Opinion
No. C 12-01419 LB
03-19-2013
HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. EMELITA FELIPE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER (1) REFERRING CASE TO A
RANDOMLY-ASSIGNED
MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR A
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND
(2) RESETTING CERTAIN CASE
MANAGEMENT DATES
The court held a further case management conference on March 7, 2013. See 3/7/2013 Minute Order, ECF No. 49. At the conference, the court and the parties discussed the possibility of the parties' participation in a settlement conference with a magistrate judge. The court and the parties also discussed the parties' competing proposals for adjusting some of the case management dates in this action. The court tabled these decisions and directed the parties to file a joint case management conference statement by March 14, 2013 with further elaboration on these matters.
On March 14, 2013, the parties did so. Regarding a possible settlement conference, Defendant Cal Coast states that it is fine with a settlement conference before a randomly-assigned magistrate judge, but Plaintiff states that it "is agreeable to random selection of a neutral familiar with banking/financial services from the Northern District's ADR Panel of mediators." Plaintiff does not say anything about a settlement conference with a magistrate judge, despite the court's request that it do so. See 3/7/2013 Minute Order, ECF No. 49. And Defendant Reyes does not appear to have an opinion on the matter.
Under these circumstances, the court REFERS the instant action for a settlement conference before a randomly-assigned magistrate judge.
Regarding the adjustments to some of the case management dates in this action, Cal Coast suggests, in light of the March 24, 2014 trial date, that the expert disclosure deadline be set on October 4, 2013. It does not suggest any other new dates. Plaintiff agrees that the expert disclosure deadline be set on October 4, 2013, and it also suggests that the non-expert discovery deadline be set on September 4, 2013, the rebuttal expert disclosure deadline be set for November 4, 2013, the expert discovery completion date be set on December 4, 2013, and the last day for hearing dispositive motions be set on February 6, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Again, Defendant Reyes does not appear to have an opinion on the matter.
Upon consideration of the parties' suggestions, the court SETS the following dates:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Case Event ¦Filing Date/Disclosure Deadline/Hearing Date ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Non-expert discovery ¦9/4/2013 ¦ ¦completion date ¦ ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Expert disclosures required by¦ ¦ ¦Federal Rules of Civil ¦10/4/2013 ¦ ¦Procedure ¦ ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Rebuttal expert disclosures ¦11/4/2013 ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Expert discovery completion ¦12/4/2013 ¦ ¦date ¦ ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Last hearing date for ¦ ¦ ¦dispositive motions and/or ¦2/6/2014, at 11:00 a.m. ¦ ¦further case management ¦ ¦ ¦conference ¦ ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Meet and confer re pretrial ¦2/11/2014 ¦ ¦filings ¦ ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Pretrial filings due ¦2/20/2014 ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Oppositions, Objections, ¦ ¦ ¦Exhibits, and Depo ¦2/27/2014 ¦ ¦Designations due ¦ ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Final Pretrial Conference ¦3/13/2014, at 10:30 a.m. ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Trial ¦3/24/2014, at 8:30 a.m. ¦ +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------¦ ¦Length of Trial ¦5 days ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In addition, the court SETS a Further Case Management Conference for July 11, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom C, 15th Floor, United States District Court, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102. The parties shall file a joint case management conference statement no later than July 6, 2013.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge