UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FAREPORTAL, INC.,

Case No. 4:21-cv-02841-YGR 4 Plaintiff,

5 v. REVISED SCHEDULING AND 6 PRETRIAL ORDER

HNA GROUP (INTERNATIONAL) CO.,

7 LTD., et al., Defendants. 8 9 TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 10 The Court hereby sets the following trial and pretrial dates: 11 PRETRIAL SCHEDULE 12 MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE WITH See below.

MAGISTRATE JUDGE

13 NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: March 29, 2024 14

DISCLOSURE OF EXPERT REPORTS:

15 Opening: April 29, 2024

ALL EXPERTS, RETAINED AND NON-RETAINED,

16 MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN REPORTS COMPLIANT Rebuttal: May 20, 2024

WITH FRCP 26(A)(2)(B):

17 18 EXPERT DISCOVERY CUTOFF: June 17, 2024 19

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS1 /DAUBERT MOTIONS TO

July 15, 2024

BE FILED BY:

20 FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE September 9, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. 21 COMPLIANCE DEADLINE (SEE PAGE 2) Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9:01 a.m. 22 23 1 See Standing Order regarding Pre-filing Conference Requirements for motions for 24 summary judgment.

25 To the extent plaintiff files a motion for summary judgement as to pro se defendant Mr. Kumar or defendant Mr. Chen (to the extent he is appearing pro se in that context), Ninth Circuit 26 authority requires that they be given, at the time the motion is filed, “notice of what is required of them in order to oppose” the motion. See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 962-63 (9th Cir. 1998); 27 Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934, 935, 940-41 (9th Cir. 2012). The Court will timely provide such 1 PRETRIAL FILINGS: October 18, 2024 2 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Friday, November 1, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. 3 TRIAL DATE:2 Monday, November 18, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. (Jury Trial) 4 5 Pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases at Section 2, trial counsel shall 6 meet and confer at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of the Pretrial Conference. The 7 compliance deadline on Friday, October 11, 2024 at 9:01 a.m. is intended to confirm that counsel 8 have reviewed the Court’s Pretrial Setting Instructions and are in compliance therewith. All 9 compliance deadlines are decided on the papers and personal appearances are not necessary. Five 10 (5) business days prior to the date of the compliance deadline, the parties shall file a one-page joint 11 statement confirming they have complied with this requirement or explaining their failure to comply. 12 If compliance is complete, the compliance deadline will be vacated. Failure to timely comply with 13 the compliance deadline may result in sanctions or an additional conference being set. 14 The parties must comply with both the Court’s Standing Order in Civil Cases and Standing 15 Order for Pretrial Instructions in Civil Cases for additional deadlines and procedures. All 16 Standing Orders are available on the Court’s website at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/ygrorders. 17 The Court also ORDERS parties to participate in a mandatory settlement conference before 18 a magistrate judge. A magistrate judge will be randomly assigned to oversee the settlement 19 conference and will contact parties to schedule it. 20 Lastly, the Court advises pro se defendants that assistance is available through the Legal 21 Help Center. Parties can make an appointment to speak with an attorney who can provide basic 22 legal information and assistance. The Help Center does not see people on a “drop-in” basis, and 23 will not be able to represent parties in their cases. There is no charge for this service. To make an 24 appointment with the Legal Help Center, you may: (1) sign up in person on the appointment book 25 outside the Legal Help Center offices at the San Francisco Courthouse (15th Floor, Room 2796) or 26 Oakland Courthouse (Room 470S); (2) call 415-782-8982; or (3) email 27 ] federalprobonoproject@sfbar.org. The Help Center’s website is available at 2 || https://cand.uscourts.gov/legal-help. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 Dated: December 5, 2023 5

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

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