F. v. Ripon Unified School District

Filing 9

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 3/16/12: Discovery due by 6/29/2012. Dispositive Motions filed by 8/24/2012. (Kaminski, H)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Z.F. et al., NO. 2:11-cv-02741 KJM GGH Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 13 RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 14 STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER Defendant. ____________________________________/ 15 An initial scheduling conference was held in this case on March 15, 2012; George Crook 16 17 and Bryan Winn appeared for plaintiff; Marcella Gutierrez and Ileana Butu appeared for 18 defendant. Having reviewed the parties’ Joint Status Report filed, and having discussed a 19 schedule for the case with counsel at the hearing, the court makes the following orders: 20 I. SERVICE OF PROCESS All named defendants have been served and no further service is permitted without leave 21 22 of court, good cause having been shown. 23 II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS No further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is permitted without leave of 24 25 court, good cause having been shown. See FED . R. CIV . P. 16(b); Johnson v. Mammoth 26 Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir. 1992). 27 \\\\\ 28 \\\\\ 1 III. JURISDICTION/VENUE Jurisdiction is predicated upon 20 U.S.C. §1415(i)(2), (3). Jurisdiction and venue are not 2 3 disputed. 4 IV. DISCOVERY Because this action under the IDEA proceeds primarily as a review upon an 5 6 administrative record, the parties agreed, and the undersigned concurs ,that no initial disclosures 7 as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a) are necessary. See Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 8 26(a)(1)(B)(i). Discovery in this case is limited. Plaintiff plans very limited paper discovery concerning 9 10 events transpiring during the administrative proceedings; defendant does not contemplate 11 discovery. All discovery shall be completed by June 29, 2012. In this context, “completed” 12 means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken and 13 any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if necessary and, 14 where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery 15 must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with the local rules of this 16 court. 17 V. The parties will not be presenting expert witnesses. 18 19 20 DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESSES VI. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE Although the parties dispute the correct statement of the one issue involved, only one 21 issue is involved. Plaintiff asserts that the “District had predetermined the subject IEP by 22 determining in advance not to extend the contract of a nonpublic agency that was providing aide 23 services to plaintiff’s son.” “Defendant asserts that the issue is whether the District 24 predetermined a change in the nonpublic agency (‘NPA’) providing behavior intervention 25 services to Student.” Joint Status Report at 3. 26 As this case primarily involves review upon an administrative record, in all probability, 27 the case will be resolved on cross-motions for summary judgment. The filing of these motions is 28 a requirement in this case. Moreover, as is the case in cross-motions for summary judgment in 2 1 Social Security cases, the parties need not file the ordinary undisputed and disputed facts 2 statements. Plaintiff shall lodge the administrative record with the filing of plaintiff’s motion for 3 summary judgment. Plaintiff shall file plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment first. Defendant shall timely 4 5 oppose and concurrently file its cross-motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff may then reply. 6 No further briefing is authorized. All dispositive motions, including the above referenced cross-motions for summary 7 8 judgment, except motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or other emergency 9 applications, shall be heard no later than August 24, 2012. The parties may obtain available 10 hearing dates by calling Casey Schultz, the Courtroom Deputy, at (916) 930-4193. All purely legal issues are to be resolved by timely pretrial motions. Local Rule 230 11 12 governs the calendaring and procedures of civil motions with the following additions: 13 (a) The opposition and reply must be filed by 4:00 p.m. on the day due; and 14 (b) When the last day for filing an opposition brief falls on a legal holiday, the 15 opposition brief shall be filed on the last court day immediately preceding 16 the legal holiday. 17 Failure to comply with Local Rule 230(c), as modified by this order, may be deemed consent to 18 the motion and the court may dispose of the motion summarily. Brydges v. Lewis, 18 F.3d 651, 19 652-53 (9th Cir. 1994). The court places a page limit of twenty (20) pages on all moving papers, twenty (20) 20 21 pages on oppositions, and ten (10) pages for replies. All requests for page limit increases must 22 be made through the courtroom deputy clerk at least fourteen (14) days prior to the filing of the 23 motion. If this matter makes its way to trial, the parties are reminded that a motion in limine is a 24 25 pretrial procedural device designed to address the admissibility of evidence. The court will look 26 with disfavor upon dispositional motions presented at the Final Pretrial Conference or at trial in 27 the guise of motions in limine. 28 \\\\\ 3 The parties are cautioned that failure to raise a dispositive legal issue that could have been 1 2 tendered to the court by proper pretrial motion prior to the dispositive motion cut-off date may 3 constitute waiver of such issue. 4 VII. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE Because the filing of dispositive motions is mandatory in this case, and because the case 5 6 will in all probability be resolved by a ruling on the cross- motions for summary judgment, no 7 final pretrial conference will be set at this time. 8 VIII. Not applicable. 9 10 TRIAL SETTING IX. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 11 The parties have participated in an administrative hearing which came to decision, and 12 have otherwise exhausted settlement discussions. No settlement conference will be set at this 13 time. 14 X. MODIFICATION OF STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 15 The parties are reminded that pursuant to Rule 16(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 16 Procedure, the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order shall not be modified except by leave of court 17 upon a showing of good cause. Agreement by the parties pursuant to stipulation alone does not 18 constitute good cause. Except in extraordinary circumstances, unavailability of witnesses or 19 counsel does not constitute good cause. 20 XI. 21 22 23 24 25 OBJECTIONS TO STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER This Status Order will become final without further order of the court unless objections are filed within fourteen (14) calendar days of service of this Order. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: March 16, 2012 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 28 4

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