Munoz, et al. vs. PHH Mortgage Corp., et al.

Filing 566

REMAND SCHEDULING ORDER, signed by Judge M Miller Baker on 5/15/2023. Mediation period: through 7/31/2023. Defendants' rebuttal expert report(s): no later than 8/31/2023. Expert depositions: no later than 9/28/2023. Any motions to exc lude: no later than 10/20/2023. Responses to any motions to exclude: no later than 11/17/2023. The parties are directed to meet and confer and to report back to the court with an agreed schedule or alternative schedules no later than 15 days after the date of this order . (Rivera, O)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
EFRAIN MUNOZ, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

No. 1:08-cv-00759-MMB-BAM
REMAND SCHEDULING
ORDER

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
et al.,
Defendants.
The court has reviewed the parties’ proposed scheduling order (ECF 562)
and joint discovery plan (ECF 563) and ORDERS as follows:
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The court will not permit “reply expert reports,” as addressed in

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the joint discovery plan, because (1) the original scheduling order (ECF 292)

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made no provision for such reports and (2) Plaintiffs made no such request in

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their original proffer of Dr. Hoyt (ECF 467).

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2.

The court adopts the following dates proposed by the parties:

Event

Date

Mediation period

Through July 31, 2023

Defendants’ rebuttal expert report(s) No later than August 31, 2023
Expert depositions

No later than September 28, 2023

Any motions to exclude

No later than October 20, 2023

Responses to any motions to exclude

No later than November 17, 2023

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3.

The court agrees with Defendants that it is necessary to adopt a

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“schedule for additional pretrial motion practice and amendments to the final

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pretrial order.” The parties are directed to meet and confer and to report back

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to the court with an agreed schedule or alternative schedules no later than 15

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days after the date of this order.

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Dated: May 15, 2023

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/s/ M. Miller Baker
M. Miller Baker, Judge 1

Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.

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