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Parties Involved:
Midland Credit Management, Inc.
Defendant
Debra Simmons
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DEBRA SIMMONS,

 Plaintiff,

v.

MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, 

INC.,

 Defendant.

CIV. NO. 2:15-01369 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 October 13, 2015, and makes the following findings 

and orders without needing to consult with the parties any 

further.

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

The named defendant has been served, and no further 

service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having 

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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 brings a claim 

under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et 

seq. The court exercises supplemental jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1367, over plaintiff’s state-law claim under the Rosenthal Fair 

Debt Collection Practices Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1788, et seq. 

This matter was removed from the Sacramento Superior Court 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Venue is undisputed and is 

hereby found to be proper.

IV. DISCOVERY

The shall serve the initial disclosures required by 

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

November 13, 2015.

 The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 

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

later than February 16, 2016. 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) no later than March 14, 2016.

The parties agree that all discovery, including 

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depositions for preservation of testimony, is left open, save and 

except that it shall be so conducted as to be completed by April 

14, 2016. 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 April 14, 2016.

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

The parties agree that all motions, except motions for 

continuances, temporary restraining orders, or other emergency 

applications, shall be filed on or before May 27, 2016. 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 August 1, 

2016, 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 jury trial is set for October 4, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. 

The parties estimate that the jury trial will last two 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 

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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 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: October 8, 2015

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