Nelson v. Pima, County of ( 2022 )

1 WO 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 7 8 Bradley L Nelson, No. CV-21-00455-TUC-JCH 9 Plaintiff, ORDER 10 v. 11 County of Pima, et al., 12 Defendant. 13 Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a Case Management 14 Conference is set for May 19, 2022 at 4:10 p.m. The conference will be held telephonically 15 in chambers. The parties shall call 888-363-4735 and enter access code 5538514 at the time 16 set for the conference. 17 A. Rule 26(f) Meeting and Case Management Report. 18 The parties are directed to meet and confer at least 10 days before the Case 19 Management Conference as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f). At this 20 meeting the parties shall consider the expedited trial alternative set forth in section B below 21 and shall develop a joint Case Management Report which contains the information called 22 for in section C below. 23 B. Expedited Trial Alternative. 24 The parties may elect to take this case directly to trial — whether jury or bench trial 25 —without discovery and without motion practice. The intent of this expedited trial 26 alternative is to afford parties a ready trial forum in which cases can be resolved without 27 the time and expense normally required for discovery and motion practice. 28 1. An expedited trial will be held in this case if all parties agree to such a trial. 1 2. If the parties elect to proceed to an expedited trial: 2 a. No formal discovery or motion practice will occur. 3 b. The Joint Case Management Report required by section C below need not 4 include the information called for in section C(8), (12), (14), and (15). 5 c. At the Case Management Conference scheduled above, the Court will set 6 a Final Pretrial Conference within two months. At the Final Pretrial 7 Conference, the Court will give the parties a firm trial date, usually within 8 two or three months of the Final Pretrial Conference. Thus, the expedited 9 trial likely will occur within four of five months of the Case Management 10 Conference. 11 3. Counsel for each party is required to discuss this expedited trial alternative with 12 his or her client before the Rule 26(f) conference. As part of this discussion, 13 counsel must provide his or her client with two good faith estimates of the costs 14 (including attorneys’ fees) of litigating this case to completion: (a) an estimate of the cost if an expedited trial is elected, and (b) an estimate of the cost if an 15 expedited trial is not elected and typical discovery and motion practice occur. 16 The intent of this requirement is to ensure that clients clearly understand the 17 potential cost savings of an expedited trial. 18 4. Each counsel must certify in the Joint Case Management Report that he or she 19 has held the client discussion required in the immediately preceding paragraph. 20 Each pro se litigant must certify that he or she has considered the expedited trial 21 alternative. 22 5. If the parties identify other expedited procedures that might reduce the cost of 23 litigating this case to completion, such as limited discovery leading to an 24 expedited trial with no motion practice, they may propose such procedures in the 25 Joint Case Management Report. 26 C. Joint Case Management Report. 27 The parties’ Joint Case Management Report shall contain the following information 28 in separately numbered paragraphs. 1 1. The parties who attended the Rule 26(f) meeting and assisted in developing the 2 Case Management Report; 3 2. A list of the parties in the case, including any parent corporations or entities (for 4 recusal purposes); 5 3. A short statement of the nature of the case (3 pages or less); 6 4. The jurisdictional basis for the case, describing the basis for jurisdiction (see the 7 accompanying footnote) and citing specific jurisdictional statutes1; 8 5. Any parties which have not been served and an explanation of why they have 9 not been served, and any parties which have been served but have not answered 10 or otherwise appeared; 11 6. A statement of whether any party expects to add additional parties to the case or 12 otherwise to amend pleadings (the Court will set a deadline after the Case 13 Management Conference to join parties or amend pleadings); 14 7. Whether the parties elect the Expedited Trial described in section B above, and a certification that all parties have complied with the requirements set forth in 15 section B. 16 8. A listing of contemplated motions and a statement of the issues to be decided by 17 these motions (including motions under Federal Rules of Evidence 702, 703, 18 704, and 705); 19 9. Whether the case is suitable for reference to a United States Magistrate Judge 20 for a settlement conference or trial; 21 22 23 1 If jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship, the report shall include a statement of 24 the citizenship of every party and a description of the amount in