CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER
SALLIE KIM, Magistrate Judge.
Following the case management conference held on August 17, 2016, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
I. TRIAL DATE
A. A bench trial will begin on June 12, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom A on the 15th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102.
B. Trial normally will be conducted from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (or slightly longer to finish a witness) with two fifteen-minute breaks and forty-five minutes for lunch, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday excluding holidays. If there are issues that must be addressed outside the presence of the jury, the Court shall address those issues at 8:30 a.m. This schedule may be modified at the discretion of the Court.
II. DISCOVERY
All discovery shall be completed no later than December 30, 2016.
III. MOTIONS
The last day for hearing dispositive motions shall be March 22, 2017 (a date modified from the date provided at the August 17, 2016 hearing). The last day to file a dispositive motion shall be February 13, 2017.
IV. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
A. The pretrial conference will be held on May 15, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.
B. At least 28 days before the pretrial conference, lead counsel and/or the parties if pro se shall meet and confer regarding preparation of the joint pretrial conference statement, preparation and exchange of pretrial materials to be filed and settlement of the action.
C. At least 14 days before the pretrial conference, counsel and/or parties shall serve and file a joint pretrial statement. The pretrial statement shall include the following:
1. A brief description of the substance of claims and defenses which remain to be decided.
2. A detailed statement of all relief sought, itemizing all elements of damages claimed.
3. A statement of all relevant undisputed facts to which the parties will stipulate for incorporation into the trial record without the necessity of supporting testimony or exhibits.
4. A statement of all relevant disputed facts which remain to be decided.
5. A brief statement of disputed points of law concerning liability and relief. Legal argument on these points shall be reserved for the trial briefs.
6. A statement of any motions or other matters that must be resolved prior to trial.
7. A statement of whether bifurcation or a separate trial of specific issues is feasible and desired.
8. An estimate of the number of hours needed for the presentation of each party's case.
9. A statement summarizing the status of settlement negotiations and indicating whether further negotiations are likely to be productive.
D. At least 14 days before the pretrial conference, counsel and/or parties shall also:
1. Serve and file trial briefs (not to exceed 10 pages), which shall specify each cause of action and defense remaining to be tried, along with a statement of the applicable legal standard. No opposition shall be filed.
2. Serve and file a list of deposition excerpts for witnesses who will not testify in person (specifying the witness and the page and line references to the deposition transcripts) and other discovery responses that will be offered at trial.
3. Serve and file a list of all witnesses to be called at trial, in person or by deposition, other than solely for impeachment or rebuttal, with a brief statement describing the substance of the testimony to be given.
4. Serve and file a numerical list of exhibits that will be offered as evidence in a party's case in chief in support of a claim or defense, with a brief statement describing the substance and purpose of each exhibit and the name of the sponsoring witness.
E. Motions in Limine. The parties are encouraged to resolve as many trial issues by stipulation as possible. The parties shall meet and confer at least 35 days before the pretrial conference to determine whether any evidentiary issues may be resolved by stipulation. No party may file a motion in limine without first making a good faith effort to resolve the evidentiary issue with opposing counsel.
1. Please limit motions in limine to circumstances that require an advance ruling. No more than five motions per side will be allowed. If a party seeks to file more than five motions in limine, they must file an administrative motion at least 14 days before the motions in limine are due to be served on opposing counsel, demonstrating extraordinarily good cause for allowing the excess motions. The administrative motion should summarize the subject matter of each proposed additional motion in limine.
2. The motions in limine shall be served, but not filed, at least 30 days before the pretrial conference. The oppositions shall be served, but not filed, at least 20 days before the pretrial conference. The Court does not permit reply briefs. At least 14 days before the pretrial conference, the parties shall file the motions in limine and submit them to Chambers collated in a binder. In the binder, the motions shall be separated by tabs (e.g., Tab 1: Plaintiff's Motion in Limine No. 1 re:; Tab 2: Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion in Limine No. 1, and so on). The binder containing all motions in limine should be submitted to the Clerk's office in an envelope clearly marked with the case number and "SK chambers copy."
3. Each motion in limine should address a single, separate topic, and contain no more than seven pages of briefing per side. Leave of Court will be required to exceed the page limitations. Motions should be clearly identified as "____'s Motion in Limine No. __ re _________" If the content of an exhibit is necessary to the resolution of a motion in limine, that exhibit must be attached to a declaration in support of that motion.
