Valdez et al v. City of San Jose et al

Filing 260

AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL. Signed by Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 05/27/2014. (kawlc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/27/2014)

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1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 FRANCISCO VALDEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, 8 v. 9 10 AMENDED1 CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL CITY OF SAN JOSE, et al., Defendants. 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No.: 4:09-cv-0176 KAW 12 13 1. TRIAL DATE (First Trial) a. 14 Jury trial will begin on June 16, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the U.S. District Court, 1301 15 Clay Street, Oakland, California. For courtroom number and floor information, please check the 16 Court’s on-line calendar at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judgeswkcal one week prior to trial, or call 17 Susan Imbriani (Judge Westmore’s Courtroom Deputy) at (510) 637-3525. b. 18 The length of the trial will be not more than 5 days. The Court may shorten the 19 allotted time as it deems appropriate, and may also allocate a fixed number of hours for each side. 20 Given the Court’s criminal duty calendar, trial will begin each day at 1:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 21 p.m. 22 2. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE a. 23 A pretrial conference shall be held on June 3, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Lead counsel 24 who will try the case (or the party if pro se) must attend. The timing of disclosures required 25 by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) and other pretrial disclosures shall be governed by 26 this order. 27 28 1 This order is amended to reflect the correct start and end time for the jury trial beginning June 16, 2014 and the jury trial beginning June 30, 2014. AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 1 1 2 b. By May 6, 2014, thirty (30) days prior to the date of the pretrial conference, lead counsel shall meet and confer regarding: 3 (1) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial conference statement; 4 (2) Preparation and exchange of pretrial materials to be served and lodged pursuant to paragraph 5(c) below; and 5 (3) 6 7 8 9 c. Settlement of the action. By May 16, 2014, twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference, counsel and/or parties shall: (1) Serve and file a joint pretrial statement that includes the pretrial disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) as well as the 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 following supplemental information: 12 (a) The Action. (i) 13 Substance of the Action. A brief description of the substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided. 14 (ii) 15 Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the relief claims, 16 particularly itemizing all elements of damages claimed as well 17 as witnesses, documents or other evidentiary material to be 18 presented concerning the amount of those damages. 19 20 (b) The Factual Basis of the Action. (i) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement of all 21 relevant facts not reasonably disputable, as well as which facts 22 parties will stipulate for incorporation into the trial record 23 without the necessity of supporting testimony or exhibits. 24 25 26 (ii) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be decided. (iii) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether all or part 27 of the action may be presented upon an agreed statement of 28 facts. AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 2 (iv) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations requested or 1 proposed for pretrial or trial purposes. 2 3 (c) Disputed Legal Issues. 4 Without extended legal argument, a concise statement of each 5 disputed point of law concerning liability or relief, citing supporting 6 statutes and decisions. 7 (d) Trial Preparation. (i) 8 Witnesses to Be Called. With regard to witnesses disclosed pursuant to Federal Civil Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3)(A), 10 a brief statement describing the substance of the testimony to 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 9 be given. (ii) 12 Estimate of Trial Time. An estimate of the number of hours 13 needed for the presentation of each party’s case, indicating 14 possible reductions in time through proposed stipulations, 15 agreed statements of facts, or expedited means of presenting 16 testimony and exhibits. (iii) Use of Discovery Responses. Designate excerpts from 17 18 discovery that the parties intend to present at trial, other than 19 solely for impeachment or rebuttal, from depositions 20 specifying the witness page and line references, from 21 interrogatory answers, or from responses to requests for 22 admission. 23 24 (e) Trial Alternatives and Options. (i) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing the status of 25 settlement negotiations and indicating whether further 26 negotiations are likely to be productive. 27 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 3 (ii) 1 Amendments, Dismissals. A statement of requested or 2 proposed amendments to pleadings or dismissals of parties, 3 claims or defenses. (f) 4 Miscellaneous. 5 Any other subjects relevant to the trial of the action or material to 6 its just, speedy and inexpensive determination. 