Clifton Richardson, et al. v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC

Summary

This is a scheduling order in Richardson v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. It establishes discovery, expert disclosure, dispositive-motion, pretrial, and jury-trial deadlines, with trial set for May 24, 2027.

Holdings

1. Once final, the scheduling order may be modified only by leave of court upon a showing of good cause; party stipulation alone does not modify the schedule or applicable procedural requirements.
2. Discovery disputes that do not implicate the case schedule or sealing or redaction of documents related to dispositive motions are referred to the assigned magistrate judge, whose written ruling is final subject to district-judge modification only when clearly erroneous or contrary to law.
3. No further joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings are permitted without leave of court and a showing of good cause.
4. The parties must comply with the specified fact-discovery, expert-disclosure, expert-discovery, and initial-disclosure deadlines; noncompliance may result in sanctions, including preclusion of expert testimony or other expert evidence.

Questions Presented

1. What deadlines and procedures should govern service, joinder, amendment of pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions, settlement, pretrial proceedings, and trial?
2. What procedures govern referral and review of discovery disputes handled by the assigned magistrate judge?
3. What showing is required to modify the scheduling order or extend its deadlines?

Disposition

other