City of Seattle v. Monsanto Company et al

Filing 497

ORDER: The science day tutorial will now take place over the Zoom format on 10//6/2022, at 8:00 a.m. The parties shall still exchange any draft PowerPoints and/or demonstrative exhibits they intend to utilize during their respective presentations by 10/4/2022, at 9:00 a.m. However, the parties shall now exchange their final PowerPoints and/or demonstrative exhibits, and submit them to the Court, by 10/6/2022 at 7:00 a.m. Signed by Hon. Michelle L. Peterson. (SR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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CITY OF SEATTLE,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. C16-107-RAJ-MLP
ORDER

v.
MONSANTO COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.

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This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ submission of motions to exclude

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expert testimony for failure to satisfy Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993)

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(dkt. ## 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 288, 292, 297, 298, 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312,

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314, 316, 318, 320) and Plaintiff’s submission of motions to strike supplements to Defendants’

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expert reports (dkt. ## 286, 290). This Court previously scheduled a science tutorial for this

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Court’s understanding of the parties’ positions to adjudicate the Daubert and related motions

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based on the technical and complex nature of the underlying subject matter. (Dkt. # 486.)

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Due to a conflict in the Court’s schedule, the science day tutorial will now take place

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over the Zoom format on October 6, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. As previously ordered, each side will

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still be allowed up to three hours to present, in a back-and-forth per topic format, and the parties

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remain responsible for allocating how much time they will devote to each topic. The parties shall

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still exchange any draft PowerPoints and/or demonstrative exhibits they intend to utilize during

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their respective presentations by October 4, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. However, the parties shall now

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exchange their final PowerPoints and/or demonstrative exhibits, and submit them to the Court,

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by October 6, 2022, at 7:00 a.m.

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The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to the parties and to the Honorable
Richard A. Jones
Dated this 29th day of September, 2022.

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MICHELLE L. PETERSON
United States Magistrate Judge

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