JUDGE WESLEY L. HSU
SCHEDULE OF PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES WORKSHEET
FOR CLASS ACTIONS
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
(Monday at 9:00 a.m., within 18 months of Scheduling Conference) Court Trial
Estimated Length: Days *Trial Subject to Trailing Per Standing Order
Final Pretrial Conference (“FPTC”) [L.R. 16]
(Friday at 3:00 p.m., at least 18 days before trial)
Event 1 Weeks Parties’ Joint
Note: Hearings shall be on Fridays 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 [Friday]
Last Date to Hear Motion for Class Certification [Friday] 28
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 14
Last Date to Hear Motions
• Rule 56 Motion due at least 6 weeks before hearing;
• Opposition due 2 weeks after motion is filed before hearing;
12
• Reply due 1 week after Opposition is filed
Last Date to Hear Daubert Motions 8
Deadline to Complete Settlement Conference [L.R. 16-15] 1. Mag. J.
Select one: 1. Magistrate Judge (with Court approval) 2. Panel
5
2. Court’s Mediation Panel 3. Private
3. Private Mediation
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.
