Jimenez v. Hyatt Corporation

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FLOR JIMENEZ, individually and No. 2:23-cv-03028-TLN-KJN on behalf of all others similarly situated, 13 Plaintiff, AMENDED PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 14 v. HYATT CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant.

18 After reviewing the parties’ Joint Statement, the Court hereby amends the Pretrial Scheduling Order.

20 I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 21 All named Defendants have been served and no further service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown.

24 II. ADDITIONAL PARTIES/AMENDMENTS/PLEADINGS 25 No joinder of parties or amendments to pleadings is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown.

27 /// /// 1 III. JURISDICTION/VENUE 2 Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d)(2)(A).

3 Jurisdiction and venue are not contested.

5 PHASE I - CLASS CERTIFICATION 7 IV. DISCOVERY 8 The Court finds that bifurcation is necessary in order to best determine if the elements of class certification are met.

10 Accordingly, the Court hereby bifurcates the discovery process.

11 All discovery in Phase I shall be limited to facts that are relevant to whether this action should be certified as a class action and shall be completed within two hundred forty (240) days. In this context, “completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with the local rules of this Court.

21 V. DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT WITNESSES 22 All counsel are to designate in writing, file with the Court, and serve upon all other parties the name, address, and area of expertise of each expert that they propose to tender for class certification purposes not later than sixty (60) days after the close of discovery.1 The designation shall be accompanied by 1 The discovery of experts will include whether any motions based on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) and/or Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 119 S. Ct. 1167 (1999) are anticipated.

1 a written report prepared and signed by the witness. The report shall comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B).

3 Within thirty (30) days after the designation of expert witnesses, any party may designate a supplemental list of expert witnesses who will express an opinion on a subject covered by an expert designated by an adverse party. The right to designate a supplemental expert for rebuttal purposes only shall apply to a party who has not previously disclosed an expert witness on the date set for expert witness disclosure by this Pretrial Scheduling Order.

11 For purposes of this Pretrial Scheduling Order, an “expert” is any person who may be used for purposes of class certification or opposing class certification to present evidence under Rules 702, 703, and 705 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which include both “percipient experts” (persons who, because of their expertise, have rendered expert opinions in the normal course of their work duties or observations pertinent to the issues in the case) and “retained experts” (persons specifically designated by a party to be a testifying expert for the purposes of litigation).

21 Each party shall identify whether a disclosed expert is percipient, retained, or both. It will be assumed that a party designating a retained expert has acquired the express permission of the witness to be so listed. Parties designating percipient experts must state in the designation who is responsible for arranging the deposition of such persons.

27 All experts designated are to be fully prepared at the time of designation to render an informed opinion, and give their nee eee II EOE IIE I RO IIE IIE IEE IG EO | bases for their opinion, so that they will be able to give full and complete testimony at any deposition taken by the opposing party.

4 VI. CLASS CERTIFICATION 5 The Motion for Class Certification shall be filed no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the close of certification discovery. The parties are responsible for | ensuring that all motions are filed to allow for proper notice of the hearing under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or 10 Local Rules. Local Rule 230 governs the calendaring and | procedures of civil motions.

12 Failure to comply with Local Rule 230(c), may be deemed 13 consent to the motion and the Court may dispose of the motion 14 summarily.

15 VII. POST-CERTIFICATION CASE ACTIVITY 16 All other necessary dates and deadlines will be set by a 17 Supplemental Pretrial Scheduling Order to be issued following the 18 Court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s Class Certification Motion.

19 VIII. OBJECTIONS TO PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER 20 This Pretrial Scheduling Order will become final without 21 further order of the Court unless objections are filed within 22 fourteen (14) days of service of this Order. If the parties wish 23 to modify the deadlines, they are directed to file a stipulation 24 and proposed order the Court’s consideration.

25 IT IS SO ORDERED. ry /) | DATED: April 29, 2024 “ \/ fb 27 ZN Troy L. Nunley } 28 United States District Judge