Terry

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Denika Terry, et al., No. 2:15-cv-00799-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER 13 v. 14 Wasatch Advantage Group, LLC, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 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 19 | 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. 21 | I. BACKGROUND 22 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 24 | will determine whether Wasatch Property Management has violated the False Claims Act; the 25 | Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract, the Unfair Competition Law, or the Consumer 26 | Legal Remedies Act (the Class Claims);…