Delzell v. Ford Motor Company

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United States District Court
Northern District of California
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JORDAN DELZELL,
Plaintiff,
v.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
Defendant.
Case No. 26-cv-03173-LJC
CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING
ORDER
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) and Civil Local Rule 16-10, the
following deadlines and hearings are ordered:
Initial disclosures for Plaintiff, as Defendant has already served:
November 13, 2026
Deadline to join parties and amend pleadings:1 November 30, 2026
Deadline to complete private mediation January 8, 2027
Joint case management statement: May 27, 2027
Further case management conference: June 3, 2027
Fact discovery cut-off: June 25, 2027
Opening expert reports and disclosures: July 9, 2027
Rebuttal expert reports and disclosures: July 30, 2027
Expert discovery cut-off: August 13, 2027
Last day to file dispositive motions and Daubert motions: August 24, 2027
1 This Order is not intended to grant prospective leave to amend or add parties when such leave
would otherwise be required. A motion for leave to amend or add parties filed on or before this
date must satisfy any otherwise-applicable standard for such leave. A motion filed after this date
must also meet the standard to modify a scheduling order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4).
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
Last day to hear dispositive motions and Daubert motions: October 12, 2027
Pretrial conference:2 January 14, 2028, 1:30 PM
Jury trial begins: February 7, 2028 (5 days)
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 9, 2026
LISA J. CISNEROS
United States Magistrate Judge
2 The parties are directed to the Standing Order for Civil Pretrial Conferences for Magistrate Judge
Lisa J. Cisneros, available at https://cand.uscourts.gov/ljc.
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