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Parties Involved:
Pamela Jean Balsly
Plaintiff
Mountain Communities Healthcare District
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAMELA JEAN BALSLY,

Plaintiff,

v.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES 

HEALTHCARE DISTRICT, a public 

entity,

Defendant.

No. 2:13-cv-02334-GEB-CMK

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER

The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled 

for hearing on February 3, 2014, is vacated since the parties’ 

Joint Status Report filed on January 17, 2014 (“JSR”) indicates 

the following Order should issue.

SERVICE, JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AMENDMENT

No further service, joinder of parties or amendments to 

pleadings is permitted, except with leave of Court for good cause 

shown. 

DISCOVERY

All discovery shall be completed by February 13, 2015. 

“Completed” means all discovery shall be conducted so that any 

dispute relative to discovery shall have been resolved by 

appropriate orders, if necessary, and, where discovery has been 

ordered, the order has been complied with on or before the 

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prescribed “completion” date.

Each party shall comply with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) and (C)’s initial expert witness disclosure

requirements on or before October 17, 2014, and any contradictory 

and/or rebuttal expert disclosure authorized under Rule 

26(a)(2)(D)(ii) on or before November 16, 2014.

MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

The last hearing date for a motion is April 13, 2015, 

commencing at 9:00 a.m. A motion shall be briefed as prescribed 

in Local Rule 230. 

The parties are cautioned that an untimely motion 

characterized as a motion in limine may be summarily denied.

FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The final pretrial conference is set for June 15, 2015, 

at 1:30 p.m. The parties are cautioned that the lead attorney who 

WILL TRY THE CASE for each party shall attend the final pretrial 

conference. In addition, all persons representing themselves and 

appearing in propria persona must attend the pretrial conference. 

The parties shall file a JOINT pretrial statement no 

later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the final pretrial 

conference. The joint pretrial statement shall address the 

applicable portions of Local Rule 281(b), and shall set forth 

each theory of liability (“claim”) and affirmative defense which 

remains to be tried, and the ultimate facts on which each 

theory/defense is based. Furthermore, each party shall estimate 

the length of trial. The Court uses the parties’ joint pretrial 

statement to prepare its final pretrial order and could issue the 

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final pretrial order without holding the scheduled final pretrial 

conference. See Mizwicki v. Helwig, 196 F.3d 828, 833 (7th Cir. 

1999) (“There is no requirement that the court hold a pretrial 

conference.”). 

Final pretrial procedures are “critical for ‘promoting 

efficiency and conserving judicial resources by identifying the 

real issues prior to trial, thereby saving time and expense for 

everyone.’” Friedman & Friedman, Ltd. v. Tim McCandless, Inc., 

606 F.3d 494 (8th Cir. 2010) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 Advisory 

Committee Note (1983 Amendment to subdivision (c)). “Toward that 

end, Rule 16 directs courts to use pretrial conferences to weed 

out unmeritorious claims and defenses before trial begins.” Smith 

v. Gulf Oil Co., 995 F.2d 638, 642 (6th Cir. 1993). The parties 

are therefore provided notice that a claim or affirmative defense 

may be dismissed sua sponte if it is not shown to be triable in 

the joint final pretrial statement. Cf. Portland Retail Druggists 

Ass’n v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, 662 F.2d 641, 645 (9th Cir. 

1981) (indicating that a party shall be provided notice and an 

opportunity to respond with facts sufficient to justify having a 

claim or affirmative defense proceed to trial); Portsmouth

Square, Inc. v. S’holders Protective Comm., 770 F.2d 866, 869 

(9th Cir. 1985) (stating “the district court has . . . authority 

to grant summary judgment sua sponte in the context of a final 

pretrial conference”).

If feasible, at the time of filing the joint pretrial 

statement counsel shall also email it in a format compatible with 

WordPerfect to: geborders@caed.uscourts.gov.

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TRIAL SETTING

Trial shall commence at 9:00 a.m. on September 15, 

2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2014

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