Leon v. City of Woodlake

          SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER

         Amendment to Pleadings: April 1, 2020 Initial Disclosures: January 15, 2020 Expert Disclosure: June 5, 2020 Supplemental Expert Disclosure: June 25, 2020 Non-expert Discovery Cutoff: April 7, 2020 Expert Discovery Cutoff: August 7, 2020 Pretrial Motion Filing Deadline: September 7, 2020 Status Conf.: Dated: February 11, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM Place: Telephonic

         This Court conducted a scheduling conference on December 19, 2019. Counsel Kennedy Helm appeared by telephone on behalf of plaintiff. Counsel Chester Wells appeared by telephone on behalf of defendants. Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b), this court sets a schedule for this action.

         1. Amendment to the Parties' Pleadings

         All stipulated amendments or motions to amend shall be filed by April 1, 2020.

         2. Current Status of Consent to the Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction

         Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the parties have not decided whether they will consent to conduct all further proceedings in this case, including trial, before a U.S. Magistrate Judge.

         3. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures

         Initial disclosures pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) shall be completed by January 15, 2020.

         4. Discovery Cutoffs and Limits

         Initial expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than June 5, 2020. Supplemental expert witness disclosures by any party shall be served no later than June 25, 2020. Such disclosures must be made pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(A) and (B) and shall include all information required thereunder. In addition, Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(4) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(e) shall specifically apply to all discovery relating to expert witnesses and their opinions. Each expert witness must be prepared fully to be examined on all subjects and opinions included in the designations. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions, which may include the preclusion of testimony or other evidence offered through the expert witness. In particular, this Court will enforce preclusion of testimony or other evidence if Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(e) is not strictly complied with.

         All non-expert discovery, including motions to compel, shall be completed no later than April 7, 2020. All expert discovery, including motions to compel, shall be completed no later than August 7, 2020. Compliance with these discovery cutoffs requires motions to compel be filed and heard sufficiently in advance of the cutoff so that the Court may grant effective relief within the allotted discovery time. A parties' failure to have a discovery dispute heard sufficiently in advance of the discovery cutoff may result in denial of the motion as untimely.

         5. Pretrial Motion Schedule

         All pre-trial motions, both dispositive and non-dispositive (except motions to compel, addressed above), shall be served and filed on or before September 7, 2020. Non-dispositive motions are heard on Fridays at 10:00 a.m., before the Honorable Jeremy D. Peterson, United States Magistrate Judge, in Courtroom 6. Before scheduling such motions, the parties shall comply with Local Rule 230 or Local Rule 251.

         Counsel must comply with Local Rule 251 with respect to discovery disputes or the motion will be denied without prejudice and dropped from calendar. In addition to filing a joint statement electronically, a copy of the joint statement shall also be sent Judge Peterson's chambers by email to jdporders@caed.uscourts.gov. Counsel for the parties are additionally required to conduct at least one telephonic or in-person conference as part of their obligations to meet and confer in good faith to resolve their discovery dispute prior ...