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Parties Involved:
Bank of New York Mellon
Defendant
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Defendant
EMC Mortgage Corporation
Defendant
Loan Center of California, Inc.
Defendant
Josefina Quezada
Plaintiff
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOSEFINA QUEZADA, individually

and on behalf of all others

similarly situated,

 NO. CIV. 08-00177 WBS KJM

Plaintiff,

 v. LOAN CENTER OF CALIFORNIA,

INCORPORATED, EMC MORTGAGE

CORPORATION, STRUCTURED ASSET

MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II, INC.,

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

CORPORATION, and DOES 1

through 10 inclusive,

Defendants.

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

After reviewing the parties’ Status Report, the court

hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

scheduled for September 22, 2008.

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

The parties have failed to indicate whether the named

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defendants have been served. Plaintiff has thirty days from the

date of this Order to serve any named or new defendants that have

not been served, after which time, 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

Plaintiff anticipates the joinder of other, unknown

parties in the “loan chain.” Plaintiff may amend the complaint

to join additional defendants within thirty days of the date of

this order. Except as provided above, no further joinder of

parties or amendments to pleadings is 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 15 U.S.C. § 1601, et

seq. (Truth in Lending Act). Supplemental jurisdiction is

predicated on 28 U.S.C. 1367. Venue is undisputed and is hereby

found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties have stipulated that each party will serve

the initial disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(1) by no later than October 6, 2008.

Plaintiff and defendant shall disclose experts and

produce reports in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(a)(2) by no later than July 31, 2009. With regard

to expert testimony intended solely for rebuttal, those experts

shall be disclosed and reports produced in accordance with

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before August 31,

2009.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

26(b)(2)(A), each party may take up to twenty depositions and

serve up to seventy-five interrogatories. 

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 October 19, 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 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 October 19, 2009. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

The parties have agreed to the following schedule for

class certification: 1) Plaintiff shall file her class

certification motion by January 19, 2009 and, upon filing the

motion, calendar the motion to be heard for oral argument on

April 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.; 2) Defendants shall file their

opposition by March 9, 2009; and 3) Plaintiff shall file any

reply by March 30, 2009. 

All other motions, except motions for continuances,

temporary restraining orders, or other emergency applications,

shall be filed on or before December 14, 2009. All motions shall

be noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are

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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 February 22,

2010 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 (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

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The jury trial is set for April 20, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. 

The parties anticipate that the trial will last ten to fifteen

court days.

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

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 trial

date shall be heard and decided only by the undersigned judge.

DATED: September 19, 2008

 

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