DISTRICT JUDGE SERENA R. MURILLO
SCHEDULE OF PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES WORKSHEET – CLASS ACTION CASES
Please complete this worksheet jointly and file it with your Joint Rule 26(f) Report.
The parties must make every effort to agree on dates or the court will set them.
Case No. Case Name:
Pl(s)’ Date Def(s)’ Date
Trial and Final Pretrial Conference Dates
mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy
Check one: ☐ Jury Trial or ☐ Bench Trial
[Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. within 12-15 months of Scheduling Conference based on complexity]
Estimated Duration: _______ Days
Final Pretrial Conference (“FPTC”) [L.R. 16], Hearing on Motions in Limine
[Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at least 20 days before trial]
Event 1
Pl(s)’ Date Def(s)’ Date
Note: Hearings shall be on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. 2 Time Computation 3
mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy
Other dates can be any day of the week.
One month before
Class Certification – Initial Disclosures deadline to hear motion
to amend pleadings
Last Date to Hear Motion to Amend Pleadings or Add Parties 6 weeks after
[Wednesday] Scheduling Conference
Class Certification – Discovery Cut-Off Set by parties
120 days from
Class Certification – Motion for Class Certification Deadline
Scheduling Conference
One month from Class
Class Certification – Opposition Deadline
Cert Motion Deadline
One Month from Opp.
Class Certification – Reply Deadline
deadline
Class Certification Motion Hearing 21 days after Reply
Deadline for Notice of Collective Action to be mailed to putative One month after
plaintiffs hearing
6 weeks after notice
Opt-in Period Cut-Off
deadline
Fact Discovery Cut-Off
24 weeks before FPTC
(no later than deadline for filing dispositive motion)
Expert Disclosure (Initial) 23 weeks before FPTC
Expert Disclosure (Rebuttal) 21 weeks before FPTC
Expert Discovery Cut-Off 19 weeks before FPTC 4
Last Date to Hear Motions [Wednesday]
• Parties shall take note of the Court’s briefing schedule as set forth 12 weeks before FPTC
in the Civil Standing Order, found on Judge Murillo’s website
1
The parties may seek dates for additional events by filing a separate stipulation and proposed order.
2
By default, all hearings shall proceed in-person, unless a request is made by the parties and granted by the Court. Requests to appear via Zoom must be e-filed by
the Friday before the hearing and must indicate that counsel has met and conferred per Local Rule 7-3.
3
The numbers below represent the court’s recommended timeline. The parties may propose alternate dates based on the needs of each individual case. But in every
case, the last date to hear motions shall be no later than eight (8) weeks before the deadline for Trial Filings (First Round), and the deadline for Trial Filings (First
Round) and Trial Filings (Second Round) must be no later than four (4) and two (2) weeks before the FPTC, respectively.
4
The parties may choose to cut off expert discovery prior to the deadline to file a motion for summary judgment.
Deadline to Complete Settlement Conference [L.R. 16-15]
Select one: ☐ 1. Magistrate Judge Select deadline Select deadline
☐ 2. Court Mediation Panel 10 weeks before FPTC and settlement and settlement
☐ 3. Private Mediation method. method.
Trial Filings (first round)
• Motions in Limine
• 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 weeks before FPTC
• Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law [L.R. 52]
(bench trial only)
• Declarations containing Direct Testimony, if ordered
(bench trial only)
Trial Filings (second round)
• Oppositions to Motions in Limine
• Joint Proposed Final Pretrial Conference Order [L.R. 16-7]
• Joint Agreed Upon Proposed Jury Instructions (jury trial only)
• Disputed Proposed Jury Instructions (jury trial only)
• Joint Proposed Verdict Forms (jury trial only)
2 weeks before FPTC
• Joint Proposed Statement of the Case (jury trial only)
• Proposed Voir Dire Questions, if any (jury trial only)
• Evidentiary Objections to Declarations of Direct Testimony
(bench trial only)
