Robert H, Hansen v Conseco Insurance Company

Filing 156

ORDER 149 Re: Joint Discovery Plan and Mediation Proposal. Signed by Judge Ronald M. Whyte on 1/21/09. (jg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/21/2009)

1 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 2 JOHN J. STOIA, JR. (141757) THEODORE J. PINTAR (131372) 3 PHONG L. TRAN (204961) RACHEL L. JENSEN (211456) 4 STEVEN M. JODLOWSKI (239074) THOMAS J. O'REARDON II (247952) 5 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 6 Telephone: [phone] (fax) 7 [e-mail] [e-mail] 8 [e-mail] [e-mail] 9 [e-mail] [e-mail] 10 BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 11 STEPHEN R. BASSER (121590) JOHN L. HAEUSSLER (215044) 12 402 West Broadway, Suite 850 San Diego, CA 92101 13 Telephone: [phone] (fax) 14 [e-mail] [e-mail] 15 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 16 17

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 SAN JOSE DIVISION 20 In re CONSECO INSURANCE CO. 21 ANNUITY MARKETING & SALES PRACTICES LITIG. 22 23 This Document Relates To: 24 25 26 27 28 ALL ACTIONS. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C-05-04726-RMW CLASS ACTION [] ORDER RE JOINT DISCOVERY PLAN AND MEDIATION PROPOSAL

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Good cause appearing, therefore, and pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS

2 HEREBY ORDERED that the following discovery plan be adopted: 3 1. Each side shall be limited to serving no more than 25 interrogatories and 25 requests

4 for admissions. The interrogatories that were previously served as part of jurisdictional discovery do 5 not count against these limits. 6 2. Each side shall be limited to taking no more than 25 depositions, excluding any expert

7 depositions. The length of any deposition shall be limited to 7 hours, pursuant to F.R.C.P. 30(d)(1), 8 unless otherwise stipulated by the parties. 9 3. The discovery limitations set forth herein may be otherwise expanded upon

10 agreement by the parties or by order of the Court. Should there be any disagreement, the party 11 seeking to expand discovery may seek relief with the Court. 12 4. The scope of discovery shall be otherwise be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil

13 Procedure and Rules of Evidence. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [] ORDER RE JOINT DISCOVERY PLAN AND MEDIATION PROPOSAL - C-05-04726-RMW -1S:\CasesSD\Conseco Annuity\ORD 00054323.doc

IT IS SO ORDERED.

1/21/09 DATED: ___________________
THE HON. RONALD M. WHYTE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 22, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing with the

3 Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 4 addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 5 mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 6 participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 7 I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed on September 22, 2008. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 [] ORDER RE JOINT DISCOVERY PLAN AND MEDIATION PROPOSAL - C-05-04726-RMW -2s/ THEODORE J. PINTAR THEODORE J. PINTAR COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101-3301 Telephone: [phone] (fax) E-mail: [e-mail]

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