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Parties Involved:
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
Hung Thanh Tran
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

HUNG THANH TRAN; and Does 1-

10,

Defendants.

CIV. NO. 2:14-02437 WBS EFB

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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 February 17, 2015, and makes the following findings

and orders without needing to consult with the parties any 

further.

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I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

The parties indicate that all defendants have been 

served. No further service is permitted without leave of court, 

good cause having been shown under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 16(b).

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

No further joinder of parties or amendments to 

pleadings will be permitted except with leave of court, good 

cause having been shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

16(b). See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 

(9th Cir. 1992).

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon federal question 

jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, because plaintiff’s asserts a 

cause of action pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act 

of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. The court has supplemental 

jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a) over all state-law 

claims. Venue is undisputed and is hereby found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties shall serve the initial disclosures 

required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) by no later 

than February 23, 2015.

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 

in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) by no 

later than April 27, 2015. With regard to expert testimony 

intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed 

and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before May 26, 2015. 

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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 June 29, 2015. 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 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 June 29, 2015. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary 

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be 

filed on or before August 17, 2015. 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 October 26, 

2015, 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, 

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and are referred to Local Rules 281 and 282 relating to the 

contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to 

those subjects listed in Local Rule 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 (3) the estimated number of trial 

days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of 

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by 

Local Rule 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 bench trial is set for December 8, 2015, at 9:00 

a.m. The parties estimate that the trial will take three to 

seven days. 

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The court has determined that this case is appropriate 

for an early settlement conference. The parties shall contact 

the assigned Magistrate Judge’s courtroom deputy no later than 

March 23, 2015, by phone or email to schedule an early settlement 

conference. Contact information for the assigned magistrate 

judge is available at www.caed.uscourts.gov under the “Judges” 

tab. 

At the settlement conference, each party is ordered to 

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have a principal with full settlement authority present at the 

conference or be fully authorized to settle the matter on any 

terms. No later than seven days before the date of the 

Settlement Conference, counsel for each party shall submit a 

confidential Settlement Conference Statement to the settlement 

judge. Such statements shall not be filed, but shall be 

delivered to the chambers of the settlement judge, in hard copy.

IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER

Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this 

Scheduling Order, except requests to change the date of the 

trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned Magistrate Judge. 

All requests to change the trial date shall be heard and decided 

only by the undersigned judge.

Dated: February 11, 2015

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