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Initial Status Conference and Report Template

The Court will promptly schedule an initial status hearing for newly-filed cases. In most cases, the initial status hearing will be conducted within approximately 60 days of the filing of the complaint.


NON-PATENT CASES

Per Local Rule 26.1, the initial status hearing shall serve as the scheduling conference referred to in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). The parties must confer at least 21 days in advance of the initial hearing/scheduling conference, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), but need not present a written report outlining the discovery plan at the initial hearing. At least 7 days prior to the initial status hearing, the parties must file a joint Initial Status Report, in the format and including the information required by the template at the link below.

Initial Status Report



PATENT CASES

In patent cases, the parties must confer at least 21 days in advance of the initial status hearing, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). At least 7 days prior to the initial status hearing, the parties must file a joint report, in the format and including the information required by the template at the link below.

LPR Appendix A




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