Sanchez v. City of San Jose et al

Filing 103

ORDER CONSOLIDATING TRIALS; SETTING NEW TRIAL DATES re 102 Case Management Statement. Consolidated Joint Pretrial Conference Statement and any additional in Limine Motions, and Proposed Jury Instructions Due 12/11/2009. Final Pretrial Conference s et for 12/21/2009 11:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose. Jury Selection set for 1/5/2010 09:00AM. Jury Trial set for 1/6/2010 09:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose. Please see Order for further trial specifics. Signed by Judge James Ware on 12/2/2009. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/3/2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Christina Sanchez, / Barbara Powell, Sherretta Henderson, / Natasha Burton, Plaintiffs, v. City of San Jose, et al., Defendants. / / IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION NO. C 06-06331 JW NO. C 08-01213 JW NO. C 08-01214 JW NO. C 08-01215 JW ORDER CONSOLIDATING TRIALS; SETTING NEW TRIAL DATES

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On November 24, 2009, the Court conducted a settlement conference in the above entitled cases. Although the case did not settle, Plaintiffs agreed to consolidate the cases for the purposes of trial. Counsel for Defendants requested additional time to confer with their clients. On December 1, 2009, Defendants filed a Case Management Conference Statement. (Docket Item No. 102.) In their Statement, Defendants request that the Sanchez case be tried separately and that the three remaining cases be consolidated for trial on a different date. (Id. at 5-6.) Upon consideration of Defendants' grounds for separate trials, the Court finds that a consolidated trial for all four cases is appropriate

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because the evidence will be the same and there is no prejudice to Defendants. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS a consolidated trial for all four cases and MODIFIES the trial schedule as follows: TRIAL SCHEDULE Final Pretrial Conference (¶4 ) Consolidated Joint Pretrial Conference Statement and any additional in Limine Motions, and Proposed Jury Instructions Due Jury Selection Jury Trial Date and Sessions Session 1 Sessions 2-7 Sessions 8-9 Argue & Submit Jury Deliberations December 21, 2009 at 11 a.m. December 11, 2009

January 5, 2010 at 9 a.m. January 5, 2010 at 1 p.m. January 6-8, 2010, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. January 12, 2010, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. January 13, 2010 at 9 a.m. January 13-15, 2010

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Except for the revised trial schedule in this Order, the Court's previous Preliminary Pretrial Orders in the respective cases remain in effect. In light of this Order, the Court VACATES the December 7, 2009 Conference. Dated: December 2, 2009

JAMES WARE United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO: Gilbert Whitney Leigh [e-mail] Matt Gonzalez [e-mail] Matthew Lowe Springman [e-mail] Michael J. Dodson [e-mail] Nkia Desiree Richardson [e-mail]

Dated: December 2, 2009

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk By: /s/ JW Chambers Elizabeth Garcia Courtroom Deputy

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