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· · JUDGE ARMSTRONG’S STANDING ORDERS ‘ i e .
l l; Counsel are expected to consult and comply with all provisions of the Local Rules of Court
h relating tocontinuances, motions and all other matters. _ U
2. Civil Law & Motion will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Tuesdays. Criminal Law & Motion will
- be held at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesdays. Civil matters shall not be noticed for hearing on a Tuesday l
l following an official court holiday that falls on a Monday. ‘ _ 1
` · 3. The parties need not reserve a hearing date. However, the parties are advised to check the
court’s calendar at www.cand.uscou1ts.govfor the next available hearing date. Matter’s are .
0 calendared on a first come first serve basis. You MUST submit a hard copy of all motion papers p
tiled in E—F[LED cases in order to be placed on calendar]!
. 4. Before appearing for a matter before this Court all parties shall check the court’s ‘ _
. calendar at wwvv.cand.uscgu1ts.gov to confirm that their matters are still on calendar. l
5. Meet and Confer Requirement; All parties are expected to meet and confer before filing any
motion before this court. . ` _ _
. 6. Summary judgment! adjudication: The parties are not required to file statements of g ‘ i
- undisputed facts in connection with a motion for smnmary judgment. However, if the parties · l
desire to file a statement of undisputed facts, only one joint statement of undisputed facts sigped -_ _
. i by allparties shall be filed. All separate statements will be stricken. If the parties are unable to . Q
l agree that a fact is undisputed, they should assume that fact is in dispute. .
7. Proposed orders: Each party filing or opposing a motion shall also s_erve and file a proposed i
l _ . order whichisets forth the relief of action which includes that the party requests the C_ourt to . .
. adopt, a short statement of the rationale of decision including citationto authority. _
‘ e 8. The failure of the opposing party to file a memorandum of points and authorities in opposition . ` S
l e to any motion shall constitute a consent to the granting ofthe motion. - `N ‘ ` .
_ . ‘ 9. Criminal Law & Motion will be held at 9:00 a.m., on Tuesdays. Prior to a plea being e I ‘
l l — entered in a criminal case, a copy of the plea agreement must be submitted to chambers no later e .
P then the Friday before the plea is to be taken. All persons pleading guilty must complete an -
. application for permission to enter plea of guilty,which is available on the Court’s website at _ I
p ww»vw.cand.uscourts.gov. . . i . ` .
y l0. In All "E—Fili11g" Cases Effective Immediately, when filingpapers in connection with any
` motion or case management conference, the parties shall, in addition to filing papers . - l
g electronically, lodge with the Clerk’s Office a printed copy of the papers by the close of business - -_
_ the following day the papers are filed electronically. These printed copies shall be marked
"Charnbers Copy” and shall be submitted to the Clerl<’s Office, in an envelope clearly marked _
- with the judge’s name, case number and "E-Filing Chambers Copy." Parties shall not file a paper .
' copy of any other document with the Clerk’s Office that has already been filed electronically.
‘ You MUST submit a hard copy of all motion papers filed in E-FILED cases in order to-be placed P
on calendartl _ _ _ _ ‘ _

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I In addition to the requirements set forth in the Civil L.R. 16-10, counsel are expected to comply _- I .
_ with the following: - _
_ A. Filing.Case Management Statements Q
. . Counsel are expected to comply with this Standing Order concerning the joint filing of
the Case Management Statement. In preparing the Case Management Statement, the parties shall ‘
‘ use the Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of California provided herewith.
- Note that no party may submit a separate Case Management Statement. Disagreements among
. parties with respect to any of the matters contained in the Case Management Statement shall be _
· set forth in the appropriate sections. `
Counsel are further expected torfile a Case Management Statement at least ten (10) days I
`-before each and every scheduled Case Management Conference conducted in this action. lf there -
‘ is no change in the status of the case Hom the time the last statement was filed, counsel shall - i
. ‘ indicate as such in a pleading and attach a copy ofthe most recently filed Case Management .
Statement to the pleading. Failure to timely file a Case Management Statement may result in
s y sanctions. _ . I _ .
I ‘ I ‘ B. Appearance At The Case Management Conference - · I -I
II I Eachparty shall be represented at the Case Management Conference by Counsel prepared I .
-- to address all of the matters referred to in the Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern o E
.· - _ District Of California., and with authority to enter into stipulations and make admissions I g =
_‘ - pursuant to this and Fed. R. _Civ. P. 16(a) and (c). Representatives of the parties may, but are not
` - `_ _ _ required to, attend. Unless otherwise specified, all Case Management Conferences shall take ;
` s place via telephone. Plaintiff or his/her counsel is responsible for setting up the conference call. I .
_ Plaintiff or hisfher counsel will be notified of the date and time of the telephone conference call _ _
by Clerk's Notice shortly after the case has been filed. —
- Any request to reschedule the above dates shall be made in compliance with Civil LR. _ _ I I
I _ __ _ . 7-12 and must be made at least ten days prior to the date sought to be modified. Counsel shall _
` · not contact the chambers of Judge Armstrong regarding requests to modify provisions of this
. Standing Order; all requests must be submitted in writing and served on all parties to the action. `
I _ I _ _ The parties should be prepared to address and resolve at the Case Management - _
_ Conference all of issues in the Standing Order For All Judges Of The Northern District Of
California attached herewith. . _
I . . _ ‘ ‘ . - s/SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG I - I _
. . _ . ‘ ‘ . . I q SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG ` i
. ` . ‘ _ United States District Judge I _ `

