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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICK R TUCKER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

NOVATO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 17-cv-00642-YGR 

CASE MANAGEMENT AND 

PRETRIAL ORDER 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 

PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Monday, October 23, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE COMPLETED BY: February 23, 2018 

LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS: Plaintiff allowed to Amend only with Court 

approval; Defendant Amend by October 6, 

2017 

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: January 26, 2018 

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED): 

Opening: March 9, 2018 

Rebuttal: March 23, 2018 

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: April 6, 2018 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 / DAUBERT MOTIONS To BE 

HEARD BY: June 12, 2018 

COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, August 17, 2018 at 9:01 a.m. 

JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT: August 24, 2018 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. 

TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. 

for 10 days (Jury Trial) 

 1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for 

summary judgment. 
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United States District Court 

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet 

and confer in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance hearing on Friday, August 17, 

2018 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed the Court’s Pretrial Setting 

Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing shall be held in the Federal 

Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1. Five (5) business days prior 

to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page JOINT STATEMENT 

confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their failure to comply. If 

compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off 

calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement 

in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions. 

 A compliance hearing regarding date of mediation with private mediator or a request for 

the Court to refer the case to ADR for an ADR process shall be held on Friday, October 6, 2017

on the Court's 9:01a.m. calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, in courtroom 1. By September 29, 2017, the parties shall file either the JOINT Notice 

or a one-page JOINT STATEMENT setting forth an explanation for their failure to comply. If 

compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be taken off 

calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a joint statement 

in a timely fashion. 

 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 

Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 

Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 19, 2017 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

United States District Court Judge