Budanov v. Standard Insurance Company ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 OLEG BUDANOV, CASE NO. 1:24-CV-00186-JLT-EPG 8 SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER 9 Claim File (With Privilege Log, If Necessary) Plaintiff, Filing Deadline: May 3, 2024 10 Settlement Conf.: Date: Not Set 11 v. 12 Briefing Schedule: 13 Simultaneous Opening Briefs: STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, October 11, 2024 14 Simultaneous Responding Briefs: 15 November 1, 2024 16 Defendant. Bench Trial (1 Day Estimate): Date: Not Set 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 This Court conducted a scheduling conference on May 9, 2024. Counsel Nick Ortiz 2 appeared telephonically on behalf of Plaintiff. Counsel Michael Brisbin appeared telephonically 3 on behalf of Defendant. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b), this Court sets a schedule for this 4 action. 5 I. Amendment To The Parties’ Pleadings The parties are advised that the filing of motions and/or stipulations requesting leave to 6 amend the pleadings does not imply good cause to modify the existing schedule. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7 16(b)(4); see also Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F. 2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992). 8 Moreover, any request for amendment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) must not be: (1) prejudicial to 9 the opposing party; (2) the product of undue delay; (3) proposed in bad faith; or (4) futile. See 10 Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962). 11 II. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) 12 The parties have exchanged initial disclosures and Defendant has produced the claim file. 13 III. Discovery Cutoffs And Limits 14 The parties agree that non-expert and expert discovery is not necessary. 15 IV. Pretrial Motion Schedule 16 A. General Information Regarding Filing Motions 17 The parties are advised that unless prior leave of the Court is obtained before the filing 18 deadline,1 all moving and opposition briefs or legal memoranda, including joint statements of 19 discovery disputes, filed in civil cases before Magistrate Judge Grosjean, shall not exceed twenty- 20 five (25) pages. Reply briefs by the moving party shall not exceed ten (10) pages. These page 21 limits do not include exhibits. When scheduling motions (other than discovery motions) the 22 parties shall comply with Local Rule 230. 23 Counsel or pro se parties may appear and argue motions by telephone, provided a request to so do is made to Michelle Rooney, Magistrate Judge Grosjean’s Courtroom Deputy (unless 24 prior permission has been given by the judge), no later than five (5) court days before the noticed 25 hearing date. Requests can be made by emailing Ms. Rooney at mrooney@caed.uscourts.gov. If 26 the parties are appearing telephonically, each party shall dial 1-888- 251-2909 and enter access 27 28 1 Parties may seek leave through a telephonic conference among all parties and the Court, or by short motion. 1 code 1024453. 2 1. Informal Discovery Conference 3 In order to file a motion involving a discovery dispute, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 through 37 4 and 45,2 a party must receive permission from the Court following an informal telephonic 5 discovery dispute conference. However, non-parties challenging a subpoena under Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are not required to request an informal conference before filing a motion. A party wishing 6 to schedule such a conference should contact chambers to receive available dates. The Court will 7 schedule the conference as soon as possible, taking into consideration the urgency of the issue. 8 Prior to the conference, the parties shall simultaneously file an Informal Discovery 9 Dispute Letter Brief, outlining their positions regarding the dispute. Such briefs shall be no 10 longer than three pages single-spaced, and may include up to five pages of exhibits. The Court 11 will provide the date and time the Letter Briefs are due at the time the conference is scheduled. 12 At the time of conference, the parties shall dial 1-888-251-2909 and enter access code 13 1024453. The Court will not issue a formal ruling at that time. Nevertheless, the Court will 14 attempt to provide guidance to the parties to narrow or dispose of the dispute. If no resolution can 15 be reached without formal motion practice, the Court will authorize the filing of a formal 16 discovery motion. 17 2. Filing a Discovery Motion 18 If a discovery motion, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 through 37 and 45, is brought after receiving 19 permission from the Court, the parties must prepare and file a Joint Statement re: Discovery 20 Disagreement (“Joint Statement”) as required by Local Rule 251.3 In scheduling such motions, 21 Magistrate Judge Grosjean may grant applications for an order shortening time pursuant to Local 22 Rule 144(e). If a party does not obtain an order shortening time, the notice of motion must 23 comply with Local Rule 251. A Joint Statement, not to exceed twenty-five (25) pages, must be filed seven (7) calendar 24 25 2 The Court construes “discovery dispute” broadly, which includes, but is not limited to, disputes regarding written 26 discovery, oral depositions, physical and mental examinations, and protective orders. As discussed above, the parties have permission to file discovery motions regarding the scope of discovery in this action. However, the Court will 27 still require an Informal Discovery Conference in the event the parties have a dispute regarding additional discovery matters. 28 3 Certain limited exceptions from filing the required Joint Statement are outlined in Local Rule 251(e). 1 days before the scheduled hearing date. Prior to the filing of the Joint Statement, the parties must 2 meet and confer as set forth in Local Rule 251(b). Courtesy copies for any Joint Statement in 3 excess of twenty-five pages (25) (including exhibits) shall also be delivered to chambers via US 4 mail, or hand delivery, at the time the Joint Statement is electronically filed. Motions may be 5 removed from the Court’s calendar if the Joint Statement is not timely filed, or if courtesy copies are not timely delivered. 6 V. Settlement Conference 7 The Court did not set a settlement conference at this time. At any point, the parties may 8 file a joint written request for a settlement conference if they believe that such a conference 9 would be fruitful. 10 VI. Trial Briefs 11 Pursuant to the parties’ request, the parties shall file simultaneous opening trial briefs by 12 no later than October 11, 2024. The parties shall file simultaneous responding brief by no later 13 than November 1, 2024. 14 VII. Trial Date 15 The parties have requested a bench trial. The parties estimate that bench trial argument 16 will take one day. At this time, the Court will not set a trial date. 17 VIII. Request for Bifurcation, Appointment of Special Master, or other Techniques to 18 Shorten Trial 19 Not requested. 20 IX. Related Matters Pending 21 There is no related litigation. 22 X. Compliance with Federal Procedures 23 All counsel are expected to familiarize themselves with the Federal Rules of Civil 24 Procedure and the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California and to keep abreast of any 25 amendments thereto. The Court requires strict compliance with these rules. Sanctions will be 26 imposed for failure to follow the rules as provided in both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California. 27 /// 28 1 | XI. Effect Of This Order 2 This order represents the Court and the parties’ best estimated schedule to complete this 3 || case. Any party unable to comply with the dates outlined in this order shall immediately file an 4 | appropriate motion or stipulation identifying the requested modification(s). 5 The dates set in this order are firm and will not be modified absent a showing of good 6 | cause even if the request to modify is made by stipulation. Stipulations extending the deadlines 7 contained herein will not be considered unless they are accompanied by affidavits or declarations, and where appropriate attached exhibits, which establish good cause for granting the relief 9 requested. Due to the impacted nature of the civil case docket, this Court disfavors requests to modify established dates. Failure to comply with this order may result in the imposition of sanctions. 12 | ITIS SO ORDERED. 13 . 14 | Dated: _May 9, 2024 hn — UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28