Duran v. Stockton Recycling, Inc.

Filing 6

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr., on 11/7/11 ORDERING that the status (pretrial scheduling) conference set for hearing on 11/14/2011, is VACATED. All discovery shall be completed by 8/17/2012. Designation o f Expert Witnesses is due by 5/1/2012, and rebuttal expert disclosure is due by 6/1/2012. The last hearing date for a motion is 10/17/2012, commencing at 9:00 a.m. The Final Pretrial Conference is SET for 12/17/2012 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr.. The parties shall file a JOINT pretrial statement no later than seven calendar days prior to the final pretrial conference. Trial is SET for 3/26/2013 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr.. (Kastilahn, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RUDOLPH DURAN, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 STOCKTON RECYCLING, INC., 15 Defendant.1 ________________________________ 16 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:11-cv-02312-GEB-CKD STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 17 The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled for 18 hearing on November 14, 2011, is vacated since the parties’ Joint Status 19 Report filed on October 31, 2011 (“JSR”) indicates the following Order 20 should issue. DISMISSAL OF DOE DEFENDANTS 21 22 Since Plaintiff has not justified Doe defendants remaining in 23 this action, Does 1 through 50 are dismissed. See Order Setting Status 24 (Pretrial 25 (indicating that if justification for “Doe” defendant allegations not 26 provided Doe defendants would be dismissed). Scheduling) Conference filed August 31, 2011, at 2 n.2 27 28 1 The caption has been amended according to the Dismissal of Doe Defendants portion of this Order. 1 1 SERVICE, JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AMENDMENT 2 No further service, joinder of parties or amendments to 3 pleadings is permitted, except with leave of Court for good cause shown. 4 DISCOVERY 5 All discovery shall be completed by August 17, 2012. In this 6 context, “completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted 7 so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to 8 discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate orders, if necessary, 9 and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been complied with 10 or, alternatively, the time allowed for such compliance shall have 11 expired. 12 Each party shall comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 13 26(a)(2)(B) and (C)’s initial expert witness disclosure requirements on 14 or before May 1, 2012, and any contradictory and/or rebuttal expert 15 disclosure authorized under Rule 26(a)(2)(D)(ii) on or before June 1, 16 2012. 17 MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE 18 The last hearing date for a motion is October 17, 2012, 19 commencing at 9:00 a.m.2 A motion shall be briefed as prescribed in Local 20 Rule 230. 21 The parties are cautioned that an untimely motion 22 characterized as a motion in limine may be summarily denied. A motion in 23 limine addresses the admissibility of evidence. 24 /// 25 /// 26 27 28 2 This time deadline does not apply to motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders, emergency applications, or motions under Rule 16(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2 1 FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 2 The final pretrial conference is set for December 17, 2012, at 3 2:30 p.m. The parties are cautioned that the lead attorney who WILL TRY 4 THE CASE for each party shall attend the final pretrial conference. In 5 addition, all persons representing themselves and appearing in propria 6 persona must attend the pretrial conference. 7 The parties are warned that non-trial worthy issues could be 8 eliminated sua sponte “[i]f the pretrial conference discloses that no 9 material facts are in dispute and that the undisputed facts entitle one 10 of the parties to judgment as a matter of law.” Portsmouth Square v. 11 S’holders Protective Comm., 770 F.2d 866, 869 (9th Cir. 1985). 12 The parties shall file a JOINT pretrial statement no later 13 than seven (7) calendar days prior to the final pretrial conference.3 The 14 joint pretrial statement shall specify the issues for trial, including 15 a description of each theory of liability and affirmative defense, and 16 shall estimate the length of the trial.4 The Court uses the parties’ 17 joint pretrial statement to prepare its final pretrial order and could 18 issue the final pretrial order without holding the scheduled final 19 pretrial conference. See Mizwicki v. Helwig, 196 F.3d 828, 833 (7th Cir. 20 1999) 21 conference.”). (“There is no requirement that the court hold a pretrial 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 The failure of one or more of the parties to participate in the preparation of any joint document required to be filed in this case does not excuse the other parties from their obligation to timely file the document in accordance with this Order. In the event a party fails to participate as ordered, the party or parties timely submitting the document shall include a declaration explaining why they were unable to obtain the cooperation of the other party. 4 If a trial by jury has been preserved, the joint pretrial statement shall also state how much time each party desires for voir dire, opening statements, and closing arguments. 3 1 If possible, at the time of filing the joint pretrial 2 statement counsel shall also email it in a format compatible with 3 WordPerfect to: geborders@caed.uscourts.gov. 4 TRIAL SETTING 5 Trial shall commence at 9:00 a.m. on March 26, 2013. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 Dated: November 7, 2011 8 9 10 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4

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