Kanellakopoulos v. Unimerica Life Insurance Company

Filing 212

ORDER RE 209 JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 2/20/2018. (blflc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/20/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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IOANNIS KANELLAKOPOULOS,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 15-cv-04674-BLF

v.
UNIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

ORDER RE JOINT STATEMENT
REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES
TO THE JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE
[Re: ECF 209]

Defendant.
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The Court has reviewed the parties’ Joint Statement Regarding Proposed Changes to the
Juror Questionnaire (ECF 209).
The Court GRANTS Defendant’s unopposed request to add proposed question 26, as

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MODIFIED by the Court. The Court has modified proposed question 26 by combining it with

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proposed question 27. Question 26 shall read:

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26.

Have you or anyone close to you ever suffered an important loss where you filed
any sort of claim or lawsuit, or wanted to file a claim or lawsuit?
Yes, please describe:

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Because it has combined Defendant’s proposed questions 26 and 27, as set forth above, the
Court DENIES Defendant’s request to add proposed question 27 separately.
The Court DENIES Defendant’s request to add proposed question 28 on the grounds that it
is unclear and confusing.

The Court DENIES Defendant’s request to delete questions 16, 18, 21, 31, and 33 from the

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questionnaire.1 Defendant’s request is untimely. Although the Court granted Defendant leave to

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propose 2 or 3 additional questions, the Court did not invite Defendant to propose deletions of

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questions already approved by the Court without objection by Defendant.

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Plaintiff shall add question 26 to the questionnaire, using the modified language set forth

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above. After Defendant reviews the change and approves it as to form, Plaintiff shall deliver 50

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copies of the revised questionnaire to the Court by 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 22, 2018.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 20, 2018
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BETH LABSON FREEMAN
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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These question numbers do not correlate to the original questionnaire submitted by Plaintiff and
discussed by the Court at the Final Pretrial Conference, but rather to a revised version of the
questionnaire implementing changes the Court directed Plaintiff to make.
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