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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SINTIA IBARRA, et al., 12 13 v. 14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 15 16 After consulting with the attorneys of record for the parties and being advised of the status of the 17 case, and good cause appearing, the Case Management Conference set for March 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM is 18 vacated. 19 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 20 1. 21 shall be filed on or before April 21, 2008. 22 2. 23 expert witnesses expected to be called at trial. The list shall include the name, address, and phone 24 number of the expert and a brief statement identifying the subject areas as to which the expert is 25 expected to testify. The list shall also include the normal rates the expert charges for deposition and trial 26 testimony. On or before June 23, 2008, any party may supplement its designation in response to any 27 other party's designation so long as that party has not previously retained an expert to testify on that 28 subject. 1
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Civil No. 07-2031-JLS(LSP) CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY AND OTHER PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS (Fed. R. Civ. P. 16) (Local Rule 16.1) (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26)

Any motion to join other parties, to amend the pleadings, or to file additional pleadings

On or before June 9, 2008, all parties shall exchange with all other parties a list of all

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Each expert witness designated by a party shall prepare a written report to be provided to

2 all other parties no later than August 11, 2008, containing the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 3 26(a)(2)(A) and (B). 4 Except as provided in paragraph 4, below, any party that fails to make these disclosures

5 shall not, absent substantial justification, be permitted to use evidence or testimony not disclosed 6 at any hearing or at the time of trial. In addition, the Court may impose sanctions as permitted by 7 Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c). 8 4. Any party, through any expert designated, shall in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P.

9 26(a)(2)(C) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e), supplement any of its expert reports regarding evidence intended 10 solely to contradict or rebut evidence on the same subject matter identified in an expert report submitted 11 by another party. Any such supplemental reports are due on or before August 25, 2008. 12 13 2008. 14 "Completed" means that all discovery under Rules 30-36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 5. All discovery, including expert discovery, shall be completed on or before September 8,

15 must be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the cut-off date, so that it may be completed by 16 the cut-off date, taking into account the times for services, notice, and response as set forth in the 17 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All disputes concerning discovery shall be brought to the attention of 18 the Magistrate Judge no later than thirty (30) days following the date upon which the event giving rise to 19 the discovery dispute occurred. Counsel shall meet and confer pursuant to the requirements of Fed. R. 20 Civ. P. 26 and Local Rule 26.1(a). 21 6. All motions, other than motions to amend or join parties, or motions in limine, SHALL

22 BE FILED on or before October 10, 2008.1 23 Motions will not be heard or calendared unless counsel for the moving party has obtained a

24 motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Be advised that the 25 parties must file their moving papers within three (3) days of receiving the motion hearing date 26 from the Court. Be further advised that the period of time between the date you request a motion 27 28
Counsel should note that while historically motion cut-off deadlines issued by this Court were deadlines for motion hearings, the motion cut-off dates now being issued establish deadlines for the parties to file motions.
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1 date and the hearing date may be up to six weeks. Please plan accordingly. For example, you may 2 need to contact the judge's law clerk at least six weeks in advance of the motion cut-off to calendar the 3 motion. Failure of counsel to timely request a motion date may result in the motion not being heard. 4 Motions will not be heard on the above date unless you have obtained that date in advance from 5 the judge's law clerk. 6 7. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion shall not

7 exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without permission of the judge or magistrate judge who will 8 hear the motion. No reply memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without leave of the judge or 9 magistrate judge who will hear the motion. 10 8. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on July 16, 2008, at 9:00 AM in

11 the chambers of Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas. Counsel shall submit confidential settlement 12 statements directly to chambers no later than July 9, 2008. Each party's settlement statement shall set 13 forth the party's statement of the case, identify controlling legal issues, concisely set out issues of 14 liability and damages, and shall set forth the party's settlement position, including the last offer or 15 demand made by that party, and a separate statement of the offer or demand the party is prepared to 16 make at the settlement conference. Settlement conference briefs shall not be filed with the Clerk of 17 the Court, nor shall they be served on opposing counsel. 18 9. Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 16.3, all party representatives and claims adjusters for

19 insured defendants with full and unlimited authority2 to negotiate and enter into a binding settlement, as 20 well as the principal attorney(s) responsible for the litigation, must be present and legally and factually 21 prepared to discuss and resolve the case at the mandatory settlement conference. Retained outside 22 corporate counsel shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the authority to 23 negotiate and enter into a settlement. For good cause, and on ex parte application at least one day before 24 25 26 27 28
"Full authority to settle" means that the individuals at the settlement conference must be authorized to fully explore settlement options and to agree at that time to any settlement terms acceptable to the parties. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648 (7th Cir. 1989). The person needs to have "unfettered discretion and authority" to change the settlement position of a party. Pitman v. Brinker Intl., Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-486 (D. Ariz. 2003). The purpose of requiring a person with unlimited settlement authority to attend the conference includes that the person's view of the case may be altered during the face to face conference. Id. at 486. A limited or a sum certain of authority is not adequate. Nick v. Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590 (8th Cir. 2001).
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1 the scheduled settlement conference, Magistrate Judge Papas may excuse a party or representative from 2 personal attendance provided such party or parties will be available by telephone during the conference. 3 Failure to attend the conference or obtain proper excuse will be considered grounds for sanctions. 4 10. Parties or their counsel shall serve on each other and file with the Clerk of the Court their

5 Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law in compliance with Local Rule 16.1(f)(2) on or before 6 November 21, 2008. 7 11. All parties or their counsel shall also fully comply with the Pretrial Disclosure require-

8 ments of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) on or before November 21, 2008. Failure to comply with these 9 disclosures requirements could result in evidence preclusion or other sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. 10 P. 37. 11 12. Counsel shall meet together and take the action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) on or

12 before December 1, 2008. At this meeting, counsel shall discuss and attempt to enter into stipulations 13 and agreements resulting in simplification of the triable issues. Counsel shall exchange copies and/or 14 display all exhibits other than those to be used for impeachment. The exhibits shall be prepared in 15 accordance with Local Rule 16.1(f)(4)(c). Counsel shall note any objections they have to any other 16 parties' Pretrial Disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3). Counsel shall cooperate in the preparation 17 of the proposed pretrial conference order. 18 13. The proposed final pretrial conference order, including objections they have to any other

19 parties' Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures shall be prepared, served and lodged with the Clerk 20 of the Court on or before December 5, 2008, and shall be in the form prescribed in and in compliance 21 with Local Rule 16.1 (f)(6). Counsel shall also bring a court copy of the pretrial order to the pretrial 22 conference. 23 14. The final pretrial conference shall be held before the Honorable Janis L. Sammartino,

24 United States District Court Judge, on December 12, 2008, at 10:30 AM. 25 26 shown. 27 \\ 28 \\ 4 15. The dates and times set forth herein will not be further modified except for good cause

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Plaintiff's counsel shall serve a copy of this order on all parties that enter this case

2 hereafter. 3 4 5 DATED: March 10, 2008 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Hon. Leo S. Papas U.S. Magistrate Judge

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