[if appropriate:] Plaintiff (Defendant) objects to the presentation of
testimony by deposition of the following witnesses:
12. The following law and motion matters and motions in limine, and no
others, are pending or contemplated: [state “none” or list]
13. Bifurcation of the following issues for trial is ordered. [State “none”
or identify those issues to be tried during the first stage of the trial and those to be
tried later.]
14. The foregoing admissions having been made by the parties, and the
parties having specified the foregoing issues remaining to be litigated, this Final
Pretrial Conference Order shall supersede the pleadings and govern the course of
the trial of this cause, unless modified to prevent manifest injustice.
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Dated: , 20 .
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Approved as to form and content.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Attorney for Defendant
Attorney for (indicate party represented)
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Appendix B to Local Rules
AGREEMENT ON ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE
To facilitate and assure timely service of process and to provide adequate time to
answer habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 or § 2254, the Clerk of Court of
the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Offices of
the Attorney General of the State of California for Los Angeles and San Diego agree to
the following procedures. This agreement addresses cases in which the United States
District Judge or Magistrate Judge determines that service documents are to issue in all
cases where petitioners have filed a habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 or 28
U.S.C. § 2254.
1. General Provisions
A. At case opening, the case manager will add an appropriate entity which
specifies the Attorney General as a “Notice Only Party” to the court’s Case
Management and Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF). The Attorney
General’s Office will thereby receive electronic notice of all case filings
and activity, including the case initiating documents, to any e-mail accounts
specified by that office in their “Notice Only” designation. If the Attorney
General ultimately enters an appearance on behalf of one or more
defendants in the case, the “Notice Only Party” will be terminated and the
attorney/(s) who enters his/her appearance will be designated as the counsel
to whom notice is sent.
B. These procedures shall take effect for any case filed after June 1, 2013, and
remain in effect until terminated by the Attorney General or the Clerk.
2. Habeas Corpus Petitions
Pursuant to the Rules 4 and 5 Governing § 2254 Cases and 28 U.S.C. § 2243,
following preliminary review by the Court, the respondent is only required to
answer or otherwise respond to the petition if ordered to do so by the court. In its
order the Court will fix the time by which response must be made. The Attorney
General agrees that entry of the order to respond on the docket by the clerk
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complies with the requirement of service of the petition on the respondent, the
Attorney General, or other appropriate officer and will accept service of the same.
Office of the Attorney General
State of California
Terry Nafisi
District Executive & Clerk of Court
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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Appendix C to Local Rules
AGREEMENT ON ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE
To facilitate and assure timely service of process and to provide adequate time to
answer habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255, the Clerk
of Court of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the
United States Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California agree to the
following procedures. This agreement addresses cases in which the United States District
Judge or Magistrate Judge determines that service documents are to issue in all cases
where petitioners have filed habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and motions
under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
1. General Provisions
A. At case opening, the case manager will add an appropriate entity which
specifies the U.S. Attorney’s Office as a “Notice Only Party” to the court’s
Case Management and Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF). The U.S.
Attorney’s Office will thereby receive electronic notice of all case filings
and activity, including the case initiating documents, to any e-mail accounts
specified by that office in their “Notice Only” designation. If the U.S.
Attorney’s Office ultimately enters an appearance on behalf of one or more
defendants in the case, the “Notice Only Party” will be terminated and the
attorney/(s) who enters his/her appearance will be designated as the counsel
to whom notice is sent.
B. These procedures shall take effect for any case filed after June 1, 2013, and
remain in effect until terminated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office or the Clerk.
2. Habeas Corpus Petitions
Pursuant to the Rules 4 and 5 Governing § 2254 Cases and 28 U.S.C. § 2243,
following preliminary review by the Court, the respondent is only required to
answer or otherwise respond to the petition if ordered to do so by the court. In its
order the Court will fix the time by which response must be made. The U.S.
Attorney’s Office agrees that entry of the order to respond on the docket by the
clerk complies with the requirement of service of the petition on the respondent,
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the U.S. Attorney’s Office, or other appropriate officer and will accept service of
the same.
DATE: May 30, 2013 Stephanie Yonekura
Acting First Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office
DATE: May 31, 2013 Terry Nafisi
District Executive & Clerk of Court
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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