BGC Partners, Inc. et al v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc. et al

Filing 740

ORDER granting 738 Stipulation to Continue Trial and Deadlines. Calendar Call set for 4/1/2025 at 01:00 PM in LV Courtroom 7C before Judge Richard F. Boulware II. Jury Trial set for 5/12/2025 at 08:30 AM in LV Courtroom 7C before Judge Richard F. Boulware II. See Order for additional Deadlines and instructions. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 10/25/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BGC REAL ESTATE OF NEVADA LLC,, et JUDGE RICHARD F BOULWARE’S
al.,
ORDER REGARDING TRIAL
Plaintiffs,

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v.

Case No.: 2:15–cv–00531–RFB–EJY

AVISON YOUNG (CANADA) INC., et al.,

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Defendants.
1. The Court GRANTS the [738] Stipulation and resets the trial before the Honorable
Richard F. Boulware, II, United States District Judge, at Las Vegas, Nevada, commencing on,
Monday, May 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 7C. Parties are notified this is part of both a
criminal

and

civil

stack.

Counsel

may

contact

the

courtroom

administrator,

at

[e-mail] to discern their placement on the trial stack at any time.
2. Counsel for all parties in the civil and criminal cases shall appear for Calendar Call on
April 1, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Unless a party in a civil case or a defendant in a criminal case is
appearing pro se, the individual parties in civil cases will not be required to appear for calendar
call. The defendants in criminal cases can only be excused with leave of the Court.
3. Counsel or their clients will be excused from calendar call if prior to the scheduled
calendar call settlement papers have been filed in a civil case or a defendant’s plea of guilty or
nolo contendere has been accepted in a criminal case.
4. At calendar call, all cases that remain to be tried will be ranked in order of trial.
Thereafter, the court will not grant a continuance to any party absent a showing of good cause.
Unless the court otherwise directs, the cases will be tried one after the other on SEVENTY TWO
(72) HOURS' notice from the clerk.

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JUDGE RICHARD F. BOULWARE’S
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5. CHANGE OF PLEA HEARINGS. Change of plea hearings will be set on the first

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available date on the court’s calendar. It shall be the joint responsibility of counsel for the United

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States and for defendant(s) to ensure that a copy of the plea agreement (or a plea memorandum in

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cases of no plea agreement, are delivered to Judge Boulware’s courtroom administrator.

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Change of plea hearings will not be heard at calendar call, and will not be set until a signed

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courtesy copy of the plea agreement (or a plea memorandum) is either delivered directly to

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Judge Boulware’s courtroom administrator. It shall further be the responsibility of counsel for

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the United States to ensure that any necessary produce orders, or writs of habeas corpus ad

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prosequendum are timely delivered to the United States marshal to ensure the presence of all in-

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custody defendants for a change of plea, and to ensure proper notification for the attendance of

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any court interpreter which may be required for the particular case.

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6. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. At the request of any party, or at the direction of the

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Court, a Pretrial Conference may be scheduled for any case. Requests by the parties should be

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made to the Courtroom Administrator by no later than two weeks before Calendar Call.

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7. WITNESSES. Counsel, and any party appearing pro se, shall immediately subpoena all

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witnesses for the time and trial date as listed above. Inasmuch as the cases will be tried in a trailing

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fashion, the subpoenas should contain a special instruction from counsel directing witnesses to

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contact the office of counsel for further instructions prior to appearing for trial. Witnesses are not

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required to be present at the calendar call but must appear as subpoenaed.

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8. On or before March 21, 2025, or as otherwise noted, and to the extent they have not

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already done so in accordance with the Court’s Joint Pretrial Order, or other order, COUNSEL

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FOR ALL PARTIES, AND ANY PARTY APPEARING PRO SE, SHALL COMPLY

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WITH THE FOLLOWING

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a.

STIPULATIONS FOR CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL DATE. A

Stipulation has already been granted in this matter.
b.

MOTIONS IN LIMINE. Motions in Limine are due on or before

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February 28, 2025; Responses are due March 14, 2025. Replies are only allowed with leave
of the Court.
c.

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STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Shall file with the Clerk of Court a

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brief statement of the case, no longer than one-half page, stating the nature of the claims and

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defenses, to be read to prospective jurors at the time of jury selection. In a criminal case, a copy

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of the Indictment, indicating which portions should be read to the jury, will satisfy this
requirement.
d.

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Clerk of Court all suggested voir dire questions to be asked of the jury panel by the Court.
e.

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SUGGESTED VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS: Shall file with the

WITNESS LISTS. Shall file with the Clerk of Court the original list of

witnesses expected to be called on behalf of each party for use by the Court during jury
selection.

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f.

EXHIBIT LISTS. Shall file with the Clerk of Court the original

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complete exhibit list of all exhibits intended to be used during the trial. At the same time,

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each party shall serve upon all other parties a copy of the same. The exhibits are to be listed

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on a form provided by the Clerk’s Office, or obtained from the Court’s website

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www.nvd.uscourts.gov and may be computer-generated if they conform to the requirements

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of the form that is provided by the clerk.
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MARKING EXHIBITS. Shall meet, confer, pre-mark and

exchange all trial exhibits. Plaintiffs shall use numerals 1 through 500 and Defendants

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shall use numerals 501 through 1,000. If Plaintiff’s have more than 500 exhibits, they

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must notify the Defendants no later than 1/31/2025 and Exhibit numbers shall be altered

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accordingly. Exhibits that are on the same subject matter may be marked as a series, that
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is, Plaintiffs 1-A, 1-B, etc. and Defendants 501-A, 501-B, etc. Counsel shall notify the
Courtroom Administrator that the exhibits have been pre-marked.
h.

