Lopez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc

Filing 82

Order by Hon. Lucy H. Koh denying 81 Stipulated Request to Vacate the Trial Date and Pre-Trial Deadlines.(lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/6/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAN JOSE DIVISION United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 ROSALIND LOPEZ, Plaintiff, 12 13 14 15 v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., ET AL., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 11-CV-01632-LHK ORDER DENYING STIPULATED REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE (re: dkt # 81) 16 17 Based on the parties’ repeated representations of settlement and requests for extensions of 18 pretrial deadlines, the Court has continued the pretrial conference in this case from May 2, 2012, to 19 May 10, 2012; extended the deadline for filing oppositions to motions in limine from April 23, 20 2012, to May 7, 2012; has extended the deadline for filing jury instructions, verdict forms, and 21 proposed voir dire from April 25, 2012, to May 7, 2012. On May 4, 2012, the parties filed a 22 Stipulated Request for Dismissal with Prejudice, Conditional, in which they request that this matter 23 be dismissed with prejudice. The dismissal, however, is conditioned upon the fulfillment of certain 24 settlement conditions, and the parties request that no dismissal occur until 60 days after the filing 25 of the stipulation, during which time “either party may notify the Court in the unlikely event that 26 settlement conditions are not completed and request that the case be restored to the active 27 calendar.” ECF No. 81 at 2. 28 1 Case No.: 11-cv-01632-LHK ORDER DENYING STIPULATED REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL 1 While the Court appreciates the parties’ efforts to resolve this matter through settlement, the Court has repeatedly impressed upon the parties that the May 21, 2012 trial date will remain as set 3 unless and until the parties stipulate to a dismissal of the entire case with prejudice. The parties’ 4 stipulation of conditional dismissal, which preserves either party’s ability to request a new pretrial 5 conference and trial date within the next 60 days, does not satisfy the Court’s mandate. The Court 6 has other matters set for trial and is unable to give the parties a different trial date within the next 7 60 days. Accordingly, the parties’ request to vacate the current trial date and all pre-trial deadlines 8 is DENIED without prejudice. Oppositions to motions in limine, jury instructions, verdict forms, 9 and proposed voir dire remain due May 7, 2012. Any unopposed motions in limine will be ruled 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 2 on as such at the pretrial conference, which remains as set for May 10, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. Trial 11 remains as set for May 21, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 14 Dated: May 6, 2012 _________________________________ LUCY H. KOH United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Case No.: 11-cv-01632-LHK ORDER DENYING STIPULATED REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL

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