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Schedule of Pretrial and Trial Dates Fillable Form — Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue

C.D. Cal. Judge Order (Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue) · Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue

SCHEDULE OF PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES CASE NAME: CASE NO.: Recommended Stipulated Dates Matter Number Of (may differ Weeks Before from FPTC recommended) Trial Date (Monday at 8:30 n/a am) Jury Bench Length: to days Final Pretrial Conf., LR 16; Hearing on n/a Motions in Limine (at 1:30 pm)  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)(at 1:30 pm) 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 Nov. 2025 Expert Disclosure (initial) 16 All Discovery Cut-off, including hearing 18 on all discovery motions Last day to amend pleadings or add 24 parties NOTE: Doe Defendants will be dismissed as of this date. Status Conference (at 1:30 pm) 24 (must be held at least six weeks before Discovery Cut-off) Last day for filing motion for class certification (if applicable) Hearing on motion for class certification (if applicable) Revised Nov. 2025
Official source: https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/honorable-patricia-donahue · retrieved 2026-07-23