EXHIBITS. Exhibits are due to the Court at Calendar Call.

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Counsel shall provide the Courtroom Administrator a USB uploaded with the exhibits in

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individual pdf format and an exhibit list, in accordance with the Instructions in the

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Memo entitled JURY EVIDENCE RECORDING SYSTEM (JERS). Parties must
request a copy of this memo from the Courtroom Administrator if it is needed. The
exhibits shall remain in the custody of the clerk unless otherwise ordered. All exhibits
must be individually marked.

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Parties may also bring a 3-ring binder of the exhibits for the use of witnesses if they so

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choose. Exhibits not included in the submissions to the Court may not be permitted to be used

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during the trial without express permission from the Court prior to their introduction.

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JURY INSTRUCTIONS. Shall jointly file with the Clerk of Court

one original set of agreed upon jury instructions and proposed verdict forms. These
documents shall also be submitted in Word format to the courtroom administrator and to
“[e-mail]”. The parties shall submit additional proposed jury

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instructions and verdict forms in Word format to the courtroom administrator and to

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chambers by email at the same email address. The latter must include the authority and

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argument for each instruction. Any modifications of instructions from statutory authority,

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the Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Jury Instructions, or any other model instructions,

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must specifically state the modification made to the original source and the authority and
argument supporting the modification. In criminal cases, the parties may file separate jury
instructions if they cannot agree upon a joint set of jury instructions.

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CIVIL CASES: TRIAL BRIEFS AND PROPOSED

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FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.

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with the Clerk of Court a Trial Brief in all civil cases. This brief will outline the respective party’s

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position for trial and identify any potential legal issues that it anticipates may arise. With leave

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of the Court, a party may file its trial brief under seal. Additionally, in all civil cases to be tried

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before the Court sitting without a jury, the parties shall file proposed Findings of Fact and

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Conclusions of Law. The proposed F indings and Conclusions shall also be submitted to the

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courtroom

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“[e-mail]” in Microsoft Word format.

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administrator

k.

at

her

email

address

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Each party shall file

chambers

by

email

to

CRIMINAL CASES TRIAL BRIEFS . The Government

counsel shall submit a copy of the Government’s trial brief (marked confidential) to the
Courtroom Administrator for submission to the trial judge. The original of the

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Government’s trial brief shall be filed in open Court and a copy served by 9:00 a.m. on

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the first day of trial upon defense counsel. Defense counsel may file a trial brief. If

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defense counsel elects to file a trial brief, the same shall be filed and served upon

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Government counsel prior to the defense commencing it’s side of the case.

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9. TRIAL SCHEDULE. Trial will generally begin at 8:30 a.m., and end at 2:30 p.m.
The first week of trial will be held from Monday through Friday; with Friday as a half day.
However, parties should plan to be available between 8:00 a.m., and 9:00 a.m., in the morning and
between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the afternoon each day of trial to address matters outside the
presence of the jury. This standard trial schedule may be modified for good cause; however,
requests should be submitted at Calendar Call or before the written trial schedule is issued to jurors.
10. USE OF EVIDENCE DISPLAY EQUIPMENT, Counsel wishing to use the Court’s
evidence display equipment should bring their laptops to the Calendar call. Testing will occur

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immediately after the hearing. Otherwise, counsel may contact the Courtroom Administrator

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during at least one week before trial for training or instruction and availability for use at trial
11. EXPEDITED OR DAILY TRANSCRIPTS: Any party that will require expedited or

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daily

transcripts

shall

notify

Patty

Ganci,

Court

Reporter

via

email

at

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[e-mail], immediately upon receipt of this order. The court reporter

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will provide instructions with respect to expedited or daily transcripts. Failure to timely notify the

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court reporter may result in an inability to provide expedited or daily transcripts.

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12. SANCTIONS. As provided for under the Local Rules of Practice of this Court, the

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Court will consider the imposition of sanctions against any attorney or party appearing pro se who

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(1) fails to timely comply with the provisions of this Order including, but not limited to, the failure

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to appear for Calendar Call without having been excused by the Court or the clerk with the

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permission of the Court; or (2) fails to timely comply with any other order that schedules deadlines

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for trial preparation.

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13. TRIAL JUDGE. Although the cases listed on the attached trial calendar are assigned

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to the undersigned, the cases may proceed to trial before another Nevada district judge or a visiting

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district judge..

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14. CONSENT TO TRIAL BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE. All parties in civil

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actions are reminded of their right, subject to the approval of the undersigned, to consent to trial

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before a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 636(c)

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2. The right to proceed before a magistrate judge in a civil case includes those cases which will be

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tried before a jury as well as those cases to be tried before the Court sitting without a jury. Any

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appeal from a judgment resulting in a trial before a magistrate judge shall be taken directly to the

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United States Court of Appeals.

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15. CONTACT PERSON: All questions and information regarding the trial calendar areto

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be directed to Darci Reich-Smith, Courtroom Administrator at [phone] or email at

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[e-mail]

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16. STATUS REPORT – A Joint Status Report as to the Parties’ preparedness to proceed

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to trial is due on or before 3/1/2025. In criminal matters, a stipulation to continue filed by the same

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deadline will negate the need for a status report, although it should be noted that a request for a

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continuance does not guarantee a continuance by the Court. A request for a change of plea hearing,

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will also negate the need for a status report.

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17. The date of the Clerk’s file mark shall constitute the date of this Order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
United States District JudgE

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