Terry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Denika Terry, et al., No. 2:15-cv-00799-KJM-DB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Wasatch Advantage Group, LLC, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The court bifurcated trial in this case into two phases based on a joint stipulation the 18 parties proposed in 2021. The Phase trial for this case is set to begin on July 30, 2024. Owner and Non-Owner defendants now move to modify the court’s order and consolidate the trial into a 20 single phase. The court denies the motion. I. BACKGROUND In 2021, the parties filed a joint stipulation and proposed order requesting in part 23 bifurcation of the trial. See Bifurcation Stip., ECF No. 134. The parties stipulated that, “Phase 1 will determine whether Wasatch Property Management has violated the False Claims Act; the Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract, the Unfair Competition Law, or the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (the Class Claims);…