United States District Court, D. Arizona
ORDER
HONORABLE DIANE J. HUMETEWA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
On May
21, 2019, the Court held the Final Pretrial Conference in
this matter. The jury trial in this matter is set for October
29, 2019, at 9:00 am.
I.
Trial Time Limits
The
Court will amend its ruling from the Final Pretrial
Conference regarding the time limits for each party at trial.
The Court will impose the following trial time limits:
A. 1 hour for opening statements, 1.5 hours for closing
statements, and 0.5 hours for rebuttal statements for
Plaintiffs;
B. 1 hour for opening statements and 1.5 hours for closing
statements for Defendants;
C. 28 hours for Plaintiffs' case, including
cross-examination of other parties' witnesses;
D. 28 hours for Defendants' case, including
cross-examination of other parties' witnesses;
E. 6 hours for rebuttal; and F. 3 hours for sur-rebuttal,
which will only be permitted if the need arises.
II.
Settlement Conference
On or
before August 9, 2019, the parties shall jointly
file a status report indicating whether the parties would
like the Court to refer the matter to a Magistrate Judge for
a settlement conference.
III.
Supplemental Motions in Limine
As
discussed at the Final Pretrial Conference, the Court will
provide the parties leave to further brief specific motions
in limine that the Court was unable to issue a ruling on due
to the parties' failure to identify specific evidence or
failure to provide relevant authority. If the parties choose
to file supplemental motions in limine, the motion and
response are each limited to three (3) pages with no more
than ten (10) pages of attached exhibits. All supplemental
motions in limine shall be filed on or before July 12,
2019, any response shall be filed on or before July
19, 2019, and no reply will be permitted. The
supplemental motions should not repeat arguments made in the
original motion in limine; rather, any supplemental motion in
limine should address the deficiencies identified by the
Court in its May 17, 2019 Order (Doc. 271).
The
Court will permit Plaintiffs to file supplemental motions in
limine regarding the following motions: Docs. 188, 189, 206,
209, 210, 217, and 227. The Court will permit Defendants to
file supplemental motions in ...