Filed: Nov. 17, 2017
Latest Update: Nov. 17, 2017
Summary: REVISED STIPULATION AND SCHEDULING ORDER LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL , District Judge . RECITALS WHEREAS, the parties filed a Stipulation and (Proposed) Scheduling Order on October 30, 2017, see Dkt. 1136; WHEREAS, the Court issued a minute order on November 7, 2017, stating that, although "[m]ost of the [stipulation's] proposals are reasonable and will be approved," it was "the Court's strong preference to set a firm trial date," Dkt. 1139, which the stipulation lacked; WHEREAS, the Court's m
Summary: REVISED STIPULATION AND SCHEDULING ORDER LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL , District Judge . RECITALS WHEREAS, the parties filed a Stipulation and (Proposed) Scheduling Order on October 30, 2017, see Dkt. 1136; WHEREAS, the Court issued a minute order on November 7, 2017, stating that, although "[m]ost of the [stipulation's] proposals are reasonable and will be approved," it was "the Court's strong preference to set a firm trial date," Dkt. 1139, which the stipulation lacked; WHEREAS, the Court's mi..
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REVISED STIPULATION AND SCHEDULING ORDER
LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL, District Judge.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties filed a Stipulation and (Proposed) Scheduling Order on October 30, 2017, see Dkt. 1136;
WHEREAS, the Court issued a minute order on November 7, 2017, stating that, although "[m]ost of the [stipulation's] proposals are reasonable and will be approved," it was "the Court's strong preference to set a firm trial date," Dkt. 1139, which the stipulation lacked;
WHEREAS, the Court's minute order directed the parties to meet and confer to determine a mutually acceptable trial date and to communicate that date to the Court by filing a revised schedule; see id.;
WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and determined a mutually acceptable trial date and have confirmed with the Courtroom Deputy that the parties' proposed date is available;
AND WHEREAS, that mutually acceptable trial date takes into account the Court's estimate that it will optimistically need approximately 12 weeks to rule on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment and maintains the parties' previously-requested 5-month interval between the ruling on summary judgment motions and trial, see id.;
STIPULATION
NOW THEREFORE, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby stipulate to the following revised proposed schedule and page limits regarding discovery, briefing of motions for summary judgment, and trial deadlines:1
Schedule
Event Deadline
Plaintiffs' motion for summary
judgment January 24, 2018
Defendants' oppositions and crossmotions
for summary judgment February 23, 2018
Plaintiffs' reply and opposition March 26, 2018
Defendants' replies April 9, 2018
Hearing on motions for summary
judgment April 23, 2018
Fact discovery cutoff March 12, 2018
Provided, however, that if issues remain for trial,
any party may seek to reopen fact discovery based
on a showing of good cause.
Expert disclosures September 28, 2018
Rebuttal expert disclosures October 26, 2018
Expert discovery cutoff November 27, 2018
Last day to file joint pretrial statement December 11, 2018
Pretrial conference December 18, 2018
Last day to serve proposed pretrial order January 8, 2019
Last day to file opening trial briefs January 15, 2019
Last day to file answering trial briefs January 29, 2019
First day of trial. February 5, 2019
Page Limits. Each set of Parties — Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants, the SRS Contractors, and the Delta-Mendota Canal Contractors — shall be limited to a maximum of 40 pages for opening and opposition briefs on motions for summary judgment, and a maximum of 20 pages for reply briefs on summary judgment.
ORDER
Pursuant to the Parties' Stipulation, the Court hereby ORDERS that the following schedule for further proceedings in this case is established.
Event Deadline
Plaintiffs' motion for summary
judgment January 24, 2018
Defendants' oppositions and cross-motions
for summary judgment February 23, 2018
Plaintiffs' reply and opposition March 26, 2018
Defendants' replies April 9, 2018
Hearing on motions for summary
judgment April 23, 2018
March 12, 2018
Provided, however, that if issues remain for trial,
Fact discovery cutoff any party may seek to reopen fact discovery based
on a showing of good cause.
Expert disclosures September 28, 2018
Rebuttal expert disclosures October 26, 2018
Expert discovery cutoff November 27, 2018
Last day to file joint pretrial statement December 11, 2018
Pretrial conference December 18, 2018
Last day to serve proposed pretrial order January 8, 2019
Last day to file opening trial briefs January 15, 2019
Last day to file answering trial briefs January 29, 2019
First day of trial. February 5, 2019
Pursuant to the Parties' Stipulation, the Court further ORDERS that the following page limits apply to the parties' dispositive motions briefing:
Brief Pages
(as to each set of Parties)
Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment 40
Defendants' motions for summary judgment
and oppositions 40
Plaintiffs' opposition and reply 40
Defendants' replies 20
IT IS SO ORDERED.