7 (2) Serve and file trial briefs (not to exceed 25 pages), which shall specify each 8 cause of action and defense remaining to be tried along with a statement of 9 the applicable legal standard (no opposition shall be filed); 10 (3) one document not to exceed 25 pages; United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 Serve and file no more than ten motions in limine, which shall be filed in (4) Serve and file proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions, verdict forms 13 and excerpts from discovery that will be offered at trial (include a copy of 14 the deposition testimony or admission). The parties shall submit proposed 15 jury instructions jointly. If there are any instructions on which the parties 16 cannot agree, those instructions may be submitted separately. The parties 17 shall submit a jointly prepared proposed form of verdict, or, if the parties 18 cannot agree, their respective proposals; 19 (5) each expert witness; 20 21 Serve and file an exhibit setting forth the qualifications and experience for (6) Serve and file a list of each party’s exhibits by number (plaintiff) or letter 22 (defendant), including a brief statement describing the substance and 23 purpose of each exhibit and the name of the sponsoring witness; 24 (7) Exchange exhibits which shall be premarked with an exhibit sticker tabbed 25 and in binders. Plaintiff shall use numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) and defendant shall 26 use numbers preceded by a letter (A-1, A-2, A-3, etc.). Additional parties 27 shall also use a letter preceding numbers (B-1, B-2, B-3, or C-1, C-2, C-3, 28 etc.); and AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 4 (8) 1 Deliver two sets of all premarked exhibits to chambers, tabbed and in binders (exhibits are not to be filed). 2 No party shall be permitted to call any witness or offer any exhibit in its case in chief that 3 4 is not disclosed in its pretrial statement, exchanged with opposing counsel, and delivered to the 5 Court, twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference, without leave of the Court and for good 6 cause. d. 7 By May 23, 2014, ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, after meeting and conferring in a good faith attempt to resolve any objections, counsel and/or parties shall serve and 9 file: (1) any objections to exhibits or to use of deposition excerpts or other discovery; (2) any 10 objections to witnesses, including the qualifications of an expert witness; (3) any objection to 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 8 proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions and verdict forms that the parties have been unable 12 in good faith to resolve; (4) any opposition to a motion in limine. No replies shall be filed. The 13 parties shall not file separate objections, apart from those contained in the motions in limine, to 14 the opposing party's witness list, exhibit list or discovery designations. e. 15 16 17 3. All motions shall be heard at the pretrial conference unless otherwise ordered. JURY TRIAL a. The attached voir dire questionnaire (or similar) shall be given or presented to the 18 venire members to be answered orally in Court. Counsel shall submit an agreed upon set of 19 additional voir dire questions to be posed by the Court. Any voir dire questions on which counsel 20 cannot agree may be submitted separately. Counsel shall be allowed brief follow-up voir dire 21 after the Court's questioning. 22 b. The following jury instructions from the Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Civil Jury 23 Instructions (available on the Ninth Circuit website at www.ce9.uscourts.gov) shall be given 24 absent objection: 1.1-1.2, 1.6-1.14, 1.18, 2.11, 3.1-3.3. Counsel shall submit jointly an agreed 25 upon set of case specific instructions, using the Ninth Circuit Manual where appropriate. Do not 26 submit duplicates of those listed above. Any instructions on which counsel cannot agree may be 27 submitted separately. Each requested instruction shall be typed in full on a separate page with 28 citations to the authority upon which it is based and a reference to the party submitting it. A AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 5 1 second blind copy of each instruction and verdict form shall also be submitted omitting the 2 citation to authority and the reference to the submitting party. 3 4. 4 instructions, motions in limine, forms of verdict, and trial briefs in standard Word format (.doc or 5 .docx, not .pdf format) to kawpo@cand.uscourts.gov. In addition to electronic filing, Counsel shall email copies of all proposed jury 6 7 5. SUMMARY OF DATES Trial June 16, 2014 9 Pretrial Conference June 3, 2014 10 Objections May 23, 2014 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 8 Joint Pretrial Statement May 16, 2014 12 Meet and Confer May 6, 2014 13 14 1. 15 TRIAL DATE (Second Trial) a. Jury trial will begin on June 30, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the U.S. District Court, 1301 16 Clay Street, Oakland, California. For courtroom number and floor information, please check the 17 Court’s on-line calendar at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judgeswkcal one week prior to trial, or call 18 Susan Imbriani (Judge Westmore’s Courtroom Deputy) at (510) 637-3525. 19 b. The length of the trial will be not more than 5 days. The Court may shorten the 20 allotted time as it deems appropriate, and may also allocate a fixed number of hours for each side. 21 Given the Court’s criminal duty calendar, trial will begin each day at 1:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 22 p.m. 23 2. 