dispute. See 28 U.S.C. §1332. The parties are reminded that (1) a corporation is a citizen of the state where it is 25 incorporated and the state of its principal place of business, and (2) partnerships and limited liability companies are citizens of every state in which one of their partners or members 26 resides. See 28 U.S.C. §1332(c); Indus. Tectonics v. Aero Alloy, 912 F.2d 1090, 1092 (9th Cir. 1990); Belleville Catering Co. v. Champaign Market Place, L.L.C., 350 F.3d 691, 692 27 (7th Cir. 2003). The parties are further reminded that the use of fictitious parties (“John Doe” or “ABC Corporation”) “casts no magical spell on a complaint otherwise lacking in 28 diversity jurisdiction.” Fifty Assocs. v. Prudential Inc. Co. of Am., 446 F.2d 1187, 1191 (9th Cir. 1970) (citations omitted). 1 10. The status of related cases pending before other courts or other judges of this 2 Court; 3 11. A discussion of any issues relating to disclosure or discovery of electronically 4 stored information, including the parties’ preservation of electronically stored 5 information and the form or forms in which it will be produced (see Rule 6 16(b)(3), 26(f)(3)); 7 12. A discussion of any issues relating to claims of privilege or work product (see 8 Rules 16(b)(3), 26(f)(3)); 9 13. A discussion of whether an order under the Federal Rules of Evidence 502(d) is 10 warranted in this case; 11 14. A discussion of necessary discovery, including: 12 a. The extent, nature, and location of discovery anticipated by the parties; 13 b. Suggested changes, if any, to the discovery limitations imposed by the 14 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; c. The number of hours permitted for each deposition. 15 15. A statement of when the parties exchanged or will exchange Federal Rule of 16 Civil Procedure 26(a) initial disclosures; 17 16. Proposed specific dates for each of the following (deadlines should fall on a 18 Friday unless impracticable): 19 a. A deadline for the completion of fact discovery2; 20 b. Dates for full and complete expert disclosures under Federal Rule of Civil 21 Procedure 26(a)(2)(A)-(C); 22 c. A deadline for completion of all expert depositions; 23 d. A date by which the parties shall have engaged in face-to-face good faith 24 settlement talks; 25 e. A deadline for filing dispositive motions. 26 27 2 The discovery deadline is the date by which all discovery must be completed. Discovery requests must be served, and depositions noticed sufficiently in advance of this date to 28 ensure reasonable completion by this deadline, including time to resolve discovery disputes. 1 17. Whether a jury trial has been requested and whether the request for a jury trial 2 is contested (if the request is contested, briefly set forth the reasons); 3 18. The prospects for settlement, including any request of the Court for assistance 4 in settlement efforts; and 5 19. Any other matters that will aid the Court and parties in resolving this case in a 6 just, speedy, and inexpensive manner as required by Federal Rule of Civil 7 Procedure 1. 8 The parties shall jointly file the Case Management Report with the Clerk not less 9 than seven days before the Case Management Conference. It is the responsibility of 10 Plaintiff(s) to initiate the Rule 26(f) meeting and preparation of the Joint Case Management 11 Report. Defendant(s) shall promptly and cooperatively participate in the Rule 26(f) 12 meeting and assist in preparation of the Case Management Report. 13 D. Case Management Order. 14 The Court directs counsel and any unrepresented parties to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 for the objectives of the Case Management Conference. Counsel who will be 15 responsible for trial of the lawsuit for each party, and any party who is not represented by 16 counsel, shall appear and participate in the Case Management Conference and shall have 17 authority to enter into stipulations regarding all matters that may be discussed. A 18 continuance of the Case Management Conference will be granted only for good cause. 19 During or after the Case Management Conference the Court will enter a Case 20 Management Order. The Court fully intends to enforce the deadlines in the Case 21 Management Order. The parties should plan their litigation activities accordingly. 22 23 … 24 … 25 … 26 … 27 … 28 … 1 E. Other Matters. 2 The parties are expected to comply fully with the Federal and Local Rules of Civil || Procedure and to minimize the expense of discovery if they do not elect an expedited trial. 4|| The parties should ensure that all filings comply with Local Rules of Civil Procedure 7.1 || and 7.2. The Clerk of the Court shall send copies of this order to all counsel of record and 6 || to any unrepresented parties. 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 Dated this 15th day of April, 2022. 10 11 . 12 VM. hb 13 es John C. Hinderaker United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -6-