Dawe v. Corrections USA et al

Filing 380

ORDER signed by Senior Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on 6/22/2010 ORDERING 373 Motion to modify Pretrial Order is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; counsel for defendants are collectively SANCTIONED $300. This sum shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court no later than 21 days from the date of this order. (Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BRIAN DAWE; FLAT IRON MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES, LLC, formerly known as FLAT IRON MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATES, a Partnership, NO. CIV. S-07-1790 LKK/EFB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER CORRECTIONS USA, a California Corporation; CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION, a California Corporation; JAMES BAIARDI, an individual; DONALD JOSEPH BAUMANN, an individual, Defendants. / AND CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS & RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS / Defendants move to further modify the pretrial order to add additional witnesses and exhibits (Dkt. No. 373). The court heard

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this motion in connection with the hearings on the parties' motions in limine. For the reasons stated at the hearing, the court GRANTS the motion in part, permitting defendants to call Jeffrey Rogers 1

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at trial.

The motion is otherwise DENIED.

The court notes, however, that defendants may nonetheless call witnesses designated by plaintiffs regardless of whether defendants designated them themselves. See Final Pretrial Order, 50.

Therefore, defendants' motion is unnecessary as to Shannon Lahey, the 42nd witness named on plaintiffs' witness list. Furthermore, Final

deposition transcripts need not be designated as exhibits. Pretrial Order at 57:7-11.

Accordingly, defendants may seek to

introduce portions of Brian Dawe's deposition notwithstanding the court's denial of this motion. No similar circumstance permits defendants to call John Dyer or to introduce exhibit "26P," which and defendants describe as

detailing

"receipts,

expenses,

email

exchanges

between

plaintiffs Brian Dawe and Richard Loud." Furthermore, because defendants have admitted that the various untimely errata resulted solely from counsel's carelessness, This sum

counsel for defendants are collectively SANCTIONED $300.

shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court no later than twenty-one (21) days from the date of this order. Counsel shall file an

affidavit accompanying the payment of this sanction which states that it is paid personally by counsel, out of personal funds, and is not and will not be billed, directly or indirectly, to the client or in any way made the responsibility of the client as attorneys' fees or costs. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: June 22, 2010. 2