Opinion
Case No.: C 11-2787 PSG
10-19-2011
KIM LA BARBER SMITH, an individual, Plaintiff, v. VMWARE, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant.
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
On October 18, 2011, the parties appeared before Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal for a case management conference. Based on the parties' Joint Case Management Statement and the discussions held at the case management conference,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court adopts the parties' statement of disputed factual and legal issues as set forth in the Case Management Statement.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for joinder of any additional parties, or other amendments to the pleadings, is sixty days after entry of this order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the presumptive limits on discovery set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the case is referred to mediation, as agreed to by the parties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following schedule shall apply to this case:
FactDiscoveryCutoff ......................................... February28, 2012
Expert WitnessDisclosure........................................March 15, 2012
ExpertDiscoveryCutoff .......................................... April16, 2012
Deadline(s)forFilingDiscoveryMotions.................... See Civil Local Rule 37-3
Last Day for Dispositive Motion Hearing .................10:00 a.m. on May 15, 2012
Final Pretrial Conference................................2:00 p.m. on June 19, 2012
Trial ................................................ 9:30 a.m. on July 16, 2012
This is the last date for hearing dispositive motions. Any such motions must be noticed in compliance with Civil Local Rule 7-2(a).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall comply with the Standing Order for Civil Practice in Cases Assigned for All Purposes to Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal (Dec. 2010), a copy of which is available from the Clerk of the Court, with regard to the timing and content of the Joint Pretrial Statement, and all other pretrial submissions.
A copy of Judge Grewal's standing order is also available on the court's website at www.cand.uscourts.gov by clicking first on the "Judges" button, then on Judge Grewal's name, then on the link for "Magistrate Judge Grewal's Standing Orders," and finally on the link for "Judge Grewal's Civil Standing Order."
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PAUL S. GREWAL
United States Magistrate Judge