Free Order - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the jury trial in this matter shall commence on Monday, March 20, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. in the United States District Court, Courtroom 601, 401 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona. (9) days. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall file a trial brief no later than Monday, March 6, 2006. all significant disputed issues of The trial brief shall raise law and fact, including The maximum length of the trial shall be nine vs. Darrell Lee Ekdahl, et al., Defendants. Palma Baca Urrutia, et al. Plaintiffs, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 03-1990 PHX PGR ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

foreseeable procedural and evidentiary issues, and shall set forth the party's positions thereon with supporting arguments and

authorities. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file their proposed voir dire questions and proposed jury instructions,

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together with proposed forms of verdict for each count of the complaint, including special interrogatories, if applicable, no Proposed jury instructions

later than Monday, March 6, 2006.1

shall be filed in compliance with LRCiv 51.1, AS MODIFIED BY THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT SETTING FORTH THE COURT'S ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING JURY INSTRUCTIONS. Counsel are advised that the instructions for submitting jury instructions must be followed. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties are to confer regarding their respective list of exhibits in order to anticipate and narrow possible objections at trial. Joint Pretrial Statement The parties are to file an Amended addressing Sections J

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(Witnesses) and K (List of Exhibits) on or before Friday, December 30, 2005. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a final Pretrial Conference has been set for Monday, March 13, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. DATED this 22nd day of November, 2005.

The parties are advised that they will receive a packet with instructions on the marking and submission of trial exhibits from the Court's courtroom deputy, Kerry Reynolds, (602)322-7243 approximately two weeks before trial.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTING ROSENBLATT'S COURT:

CIVIL

JURY

INSTRUCTIONS

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JUDGE

Counsel are warned that improper submission of instructions will result in the striking of same.
Counsel to use only 2001 Ninth Circuit Model Instructions, together with any amendments thereto. Civil

jury
Jury

INSTRUCTIONS FOR E-FILING JURY INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT: Counsel to e-file the following: · Jury Instructions with no modifications: If a Ninth Circuit model instruction has no modifications, list only that instruction number and instruction title. Requested/Modified Jury Instructions: If a Ninth Circuit model instruction has a blank, that information must be filled out, in bold, by Counsel, unless it is information that cannot be filled out until the Judge and Counsel go over jury instructions at close of trial. ­ In any event, that modified instruction must now be part of Counsel's requested instructions and must be numbered as such.* ­ If a Ninth Circuit model instruction has been modified,* counsel must type such modification in bold, such that the Court can easily determine which portion of the instruction is the standard, and which portion has been modified. ­ If a Ninth Circuit model instruction has been modified,* counsel must submit each modified instruction on its own page.

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* Any model instruction which has been modified will be considered a "requested instruction" and must be numbered in a consecutive pattern.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR E-MAILING JURY INSTRUCTIONS DIRECTLY TO CHAMBERS E-MAILBOX: Counsel shall e-mail (the subject line of the e-mail shall contained the case number and case name) directly to the Chambers e-mailbox ([email protected]) a "CLEAN COPY" of all modified/requested jury instructions, NO LATER THAN THE DATE INDICATED IN THE TRIAL ORDER, in accordance with the following instructions:

Clean Copy of Modified/Requested Jury Instructions:
· The CLEAN COPY shall be: · In WordPerfect versions 7 or 9, Windows 98, or 2000, or WordPerfect compatible format. No .pdf documents will be accepted; In COURIER 12pt. font; In NON-CAPITALIZED, DOUBLE SPACED TEXT, with FIVE-SPACE TAB INDENTATION; and Only ONE instruction per page.

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ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL JUDGE ROSENBLATT'S CHAMBERS 602-322-7510.

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