Conference: Darryl Ray Roberts vs Jack William, et al.

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                                Superior Court of California, County of Merced
                                                                           MINUTE ORDERS


                  Darryl Ray Roberts                                                                                9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
                  vs                                                                               Mandatory Settlement Conference
                  Jack William, et al.
                  18CV-02641
                  Date of Hearing:    01/25/2021

                   Heard By:     McCabe, Brian                                                  Location:    Courtroom 10
                   Courtroom Reporter:        J. Espinoza                                       Courtroom Clerk:      M. George
                                                                                               Court Interpreter:
                                                                                               Court Investigator:
                  Parties Present:                                                            Future Hearings:
                                                                                              August 02, 2021 10:00 AM Case
                                                                                              Management Conference
                                                                                              McCabe, Brian
                                                                                              Courtroom 8
                  The case is regularly called for hearing:


                     - The Court has read and considered the: file

                     The Court states its tentative ruling

                     The Court notes that there was no request for oral argument made

                     The Court orders:
                     The tentative ruling is confirmed by the Court as follows:

                     The Mandatory Settlement Conference set for January 25, 2021 and the Jury Trial Set for March 9, 2021
                     are VACATED.     Discovery is to remain open without regard to the prior trial date.       . As a result of the
                     reduction in court services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is currently a backlog of criminal trials
                     that take priority over civil matters.   Accordingly, this matter is set for a Case Management Conference
                     to Monday, August 2, 2021 at 10:00 in Courtroom 8.          The court does not anticipate that it will begin
                     setting civil jury trials until sometime after June of 2021 and does not anticipate that any civil jury trials
                     will commence prior to September of 2021.         Until new trial dates are being set, the court will vacate any
                     existing trial dates as they come due, and set the matters for a Case Management Conference.               Discovery
                     is to remain open with regard to any matters for which a trial dates is vacated without regard to the
                     status of discovery at the time the trial date is vacated.     Parties that wish to commence expert discovery
                     prior to the setting of a trial date should bring an ex parte application seeking early disclosure of expert
                     witnesses.




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