nor meaningful to attempt to resolve all or part of this case. As far in advance of

the settlement conference as possible, a party shall inform the Court and other parties that it believes the

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case is not in a settlement posture so theCourt may vacate orreset the settlement conference. Otherwise

the parties shall proceed with the settlement conference in good faith to attempt to resolve all or part of

the case.

7. Pretrial Conference

This Court sets a pretrial conference for June 12, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 7 (SMS) of

this Court. The parties are directed to file a joint pretrial statement which complies with the

requirements of this Court’s Local Rule 16-281. In addition, the joint pretrial statement should include

a brief factual summary and an agreed upon neutral statement of the case. An additional copy of the

joint pretrial statement, carefully prepared and executed by all counsel, shall be electronically filed in

CM/ECF and shall be e-mailed in WordPerfect format to ljoorders@caed.uscourts.gov.

The parties’ attention is directed to this Court’s Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282. This Court will

insist upon strict compliance with those rules.

At the pretrial conference, the Court will set deadlines, among others, to file motions in limine,

final witness and exhibits lists, objections thereto, and other trial documents.

8. Trial Date

A 5-day jury day trial is set for August 4, 2008 at 9 a.m. in Department 7 (SMS) of this Court.

At this time, the parties request no bifurcation of issues. 

9. Effect Of This Order

This order represents the best estimate of the Court and parties as to the agenda most suitable to

dispose of this case. If the parties determine at any time that the schedule outlined in this order cannot

be met, the parties are ordered to notify the Court immediately of that fact so that adjustments may be

made, either by stipulation or by subsequent status conference. Stipulations extending the deadlines

contained herein will not be considered unless they are accompanied by affidavits or declarations with

attached exhibits, where appropriate, which establish good cause for granting the relief requested.

Failure to comply with this order shall result in the imposition of sanctions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 13, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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