Minutes | Filed: October 01, 2026
| Entered: October 02, 2026
Fotsch v. Shroder
Contract: Other | California Northern
Case Management Conference - Initial
Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler: Initial Case Management Conference held via Zoom on 10/1/2026. The parties should decide by October 8 what additional document discovery, if any, is needed. If the defense's position regarding the filing of motions before ADR changes, an update can be filed with that position by October 15. Scheduling order to issue. (Not Reported).
Total Time in Court: 16 minutes.
Plaintiff's Attorney: Raerani Reddy.
Defendant's Attorney: Scott Freedman.
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Order | Filed: October 01, 2026
| Entered: October 02, 2026
Fotsch v. Shroder
Contract: Other | California Northern
Case Management Scheduling Order Order Referring Case to Magistrate Judge for Settlement
CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER (JURY):
Date to seek leave to add new parties or amend the pleadings 12/15/2027.
Updated joint case management conference statement due 10/22/2026; Further Case Management Conference set for 10/29/2026 at 11:00 a.m. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar.
ORDER REFERRING CASE to Magistrate Judge for Settlement. ADR completion date: As the settlement judge determines.
Non-expert discovery due 2/8/2027.
Expert disclosures due 2/22/2027; Rebuttals due 3/15/2027.
Expert discovery due 3/29/2027.
Last hearing date for dispositive motions and/or further case management conference: 5/13/2027 at 9:30 a.m. (for an MSJ)/11:00 a.m (for a CMC). Motions hearings are in person; CMCs via a Zoom webinar.
Last Day to File Motions in Limine and Daubert Motions: 5/10/2027.
Hearing on Daubert Motions: 6/17/2027 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, San Francisco.
Meet and confer re pretrial filings due 5/10/2027.
Serve (but do not file) motions in limine 5/25/2027.
Serve oppositions to motions in limine 6/1/2027.
Pretrial filings due (motions in limine, joint pretrial order, stipulations, witness and exhibit lists, proposed jury instructions, verdict forms, and jury questionnaire, and trial briefs) 6/3/2027.
Lodge exhibits, deposition designations, admissions and interrogatories designations, and objections 6/10/2027.
Final Pretrial Conference set for 6/24/2027at 01:00 PM in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, San Francisco.
Jury Selection set for 7/6/2027at 8:30 AM. Jury Trial set for 7/6/2027 - 7/9/2027 at 08:30 AM in Courtroom B, 15th Floor, San Francisco before Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.
The MSJ must be noticed for a hearing on May 13, 2027 at 9:30 a.m., and the hearing on Daubert Motions must be noticed for June 17, 2027 at 9:30 a.m., absent stipulation of the parties and further order of the court. As a calendaring device, the court sets case-management conferences on those days for 11:00 a.m.
Signed by Judge Laurel Beeler on 10/01/2026. (Attachments: # 1 Standing Order - Trials, # 2 Standing Order)(ejk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/1/2026)