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Parties Involved:
Mathyl D. Turner
Plaintiff
United States Attorney General
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATHYL D. TURNER,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

GENERAL,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03085-PJH 

ORDER SETTING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

[Reassigned Case]

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter having been reassigned to the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton. It is 

hereby ordered, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and Civil L. R. 16-10, that a Case 

Management Conference shall be held in this case on October 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., in 

Courtroom 3, 3rd Floor, Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California.

Lead counsel shall meet and confer as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) prior to 

the Case Management Conference with respect to those subjects set forth in Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 16(c). Not less than seven (7) days before the conference, counsel shall file a joint 

case management statement addressing each of the items listed in the "Standing Order 

For All Judges of the Northern District -- Contents of Joint Case Management statement," 

which is attached to this order and can also be found on the court's website. A proposed 

order is not necessary. Following the conference, the court will enter its own Case 

Management and Pretrial Order. If any party is proceeding without counsel, separate 

statements may be filed by each party. 

Each party shall appear personally or by lead counsel prepared to address all of 

the matters referred to in this Order and with authority to enter stipulations and make 

admissions pursuant to this Order. Any request to reschedule the date of the conference 

shall be made in writing, and by stipulation if possible, at least ten (10) days before the 

date of the conference and must be based upon good cause.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

STANDING ORDER FOR ALL JUDGES

OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CONTENTS OF JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

All judges of the Northern District of California require identical information in Joint Case 

Management Statements filed pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-9. The parties must include 

the following information in their statement which, except in unusually complex cases, 

should not exceed ten pages:

1. Jurisdiction and Service: The basis for the court’s subject matter jurisdiction over 

plaintiff's claims and defendant’s counterclaims, whether any issues exist regarding 

personal jurisdiction or venue, whether any parties remain to be served, and, if any 

parties remain to be served, a proposed deadline for service.

2. Facts: A brief chronology of the facts and a statement of the principal factual 

issues in dispute.

3. Legal Issues: A brief statement, without extended legal argument, of the disputed 

points of law, including reference to specific statutes and decisions.

4. Motions: All prior and pending motions, their current status, and any anticipated 

motions.

5. Amendment of Pleadings: The extent to which parties, claims, or defenses are 

expected to be added or dismissed and a proposed deadline for amending the pleadings.

6. Evidence Preservation: A brief report certifying that the parties have reviewed the 

Guidelines Relating to the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (“ESI 

Guidelines”), and confirming that the parties have met and conferred pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 26(f) regarding reasonable and proportionate steps taken to preserve evidence 

relevant to the issues reasonably evident in this action. See ESI Guidelines 2.01 and 

2.02, and Checklist for ESI Meet and Confer.

7. Disclosures: Whether there has been full and timely compliance with the initial 

disclosure requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, and a description of the disclosures made.

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8. Discovery: Discovery taken to date, if any, the scope of anticipated discovery, any 

proposed limitations or modifications of the discovery rules, a brief report on whether the 

parties have considered entering into a stipulated e-discovery order, a proposed 

discovery plan pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), and any identified discovery disputes.

9. Class Actions: If a class action, a proposal for how and when the class will be 

certified.

10. Related Cases: Any related cases or proceedings pending before another judge of 

this court, or before another court or administrative body.

11. Relief: All relief sought through complaint or counterclaim, including the amount of 

any damages sought and a description of the bases on which damages are calculated. In 

addition, any party from whom damages are sought must describe the bases on which it 

contends damages should be calculated if liability is established.

12. Settlement and ADR: Prospects for settlement, ADR efforts to date, and a specific 

ADR plan for the case, including compliance with ADR L.R. 3-5 and a description of key 

discovery or motions necessary to position the parties to negotiate a resolution.

13. Consent to Magistrate Judge For All Purposes: Whether all parties will consent to 

have a magistrate judge conduct all further proceedings including trial and entry of 

judgment. ___ Yes ___ No

14. Other References: Whether the case is suitable for reference to binding arbitration, 

a special master, or the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

15. Narrowing of Issues: Issues that can be narrowed by agreement or by motion, 

suggestions to expedite the presentation of evidence at trial (e.g., through summaries or 

stipulated facts), and any request to bifurcate issues, claims, or defenses.

16. Expedited Trial Procedure: Whether this is the type of case that can be handled 

under the Expedited Trial Procedure of General Order No. 64 Attachment A. If all parties 

agree, they shall instead of this Statement, file an executed Agreement for Expedited 

Trial and a Joint Expedited Case Management Statement, in accordance with General 

Order No. 64 Attachments B and D.

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17. Scheduling: Proposed dates for designation of experts, discovery cutoff, hearing of 

dispositive motions, pretrial conference and trial.

18. Trial: Whether the case will be tried to a jury or to the court and the expected 

length of the trial.

19. Disclosure of Non-party Interested Entities or Persons: Whether each party has 

filed the “Certification of Interested Entities or Persons” required by Civil Local Rule 3-16. 

In addition, each party must restate in the case management statement the contents of 

its certification by identifying any persons, firms, partnerships, corporations (including 

parent corporations) or other entities known by the party to have either: (i) a financial 

interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding; or (ii) any 

other kind of interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the 

proceeding.

20. Professional Conduct: Whether all attorneys of record for the parties have 

reviewed the Guidelines for Professional Conduct for the Northern District of California.

21. Such other matters as may facilitate the just, speedy and inexpensive disposition 

of this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2015

____________________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATHYL D. TURNER,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

GENERAL,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03085-PJH 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 20, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Mathyl D. Turner

PO Box 399

Brentwood, CA 94513 

Dated: July 20, 2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Nichole Peric, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

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