Pacheco et al v. United States of America

Filing 135

ORDER SETTING PHASE 2 TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES: Bench Trial (10 days) is set for 7/6/2020 before Judge Robert S. Lasnik. Motions in Limine due by 5/14/2020, Agreed Pretrial Order due by 6/24/2020, Trial briefs and trial exhibits to be submitted by 7/1/2020. Signed by Judge Robert S. Lasnik. (MW)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 YESENIA PACHECO, et al., Plaintiffs, 9 10 Case No. C15-1175RSL ORDER SETTING PHASE 2 TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES v. 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. 12 13 TRIAL DATE July 6, 2020 14 May 14, 2020 15 All motions in limine must be filed by and noted on the motion calendar no earlier than the second Friday thereafter. Replies will be accepted. 16 Agreed pretrial order due June 24, 2020 17 Pretrial conference to be scheduled by the Court 18 19 20 21 22 23 Trial briefs and trial exhibits due July 1, 2020 Length of Trial: 10 days Non Jury These dates are set at the direction of the Court. All other dates have already passed or are specified in the Local Civil Rules. If any of the dates identified in this Order or the Local Civil Rules fall on a weekend or federal holiday, the act or event shall be performed on the next business day. These are firm dates that can be changed only by order of the Court, not by 24 ORDER SETTING PHASE 2 TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 1 1 agreement of counsel or the parties. The Court will alter these dates only upon good cause 2 shown; failure to complete discovery within the time allowed is not recognized as good cause. 3 If the trial date assigned to this matter creates an irreconcilable conflict, counsel must 4 notify Teri Roberts, the judicial assistant, at 206-370-8810 within 10 days of the date of this 5 Order and must set forth the exact nature of the conflict. A failure to do so will be deemed a 6 waiver. Counsel must be prepared to begin trial on the date scheduled, but it should be 7 understood that the trial may have to await the completion of other cases. 8 The settlement conference conducted between the close of discovery and the filing of 9 dispositive motions requires a face-to-face meeting or a telephone conference between persons 10 with authority to settle the case. The settlement conference does not have to involve a third11 party neutral. 12 13 ALTERATIONS TO ELECTRONIC FILING PROCEDURES AND LOCAL RULES Information and procedures for electronic filing can be found on the Western District of 14 Washington’s website at www.wawd.uscourts.gov. Pro se litigants may file either 15 electronically or in paper form. The following alterations to the Electronic Filing Procedures 16 apply in all cases pending before Judge Lasnik: 17 – Alteration to LCR 10(e)(9) - Effective July 1, 2014, the Western District of 18 Washington will no longer accept courtesy copies in 3-ring binders. All courtesy copies must be 19 3-hole punched, tabbed, and bound by rubber bands or clips. If any courtesy copies are delivered 20 to the intake desk or chambers in 3-ring binders, the binders will be returned immediately. This 21 policy does NOT apply to the submission of trial exhibits. 22 – Alteration to Section III, Paragraph M of the Electronic Filing Procedures - Unless the 23 proposed order is stipulated, agreed, or otherwise uncontested, the parties need not e-mail a copy 24 of the order to the judge’s e-mail address. ORDER SETTING PHASE 2 TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 2 1 – Pursuant to LCR 10(e)(10), all references in the parties’ filings to exhibits should be as 2 specific as possible (i.e., the reference should cite the specific page numbers, paragraphs, line 3 numbers, etc.). All exhibits must be marked to designate testimony or evidence referred to in the 4 parties’ filings. Filings that do not comply with LCR 10(e) may be rejected and/or returned to 5 the filing party, particularly if a party submits lengthy deposition testimony without highlighting 6 or other required markings. 7 – Alteration to LCR 7(d)(4) - Any motion in limine must be filed by the date set forth 8 above and noted on the motion calendar no earlier than the second Friday thereafter. Any 9 response is due on or before the Wednesday before the noting date. Parties may file and serve 10 reply memoranda, not to exceed nine pages in length, on or before the noting date. 11 12 PRIVACY POLICY Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 and LCR 5.2, parties must redact the 13 following information from documents and exhibits before they are filed with the court: 14 * Dates of Birth - redact to the year of birth 15 * Names of Minor Children - redact to the initials 16 * Social Security Numbers and Taxpayer Identification Numbers - redact in their entirety 17 * Financial Accounting Information - redact to the last four digits 18 * Passport Numbers and Driver License Numbers - redact in their entirety 19 All documents filed in the above-captioned matter must comply with Federal Rule of 20 Civil Procedure 5.2 and LCR 5.2. 21 COOPERATION 22 As required by LCR 37(a), all discovery matters are to be resolved by agreement if 23 possible. Counsel are further directed to cooperate in preparing the final pretrial order in the 24 format required by LCR 16.1, except as ordered below. ORDER SETTING PHASE 2 TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 3 1 2 TRIAL EXHIBITS The original and one copy of the trial exhibits are to be delivered to chambers five days 3 before the trial date. Each exhibit shall be clearly marked. Exhibit tags are available in the 4 Clerk’s Office. The Court hereby alters the LCR 16.1 procedure for numbering exhibits: 5 plaintiff’s exhibits shall be numbered consecutively beginning with 40; defendant’s exhibits shall 6 be numbered consecutively beginning with 510. Duplicate documents shall not be listed twice: 7 once a party has identified an exhibit in the pretrial order, any party may use it. Each set of 8 exhibits shall be submitted in a three-ring binder with appropriately numbered tabs. 9 10 SETTLEMENT Should this case settle, counsel shall notify the Deputy Clerk, Kerry Simonds at 206-370- 11 8519, as soon as possible. Pursuant to LCR 11(b), an attorney who fails to give the Deputy 12 Clerk prompt notice of settlement may be subject to such discipline as the Court deems 13 appropriate. 14 15 16 17 Dated this 10th day of March, 2020. A ROBERT S. LASNIK United States District Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER SETTING PHASE 2 TRIAL DATE & RELATED DATES - 4

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