Opinion
Case No.: 4-12-cv-5421-YGR
03-06-2013
BROCK SLIPSAGER, PLAINTIFF(S), v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, DEFENDANT(S).
CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER
TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:
A Case Management Conference was held in this action on March 4, 2013.
The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates:
PRETRIAL SCHEDULE
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: ¦Monday, 9/9/13 at 2:00 p.m. ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦PARTIES ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN ¦ ¦ ¦PRIVATE ¦3/31/13 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦MEDIATION; TO BE COMPLETED BY: ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: ¦9/27/13 ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/ ¦Opening: 10/11/13 Rebuttal: 11/1/13 ¦ ¦NONRETAINED): ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: ¦11/26/13 ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS TO BE HEARD ¦12/10/13 (Filed by 11/5/13) ¦ ¦BY: ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2) ¦Friday, 1/24/14 at 9:01 a.m. ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE ¦1/31/14 ¦ ¦STATEMENT: ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: ¦Friday, 2/14/14 at 9:00 a.m. ¦ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH: ¦Monday, 3/10/14 at 8:30 a.m. for 5-7 days¦ ¦ ¦(Jury Trial) ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pursuant to the Court's Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance hearing on Friday, January 24, 2014 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have timely met and conferred as required by the Pretrial Instructions. The compliance hearing shall be held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 5. 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.
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.
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for summary judgment.