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AMENDED ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

MIKE KREIDLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

DANNY L. PIXLER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. C06-697RSL

AMENDED ORDER SETTING TRIAL

DATE & RELATED DATES

TRIAL DATE September 14, 2009

Deadline for amending pleadings March 18, 2009

Reports from expert witnesses under FRCP 26(a)(2) due March 18, 2009

All motions related to discovery must be noted on the motion 

calendar no later than the Friday before discovery closes

pursuant to CR7(d)(3) or CR37(a)(2)(B)

Discovery completed by May 17, 2009

All dispositive motions must be filed by

and noted on the motion calendar no later than the

fourth Friday thereafter (see CR 7(d))

June 16, 2009

Settlement conference per CR 39.1(c)(2) held no later than July 16, 2009

Mediation per CR 39.1(c)(3) held no later than August 15, 2009

All motions in limine must be filed by 

and noted on the motion calendar seven judicial days

thereafter pursuant to CR7(d)(2)

August 17, 2009

Agreed pretrial order due September 2, 2009

Pretrial conference to be scheduled by the Court

Trial briefs, proposed voir dire questions, proposed 

jury instructions, and trial exhibits due

September 9, 2009
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AMENDED ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 2

Length of Trial: 12 days Jury XXX 

These dates are set by the Court per the Order Granting Motion to Continue Trial Date,

docket #169. All other dates are specified in the Local Civil Rules. If any of the dates identified

in this Order or the Local Civil Rules fall on a weekend or federal holiday, the act or event shall

be performed on the next business day. These are firm dates that can be changed only by order

of the Court, not by agreement of counsel or the parties. The Court will alter these dates only

upon good cause shown: failure to complete discovery within the time allowed is not recognized

as good cause.

If the trial date assigned to this matter creates an irreconcilable conflict, counsel must

notify Teri Roberts, the judicial assistant, at 206-370-8810 within 10 days of the date of this

Order and must set forth the exact nature of the conflict. A failure to do so will be deemed a

waiver. Counsel must be prepared to begin trial on the date scheduled, but it should be

understood that the trial may have to await the completion of other cases. 

ALTERATIONS TO ELECTRONIC FILING PROCEDURES

As of June 1, 2004, counsel are required to electronically file all documents with the

Court. Pro se litigants may file either electronically or in paper form. Information and

procedures for electronic filing can be found on the Western District of Washington’s website at

www.wawd.uscourts.gov. The following alterations to the Electronic Filing Procedures apply in

all cases pending before Judge Lasnik:

- Section III, Paragraph F - when the aggregate submittal to the court (i.e., the motion,

any declarations and exhibits, the proposed order, and the certificate of service) exceeds 50

pages in length, a paper copy of the documents (with tabs or other organizing aids as necessary)

shall be delivered to the Clerk’s Office for chambers by 10:30 am the morning after filing. The

chambers copy must be clearly marked with the words “Courtesy Copy of Electronic Filing for

Chambers.”
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- Section III, Paragraph L - unless the proposed order is stipulated, agreed, or otherwise

uncontested, the parties need not e-mail a copy of the order to the judge’s e-mail address.

PRIVACY POLICY

Pursuant to the General Order of the Court regarding Public Access to Electronic Case

Files (filed 5/29/03), parties are to redact the following information from documents and exhibits

before they are filed with the court:

* Dates of Birth - redact to the year of birth

* Names of Minor Children - redact to the initials

* Social Security Numbers - redact to the last four digits

* Financial Accounting Information - redact to the last four digits

The General Order was issued pursuant to the official policy on privacy adopted by the

Judicial Conference of the United States and can be found on the court’s website at

http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/docs. All documents filed in the above-captioned matter must

comply with the Privacy Policy and the General Order.

COOPERATION

As required by CR 37(a), all discovery matters are to be resolved by agreement if

possible. Counsel are further directed to cooperate in preparing the final pretrial order in the

format required by CR 16.1, except as ordered below. 

EXHIBITS

The original and one copy of the trial exhibits are to be delivered to chambers five days

before the trial date. Each exhibit shall be clearly marked. Exhibit tags are available in the

Clerk’s Office. The Court hereby alters the CR 16.1 procedure for numbering exhibits: 

plaintiff’s exhibits shall be numbered consecutively beginning with 1; defendant’s exhibits shall

be numbered consecutively beginning with 500. Duplicate documents shall not be listed twice:

once a party has identified an exhibit in the pretrial order, any party may use it. Each set of

exhibits shall be submitted in a three-ring binder with appropriately numbered tabs.
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SETTLEMENT

 Should this case settle, counsel shall notify the Deputy Clerk as soon as possible. 

Pursuant to GR 3(b), an attorney who fails to give the Deputy Clerk prompt notice of settlement

may be subject to such discipline as the Court deems appropriate.

DATED this 3rd day of February, 2009.

A

Robert S. Lasnik

United States District Judge