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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 IDEVELOPMENT, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a telephonic Case Management Conference was held on June 27, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. After consulting with the attorneys of record for LAUREL HILL ESCROW SERVICES, INC., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 08-CV-0301-JLS (JMA) CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ORDER REGULATING DISCOVERY AND OTHER PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS (Fed. R. Civ. P. 16) (Local Rule 16.1) (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

the parties and being advised of the status of the case, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. Any motion to join other parties, to amend the

pleadings, or to file additional pleadings shall be filed on or before July 25, 2008. 2. A telephonic Case Management Conference shall be held

before Magistrate Judge Adler on September 17, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.

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Counsel for each party shall appear telephonically at this conference. 3. The Court will initiate the conference call.

All expert disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P.

26(a)(2) shall be served on all parties on or before September 19, 2008. Any contradictory or rebuttal information shall be In addition, Fed. R.

disclosed on or before October 10, 2008.

Civ. P. 26(e)(1) imposes a duty on the parties to supplement the expert disclosures made pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) by the time that pretrial disclosures are due under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) (discussed below). This disclosure requirement

applies to all persons retained or specially employed to provide expert testimony, or whose duties as an employee of the party regularly involve the giving of expert testimony. Please be advised that failure to comply with this section or any other discovery order of the Court may result in the sanctions provided for in Fed. R. Civ. P. 37, including a prohibition on the introduction of experts or other designated matters in evidence. 4. All discovery shall be completed by all parties on or "Completed" means that all discovery

before October 31, 2008.

under Rules 30 through 36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure must be initiated a sufficient period of time in advance of the cutoff date, so that it may be completed by the cutoff date, taking into account the times for service, notice, and response as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All

disputes concerning discovery shall be brought to the attention of Magistrate Judge Adler no later than thirty (30) days following the date upon which the event giving rise to the

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dispute occurred.

For oral discovery, the event giving rise to

the discovery dispute is the completion of the transcript of the affected portion of the deposition. For written discovery, the

event giving rise to the discovery dispute is the service of the response. Counsel are required to meet and confer prior to

contacting the Court regarding all discovery disputes pursuant to the requirements of Local Rules 16.5(k) and 26.1(a). 5. All motions, other than motions to amend or join

parties, or motions in limine, shall be filed on or before December 1, 2008.1 Motions will not be heard or calendared

unless counsel for the moving party has obtained a motion hearing date from the law clerk of the judge who will hear the motion. Be advised that the period of time between the date you request a motion date and the hearing date may be up to sixty (60) days. Please plan accordingly. Failure of counsel to timely request a

motion date may result in the motion not being heard. Briefs or memoranda in support of or in opposition to any pending motion shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length without leave of the judge who will hear the motion. No reply

memorandum shall exceed ten (10) pages without such leave of court. 6. A Mandatory Settlement Conference shall be conducted on

February 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the chambers of Magistrate Judge Adler. Counsel shall submit settlement statements directly

to Magistrate Judge Adler's chambers no later than February 17,

Counsel should note that while historically motion cutoff deadlines issued by this Court were deadlines for motion hearings, the motion cutoff dates now being issued establish deadlines for the parties to file motions. 3
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2009.2

The parties may either submit confidential settlement Each

statements or may exchange their settlement statements. party's settlement statement shall set forth the party's

statement of the case, identify controlling legal issues, concisely set out issues of liability and damages, and shall set forth the party's settlement position, including the last offer or demand made by that party, and a separate statement of the offer or demand the party is prepared to make at the settlement conference. The settlement conference briefs shall not be filed

with the Clerk of the Court. All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in person at the conference. The

individual(s) present at the Mandatory Settlement Conference with settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion and authority on behalf of the party to: 1) fully explore all

settlement options and to agree during the Mandatory Settlement Conference to any settlement terms acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement position of a party during the course of the Mandatory Settlement Conference (Pitman v. Brinker Int'l, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a settlement without being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan's Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)). Governmental entities may appear through litigation counsel

Statements may be delivered directly to chambers, e-mailed to [email protected], or faxed to (619) 702-9939. 4
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only.

As to all other parties, appearance by litigation counsel Retained outside corporate counsel shall

only is not acceptable.

not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the authority to negotiate and enter into a settlement. The failure

of any counsel, party or authorized person to appear at the Mandatory Settlement Conference as required shall be cause for the immediate imposition of sanctions. All conference

discussions will be informal, off the record, privileged, and confidential. 7. Counsel shall serve on each other and file their

Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law and take any other action required by Local Rule 16.1(f)(2) on or before March 12, 2009. On or before this date, the parties must also comply with

the pretrial disclosure requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3). 8. Counsel shall confer and take the action required by

Local Rule 16.1(f)(4) on or before March 19, 2009. 9. The Proposed Final Pretrial Conference order, including

written objections, if any, to any party's Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) pretrial disclosures, shall be prepared, served, and lodged with the Clerk's Office on or before March 26, 2009 and shall be in the form prescribed in Local Rule 16.1(f)(6). Any

objections shall comply with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3). Please be advised that the failure to file written

objections to a party's pretrial disclosures may result in the waiver of such objections, with the exception of those made pursuant to Rules 402 (relevance) and 403 (prejudice, confusion or waste of time) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. 10. The final Pretrial Conference is scheduled on the

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calendar of the Honorable Sammartino on April 2, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. The trial date will be assigned by the district judge at

the pretrial conference. 11. The dates and times set forth herein will not be

modified except for good cause shown. 12. Plaintiff's(s') counsel shall serve a copy of this order on all parties that enter this case hereafter. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: June 30, 2008 Jan M. Adler U.S. Magistrate Judge

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