Free ADR Scheduling Order - District Court of California - California

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ORDER SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE This action having been assigned to Judge Samuel Conti, IT IS ORDERED that a conference will be held before Judge Conti on at 10:00 A.M. in the United

States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California. The parties shall appear in person or through counsel and shall be prepared to discuss the future course of the litigation including, but not limited to, matters set forth in Civil Local Rule 16-10. Parties are to file a written case

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management statement at least 10 days before said hearing date. The parties are required to comply with the provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26, Civil Local Rules 16-3 to 16-10 (patent cases should comply with Patent Local Rule), including, but not limited to, the following requirements: 1. The parties must meet and confer no less than 21 days prior to the initial case management conference. The parties must devise a discovery plan and submit it, jointly, no less than 7 days prior to the case management conference. The parties shall submit a proposed order embodying the terms of the discovery plan at the status conference. At the "meet and confer" conference referenced in paragraph 1, above, the parties shall discuss whether and to what extent they shall make the kinds of "disclosures" contemplated in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties shall report to the

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Court the results of this discussion in their case management conference statement. Following the conference, appropriate orders will be

3 entered regulating and controlling future proceedings in the case. 4 PLAINTIFF IS DIRECTED TO SERVE COPIES OF THIS ORDER AT 5 ONCE UPON ALL PARTIES TO THIS ACTION AND UPON THOSE 6 SUBSEQUENTLY JOINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF RULES 4 7 AND 5, FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, and to file with the 8 Clerk of the Court a certificate reflecting such service. 9 FOR THE COURT: 10 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk 11 12 By:
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13 Deputy Clerk 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 IMPORTANT: 24 25 26 27 28 2 SEE ATTACHED ORDER RE TIMELY FILING OF PLEADINGS, BRIEFS, AND MOTIONS CALENDAR AND ELECTRONIC CASE FILING: Judge Conti's Law and Motion Calendar is held at 10:00 A.M., Fridays.

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NOTICE TO ALL ATTORNEYS: ORDER RE TIMELY FILING OF PLEADINGS, BRIEFS, MOTIONS, ETC. It has been noted by the court that many attorneys are not filing their pleadings and briefs within the time specified in the Local Rules, nor in the manner or form required. Specifically,

many attorneys have filed briefs and memoranda in excess of twenty-five (25) pages, without leave of court. violates Civil Local Rule 7-4(b). By addressing this order to you, the court does not infer that you or any member of your firm adheres to this practice, but rather seeks to put all attorneys on notice. Any pleading or brief hereafter sought to be filed with the court after the required time, or in an improper manner or form, shall not be received or considered by the court. Any attorney in Said practice

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violation of these requirements will be subject to other sanctions pursuant to Civil Local Rule 1-4. RE ELECTRONIC CASE FILING: In all cases that have been assigned

to the Electronic Case Filing System, the parties are required to provide one paper copy of each document that is filed electronically for use in chambers. The paper copy of each document shall

be delivered no later than noon on the day after the document is filed electronically. Conti's chambers. RE MOTIONS: All pleadings relating to all motions should be Delivery shall be made directly to Judge

complete as to briefing and argument, as the court will decide the issues therein without oral argument, unless otherwise ordered by the Judge. When this occurs, the court will notify the parties (Civil Local Rule 7-6)

that they need to appear.

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