Free Scheduling Order - District Court of California - California

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JURY TRIAL set for 9:30 a.m. on Initial Disclosure deadline Deadline for filing class certification motion Deadline for filing response to class certification motion Deadline for filing reply on class certification motion Noting date for class certification motion. Unless otherwise ordered, the motion will be decided without oral argument. A party desiring oral argument shall so indicate by typing "ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED" in the caption of its motion or responsive memorandum. If a request for oral argument is granted, the clerk will notify the parties of the date and time for argument. Deadline for filing any motion to join parties Disclosure of expert testimony under FRCP 26(a)(2) MINUTE ORDER - 1 September 8, 2009 November 7, 2008 December 17, 2008 January 14, 2008 February 11, 2008 February 20, 2008 v. SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC. and SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.; Defendants. NOW, on this 2nd day of September, 2008, the Court directs the Clerk to enter the following Minute Order: UTILITY CONSUMERS' ACTION NETWORK and ERIC TAYLOR, on behalf of themselves, their members and/or all others similarly situated, as applicable,, Plaintiffs, MINUTE ORDER SETTING TRIAL AND PRETRIAL DATES UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NO. C07-2231RJB

December 17, 2008 March 12, 2009

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All motions related to discovery must be FILED by Discovery COMPLETED by All dispositive motions must be FILED by Settlement conference per CivLR16.1(d)(4); HELD no later than Letter of compliance as to CivLR16.1(d)(4) FILED Motions in limine should be FILED by and NOTED on the motion calendar no later than the second Friday thereafter. Agreed pretrial order FILED with the Court by Pretrial conference will be HELD at 8:30 a.m. on Trial briefs, proposed voir dire, and jury instructions due*

April 21, 2009 May 11, 2009 June 10, 2009 July 10, 2009 August 16, 2009 August 11, 2009

August 22, 2009 August 28, 2009 August 28, 2009

If any of the dates identified in this Order fall on a weekend or federal holiday, the act or

13 event shall be performed on the next business day. These are firm dates that can be changed only 14 by order of the Court. 15 If this case is settled, please advise Dara Kaleel, Courtroom Deputy to Judge Bryan

16 immediately at (253) 882 3824. If this case is not settled, it will go to trial on the date set 17 or as soon thereafter as the court is available. 18 *JURY INSTRUCTIONS The parties shall comply with the following jury instruction

19 procedures: 20 21 a. Joint Jury Instructions

Twenty-one days before jury instructions are due, the parties shall exchange proposed jury

22 instructions. Such proposals must not be filed with the Court. Each party is responsible for 23 submitting proposed instructions on any issue for which that party bears the burden of proof. The 24 parties shall thereafter confer, by telephone or in person, with the objective of filing with the 25 Court one set of agreed-upon instructions that addresses all elements of all claims and all 26 defenses. 27 28 MINUTE ORDER - 2

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Disputed Instructions

If the parties cannot agree on one complete set of instructions, the parties shall file two

3 documents with the Court. The first document, titled "Joint Instructions," should include all 4 agreed-upon instructions. The second document, titled "Joint Statement of Disputed 5 Instructions," shall present each disputed instruction in the following order: (1) At the top of the 6 page, the proposing party shall set forth the proposed language and a statement of any legal 7 authority in support of the proposed language (not to exceed one page); (2) Immediately 8 following the proposed language and supporting legal authority, the opposing party shall set forth 9 its alternative language, if any, and its objections to the proposed language along with any legal 10 authority in support of the objections (not to exceed one page). 11 12 c. Format

The parties shall assign a unique number and a brief title to each proposed instruction,

13 whether joint or disputed. At the bottom of the page, the parties shall identify the source(s) of the 14 proposed instruction. The parties shall propose instructions from the most recent version of the 15 Manual of Model Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit wherever appropriate and specifically and 16 clearly note any modifications such that the Court and opposing parties are able to readily identify 17 each modification. The parties shall note any authority supporting the modification and shall 18 include a table of contents with all jury instructions submitted to the court. 19 20 d. Filing

The parties shall electronically file the Joint Instructions and any Joint Statement of

21 Disputed Instructions on or before August 28, 2009. The parties shall also email a cited and 22 uncited version of the Joint Instructions and any Joint Statement of Disputed Instructions in Word 23 or WordPerfect format to [email protected]. 24 25 DATED this 2nd day of September, 2008. The foregoing Minute Order was authorized by the Honorable ROBERT J. BRYAN,

26 United States District Judge. 27 28 MINUTE ORDER - 3 /s/ Dara L. Kaleel Dara L. Kaleel Deputy Clerk