In Re: RFC and RESCAP Liquidating Trust Litigation

Filing 4343

ORDER in Response to #4336 Letter from Standard Pacific Mortgage and CTX Mortgage Company to District Judge, #4340 Home Loan Center's Letter to District Judge, #4333 Plaintiffs' Letter to District Judge. (Written Opinion). Signed by Judge Susan Richard Nelson on 9/4/2018. (MJC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

Case No. 13-cv-3351 (SRN/HB)
In Re: RFC and RESCAP Liquidating
Trust Action

ORDER

SUSAN RICHARD NELSON, United States District Judge
Before the Court are letters from the parties concerning their efforts to resolve certain
pretrial evidentiary issues. (See Doc. Nos. 4333, 4336, 4340.) The parties request a
hearing on these issues, but disagree about whether the hearing should be conducted via
telephone or in person. (See Doc. No. 4333 at 1; Doc. No. 4336 at 2–4; Doc. No. 4340 at
1.) The request for a hearing is GRANTED, and given the number of issues to address, it
will be conducted in person.
The hearing will be held on September 14, 2018, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
(CDT). Only the Defendant whose case is going to trial on October 15, 2018 is ordered to
appear. Prior to the hearing, the parties shall continue to meet and confer until they reach
impasse, to discuss the admissibility of the categories of evidence subject to disagreement.
No later than September 11, 2018, at noon (CDT), each Defendant shall file letter
briefs, no longer than eight pages in length, identifying the categories of documents upon
which they disagree with Plaintiffs, accompanied by two examples of documents and/or
deposition evidence representative of each category. As to each category of evidence, and
consistent with the Court’s ruling on summary judgment, each Defendant shall identify the
general purpose of the testimony, e.g., causation, reasonableness of the settlement, equitable

estoppel, damages, allocation.
Plaintiffs shall file reply letter briefs, no longer than eight pages in length, no later
than September 12, 2018, at 5 p.m. (CDT).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: September 4, 2018

s/Susan Richard Nelson
SUSAN RICHARD NELSON
United States District Judge

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