Cordero v. Guzman et al

Filing 72

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 06/26/15 ordering ( Evidentiary Hearing set for 9/14/2015 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 25 (KJN) before Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman.) (Plummer, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RANDY M. CORDERO, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:13-cv-1551 JAM KJN P v. ORDER NICK GUZMAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 17 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 18, 2015, the Honorable John A. Mendez remanded this action to 19 the undersigned to conduct an evidentiary hearing with respect to whether plaintiff exhausted his 20 administrative remedies as to his claims against defendant Parra. The undersigned herein sets 21 forth the procedures for the evidentiary hearing. 22 A. Witnesses 23 On or before thirty days prior to the hearing, the parties shall provide witness lists. Each 24 party may call any witness designated by the other. 1. No other witness will be permitted to testify unless: 25 26 a. The party offering the witness demonstrates that the witness is for the purpose 27 of rebutting evidence which could not be reasonably anticipated prior to the evidentiary hearing. 28 //// 1 1 2 3 b. The witness was not discovered after the exchange of witnesses and the proferring party makes the showing required in “2” below. 2. Within the thirty day period prior to the evidentiary hearing, the parties shall promptly 4 inform the court and opposing parties of the existence of the unlisted witnesses so that the court 5 may consider at the evidentiary hearing whether the witnesses shall be permitted to testify. The 6 witnesses will not be permitted unless: 7 8 a. The witnesses could not reasonably have been discovered prior to the exchange of witness lists; 9 10 b. The court and the opposing party were promptly notified upon discovery of the witnesses; 11 c. If time permitted, the party proferred the witnesses for deposition; or 12 d. If time did not permit, a reasonable summary of the witnesses’ testimony was 13 provided to the opposing party. 14 B. Exhibits, Schedules and Summaries 15 Both parties shall exchange copies of their exhibits thirty days prior to the evidentiary 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 hearing. Any objections to the exhibits may be raised at the hearing. 1. No other exhibits will be permitted to be introduced unless: a. The party proferring the exhibit demonstrates that the exhibit is for the purpose of rebutting evidence which could not have been reasonably anticipated, or b. The exhibit was discovered after the exchange of exhibits and the proferring party makes the showing required in Paragraph “2” below. 2. Within the ten day period prior to the evidentiary hearing, the parties shall promptly 23 inform the court and opposing counsel of the existence of such exhibits so that the court may 24 consider their admissibility at the evidentiary hearing. The exhibits will not be received unless 25 the proferring party demonstrates: 26 a. The exhibits could not reasonably have been discovered earlier; 27 b. The court and the opposing party were promptly informed of their existence; or 28 c. The proferring party forwarded a copy of the exhibit(s) (if physically possible) 2 1 to the opposing party. If the exhibit(s) may not be copies the proferring party must show that he 2 has made the exhibit(s) reasonably available for inspection by the opposing party. 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an evidentiary hearing is set for September 4 14, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., before the undersigned; the parties shall prepare for the hearing in 5 accordance with the terms set forth in this order. 6 Dated: June 26, 2015 7 8 9 10 11 Cor1551.evi 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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