Entrepreneur Media Inc v. Rieva Lesonsky et al

Filing 46

SCHEDULING ORDER by Judge David O. Carter, Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings:( Discovery cut-off 1/16/2009. Motions due by 1/26/2009. Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/17/2009 08:30 AM before Judge David O. Carter. Jury Trial set for 2/24/2009 08:30 AM before Judge David O. Carter.) (ade)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ENTREPRENEUR MEDIA INC. 12 13 14 Plaintiff(s), v. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 RIEVA LESONSKY, ET. AL., Defendant(s). ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. SA CV08-1066-DOC(ANx) SCHEDULING ORDER 1. SETTING DISCOVERY CUT-OFF DATE: 01-16-2009 2. MOTION CUT-OFF DATE: 01-26-2009 3. SETTING FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: 02-17-2009 (at 8:30 a.m.) 4. SETTING JURY TRIAL DATE: 02-24-2009 (at 8:30 a.m.) 22 23 24 This Pretrial Scheduling Order governs the course of all pretrial proceedings in this case. For further guidance, consult the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules. 25 26 JOINDER OF PARTIES AND AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS 27 The deadline for joining parties and amending pleadings is ninety (90) days after the date of this 28 Order. Any motions to join other parties or for leave to amend the pleadings shall be filed within sixty (60) 1 days of the date of this Order so that they can be heard and decided prior to the deadline. 2 3 DISCOVERY CUT-OFF 4 The Court has established a cut-off date for discovery in this action. All discovery is to be 5 completed on, or prior to, the cut-off date. Expert discovery must also be completed by the discovery cut- 6 off date. Plan now to complete discovery on the schedule set; a continuance is unlikely. Accordingly, the 7 following discovery schedule shall apply in this Court: 8 (1) 9 prior to the discovery cut-off date. A deposition which commences five (5) days prior to 10 11 Depositions: All depositions shall be scheduled to commence at least five (5) working days the discovery cut-off date may continue beyond the cut-off date, as necessary. (2) Written Discovery: All interrogatories, requests for production of documents, and requests 12 for admissions shall be served at least forty-five (45) days before the discovery cut-off date. 13 The Court will not approve stipulations between counsel that permit responses to be served 14 after the cut-off date except in unusual circumstances and upon a showing of good cause. 15 (3) Discovery Motions: Any motion regarding the inadequacy of responses to discovery must 16 be filed and served no later than five (5) days after the discovery cut-off date. The Court 17 requires compliance with the requirements of Local Rule 37 in the preparation and filing 18 of discovery motions. Whenever possible, counsel should resolve discovery problems on 19 their own in a courteous, reasonable, and professional manner. Assistance of the Court in 20 the resolution of most discovery matters should not be necessary. 21 22 Parties shall follow the disclosure and timing rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules. Routine discovery motions will be referred to the magistrate judge assigned to the case. 23 24 25 26 27 28 MOTION MATTERS In motion matters, counsel should note the timing and service requirements of Local Rules 6 and 7 and its subparts including: (1) Rule 6-1 (twenty-one (21) days notice for all motions unless served by mail, in which case twenty-four (24) days is required) (notice of motion and moving papers to be filed twenty 2 1 (20) days before the hearing date); 2 (2) Rule 7-9 (responses to all motions fourteen (14) calendar days before the hearing date); and 3 (3) Rule 7-10 (reply, if any, to all responses seven (7) calendar days before the hearing date). 4 Counsel must comply with the timing requirements of the Local Rules so that chambers can properly prepare 5 for motion matters. 6 7 The motion cut-off date is the last day on which the Court will hear motions. Counsel should note that motions will need to be filed several weeks in advance of this date as required by Local Rule 6. 8 9 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL SETTING 10 This case has been placed on calendar for a Pretrial Conference (“PTC”) pursuant to Federal Rule 11 of Civil Procedure 16 and the Local Rules. Unless excused for good cause, each party appearing in this 12 action shall be represented at the PTC and all pretrial meetings of counsel by the attorney who is to have 13 charge of the conduct of the trial on behalf of such party. 14 A continuance of the Pretrial Conference at counsel’s request or stipulation is highly unlikely. 15 Counsel should plan to do the necessary pretrial work on a schedule which will ensure its completion with 16 time to spare before the Pretrial Conference. Failure to complete discovery work is not grounds for a 17 continuance. The Court has a crowded docket and to displace another case already set for trial in favor of 18 a case in which counsel have not been diligent in preparing their case would not be just. 19 Compliance with the requirements of Local Rule 16 is required by the Court. Carefully prepared 20 Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law (which may also serve as the trial brief) and a proposed Pretrial 21 Conference Order (“PTCO”) shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Local Rules 16-6 22 through 16-7. and the form of the proposed Pretrial Conference Order shall be in conformity with the format 23 set forth in Appendix A to Local Rules. 24 The Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law are due twenty-one (21) days before the PTC and 25 the proposed PTCO is to be lodged eleven (11) days before the PTC. Adherence to the time requirements 26 is necessary to provide the Court and its staff time to prepare the matter. 27 At the PTC, counsel should be prepared to discuss means of streamlining the trial, including, but not 28 limited to: bifurcation, presentation of non-critical testimony by deposition excerpts, stipulations as to the 3 1 content of testimony, presentation of testimony on direct examination by declaration subject to cross- 2 examination, and qualification of experts by admitted resumes. In rare cases in which the Court waives the 3 PTC, counsel must follow Local Rules 16-10 through 16-10.1. 4 In drafting the PTCO, the Court expects that counsel will attempt to agree on and set forth as many 5 uncontested facts as possible. The Court will normally read the uncontested facts to the jury at the start of 6 the trial. A carefully drafted and comprehensively stated stipulation of facts will reduce the length of trial 7 and increase jury understanding of the case. 8 All motions (except motions in limine dealing with admissibility of evidence) must be disposed of 9 before the Pretrial Conference. A motion in limine may not be used as a substitute for a summary judgment 10 motion. All motions in limine must be filed no later than the date on which the PTCO is lodged with the 11 Court. 12 13 JURY INSTRUCTIONS / FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 14 Proposed jury instructions must be timely filed. The parties should exchange proposed jury 15 instructions and agree as much as possible on the necessary instructions before filing them with the Court. 16 In matters tried to the Court, the parties should prepare, serve, and lodge proposed findings of fact and 17 conclusions of law as promptly as possible and in compliance with the Local Rules. Both parties should also 18 submit their proposed jury instructions and findings of fact and conclusions of law on disk, preferably in 19 Word Perfect format. 20 21 22 23 COURT APPEARANCES Parties shall be represented at all court appearances by the counsel expected to be in charge of conducting trial on behalf of the parties. 24 Under no circumstances should counsel, or a party if the party is appearing pro se, fail to appear at 25 a court appearance unless their appearance has been waived by prior order of the Court. Even if a settlement 26 has been reached, counsel for all parties, or the party if appearing pro se, must appear at court appearances 27 until a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties has been lodged with the Court. 28 4 1 OTHER 2 Counsel are required to electronically file all papers in accordance with General Order 08-02. 3 All appropriate inquiries should be directed to Kristee Hopkins, Deputy Court Clerk, at 4 (714) 338-4543. Counsel should not attempt to contact chambers directly. Counsel should list their email 5 addresses and facsimile transmission numbers on their papers in order to facilitate communication by the 6 Deputy Court Clerk. 7 8 The Deputy Court Clerk is ordered to serve a copy of this Order on all parties to this action, if not personally handed to counsel at the Scheduling Conference. 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11 DATE: November 10, 2008 12 13 14 DAVID O. CARTER United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5

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