United States District Court, E.D. California
STATUS (PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER
JOHN
A. MENDEZ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
After
review of the Joint Status Report, the court makes the
following order:
SERVICE
OF PROCESS
All
named defendants have been served except Michelle White.
Service upon such remaining defendant shall be accomplished
within 30 days of the date of this order or the case will be
dismissed as to her unless the court specifically orders
otherwise.
JOINDER
OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS
No
further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is
permitted except with leave of court, good cause having been
shown.
JURISDICTION
AND VENUE Jurisdiction and venue are not contested.
FICTITIOUSLY-NAMED
DEFENDANTS
This
action, including any counterclaims, cross-claims, and third
party complaints is hereby DISMISSED as to all DOE or other
fictitiously-named defendants.
MOTION
HEARINGS SCHEDULES
All
dispositive motions shall be filed by January 30, 2018.
Hearing on such motions shall be on February 27, 2018 at 1:30
p.m. The parties are reminded of the notice requirements as
outlined in Local Rule 230(b).
The
time deadline for dispositive motions does not apply to
motions for continuances, temporary restraining orders or
other emergency applications.
All
purely legal issues are to be resolved by timely pre-trial
motions. The parties are reminded that motions in
limine are procedural devices designed to address the
admissibility of evidence and are cautioned that the court
will look with disfavor upon substantive motions presented at
the final pre-trial conference or at trial in the guise of
motions in limine. The parties are further cautioned
that if any legal issue which should have been tendered to
the court by proper pre-trial motion requires resolution by
the court after the established law and motion cut-off date,
substantial sanctions may be assessed for the failure to file
the appropriate pre-trial motion.
Unless
prior permission has been granted, memoranda of law in
support of and in opposition to motions under Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 56 and 65 and any post-judgment or post-trial
motions are limited to twenty-five (25) pages, and reply
memoranda are limited to ten (10) pages. Memoranda of law in
support of and in opposition to all other motions are limited
to fifteen (15) pages, and reply memoranda are ...