Palacios v. Cosco Home and Office Products, Inc.

Filing 97

ORDER REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH PRETRIAL ORDER'S MEET AND CONFER REQUIREMENT. JOINT STATUS REPORT RE OBJECTIONS DUE BY APRIL 14, 2016. Signed by Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 04/11/2016. (kawlc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/11/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VICTOR PALACIOS,

Case No. 14-cv-04066-KAW

Plaintiff,
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v.
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AMERIWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

ORDER REQUIRING COMPLIANCE
WITH PRETRIAL ORDER'S MEET
AND CONFER REQUIREMENT

Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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The Court's case management and pretrial order required the parties to file, by April 8,

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2016, "(1) any objections to exhibits or to use of deposition excerpts or other discovery; (2) any

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objections to witnesses, including the qualifications of an expert witness; (3) any objection to

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proposed voir dire questions, jury instructions and verdict forms that the parties have been unable

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in good faith to resolve; (4) any opposition to a motion in limine." (Dkt. No. 28.) The parties

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were to submit such filings only "after meeting and conferring in a good faith attempt to resolve

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any objections." (Id.)

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The parties' submissions make clear that the parties have not met and conferred as

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required. Defendant has proposed 33 exhibits, and Plaintiff has objected to 23 of them. (Dkt.

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Nos. 72, 95.) Plaintiff has proposed 30 exhibits, and Defendant has objected to 18 of them. (Dkt.

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Nos. 69, 94.) Some of Defendant's objections are as follows: "[t]hese records were not included

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in the exhibit binder sent by Plaintiff to Defendant, so Defendant cannot tell whether they were

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disclosed before the discovery cut-off" and "[i]f this exhibit consists of documents produced by

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Defendant Bates-stamped PALACIOS187-194, Defendant has no objection." (Dkt. No. 94.)

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These types of objections indicate that the parties have not met and conferred as required.

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Accordingly, the parties are ordered to meet and confer to resolve all of their objections to their

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pre-trial submissions. By no later than April 14, 2016, the parties shall file a joint status report

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indicating which objections they have resolved on their own and which objections remain

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outstanding.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 04/11/2016
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KANDIS A. WESTMORE
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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