Caputo v. Amazon.com Services, LLC

Filing 34

FIRST AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker on 6/4/2024. Discovery Deadlines: Fact 12/4/2024; Expert 2/15/2025. Mid-Discovery Status Conference set for 11/4/2024 at 09:30 AM in Bakersfield (CDB) before Magistra te Judge Christopher D. Baker. Non-Dispositive Motions filed by 3/1/2025. Dispositive Motions filed by 5/3/2025. Pretrial Conference set for 7/21/2025 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 6 (KES) before District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. Jury Trial set for 9/16/2025 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 6 (KES) before District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PATRICIA CAPUTO,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 1:23-cv-01346-KES-CDB
FIRST AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER

v.

(Doc. 11)

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AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, et al.,

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Defendants.

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On August 7, 2023, Plaintiff Patricia Caputo commenced this action in the Superior Court

18 of the State of California, County of Kern. (Doc. 1). Defendant Amazon.com Services, LLC,
19 removed the case to this Court on September 11, 2023. In her complaint, Plaintiff raises the
20 following claims against Defendant Amazon.com Services, LLC: (1) Disability Discrimination
21 in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”); (2) Failure to Engage in Good
22 Faith Interactive Process in violation of FEHA; (3) Failure to Provide Reasonable
23 Accommodation in violation of FEHA; and (4) Retaliation in violation of FEHA.
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Following a scheduling conference, on December 7, 2023, the Court entered the operative

25 scheduling order. (Doc. 11). Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on April 16, 2024, adding
26 Defendant Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (“Sedgwick”). (Doc. 20). Following
27 service on Sedgwick and the Defendants’ filing of answers to Plaintiff’s first amended complaint
28 (Docs. 29, 32), on May 31, 2024, the parties filed an amended scheduling report proposing an

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1 approximate six-month continuance of all case management dates given the recent addition to the
2 action of Sedgwick. (Doc. 33).
In light of the parties’ representations in the amended scheduling report (Doc. 33) and good

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4 cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the scheduling order (Doc. 11) be amended as
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6 Deadline

Current

Amended

7 Mid-Discovery Conference

None

11/4/2024 at 9:30 a.m.1

8 Fact Discovery Cut Off:

6/7/2024

12/4/2024

9 Expert Disclosure:

6/21/2024

12/18/2024

10 Supp. Expert Disclosure:

7/19/2024

1/15/2025

11 Expert Discovery Cut Off:

8/19/2024

2/15/2025

12 Non-Dispositive Motion Filing:

9/2/2024

3/1/2025

13 Non-Dispositive Motion Hearing:

10/7/2024

4/7/2025 at 10:30 a.m.

14 Dispositive Motion Filing:

11/4/2024

5/3/2025

15 Dispositive Motion Hearing:

12/9/2024

6/9/2025 at 1:30 p.m.

16 Pre-Trial Conference Date:

1/21/2025

7/21/2025 at 1:30 p.m.

17 Trial:

3/18/2025

9/16/2025 at 9:00 a.m.

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All other provisions of the scheduling order (Doc. 11) not otherwise inconsistent with the

20 modified case management dates entered herein remain in full force and effect.
21 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:

June 4, 2024

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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The parties are reminded of their obligation to file a joint mid-discovery status report
no later than one week before the conference. See (Doc. 11 at 5).
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