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Parties Involved:
Scott Johnson
Plaintiff
PRB Management, LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SCOTT JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

PRB MANAGEMENT, LLC, a 

California Limited Liability 

Company; Does 1-10,

Defendants.

CIV. NO. 2:14-1895 WBS CKD

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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 December 22, 2014, 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 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 the claims 

brought under the Unruh Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51-52, and the 

California Disabled Persons Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 54-54.8.

Venue is undisputed and is hereby found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties indicate that initial disclosures were 

exchanged on December 17, 2014. Any additional initial 

disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) 

shall be exchanged by no later than December 31, 2014.

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 

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

later than March 2, 2015. With regard to expert testimony 

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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 April 1, 2015. 

Plaintiff’s request that the number of interrogatories 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33(a)(1) be increased to 45

is denied. Plaintiff has presented no reason or basis for 

expanding the default discovery limits. 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 May 1, 

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 May 1, 2015. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary 

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be 

filed on or before July 6, 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 September 14, 

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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, 

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 November 17, 2015, at 9:00 

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

days. 

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

The court has determined that this case is appropriate 

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for an early settlement conference. The parties shall contact 

the assigned magistrate judge’s courtroom deputy no later than 

January 30, 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 

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: December 17, 2014

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