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I STANDING ORDER FOR ALL JUDGES OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF I '
. T CALIFORNIA _ T
‘ I I CONTENTS OF JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT I . I
· Cornmencing March l, 2007, all judges of the Northem District of California will require the
- identical information in Joint Case Management Statements filed pursuant to Civil Local Rule
_ 16-9. The parties must include the following information in their statement which, except in - _
` unusually complex cases, should not exceed ten pages: ` -
. l. Jurisdiction and Service: The basis for the court’s subject matter jurisdiction over I _
-plaintiff"s claims and defendant’s counterclaims, whether any issues exist regarding personal .
I jurisdiction or venue, whether any parties remain to be served, and, if any parties remain to be
I - served, a proposed deadline for service. A - I . _
‘ 2. F acts: A brief chronology of the facts and a statement of the principal factual p _
I " issues in dispute. ‘ . T · _ I f
I _ 3.I Legal Issues: A brief statement, without extended legal argument, of the disputed points I _
- of law, including reference to specific statutes and decisions. I - . ` I
` c _ . 4. Motions: IAll prior and pending motions, their current status, and any anticipated motions. ‘
` ‘ 5. Amendment of Pleadings: The extent to which parties, claims, or defenses are expected to
_ _ . be added or dismissed and a proposed deadline for amending the pleadings-. I ` - - _ _
· I I I _I . Evidence Freservation: Steps taken to preserve evidence relevant to the issues reasonably _ _ -
_ I evident in this action, including _interdiction of any document-destruction program and any ‘ C
· I _ ongoing erasnres of e-mails, voice mails, and other electronically-recorded material. `
7. Disclosures: Whether there has been full and timely compliance with_the initial disclosure I I
- requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 and a description of the disclosures_made. ` _
c _ 8. Discovery: Discoveiy taken to date, if any, the scopIe of anticipated discovery, any ` . T
proposed limitations or modifications of the discovery rules, and a proposed discovery plan _ ‘
_ pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). ‘ T - ‘ q
9. Class Actions: If a class action, a proposal for how and when the class will be certified. T I
. T _ 10. Related Cases: Any related cases or proceedings pending before another judge of this - p
court, or before another court or administrative body. U 1 -_ _ i
I . _ I ll. - Relief: All relief sought through complaint or counterclaim, includingthe amount of any

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It damages sought and a description of the bases on which damages are calculated. In addition, any I
g party from whom damages are sought must describe the bases on which it contends damages ‘
should be calculated if liability is established. ‘
‘ I ‘ 12. Settlement and ADR: Prospects for settlement, ADR efforts to date, and aspecific ADR I I I
· - plan for the case, including compliance with ADR LR. 3—5 and a description of key discovery or _ I
motions necessary to position the parties to negotiate a resolution. ‘ _ I .
1 I _ I13. Consent to Magistrate Judge For All Pugposes: Whether all parties will consent to have a
magistrate judge conduct all riirther proceedings including trial and entry of judgment. ` I .
.14. ` Other References: Whether the case issuitable for reference to binding arbitration, a _ . e _
_ special master, or the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. ¤ .
_ _ I‘ 15. Narrowing of Issues: Issues that can be narrowed by agreement or by motion, suggestionsI r I I
g to expedite the presentation of evidence at trial (e. g., through summaries or stipulated facts), and _
- any request to bifurcate issues, claims, or defenses. ` Q I . g ·_ p Z
I ‘ I 16. Expedited Schedule: Whether this is the type IofIcaIse that can be handled on an expedited - _
; basis with streamlined procedures. . · _ _ . ` - I .
I 17. Scheduling: Proposed dates for designation of experts, discovery cutoff, hearing of ` . ` `
_ . dispositivemotions, pretrial conference and trial. . U - _ _ g r. —f
· Q “ ‘ II 18. Trial: Whether the case willbe tried to a ju-ry or to the court and the expected length of I I· .
_ ,“the1:rial. . _ -
_ · 19. Disclosure ofNon—p@ Interested Entities or Persons: `Whether each party has filed the I I I
. . r _ · ‘lCertification of Interested Entities or Persons" required by Civil -Local Rule 3-16. In addition, I ‘
each party must restate in the case management statement the contents of its certification by
I identifying any persons, firms, _partnerships, corporations (including parent corporations) or other I _
entities known by the party to have either: (i) a financial interest in the subject matter in . ` . - -_
controversy orI in a party to the proceeding; or (ii) any other kind of interest that could be- ‘ - — I _ - j
_ ‘ . - substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding. I ‘ _ _· -_ ‘ _ - U ` _ -
_ _ 20. Such other matters as may facilitate the just, speedy and inexpensive disposition of this _ , _
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