Sidibe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DJENEBA SIDIBE, et al., Case No. 12-cv-04854-LB

Plaintiffs,

PRETRIAL ORDER

v.

SUTTER HEALTH, et al., Defendants. 16 The court issues this pretrial order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(e). 18 1. Trial Date and Length of Trial Jury selection is on February 27, 2025. The trial begins March 3, 2025. Each side will have thirty hours per side for opening statements, direct examination of witnesses, and cross- examination of the opposing party’s witnesses, including all objections raised during the trial day, and an additional one hour for closing argument. The trial will be on Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (or slightly longer to finish a witness) and will include two ten- to fifteen- minute breaks, depending on the number of court reporters. March 17 and 18 are dark days. With this schedule, the evidence will be in by Friday, March 21, and an instructions…