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12 AARON CASTILLO, on behalf of No. 2:25-cv-2208-WBS-SCR himself and all others 13 similarly situated, 14 Plaintiff, 15 v. 16 T-MOBILE USE, INC. dba T- MOBILE, a Delaware 17 corporation; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 18 Defendant. 19

20 ----oo0oo---- 21 STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER 22 After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the 23 court hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference 24 scheduled for December 15, 2025, and makes the following findings 25 and orders without needing to consult with the parties any 26 further. 27 I. SERVICE OF PROCESS 28 1 All defendants have been served, and no further service 2 is permitted without leave of court, good cause having been shown 3 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b). 4 II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS 5 No further joinder of parties or amendments to 6 pleadings will be permitted except with leave of court, good 7 cause having been shown under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 16(b). See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,

(9th Cir. 1992). 10 III. JURISDICTION/VENUE 11 Jurisdiction is predicated upon the Class Action 12 Fairness Act of 2005,

(d), because this is a 13 class action with a putative class of more than one hundred 14 members, in which a member of the class of plaintiffs is a 15 citizen of a state different from the defendant, and where the 16 amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00. Venue is undisputed 17 and hereby found to be proper. 18 IV. DISCOVERY 19 The parties agree to serve the initial disclosures 20 required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1) on or before 21 January 29, 2026. 22 The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports 23 in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) by no 24 later than May 28, 2027. With regard to expert testimony 25 intended solely for rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed 26 and reports produced in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil 27 Procedure 26(a)(2) on or before June 29, 2027. 28 All discovery, including depositions for preservation 1 of testimony, is left open, save and except that it shall be so 2 conducted as to be completed by July 29, 2027. The word 3 “completed” means that all discovery shall have been conducted so 4 that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relevant to 5 discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if 6 necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has 7 been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be noticed on 8 the magistrate judge’s calendar in accordance with the local 9 rules of this court and so that such motions may be heard (and 10 any resulting orders obeyed) not later than July 29, 2027. 11 V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE 12 All motions, except motions for continuances, temporary 13 restraining orders, or other emergency applications, shall be 14 filed on or before September 29, 2027. All motions shall be 15 noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are 16 cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the requirements 17 for noticing and opposing such motions on the court’s regularly 18 scheduled law and motion calendar. 19 VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 20 Notwithstanding the parties’ joint request to delay the 21 setting of a Pretrial Conference and Trial date, the court 22 prefers to set those dates at this time. The Final Pretrial 23 Conference is set for December 13, 2027, at 1:30 p.m. in 24 Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be attended by at least 25 one of the attorneys who will conduct the trial for each of the 26 parties and by any unrepresented parties. 27 Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for 28 trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters 1 remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for 2 oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial statements, 3 and are referred to Local Rules 281 and 282 relating to the 4 contents of and time for filing those statements. In addition to 5 those subjects listed in Local Rule 281(b), the parties are to 6 provide the court with: (1) a plain, concise statement which 7 identifies every non-discovery motion which has been made to the 8 court, and its resolution; (2) a list of the remaining claims as 9 against each defendant; and (3) the estimated number of trial 10 days. 11 In providing the plain, concise statements of 12 undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by 13 Local Rule 281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the claims 14 that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively pled 15 defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury, the 16 parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case, 17 which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury. 18 VII. TRIAL SETTING 19 The jury trial is set for February 8, 2028, at 9:00 a.m. 20 The parties estimate that the trial will last 7-14 days. 21 VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 22 A Settlement Conference with a magistrate judge will be 23 set at the time of the Pretrial Conference. Counsel are 24 instructed to have a principal with full settlement authority 25 present at the Settlement Conference or to be fully authorized to 26 settle the matter on any terms. At least seven calendar days 27 before the Settlement Conference counsel for each party shall 28 submit a confidential Settlement Conference Statement for review ne nnn ne en en non nnn en nen nnn nn nn NO OI OIE

1 by the settlement judge. The Settlement Conference Statements 2 shall not be filed and will not otherwise be disclosed to the 3 trial judge. 4 IX. MODIFICATIONS TO SCHEDULING ORDER 5 Any requests to modify the dates or terms of this 6 Scheduling Order, except requests to change the date of the 7 trial, may be heard and decided by the assigned Magistrate Judge. 8 All requests to change the trial date shall be heard and decided 9 only by the undersigned judge. 10 IT IS SO ORDERED . « 11 Dated: December 8, 2025 —aitlemw A, WILLIAM B. SHUBB 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28