JURY TRIAL PREPARATION ORDER

SAMUEL CONTI, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

A. Required Submissions

No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before trial, each party shall e-file with this court, serve upon all other parties, and provide to the court two courtesy copies directly to chambers of the following materials. Unless otherwise noted, these materials shall be printed in thirteen point times new roman font.

(1) A JOINT agreed upon, brief statement of the case to be read to the jury prior to trial.

(2) Proposed Voir Dire questions.

(3) A trial brief.

(4) A list of exhibits conforming substantially to the form attached as Appendix A. Upon request of a party, any party shall make the original of any exhibit available for inspection and/or copying.

(5) A list of witnesses, including expert witnesses, in the expected order of their presentation. The witness list shall also include:

No witnesses other than those on said list shall be allowed to testify, except upon express order of this court.

(6) A statement designating all excerpts from depositions (specifying the witness' name, with page and line references), answers to interrogatories, and responses to requests for admission to be offered at trial for any purpose other than impeachment or rebuttal.

(7) JOINT jury instructions (see section C. infra).

(8) A proposed form of verdict.

(9) Motions in Limine will be heard at the pretrial conference. Motions in limine are to be filed and served no later than ten (10) days prior to the pretrial conference, oppositions are to be filed and served no later than five (5) days prior to the pretrial conference.

B. Exhibit Binders

Exhibits that can be reduced to 8.5" by 11" form (i.e. written documents, photographs, etc.) must be placed in three-ring binders of no more than three inches each. Exhibits shall be tabbed on the side and must be pre-marked in accordance with the attached forms. A copy of the exhibit list should be placed in the front of the binder. Binders should be clearly labeled on the outside as to which party's exhibits and what exhibit numbers they contain. The parties should prepare three (3) sets of binders: one for the Judge, one for the witness to refer to, and one for the clerk to act as the original. The exhibit marker should be affixed to the first page of each exhibit in the lower right hand corner. These binders shall be lodged with the Court no later than five (5) days before the scheduled trial date.

C. Proposed Jury Instructions

No later than fourteen (14) calendar days before the trial date, the parties shall e-file and provide the Court with two courtesy copies of the JOINT proposed jury instructions. The parties are ordered to meet, confer, and prepare said complete set of jury instructions. This complete set of all proposed instructions upon which the parties agree must include all standard instructions regarding the role of jurors, organization of the jury, communication with the court, etc. Failure to submit an agreed upon instruction on a matter of law as to which there is no substantial ground for difference of opinion may be considered a sufficient ground for the imposition of sanctions on counsel.

In addition, the parties shall e-mail a complete set of instructions in Word format to Judge Conti's proposed order mail box, scPO@cand.uscourts.gov.

Each individual proposed instruction shall be concise and free from argument, and typewritten on separate pages. Each proposed instruction should include the heading centered at the top of the first page of the instruction.

JURY INSTRUCTION NO. ____

The set shall include two (2) separate copies of the proposed instructions. Each instruction in the first copy should include a title briefly stating the general subject matter of the instruction and should be free from citation to supporting authority or other extraneous references. Each instruction in the second copy should include citations to supporting authority whenever available, but should be identical to instruction in the first copy in all other respects. With each set of instructions, the parties shall include an index to the proposed instructions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXHIBIT MARKERS, EXHIBIT LIST, AND TRANSCRIPTS

EXHIBIT MARKERS

Counsel should fill in the appropriate markers leaving the "Date Entered" and "Deputy Clerk" lines blank.

Plaintiff's exhibits should be denoted as: 1, 2, 3, etc. Defendant's exhibits should be denoted as: A, B, C, etc.

EXHIBIT LIST

Counsel are to supply all the requested information with the exception of the two "Date Boxes."

COLOR OF EXHIBIT BINDERS

Plaintiff's exhibit binders must be black and Defendant's exhibit binders must be white.

TRANSCRIPTS

Should a daily transcript and/or realtime reporting be desired, arrangements must be made with the Courtroom Deputy at least fourteen (14) days before the scheduled trial date.