SCHEDULE OF PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES
CASE NAME:
CASE NO.:
Recommended Date (may differ
Matter Number Of from
Weeks Before recommended)
FPTC
Trial Date (Tuesday at 8:30 n/a
am)
Jury Bench
Length: to days
Final Pretrial Conf., LR 16; Hearing on n/a
Motions in Limine
To be filed five court days
before: (Proposed) Pretrial Conf.
Order; optional Voir Dire; Joint
Statement of the Case; Joint
Witness List;
Glossary; Joint Exhibit List
Initial Pretrial Conf. (LR 16) 2
To be filed 14 calendar days
before: Motions in Limine
(max. 4); Memorandum of
Contentions of Fact and Law
(LR 16-4); Joint and Disputed
Jury Instructions; Verdict
Forms
To be filed 7 calendar days
before: Oppositions to Motions
in Limine
Last day to conduct Settlement 5
Conf./ADR (LR 16-15)
Choose one:
Magistrate Judge
(cleared in advance)
Attorney Settlement Officer
Panel
Private ADR
Last day for hearing on dispositive 12
motions
Expert Discovery Cut-off 13
Expert Disclosure (rebuttal) 14
Revised May 2026
Expert Disclosure (initial) 16
All Discovery Cut-off, including hearing 18
on all discovery motions
Last day to amend pleadings or add --
parties (90 days from Scheduling
Conference)
Joint Status Report (must address state 24
of discovery)
Last day for filing motion for class
certification (if applicable)
Hearing on motion for class
certification (if applicable)
Revised May 2026
