Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Gayle W. Brown, No. 2:19-cev-01921-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc. et al., 1S Defendants. 16 In preparation for trial, defendants submitted the parties’ joint witness list and estimated 18 length of witness examinations on June 14, 2022, ECF No. 83. Plaintiff and defendants provide 19 vastly different estimated lengths of time needed for trial; plaintiff estimates a total of 65 hours of 20 time is needed while defendants ask for 25 hours. /d. Having reviewed the record and based on the parties’ information regarding the witnesses and issues to be covered at trial, the court orders 22 that each side will try its case within a time limit of 17.5 hours, including opening statements and 23 closing arguments as well as direct and cross examination time, to take place across approximately seven days of trial. The court will exclude any time spent on voir dire and lengthy 25 …