Order | Filed: October 01, 2026
| Entered: October 02, 2026
Fotsch v. Shroder
Contract: Other | California Northern
Case Management Scheduling Order Order Referring Case to Magistrate Judge for Settlement
CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER (JURY):
Date to seek leave to add new parties or amend the pleadings 12/15/2027.
Updated joint case management conference statement due 10/22/2026; Further Case Management Conference set for 10/29/2026 at 11:00 a.m. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar.
ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge for Settlement. ADR completion date: As the settlement judge determines.
Non-expert discovery due 2/8/2027.
Expert disclosures due 2/22/2027; Rebuttals due 3/15/2027.
Expert discovery due 3/29/2027.
Last hearing date for dispositive motions and/or further case management conference: 5/13/2027 at 9:30 a.m. (for an MSJ)/11:00 a.m (for a CMC). Motions hearings are in person; CMCs via a Zoom webinar.
Last Day to File Motions in Limine and Daubert Motions: 5/10/2027.
Hearing on Daubert Motions: 6/17/2027 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, San Francisco.
Meet and confer re pretrial filings due 5/10/2027.
Serve (but do not file) motions in limine 5/25/2027.
Serve oppositions to motions in limine 6/1/2027.
Pretrial filings due (motions in limine, joint pretrial order, stipulations, witness and exhibit lists, proposed jury instructions, verdict forms, and jury questionnaire, and trial briefs) 6/3/2027.
Lodge exhibits, deposition designations, admissions and interrogatories designations, and objections 6/10/2027.
Final Pretrial Conference set for 6/24/2027at 01:00 PM in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, San Francisco.
Jury Selection set for 7/6/2027at 8:30 AM. Jury Trial set for 7/6/2027 - 7/9/2027 at 08:30 AM in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, San Francisco before Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.
The MSJ must be noticed for a hearing on May 13, 2027 at 9:30 a.m., and the hearing on Daubert Motions must be noticed for June 17, 2027 at 9:30 a.m., absent stipulation of the parties and further order of the court. As a calendaring device, the court sets case-management conferences on those days for 11:00 a.m.
Signed by Judge Laurel Beeler on 10/01/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Standing Order - Trials, # 2 Standing Order)(ejk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/1/2026)