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Parties Involved:
John E. Potter
Defendant
Surinder Singh Saini
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SURINDER SINGH SAINI,

No. CIV S-08-0149 FCD DAD PS

Plaintiff,

ORDER SETTING STATUS

v. (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING)

CONFERENCE

JOHN E. POTTER, Postmaster General,

Defendant.

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This action has been referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule

72-302(c)(21) for all purposes encompassed by that provision.

The parties are informed that United States Magistrate Judges in this district are

available to conduct all proceedings in an action. Thus, the parties in this case may, if all consent,

proceed to trial, whether by jury or by the court, before the assigned United States Magistrate Judge

while preserving the right to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. An appropriate form for

consenting to proceed before the magistrate judge will be provided with this order. A party who

chooses to consent may complete the form and return it to the Clerk of the Court at any time. Neither

the magistrate judge nor the district judge assigned to the case will be notified of the filing of a consent

form by a party, unless all parties to the action have filed consent forms.

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Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, IT IS

ORDERED that:

1. A Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is set for June 20, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., in

Courtroom No. 27, before Magistrate Judge Drozd.

2. Each party shall appear at the Status Conference by counsel or, if acting without

counsel, on his own behalf. Parties may appear at the conference either in person or telephonically. To

arrange telephonic appearance, a party shall contact Pete Buzo, the courtroom deputy of the

undersigned magistrate judge, at (916) 930-4128 no later than three days before the Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference.

3. Each party shall file and serve, on or before June 13, 2008, a status report addressing

each of the following matters:

a. Progress of service of process;

b. Possible joinder of additional parties;

c. Any expected or desired amendment of the pleadings;

d. Jurisdiction and venue;

e. Anticipated motions and the scheduling thereof;

f. Anticipated discovery and the scheduling thereof,

including disclosure of expert witnesses;

g. Future proceedings, including the setting of appropriate

cut-off dates for discovery and for law and motion, and

the scheduling of a final pretrial conference and trial;

h. Modification of standard pretrial procedures specified by

the rules due to the relative simplicity or complexity of

the action;

i. Whether the case is related to any other case, including

matters in bankruptcy;

j. Whether the parties will stipulate to the magistrate judge

assigned to this matter acting as settlement judge, waiving

any disqualifications by virtue of his so acting, or whether

they prefer to have a Settlement Conference before

another judge; 

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k. Whether the parties intend to consent to proceed before a

United States Magistrate Judge; and

l. Any other matters that may aid in the just and expeditious

disposition of this action.

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to provide each party with a form “Consent to

Proceed Before United States Magistrate Judge,” together with this order.

DATED: April 15, 2008.

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