Results ByIQ, LLC v. Fanning et al
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JURY TRIAL PREPARATION ORDER. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on 04/29/2013. (tmi, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/29/2013)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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RESULTS BYIQ LLC,
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Plaintiff,
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NETCAPITAL.COM, ET AL,
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NO. C 11-00550SC
JURY TRIAL PREPARATION
ORDER
Defendant.
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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JURY TRIAL PREPARATION FOR JUDGE CONTI
12 A. Required Submissions
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No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before trial, each party shall e-file with this court,
14 serve upon all other parties, and provide to the court three courtesy copies directly to chambers of
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(1) A JOINT agreed upon, brief statement of the case to be read to the jury prior to trial.
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(2) Proposed Voir Dire questions.
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(3) A trial brief.
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(4) A list of exhibits conforming substantially to the form attached as Appendix A. Upon
20 request of a party, any party shall make the original of any exhibit available for inspection and/or
21 copying.
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(5) A list of witnesses, including expert witnesses, in the expected order of their presentation.
23 The witness list shall also include:
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a brief statement as to the content of the witness' testimony;
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an estimate of the time of the witness' testimony, on both direct and cross
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examination;
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any expert testimony shall strictly comply with FRCP Rule 26(a).
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any Daubert objections to the testimony of any expert or witness should be
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raised with the Court by motion ten (10) days before trial, or objection is
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WAIVED.
4 No witnesses other than those on said list shall be allowed to testify, except upon express order of
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(6) A statement designating all excerpts from depositions (specifying the witness' name,
7 with page and line references), answers to interrogatories, and responses to requests for admission to
8 be offered at trial for any purpose other than impeachment or rebuttal.
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(7) JOINT jury instructions (see section C. infra).
(8) A proposed form of verdict.
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(9) Motions in Limine will be heard at the pretrial conference. Motions in limine are to be
12 filed and served no later than ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, oppositions are to be
13 filed and served no later than five (5) days prior to the pretrial conference.
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15 B. Exhibit Binders
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Exhibits that can be reduced to 8.5" by 11" form (i.e. written documents, photographs, etc.)
17 should be placed in three-ring binders with each exhibit tabbed on the side. A copy of the exhibit
18 list should be placed in the front of the binder. Binders should be clearly labeled on the outside as to
19 which party's exhibits and what exhibit numbers they contain. The parties should prepare three (3)
20 sets of binders: one for the Judge, one for the witness to refer to, and one for the clerk to act as the
21 original. The original copy should have an exhibit marker stapled to the first page of each exhibit in
22 the lower right hand corner. The exhibit marker must appear substantially in the following form:
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
Case No. ____________________________
{Name of Party}'s Exhibit No. ___________
Date Entered: ________________________
Clerk, United States District Court
By: ________________________________
Deputy Clerk
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1 These binders are to be delivered directly to Judge Conti's Chambers no later than three (3) days
2 before the date of trial. They are not to be filed in the clerk's office.
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4 C. Proposed Jury Instructions
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No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before the trial date, the parties shall e-file and
6 provide the Court with three courtesy copies of identical sets of JOINT proposed jury instructions.
7 The parties are ordered to meet, confer, and prepare said complete set of jury instructions. This
8 complete set of all proposed instructions upon which the parties agree must include all standard
9 instructions regarding the role of jurors, organization of the jury, communication with the court, etc.
11 ground for difference of opinion may be considered a sufficient ground for the imposition of
For the Northern District of California
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10 Failure to submit an agreed upon instruction on a matter of law as to which there is no substantial
12 sanctions on counsel.
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In addition, the parties shall e-mail a complete set of instructions in Word format to Judge
14 Conti’s proposed order mail box, scPO@cand.uscourts.gov.
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Each individual proposed instruction shall be concise and free from argument, and
16 typewritten on separate pages. Each proposed instruction should include the heading
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JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____
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Each set shall include two (2) separate copies of the proposed instructions. Each instruction
20 in the first copy should include a title briefly stating the general subject matter of the instruction and
21 should be free from citation to supporting authority or other extraneous references.
22 Each instruction in the second copy should include citations to supporting authority whenever
23 available, but should be identical to instruction in the first copy in all other respects. An example is
24 attached as Appendix B.
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With each set of instructions, the parties shall include an index to the proposed instructions.
26 IT IS SO ORDERED.
27 Dated: 04/29/2013
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING EXHIBIT MARKERS AND EXHIBIT LIST
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EXHIBIT MARKERS
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Counsel should fill in the appropriate markers leaving the "Date Entered" and "Deputy
Clerk" lines blank.
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Plaintiff's exhibits should be denoted as: P-1, P-2, P-3, etc. Defendant's exhibits should be
denoted as: D-501, D-502, D-503, etc.
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EXHIBIT LIST
Counsel are to supply all the requested information with the exception of the two "Date
Boxes."
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COLOR OF EXHIBIT BINDERS
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Plaintiff's exhibit binders must be black and Defendant's exhibit binders must be blue.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
PLAINTIFF Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
DEFENDANT Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
PLAINTIFF Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
DEFENDANT Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
PLAINTIFF Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
DEFENDANT Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
PLAINTIFF Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
DEFENDANT Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
PLAINTIFF Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
DEFENDANT Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
PLAINTIFF Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Case No.
DEFENDANT Exhibit No.
Date Entered:
RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
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