Power Quality & Electrical Systems, Inc. et al v. BP West Coast Products LLC

Filing 39

CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER Compliance hearing re mediator name set 3/3/17 at 9:01am. Joint filing by 2/24/17. Stipulation to Extend Mediation Deadline 38 DENIED AS MOOT in light of this Order. Close of Expert Discovery due by 9/4/2017. Close of Fact Discovery due by 7/24/2017. Case Management Statement due by 6/30/2017. Designation of Experts due by 7/31/2017. Dispositive Motion due by 10/2/2017. Rebuttal Reports due by 8/14/2017. Further Case Management Conference set for 7/7 /2017 02:00 PM. Jury Selection set for 2/12/2018 08:30 AM in Courtroom 1, 4th Floor, Oakland before Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. 5 Day Jury Trial set for 2/12/2018 08:30 AM in Courtroom 1, 4th Floor, Oakland before Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Pr etrial Conference set for Friday, 2/2/2018 09:00 AM in Courtroom 1, 4th Floor, Oakland before Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Compliance Hearing set for Friday,1/5/2018 09:01 AM before Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 2/2/2017. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/2/2017)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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POWER QUALITY & ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS,
INC.; RAJINDER K. SINGH; AND TEJINDAR P.
SINGH,

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Plaintiffs,

Case No.: 16-CV-04791 YGR
CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER;
ORDER DENYING STIPULATION TO EXTEND
MEDIATION DATE AS MOOT (DKT. NO. 38)

vs.

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BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS LLC,

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Defendant.

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The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates:

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE:

Monday, July 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.

PRIVATE MEDIATION TO BE COMPLETED BY:

May 31, 2017

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Compliance hearing set for: March 3, 2017,
at 9:01 a.m.

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Parties to file joint statement identifying
mediator by: February 24, 2017

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The parties’ Stipulation to Extend
Mediation Deadline (Dkt. No. 38) is
DENIED AS MOOT in light of this Order.

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LAST DAY TO JOIN PARTIES OR AMEND PLEADINGS:

No amendment without Court approval.

NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF:

July 24, 2017

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERTS (RETAINED/NONRETAINED):

Opening: July 31, 2017
Rebuttal: August 14, 2017

EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF:

September 4, 2017

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DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND DAUBERT MOTIONS1 TO
BE FILED BY:

October 2, 2017

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COMPLIANCE HEARING (SEE PAGE 2)

Friday, January 5, 2018, at 9:01 a.m.

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See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for
summary judgment.

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JOINT PRETRIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT:

January 19, 2018

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PRETRIAL CONFERENCE:

Friday, February 2, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.

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TRIAL DATE AND LENGTH:

Monday, February 12, 2018, at 8:30 a.m.
for five day jury trial

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall meet
and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The compliance
hearing on Friday, January 5, 2018, at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel have reviewed
the Court’s Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. The compliance hearing
shall be held in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in Courtroom 1.
Five (5) business days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file a one-page
JOINT STATEMENT confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their
failure to comply. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance
hearing will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have
submitted a joint statement in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in sanctions.
As set forth above, the parties are REFERRED to private mediation. The parties shall
provide the Court with the name of an agreed-upon mediator by February 24, 2017, by filing a
JOINT Notice. A compliance hearing regarding shall be held on Friday, March 3, 2017, on the
Court's 9:01a.m. calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, in
courtroom 1. If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing
will be taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a
joint statement in a timely fashion.
The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing
Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All
Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 2, 2017
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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