Rajala v. Sonoma County Go Local Cooperative, Incorporated et al

Filing 54

AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER. Mediation deadline 11/10/2015. Deadline to amend pleadings 12/11/2015. Fact discovery cut-off 01/15/2016. Exchange of Expert Reports/Disclosure due 03/04/2016. Exchange of Expert Rebuttal Reports/Disclosure due 04/08 /2016. Expert discovery cut-off 05/13/2016. Deadline to file dispositive motions 06/10/2016. Trial Briefs, Motions In Limine, Depositions and Discovery Responses, Proposed Voir Dire Questions, Form of Verdict, Joint Pretrial Statement, Exchange Jur y Instructions due 08/23/2016. Opposition to Motions In Limine, Objections to Deposition Excerpts and Discovery Responses, Counter-Designations, Objections to Voir Dire and Verdict Forms, Jury Instructions due 09/06/2016. Pretrial Conference set fo r 9/9/2016 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 4th Floor, Oakland. Jury Trial set for 9/26/2016 at 8:30 AM in Courtroom 9, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jon S. Tigar. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on December 4, 2015. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/4/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KELLEY RAJALA,

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Case No. 15-cv-00442-JST

Plaintiff,
AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER1

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v.
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SONOMA COUNTY GO LOCAL
COOPERATIVE, INCORPORATED, et al.,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Defendants.

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On the Court’s own motion, the Case Management Conference presently scheduled to

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occur on September 30, 2015 is continued to December 9, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. An updated Joint

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Case Management Statement must be filed ten court days beforehand. Plaintiff/

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Counterdefendant’s Motion to Excuse Lead Counsel’s Attendance and Allow Counsel to Appear

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by Telephone, ECF No. 41, is denied as moot.

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The Court hereby sets the following case deadlines pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10:

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Event

Deadline

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Mediation deadline

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12/11/2015

Fact discovery cut-off

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11/10/2015

Deadline to amend the pleadings

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01/15/2016

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This order amends the Court’s original scheduling order, ECF No. 42, solely by setting a
deadline for amendment of the pleadings, which the Court’s prior order neglected to do. Fed. R.
Civ. P. 16(b)(3) (stating that a “scheduling order must limit the time to . . . amend the pleadings”).
The purpose of setting a deadline is to require a showing of good cause before any amendment to
the pleadings is allowed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4).

Event

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Deadline

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Exchange of Expert Reports/Disclosure

03/04/2016

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Exchange of Expert Rebuttal Reports/Disclosure

04/08/2016

Expert discovery cut-off

05/13/2016

Deadline to file dispositive motions

06/10/2016

Trial Briefs, Motions In Limine, Depositions and Discovery
Responses, Proposed Voir Dire Questions, Form of Verdict,
Joint Pretrial Statement, Exchange Jury Instructions

08/23/2016

Opposition to Motions In Limine, Objections to Deposition
Excerpts and Discovery Responses, Counter-Designations,
Objections to Voir Dire and Verdict Forms, Jury Instructions

09/06/2016

Pretrial conference

09/09/2016 at
2:00 p.m.

Trial

09/26/2016 at
8:30 a.m.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Counsel may not modify these dates without leave of court. The parties shall comply with
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the Court’s standing orders, which are available at cand.uscourts.gov/jstorders.

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The parties must take all necessary steps to conduct discovery, compel discovery, hire
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counsel, retain experts, and manage their calendars so that they can complete discovery in a timely
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manner and appear at trial on the noticed and scheduled dates. All counsel must arrange their
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calendars to accommodate these dates, or arrange to substitute or associate in counsel who can.
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Trial dates set by this Court should be regarded as firm. Requests for continuance are
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disfavored. The Court will not consider any event subsequently scheduled by a party, party22
controlled witness, expert or attorney that conflicts with the above trial date as good cause to grant
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a continuance. The Court will not consider the pendency of settlement discussions as good cause

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to grant a continuance.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 4, 2015

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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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