Dickerson v. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC

Filing 19

SCHEDULING ORDER. Deadline to add parties 10/14/2015. Mediation deadline 1/7/2016. Fact discovery cut-off 4/22/2016. Expert disclosures due 4/29/2016. Expert rebuttal due 5/13/2016. Expert discovery due 5/27/2016. Dispositive motions due 6/ 10/2016. Pretrial conference statement due 4/23/2016. Final Pretrial Conference set for 9/2/2016 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 4th Floor, Oakland. Jury Trial set for 9/26/2016 - 10/6/2016 at 8:30 AM in Courtroom 9, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jon S. Tigar. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on October 7, 2015. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/14/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TYRONE DICKERSON,

Case No. 15-cv-02979-JST

Plaintiff,
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v.

SCHEDULING ORDER

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GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

Defendant.
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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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Deadline to add parties or amend the pleadings

October 14, 2015

Mediation deadline

January 7, 2016

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Fact discovery cut-off

April 22, 2016

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Expert disclosures

April 29, 2016

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Expert rebuttal

May 13, 2016

Expert discovery cut-off

May 27, 2016

Deadline to file dispositive motions

June 10, 2016

Pretrial conference statement due

August 23, 2016

Pretrial conference

September 2, 2016
at 2:00 p.m.

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Event

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Deadline

Trial

September 26, 2016
at 8:30 a.m.

Estimate of trial length (in days)

8 days

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

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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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, party-

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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: October 7, 2015

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______________________________________
JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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