V. TRIAL PROCEDURES
A. Should a daily transcript and/or realtime reporting be desired, the parties shall make arrangements with Richard Duvall, Court Reporter Supervisor at (415) 522-2079 or Richard_Duvall@cand.uscourts.gov, at least 14 days prior to the trial date.
B. During trial, counsel may wish to use the technology available in the Courtroom. If that is the case, the parties shall refer to the Court's Website regarding Courtroom Technology at: http://cand.uscourts.gov/courtroomtech. If the parties prefer to use the Court's equipment rather than their own, 28 days before the pretrial conference they should contact the Court's Courtroom Deputy to determine whether an evidence cart is available. The parties may also consult with the Courtroom Deputy regarding courtroom layout issues.
If the parties intend to use their own equipment, or intend to use equipment in addition to the equipment available through the Court, it should be shared by all counsel to the maximum extent possible. In addition, the United States Marshal requires a court order to allow equipment into the courthouse. For electronic equipment, parties should be prepared to maintain the equipment or have a technician available at all times. For overhead projectors, the parties shall provide a spare bulb. The parties shall tape extension cords to the carpet for safety. The parties shall be prepared to disassemble and store all equipment in the courtroom at the end of each court day.
C. At the close of each trial day, all counsel shall exchange a list of witnesses for the next two full court days and the exhibits that will be used during direct examination (other than for impeachment of an adverse witness). Within 24 hours of such notice, all other counsel shall provide any objections to such exhibits and shall provide a list of all exhibits to be used with the same witness on cross-examination (other than for impeachment). The first notice shall be exchanged prior to the first day of trial. All such notice should be provided in writing.
D. It is the Court's preference that where the parties identify the same witness, the parties should call that witness once during the trial, unless either party can show that they would be prejudiced by this procedure. When the Court follows this procedure, the Court allows a defendant to reserve the right to move for judgment as a matter of law, and the Court will only consider evidence presented by the plaintiff as part of the plaintiff's case-in-chief when evaluating that motion.
E. A witness or exhibit not listed in the joint pretrial order may not be used without good cause. This rule does not apply to true rebuttal witnesses (other than rebuttal experts who must be listed). Defense witnesses are considered case-in-chief witnesses, not "rebuttal" witnesses.
F. At trial, direct testimony of experts will be limited to the matters disclosed in their reports. Omitted material may not ordinarily be added on direct examination. Illustrative animations, diagrams, charts and models may be used on direct examination only if they were part of the expert report, with the exception of simple drawings and tabulations that plainly illustrate the content of the report, which can be drawn by the witness at trial or otherwise shown to the jury. If cross-examination fairly opens the door, however, an expert may go beyond the written report on cross-examination and/or re-direct examination. By written stipulation, all parties may relax these requirements. The Court will not permit Federal Rule of Evidence 703 to be used to admit otherwise inadmissible evidence through the expert (i.e., through the "back door"). At its discretion, the Court may require the parties' expert witnesses on a particular subject matter to testify immediately following one another, with appropriate explanatory instructions to the jury. G. Counsel must consult with each other and with the deputy clerk at the end of each trial day and compare notes as to which exhibits are in evidence and any limitations thereon. If there are any differences, counsel should bring them promptly to the Court's attention. H. In general, in addition to the official record exhibits, the Court requires two copies of the joint set of bench binders that contain copies of the exhibits. Counsel shall provide these binders to the Court on the first day of trial. Each exhibit must be separated with a label divider (an exhibit tag is unnecessary for the bench sets). In large letters, the labels should identify the range of exhibit numbers contained in a binder.
I. Ordinarily, the Court shall set fixed time limits at the final pretrial conference. All of counsels' examination time (whether direct, cross, re-direct or re-cross) for all witnesses and conference time (as specified above) must fit within the time limits and may be allocated as counsel wish. The time limits for opening statements and closing arguments shall be considered separately. Counsel must keep track of everyone's usage. At the end of each day, counsel must confer over the time used and the time remaining for all parties and advise the Court daily. If a party requests to argue an objection, and the Court overrules that party's objection, the Court may charge the time spent to that party.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
