Filed: Apr. 08, 2016
Latest Update: Apr. 08, 2016
Summary: [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER RONALD M. WHYTE , District Judge . Plaintiffs Jihan Shawar Thissel, Tony Lee Matthews Sr., Sidney Thissel, and Jamie Frasier ("Plaintiffs") and Defendants Officer Cameron Murphy, Sergeant Mark Lazzarini, Officer William Yetter, Officer Jeff Arensdorf, Chief Kelly McMillin, the City of Salinas Police Department, and the City of Salinas ("Defendants") by and through their respective counsel of record, filed a joint case management statement pur
Summary: [PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER RONALD M. WHYTE , District Judge . Plaintiffs Jihan Shawar Thissel, Tony Lee Matthews Sr., Sidney Thissel, and Jamie Frasier ("Plaintiffs") and Defendants Officer Cameron Murphy, Sergeant Mark Lazzarini, Officer William Yetter, Officer Jeff Arensdorf, Chief Kelly McMillin, the City of Salinas Police Department, and the City of Salinas ("Defendants") by and through their respective counsel of record, filed a joint case management statement purs..
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[PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER
RONALD M. WHYTE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Jihan Shawar Thissel, Tony Lee Matthews Sr., Sidney Thissel, and Jamie Frasier ("Plaintiffs") and Defendants Officer Cameron Murphy, Sergeant Mark Lazzarini, Officer William Yetter, Officer Jeff Arensdorf, Chief Kelly McMillin, the City of Salinas Police Department, and the City of Salinas ("Defendants") by and through their respective counsel of record, filed a joint case management statement pursuant to Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on March 22, 2016. On April 1, 2016, Wendy Chau appeared for Plaintiffs at the case management conference, and Vincent Hurley and Ryan Thompson appeared for the above-listed defendants.
After considering the represented parties' Rule 26(f) joint statement, and after consulting with the attorneys for the represented parties at the April 1, 2016 conference, THIS COURT HEREBY ENTERS THE FOLLOWING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING ORDER:
(1) Discovery shall be limited as follows:
a. Plaintiffs and Defendants are limited to ten (10) depositions each;
b. Plaintiffs and Defendants are limited to propounding a total of twenty-five (25) interrogatories per side;
c. Plaintiff and Defendants are limited to propounding a total of ten (10) requests for admissions per side;
d. Document requests are not limited in number, but they must be narrowly tailored;
e. All other discovery is to be conducted pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and
f. Any party seeking to exceed these limits must apply to this Court.
(2) The Discovery and trial schedule are the following:
a. Non-Expert discovery cutoff: April 10, 2017
b. Expert Designations and Reports Due: May 7, 2017
c. Expert Discovery Cutoff: June 5, 2017
d. Deadline to file Dispositive Motions: June 30, 2017
e. Dispositive Motion Hearing: August 4, 2017
f. Final Pretrial Conference: September 14, 2017
f. Trial date (5 days): October 2, 2017
(3) The parties shall have a Mandatory Settlement Conference with the assigned Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins prior to the scheduled pretrial conference. The parties are directed to contact Magistrate Judge Cousins' Court Clerk to schedule the settlement conference.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
