Pajas v. County of Monterey

          Attorney for Plaintiffs: Joshua Piovia-Scott

          Attorney for Defendants County of Monterey and Steve Bernal: Michael Philippi

          Attorney for Defendants King City, King City Police Department, Tony Sollecito, and Steve Orozco: Vincent Hurley

          Attorney for Defendants California Forensic Medical Group and Christina Kaupp: Alan Martini

          CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

          Lucy H. Koh United States District Judge

         An initial case management conference was held on June 23, 2016. A further case management conference is set for September 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their joint case management statement by September 14, 2016.

         The discovery limits of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply in this case.

         The Court referred the parties to a settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Cousins with a deadline of January 31, 2017.

         The deadline for the parties to file their ESI discovery order for Judge Cousins’ signature is July 21, 2016.

         Plaintiffs may file only one joint dispositive motion in the entire case. Defendants King City, King City Police Department, Tony Sollecito, and Steve Orozco (the King City Defendants) may file only one joint dispositive motion in the entire case. The page limits for the dispositive motions filed by Plaintiffs and by the King City Defendants shall be 25 pages for the motions, 25 pages for the oppositions, and 15 pages for the reply.

         Defendants County of Monterey and Steve Bernal (the County Defendants), and California Forensic Medical Group and Christina Kaupp (the Medical Group Defendants) may file only one joint dispositive motion in the entire case. The page limits for the joint dispositive motion filed by the County Defendants and the Medical Group Defendants shall be 30 pages for the motion, 30 pages for the opposition, and 20 pages for the reply.

         The Court set the following case schedule:

Scheduled Event	Date
Further Case Management Conference	September 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.
Deadline to Complete Mediation	January 31, 2016
Close of Fact Discovery	March 3, 2017
Opening Expert Reports	March 17, 2017
Rebuttal Expert Reports	April 7, 2017
Close of Expert Discovery	May 5, 2017
Last Day to File Dispositive Motions Motions:	June 12, 2017
Oppositions: June 26, 2017 Replies:	July 10, 2017
Hearing on Dispositive Motions	August 10, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.
Final Pretrial Conference	September 28, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.
Jury/Bench Trial	October 30, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.
Length of Trial	9 days