24 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE a. A pretrial conference shall be held on June 17, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Lead counsel 25 who will try the case (or the party if pro se) must attend. The timing of disclosures required 26 by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) and other pretrial disclosures shall be governed by 27 this order. 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 6 1 2 b. By May 20, 2014, thirty (30) days prior to the date of the pretrial conference, lead counsel shall meet and confer regarding: 3 (1) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial conference statement; 4 (2) Preparation and exchange of pretrial materials to be served and lodged pursuant to paragraph 5(c) below; and 5 (3) 6 7 8 9 c. Settlement of the action. By May 30, 2014, twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference, counsel and/or parties shall: (1) Serve and file a joint pretrial statement that includes the pretrial disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) as well as the 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 following supplemental information: 12 (a) The Action. (i) 13 Substance of the Action. A brief description of the substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided. 14 (ii) 15 Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the relief claims, 16 particularly itemizing all elements of damages claimed as well 17 as witnesses, documents or other evidentiary material to be 18 presented concerning the amount of those damages. 19 20 (b) The Factual Basis of the Action. (i) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement of all 21 relevant facts not reasonably disputable, as well as which facts 22 parties will stipulate for incorporation into the trial record 23 without the necessity of supporting testimony or exhibits. 24 25 26 (ii) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be decided. (iii) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether all or part 27 of the action may be presented upon an agreed statement of 28 facts. AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 7 (iv) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations requested or 1 proposed for pretrial or trial purposes. 2 3 (c) Disputed Legal Issues. 4 Without extended legal argument, a concise statement of each 5 disputed point of law concerning liability or relief, citing supporting 6 statutes and decisions. 7 (d) Trial Preparation. (i) 8 Witnesses to Be Called. With regard to witnesses disclosed pursuant to Federal Civil Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3)(A), 10 a brief statement describing the substance of the testimony to 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 9 be given. (ii) 12 Estimate of Trial Time. An estimate of the number of hours 13 needed for the presentation of each party’s case, indicating 14 possible reductions in time through proposed stipulations, 15 agreed statements of facts, or expedited means of presenting 16 testimony and exhibits. (iii) Use of Discovery Responses. Designate excerpts from 17 18 discovery that the parties intend to present at trial, other than 19 solely for impeachment or rebuttal, from depositions 20 specifying the witness page and line references, from 21 interrogatory answers, or from responses to requests for 22 admission. 23 24 (e) Trial Alternatives and Options. (i) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing the status of 25 settlement negotiations and indicating whether further 26 negotiations are likely to be productive. 27 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 8 (ii) 1 Amendments, Dismissals. A statement of requested or 2 proposed amendments to pleadings or dismissals of parties, 3 claims or defenses. (f) 4 Miscellaneous. 5 Any other subjects relevant to the trial of the action or material to 6 its just, speedy and inexpensive determination. 7 (2) Serve and file trial briefs (not to exceed 25 pages), which shall specify each 8 cause of action and defense remaining to be tried along with a statement of 9 the applicable legal standard (no opposition shall be filed); 10 (3) one document not to exceed 25 pages; United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 Serve and file no more than ten motions in limine, which shall be filed in (4) Serve and file proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions, verdict forms 13 and excerpts from discovery that will be offered at trial (include a copy of 14 the deposition testimony or admission). The parties shall submit proposed 15 jury instructions jointly. If there are any instructions on which the parties 16 cannot agree, those instructions may be submitted separately. The parties 17 shall submit a jointly prepared proposed form of verdict, or, if the parties 18 cannot agree, their respective proposals; 19 (5) each expert witness; 20 21 Serve and file an exhibit setting forth the qualifications and experience for (6) Serve and file a list of each party’s exhibits by number (plaintiff) or letter 22 (defendant), including a brief statement describing the substance and 23 purpose of each exhibit and the name of the sponsoring witness; 24 (7) Exchange exhibits which shall be premarked with an exhibit sticker tabbed 25 and in binders. Plaintiff shall use numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) and defendant shall 26 use numbers preceded by a letter (A-1, A-2, A-3, etc.). Additional parties 27 shall also use a letter preceding numbers (B-1, B-2, B-3, or C-1, C-2, C-3, 28 etc.); and AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 9 (8) 1 Deliver two sets of all premarked exhibits to chambers, tabbed and in binders (exhibits are not to be filed). 