Carnahan v. Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Inc et al

Filing 191

ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND MOTION TO DISMISS HEARING DATE: Bench Trial is set for 4/18/2022 at 09:00 AM before Judge Stanley A. Bastian in Seattle, WA. Pretrial Conference by video is set for 4/5/2022 at 10:00 AM before Judge Stanley A. Bastian. Motion Hearing by video is set for 2/7/2022 at 10:00 AM before Judge Stanley A. Bastian re Defendant's 172 Motion to Dismiss. Motions in Limine due by 3/7/2022, Exhibit and Witness Lists due by 3/14/2022, Pretrial Order due by 3/28/2022, Voir dire/trial briefs due by 3/24/2022. Signed by Judge Stanley A. Bastian. (LH)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 EVAN CARNAHAN, 10 Plaintiff, 11 v. No. 2:17-CV-0086-SAB 12 DAVID LEON, Defendant. 13 14 ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND MOTION TO DISMISS HEARING DATE A pretrial conference was held in this matter on January 7, 2022. Mark 15 Choate appeared on behalf of Plaintiff and Dylan Jackson and Jeff Sbaih appeared 16 on behalf of Defendant. 17 At the hearing, the Court asked the parties to submit their available dates for 18 trial and oral argument on Defendant’s pending Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 172. 19 The parties have submitted their schedules and thus the Court sets a trial date, 20 hearing date on Defendant’s motion, and associated case deadlines. 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND MOTION TO DISMISS HEARING DATE # 1 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 2 TRIAL DATES 3 1. Bench Trial. The trial shall commence on April 18, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. in 4 Seattle, Washington. The matter of bench trial or jury trial shall be discussed at the 5 next hearing on February 7. 6 2. Pretrial Conference. A pretrial conference will be held by video on April 5, 7 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Case participants will be provided with separate call-in details 8 by email from the Court’s staff. MOTION DEADLINES 9 10 3. Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. The hearing on Defendant’s Motion to 11 Dismiss, ECF No. 172, is set with oral argument on February 7, 2022 at 10:00 12 a.m. by video. Case participants will be provided with separate call-in details by 13 email from the Court’s staff. 14 4. Motions in Limine. 15 A. Motions in Limine: shall be filed and served on or before March 7, 2022. 16 B. Responses: shall be filed and served on or before March 14, 2022. 17 C. Replies: shall be filed and served on or before March 21, 2022. 18 D. Notation: Motions in limine shall be noted for hearing at the pretrial 19 conference. TRIAL PREPARATION DEADLINES 20 21 5. Exhibit and Witness Lists. 22 A. Exhibit Lists and Witness Lists: shall be filed and served and exhibits 23 made available for inspection (or copies provided), on or before March 14, 2022. 24 B. Identification: The witness list shall include identification of each 25 witness’s testimony. 26 C. Notation of Exhibits: Where feasible, all exhibits identified in depositions 27 shall be pre-marked with the exhibit numbers that will be used at trial. Plaintiff’s 28 ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND MOTION TO DISMISS HEARING DATE # 2 1 trial exhibits are to be numbered 1 through 199; Defendant’s exhibits are to be 2 numbered 200 and following. D. Objections: Objections to the opposing party’s witness list or exhibit list 3 4 and any accompanying briefs shall be filed and served on or before March 21, 5 2022. E. Responses: Responses, if any, to objections shall be filed and served on or 6 7 before March 28, 2022. 8 6. Pretrial Exhibit Stipulation. A. Stipulation: The parties shall prepare a pretrial exhibit stipulation that 9 10 shall contain each party's numbered list of all trial exhibits with the opposing 11 party’s objections to each exhibit, including the basis of the objection and the 12 offering party's brief response. All exhibits to which there is no objection shall be 13 deemed admitted, subject to any objections at trial that could not be raised in 14 advance. B. Deadline: The pretrial exhibit stipulation shall be filed on March 28, 15 16 2022. 17 C. Objections to witness and exhibits shall be heard at the pretrial 18 conference. 19 7. Pretrial Order. 20 A. Deadline: A joint Pretrial Order, prepared in accordance with the format 21 provided in Local Rule 16.1(b), shall be filed on or before March 28, 2022, and a 22 copy e-mailed in Word format to the Court at bastianorders@waed.uscourts.gov. 23 B. Consistency: The list of exhibits contained in the joint Pretrial Order shall 24 reflect the exhibit marking scheme described above in paragraph 10(A). 25 C. Duplicative Exhibits: In preparing the joint Pretrial Order, the parties 26 shall confer regarding duplicate exhibits and determine which party will submit 27 such exhibits for trial. 28 ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND MOTION TO DISMISS HEARING DATE # 3 1 8. Trial Briefs and Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law or Voir 2 Dire. Trial briefs and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law or voir dire 3 shall be filed by March 24, 2022. 4 9. Submissions on the First Day of Trial. The Court requires that the following 5 be submitted to the courtroom deputy clerk on the first day of trial: 6 A. Exhibits. Exhibits for presentation at the trial in tabbed binders indexed 7 by exhibit number with exhibit tags placed consistently on the bottom right corner 8 of each exhibit. Counsel shall submit to the Court an original binder and two 9 copied binders of their exhibits together with three discs or flash drives containing 10 the same. 11 B. Exhibit List. One copy of a final joint exhibit list. 12 C. Witness List. One copy of witness lists in the order in which the witnesses 13 are expected to be called to testify. MODIFICATIONS 14 15 10. Good Cause. Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this 16 schedule shall not be modified unless the Court finds good cause to grant leave for 17 modifications. 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. The District Court Clerk is hereby directed to enter 19 this Order and to provide copies to counsel. 20 DATED this 14th day of January 2022. 21 22 23 24 ___________________________________ Stanley A. Bastian United States District Judge 25 26 27 28 ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND MOTION TO DISMISS HEARING DATE # 4

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