Opinion
1:20-cv-00365-ADA-EPG
10-25-2022
ROGELIO SANCHEZ, Plaintiff, v. SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER RE: STATUS CONFERENCE, MODIFYING THE CASE SCHEDULE (ECF NO. 52)
On October 24, 2022, the Court held a status conference in this matter. (See ECF No. 52). At the conference, the Court discussed the status of the case, including the cancellation of the planned settlement conference due to defense counsel's notification that it would not be fruitful. The parties were reminded of the necessity of having a settlement conference or private mediation before the pretrial conference. Additionally, at the parties' request, the Court agreed to modify the case schedule to conduct further limited discovery and to continue the trial set for June 14, 2023.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the scheduling order, as amended, (ECF Nos. 26, 28, 31, 33, 37, 47) is further modified as follows:
Deadline/Date Type
Current Deadline/Date
New Deadline/Date
Non-expert Discovery Cutoff, for the limited purpose of conducting two “PMK” depositions of deponents that Defendants will provide
May 31, 2022
December 14, 2022
Expert Discovery Cutoff, for the limited purpose of deposing all expert witnesses
September 15, 2022
February 1, 2023
Pretrial/Daubert Motions, for the limited purpose of filing Daubert motions
October 31, 2022
February 24, 2023
Pretrial Conference
No alteration
April 10, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 1 (ADA)
Trial
June 14, 2023
July 25, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 1 (ADA)
1. Further, the parties are advised that this matter was reassigned to District Judge Ana de Alba on August 24, 2022. (ECF No. 51).
2. The parties are directed to review her standing order, which is available at: https://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/assets/File/ADA%20Standing%20Order%20082 42022.pdf
3. Among other things, this order requires the parties “to file a Joint Pretrial statement seven days (7) before the Final Pretrial Conference hearing date,” with the Joint Pretrial statement being emailed as a Microsoft Word document to adaorders@caed.uscourts.gov.
4. Under the existing scheduling order, the deadline to file motions in limine, among other filings, will be set at the pretrial conference. (ECF No. 26, p. 5).
IT IS SO ORDERED.