2 No party shall be permitted to call any witness or offer any exhibit in its case in chief that 3 4 is not disclosed in its pretrial statement, exchanged with opposing counsel, and delivered to the 5 Court, twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference, without leave of the Court and for good 6 cause. d. 7 By June 9, 2014, ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, after meeting and conferring in a good faith attempt to resolve any objections, counsel and/or parties shall serve and 9 file: (1) any objections to exhibits or to use of deposition excerpts or other discovery; (2) any 10 objections to witnesses, including the qualifications of an expert witness; (3) any objection to 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 8 proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions and verdict forms that the parties have been unable 12 in good faith to resolve; (4) any opposition to a motion in limine. No replies shall be filed. The 13 parties shall not file separate objections, apart from those contained in the motions in limine, to 14 the opposing party's witness list, exhibit list or discovery designations. e. 15 16 17 3. All motions shall be heard at the pretrial conference unless otherwise ordered. JURY TRIAL a. The attached voir dire questionnaire (or similar) shall be given or presented to the 18 venire members to be answered orally in Court. Counsel shall submit an agreed upon set of 19 additional voir dire questions to be posed by the Court. Any voir dire questions on which counsel 20 cannot agree may be submitted separately. Counsel shall be allowed brief follow-up voir dire 21 after the Court's questioning. 22 b. The following jury instructions from the Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Civil Jury 23 Instructions (available on the Ninth Circuit website at www.ce9.uscourts.gov) shall be given 24 absent objection: 1.1-1.2, 1.6-1.14, 1.18, 2.11, 3.1-3.3. Counsel shall submit jointly an agreed 25 upon set of case specific instructions, using the Ninth Circuit Manual where appropriate. Do not 26 submit duplicates of those listed above. Any instructions on which counsel cannot agree may be 27 submitted separately. Each requested instruction shall be typed in full on a separate page with 28 citations to the authority upon which it is based and a reference to the party submitting it. A AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 10 1 second blind copy of each instruction and verdict form shall also be submitted omitting the 2 citation to authority and the reference to the submitting party. 3 4. 4 instructions, motions in limine, forms of verdict, and trial briefs in standard Word format (.doc or 5 .docx, not .pdf format) to kawpo@cand.uscourts.gov. In addition to electronic filing, Counsel shall email copies of all proposed jury 6 7 5. SUMMARY OF DATES Trial June 30, 2014 9 Pretrial Conference June 17, 2014 10 Objections June 9, 2014 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 8 Joint Pretrial Statement May 30, 2014 12 Meet and Confer May 20, 2014 13 14 1. 15 TRIAL DATE (Third Trial) a. Jury trial will begin on September 15, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at the U.S. District 16 Court, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California. For courtroom number and floor information, 17 please check the Court’s on-line calendar at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judgeswkcal one week prior 18 to trial, or call Susan Imbriani (Judge Westmore’s Courtroom Deputy) at (510) 637-3525. 19 b. The length of the trial will be not more than 5 days. The Court may shorten the 20 allotted time as it deems appropriate, and may also allocate a fixed number of hours for each side. 21 Court hours for trial normally are 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., subject to the Court’s availability. 22 2. 23 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE a. A pretrial conference shall be held on September 2, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Lead 24 counsel who will try the case (or the party if pro se) must attend. The timing of disclosures 25 required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) and other pretrial disclosures shall be 26 governed by this order. 27 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 11 1 2 b. By August 5, 2014 thirty (30) days prior to the date of the pretrial conference, lead counsel shall meet and confer regarding: 3 (1) Preparation and content of the joint pretrial conference statement; 4 (2) Preparation and exchange of pretrial materials to be served and lodged pursuant to paragraph 5(c) below; and 5 (3) 6 7 8 9 c. Settlement of the action. By August 15, 2014, twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference, counsel and/or parties shall: (1) Serve and file a joint pretrial statement that includes the pretrial disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3) as well as the 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 following supplemental information: 12 (a) The Action. (i) 13 Substance of the Action. A brief description of the substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided. 14 (ii) 15 Relief Prayed. A detailed statement of all the relief claims, 16 particularly itemizing all elements of damages claimed as well 17 as witnesses, documents or other evidentiary material to be 18 presented concerning the amount of those damages. 