JUDGE SHERILYN PEACE GARNETT
SCHEDULE OF PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES WORKSHEET
Please complete this worksheet jointly and file it with your Joint Rule 26(f) Report.
The Court ORDERS the parties to make every effort to agree on dates.
Case No. Case Name:
Parties’ Joint Court Order
Trial and Final Pretrial Conference Dates Date
mm/dd/yyyy
Check one: [ ] Jury Trial or [ ] Court Trial [ ] Magistrate Judge [ ] Jury Trial
(Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., within 12 months of Scheduling Conference) [ ] Court Trial
Estimated Duration: Days
Final Pretrial Conference (“FPTC”) [L.R. 16]
(Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., at least 18 days before trial)
Event 1 Weeks Parties’ Joint
Note: Hearings shall be on Wednesday at 1:30pm Before Date Court Order
Other dates can be any day of the week FPTC2 mm/dd/yyyy
Last Date to Hear Motion to Amend Pleadings / Add
Parties [Wednesday] 24
Fact Discovery Cut-Off
18
(No later than deadline for filing dispositive motion)
Expert Disclosure (Initial) 16
Expert Disclosure (Rebuttal) 14
Expert Discovery Cut-Off 13
Last Date to Hear Motions 3
• Motions due at least 4 weeks before hearing;
• Opposition due at least 3 weeks before hearing;
12
• Reply due at least 2 weeks before hearing.
Last Date to Hear Daubert Motions 8
Deadline to Complete Settlement Conference [L.R. 16-15]
Select one: [ ] 1. Magistrate Judge (with Court approval) [ ] 1. Mag. J.
[ ] 2. Court’s Mediation Panel 5
[ ] 2. Panel
[ ] 3. Private Mediation [ ] 3. Private
Trial Filings (first round)
• Motions In Limine (except Daubert)
• Memoranda of Contentions of Fact and Law [L.R. 16-4]
• Witness Lists [L.R. 16-5]
• Joint Exhibit List [L.R. 16-6.1]
• Joint Status Report Regarding Settlement
4
• Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law [L.R. 52]
(court trial only)
• Declarations containing Direct Testimony, if ordered (court
trial only)
Trial Filings (second round)
• Oppositions to Motions in Limine
• Joint Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order [L.R. 16-7]
• Joint/Agreed Proposed Jury Instructions (jury trial only)
• Disputed Proposed Jury Instructions (jury trial only)
• Joint Proposed Verdict Forms (jury trial only) 2
• Joint Proposed Statement of the Case (jury trial only)
• Proposed Additional Voir Dire Questions, if any (jury trial
only)
• Evidentiary Objections to Declarations. of Direct Testimony
(court trial only)
1 Once issued, this “schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge’s consent.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)4).
2 The numbers below represent the Court’s recommended timeline. The parties may propose alternate dates based on the
needs of each individual case. Class Actions and ERISA cases may need to vary from the above.
3 Before filing Rule 56 motions, parties must review and comply with the Court’s Standing Order for MSJ, which sets
forth the briefing schedule and specific requirements for joint briefing and filing such motions.
