Vietnam Veterans of America et al v. Central Intelligence Agency et al

Filing 481

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS 479 MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER Motions due by 12/5/2012. Responses / Cross Motions due by 1/4/2013. Replies due by 2/1/2013. Replies due by 2/22/2013. Case Management Statement due by 3/7/2013. Motion Heari ng / Further Case Management Conference set for 3/14/2013 02:00 PM. Final Pretrial Conference set for 7/10/2013 02:00 PM. Jury Selection set for 7/29/2013 08:30 AM before Hon. Claudia Wilken. Jury Trial (20 day) 7/29/2013 08:30 AM before Hon. Claudia Wilken. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 8/31/2012. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/31/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA;
SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES: VETERANS
RIGHTS ORGANIZATION; BRUCE PRICE;
FRANKLIN D. ROCHELLE; LARRY
MEIROW; ERIC P. MUTH; DAVID C.
DUFRANE; TIM MICHAEL JOSEPHS; and
WILLIAM BLAZINSKI, individually,
on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated,

v.

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY;
DAVID H. PETRAEUS, Director of
the Central Intelligence Agency;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE; LEON E. PANETTA,
Secretary of Defense; UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY;
JOHN M. MCHUGH, United States
Secretary of the Army; UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA; ERIC H.
HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of
the United States; UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;
and ERIC K. SHINSEKI, United
States Secretary of Veterans
Affairs,
Defendants.
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Having considered Defendants’ motion to amend the pretrial

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ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
TO AMEND
SCHEDULING ORDER
(Docket No. 479)

Plaintiffs,

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No. C 09-0037 CW

scheduling order and Plaintiffs’ opposition thereto, the Court
finds good cause to amend the scheduling order and sets the
following schedule:

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Event

Date

Deadline for rebuttal expert
reports

November 1, 2012

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Completion of expert
discovery

November 28, 2012

Plaintiffs’ opening
dispositive motion due no
later than

December 5, 2012, or forty-five
days after the Court issues the
decision regarding Plaintiffs’
motion for class certification,
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Defendants’ opposition and
any cross-motion (contained
in a single brief) due no
later than

January 4, 2013

Plaintiffs’ reply/opposition
to the cross-motion
(contained in a single brief)
due no later than

February 1, 2013

Defendants’ reply to crossmotion due no later than

February 22, 2013

Deadline to hear dispositive
motions

March 14, 2013

Further case management
conference

March 14, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.

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Final pretrial conference

July 10, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.

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Trial to begin (20-day trial)

July 29, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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This order terminates Docket No. 479.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 8/31/20125

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CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

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If the Court’s order on Plaintiffs’ motion for class
certification is issued less than forty-five days before December
5, 2012, the parties shall meet and confer regarding the remainder
of the case management dates. Within fourteen days of the Court’s
order on class certification, the parties shall file a
stipulation, or if they are unable to agree, separate proposals
for a schedule.
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