19 20 (b) The Factual Basis of the Action. (i) Undisputed Facts. A plain and concise statement of all 21 relevant facts not reasonably disputable, as well as which facts 22 parties will stipulate for incorporation into the trial record 23 without the necessity of supporting testimony or exhibits. 24 25 26 (ii) Disputed Factual Issues. A plain and concise statement of all disputed factual issues which remain to be decided. (iii) Agreed Statement. A statement assessing whether all or part 27 of the action may be presented upon an agreed statement of 28 facts. AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 12 (iv) Stipulations. A statement of stipulations requested or 1 proposed for pretrial or trial purposes. 2 3 (c) Disputed Legal Issues. 4 Without extended legal argument, a concise statement of each 5 disputed point of law concerning liability or relief, citing supporting 6 statutes and decisions. 7 (d) Trial Preparation. (i) 8 Witnesses to Be Called. With regard to witnesses disclosed pursuant to Federal Civil Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3)(A), 10 a brief statement describing the substance of the testimony to 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 9 be given. (ii) 12 Estimate of Trial Time. An estimate of the number of hours 13 needed for the presentation of each party’s case, indicating 14 possible reductions in time through proposed stipulations, 15 agreed statements of facts, or expedited means of presenting 16 testimony and exhibits. (iii) Use of Discovery Responses. Designate excerpts from 17 18 discovery that the parties intend to present at trial, other than 19 solely for impeachment or rebuttal, from depositions 20 specifying the witness page and line references, from 21 interrogatory answers, or from responses to requests for 22 admission. 23 24 (e) Trial Alternatives and Options. (i) Settlement Discussion. A statement summarizing the status of 25 settlement negotiations and indicating whether further 26 negotiations are likely to be productive. 27 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 13 (ii) 1 Amendments, Dismissals. A statement of requested or 2 proposed amendments to pleadings or dismissals of parties, 3 claims or defenses. (f) 4 Miscellaneous. 5 Any other subjects relevant to the trial of the action or material to 6 its just, speedy and inexpensive determination. 7 (2) Serve and file trial briefs (not to exceed 25 pages), which shall specify each 8 cause of action and defense remaining to be tried along with a statement of 9 the applicable legal standard (no opposition shall be filed); 10 (3) one document not to exceed 25 pages; United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 Serve and file no more than ten motions in limine, which shall be filed in (4) Serve and file proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions, verdict forms 13 and excerpts from discovery that will be offered at trial (include a copy of 14 the deposition testimony or admission). The parties shall submit proposed 15 jury instructions jointly. If there are any instructions on which the parties 16 cannot agree, those instructions may be submitted separately. The parties 17 shall submit a jointly prepared proposed form of verdict, or, if the parties 18 cannot agree, their respective proposals; 19 (5) each expert witness; 20 21 Serve and file an exhibit setting forth the qualifications and experience for (6) Serve and file a list of each party’s exhibits by number (plaintiff) or letter 22 (defendant), including a brief statement describing the substance and 23 purpose of each exhibit and the name of the sponsoring witness; 24 (7) Exchange exhibits which shall be premarked with an exhibit sticker tabbed 25 and in binders. Plaintiff shall use numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) and defendant shall 26 use numbers preceded by a letter (A-1, A-2, A-3, etc.). Additional parties 27 shall also use a letter preceding numbers (B-1, B-2, B-3, or C-1, C-2, C-3, 28 etc.); and AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 14 (8) 1 Deliver two sets of all premarked exhibits to chambers, tabbed and in binders (exhibits are not to be filed). 2 No party shall be permitted to call any witness or offer any exhibit in its case in chief that 3 4 is not disclosed in its pretrial statement, exchanged with opposing counsel, and delivered to the 5 Court, twenty (20) days prior to the pretrial conference, without leave of the Court and for good 6 cause. d. 7 By August 22, 2014, ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, after meeting 8 and conferring in a good faith attempt to resolve any objections, counsel and/or parties shall serve 9 and file: (1) any objections to exhibits or to use of deposition excerpts or other discovery; (2) any objections to witnesses, including the qualifications of an expert witness; (3) any objection to 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions and verdict forms that the parties have been unable 12 in good faith to resolve; (4) any opposition to a motion in limine. No replies shall be filed. The 13 parties shall not file separate objections, apart from those contained in the motions in limine, to 14 the opposing party's witness list, exhibit list or discovery designations. e. 15 16 17 3. All motions shall be heard at the pretrial conference unless otherwise ordered. JURY TRIAL a. The attached voir dire questionnaire (or similar) shall be given or presented to the 18 venire members to be answered orally in Court. Counsel shall submit an agreed upon set of 19 additional voir dire questions to be posed by the Court. Any voir dire questions on which counsel 20 cannot agree may be submitted separately. Counsel shall be allowed brief follow-up voir dire 21 after the Court's questioning. 