Carnahan v. Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Inc et al

Filing 142

AMENDED JURY TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER: Jury Trial is set for 1/19/2021 at 09:00 AM in Seattle before Judge Stanley A. Bastian. Telephonic Pretrial Conference set for 1/5/2021 at 01:30 PM, Motions in Limine due by 12/8/2020 and shall be noted for hear ing at the pretrial conference, Exhibit and Witness List due by 12/15/2020, The pretrial exhibit stipulation shall be filed on 12/9/2020, The parties shall notify the Court on or before 12/8/2020 whether deposition testimony will be used at trial, Pretrial Order due by 12/29/2020, Voir dire/jury instructions/trial briefs due by 12/28/2020. Signed by Judge Stanley A. Bastian. (MW)

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Case 2:17-cv-00086-SAB Document 142 Filed 06/04/20 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 EVAN L CARNAHAN, 10 Plaintiff, 11 NO. 2:17-CV-0086-SAB v. 12 ALPHA EPSILON PI FRATERNITY AMENDED JURY TRIAL 13 INC., SCHEDULING ORDER 14 Defendant. 15 JURY TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR 16 JANUARY 19, 2021 17 18 19 Having been notified by parties that they have reached an agreement on a 20 trial date, the Court is fully informed and enters the following schedule for jury 21 trial. Parties have already had the opportunity to engage in discovery and 22 dispositive and pretrial motions practice; as such, this Order does not set new dates 23 for those deadlines. 24 25 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED: PROFESSIONALISM AND COURT-ASSISTED MEDIATION 26 1. Civility and Professional Conduct. Counsel should review and employ Local 27 Rule 83.1 (Civility) and Washington Rule of Professional Conduct 3.4 (Fairness to 28 Opposing Party and Counsel). AMENDED JURY TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER * 1 Case 2:17-cv-00086-SAB Document 142 Filed 06/04/20 Page 2 of 5 1 2. Scheduling Order is Binding. Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil 2 Procedure provides for sanctions for failure to obey the Scheduling Order. The 3 Court will usually accept stipulations to modify the dates specified in this Order, 4 but modifications of pretrial deadlines may also result in a modification of the trial 5 date. 6 3. Settlement Conference/Mediation. The parties are encouraged to engage in 7 settlement negotiations as early as possible and should contact the Court if they 8 believe a settlement conference would be helpful. TRIAL DATES 9 10 4. Jury Trial. The jury trial shall commence on January 19, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. in 11 SEATTLE, Washington. 12 5. Pretrial Conference. A telephonic pretrial conference will be held on January 13 5, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. Parties shall join the pretrial conference by dialing the 14 Court’s conference line at 1-888-636-3807, access code 8839796. MOTION DEADLINES 15 16 6. Motions in Limine. A. Motions in Limine: shall be filed and served on or before December 8, 17 18 2020. 19 B. Responses: shall be filed and served on or before December 15, 2020. 20 C. Replies: shall be filed and served on or before December 22, 2020. 21 D. Notation: Motions in limine shall be noted for hearing at the pretrial 22 conference. TRIAL PREPARATION DEADLINES 23 24 7. Exhibit and Witness Lists. A. Exhibit Lists and Witness Lists: shall be filed and served and exhibits 25 26 made available for inspection (or copies provided), on or before December 15, 27 2020. 28 AMENDED JURY TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER * 2 Case 2:17-cv-00086-SAB Document 142 Filed 06/04/20 Page 3 of 5 B. Identification: The witness list shall include identification of each 1 2 witness’s testimony. C. Notation of Exhibits: Where feasible, all exhibits identified in depositions 3 4 shall be pre-marked with the exhibit numbers that will be used at trial. Plaintiff’s 5 trial exhibits are to be numbered 1 through 199; Defendant’s exhibits are to be 6 numbered 200 and following. D. Objections: Objections to the opposing party’s witness list or exhibit list 7 8 and any accompanying briefs shall be filed and served on or before December 22, 9 2020. E. Responses: Responses, if any, to objections shall be filed and served on or 10 11 before December 29, 2020. 12 8. Pretrial Exhibit Stipulation. A. Stipulation: The parties shall prepare a pretrial exhibit stipulation that 13 14 shall contain each party's numbered list of all trial exhibits with the opposing 15 party’s objections to each exhibit, including the basis of the objection and the 16 offering party's brief response. All exhibits to which there is no objection shall be 17 deemed admitted, subject to any objections at trial that could not be raised in 18 advance. B. Deadline: The pretrial exhibit stipulation shall be filed on December 9, 19 20 2020. C. Objections to witness and exhibits shall be heard at the pretrial 21 22 conference. 23 9. Designation of Testimony. The parties shall notify the Court on or before December 8, 2020 whether 24 25 deposition testimony will be used at trial. The Court will then schedule a hearing to 26 review all designated testimony and objections so that a final edited version of the 27 deposition testimony can be prepared for trial. 28 // AMENDED JURY TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER * 3 Case 2:17-cv-00086-SAB Document 142 Filed 06/04/20 Page 4 of 5 1 10. Pretrial Order. 2 A. Deadline: A joint Pretrial Order, prepared in accordance with the format 3 provided in Local Rule 16.1(b), shall be filed on or before December 29, 2020 and 4 a copy e-mailed in Word format to the Court at bastianorders@waed.uscourts.gov. 5 B. Consistency: The list of exhibits contained in the joint Pretrial Order shall 6 reflect the exhibit marking scheme described above in paragraph 10(A). 7 C. Duplicative Exhibits: In preparing the joint Pretrial Order, the parties 8 shall confer regarding duplicate exhibits and determine which party will submit 9 such exhibits for trial. 10 11. Trial Briefs and Proposed Voir Dire. Trial briefs and voir dire shall be filed 11 by December 28, 2020. 12 12. Jury Instructions. No later than December 28, 2020, the parties shall file 13 jointly proposed jury instructions. 14 A. Confer. The parties shall confer regarding jury instructions and file 15 jointly proposed jury instructions and a table of proposed Jury Instructions. The 16 jointly proposed Jury Instructions should address only issues that are unique to this 17 case and shall include instructions regarding the elements of each claim, any 18 necessary definitions, and a proposed verdict form. 19 B. Modifications. If any proposed instruction is a modified version of model 20 instructions or deviate from model instructions, the parties shall identify the 21 modification and cite legal authority for the modification. 22 13. Submissions on the First Day of Trial. The Court requires that the following 23 be submitted to the courtroom deputy clerk on the first day of trial: 24 A. Exhibits. Exhibits for presentation at the trial in tabbed binders indexed 25 by exhibit number with exhibit tags placed consistently on the bottom right corner 26 of each exhibit. Counsel shall submit to the Court an original binder and two 27 copied binders of their exhibits together with three discs or flash drives containing 28 the same. AMENDED JURY TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER * 4 Case 2:17-cv-00086-SAB Document 142 Filed 06/04/20 Page 5 of 5 1 B. Exhibit List. One copy of a final joint exhibit list. 2 C. Witness List. One copy of witness lists in the order in which the witnesses 3 are expected to be called to testify. MODIFICATIONS 4 5 14. Good Cause. Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this 6 schedule shall not be modified unless the Court finds good cause to grant leave for 7 modifications. 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. The District Court Clerk is hereby directed to enter 9 this Order and to provide copies to counsel. 10 DATED this 4th day of June 2020. 11 12 13 14 _______________________________ STANLEY A. BASTIAN United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AMENDED JURY TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER * 5

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