Suarez v. Nestle Waters North America, Inc.,

Filing 20

SCHEDULING ORDER. Deadline to add parties or amend the pleadings 1/15/2016. Mediation deadline 4/5/2016. Fact discovery cut-off 7/15/2016. Deadline to file dispositive motions 9/16/16. Expert disclosures 11/18/2016. Expert rebuttal 12/9/2016 . Expert discovery cut-off 1/20/2017. Pretrial conference statement due 1/27/2017. Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/3/2017 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 4th Floor, Oakland. Jury Trial set for 2/27/2017 - 3/9/2017 at 8:30 AM in Courtroom 9, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jon S. Tigar. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on January 6, 2016. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/6/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBERT SUAREZ,

Case No. 15-cv-04259-JST

Plaintiff,
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v.

SCHEDULING ORDER

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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NESTLE WATERS NORTH AMERICA,
INC.,
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

January 15, 2016

Mediation deadline

April 5, 2016

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Fact discovery cut-off

July 15, 2016

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Deadline to file dispositive motions

September 16, 2016

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Expert disclosures

November 18, 2016

Expert rebuttal

December 9, 2016

Expert discovery cut-off

January 20, 2017

Pretrial conference statement due

January 24, 2017

Pretrial conference

February 3, 2017 at
2:00 p.m.

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Event

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Deadline

Trial

February 27, 2017 at
8:30 a.m.

Estimate of trial length (in days)

Eight

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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: January 6, 2016

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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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