22 b. The following jury instructions from the Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Civil Jury 23 Instructions (available on the Ninth Circuit website at www.ce9.uscourts.gov) shall be given 24 absent objection: 1.1-1.2, 1.6-1.14, 1.18, 2.11, 3.1-3.3. Counsel shall submit jointly an agreed 25 upon set of case specific instructions, using the Ninth Circuit Manual where appropriate. Do not 26 submit duplicates of those listed above. Any instructions on which counsel cannot agree may be 27 submitted separately. Each requested instruction shall be typed in full on a separate page with 28 citations to the authority upon which it is based and a reference to the party submitting it. A AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 15 1 second blind copy of each instruction and verdict form shall also be submitted omitting the 2 citation to authority and the reference to the submitting party. 3 4. 4 instructions, motions in limine, forms of verdict, and trial briefs in standard Word format (.doc or 5 .docx, not .pdf format) to kawpo@cand.uscourts.gov. In addition to electronic filing, Counsel shall email copies of all proposed jury 6 7 5. SUMMARY OF DATES Trial September 15, 2014 9 Pretrial Conference September 2, 2014 10 Objections August 22, 2014 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 8 Joint Pretrial Statement August 15, 2014 12 Meet and Confer August 5, 2014 13 14 15 16 17 Dated: May 27, 2014 ________________________ KANDIS A. WESTMORE United States Magistrate Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 16 1 JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE 2 Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print clearly. Since we want to make copies 3 for the attorneys and the Court, do not write on the back of any page. If you need more room, 4 continue at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your cooperation. 5 1. Your name: ________________________________________________ 6 7 2. Your age: _____________ 8 3. The city where you live: ___________________________________ How long have you lived there:______________________________ 9 4. Your place of birth: ______________________________________ 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 5. Do you rent or own your own home? _________________________ 12 6. Your marital status: (circle one) 13 14 single 7. married live with partner separated divorced widowed What is your occupation, and how long have you worked in it? (If you are retired, please 15 describe your main occupation when you were working). 16 _______________________________________________________________ 17 _______________________________________________________________ 18 8. Who is (or was) your employer? _______________________________________________________________ 19 20 9. How long have you worked for this employer? ______________ 21 10. Please list the occupations of any adults with whom you live. _______________________________________________________________ 22 23 11. If you have children, please list their ages and sex and, if they are employed, please give 24 their occupations. 25 _______________________________________________________________ 26 _______________________________________________________________ 27 _______________________________________________________________ 28 _______________________________________________________________ AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 17 1 12. Please describe your educational background: 2 Highest grade completed: _________________________________ 3 College and/or vocational schools you have attended: 4 _______________________________________________________________ 5 _______________________________________________________________ 6 _______________________________________________________________ 7 Major areas of study:______________________________________________ 8 13. Have you ever served on a jury before? ________ How many times?________ If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______ 9 When? ____________________________________________________ 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 Was it a civil or criminal case? _________________________ 12 Did the jury(ies) reach a verdict? _______________________ 13 14. Have you ever served on a grand jury? ________ 14 If yes: State/County Court _______ Federal Court _______ 15 When? ____________________________________________________ 16 Was it a civil or criminal? _________________________ 17 15. Have you ever served in the military? ________ 18 If yes: Country you served ________________ 19 Branch _________________________________ 20 Length of Service ________________________ 21 Last Rank ______________________________ 22 16. Attached is a list of the parties in this case, the law firms representing the parties, 23 attorneys in this case, and persons who are potential witnesses in this case. Do you know, 24 or think you know, any of the persons listed? 25 26 Yes:_____ No:_____ If so, make a checkmark next to their name. 27 28 AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT & PRETRIAL ORDER FOR JURY TRIAL 18

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