Impinj, Inc. v. NXP USA, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California·Decided June 26, 2023·No. 4:19-cv-03161-YGR·Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IMPINJ, INC., 7 Case No. 19-cv-3161-YGR Plaintiff, 8 v. PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 1 RE: PRETRIAL 9 CONFERENCE NXP USA, INC., 10 Defendant. 11

12 Having considered the filings to date and the arguments and other submissions at the 13 Pretrial Conference, held on June 23, 2023, and for good cause shown the Court enters the 14 following orders: 15 1. Trial Date and Schedule: The trial of this matter is confirmed to proceed in Courtroom 1 on 16 July 5, 2023. Jury selection itself shall begin at beginning at approximately 9:00 a.m. Trial 17 itself shall commence daily at 8:30 a.m. Counsel shall arrive in court early enough to proceed 18 promptly at 8:00 a.m. with the Court to discuss issues outside the presence of the jury. Trial 19 schedule will be Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. with two twenty-minute 20 breaks. Additional time may be scheduled for matters outside the presence of the jury as 21 necessary and determined by the Court. Sidebars are not permitted. Counsel should be 22 prepared to anticipate issues so that they may be addressed outside of normal trial hours. In 23 this regard, Counsel should also be prepared to reconvene with the Court after the Court’s 24 standing calendars which normally begin at 2:00 p.m. 25 2. The parties shall each be afforded eleven (11) hours to present their case, including opening 26 statements and closing arguments. The parties shall receive daily timesheets advising of the 27 time remaining. Any concerns must be raised immediately or will be waived. The Court shall 1 arguments. 2 3. The Court sets the next pre-trial conference for Friday, June 30, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. which shall 3 be held via the Zoom platform. 4 4. Standard Motions in Limine: The Court hereby orders that: (a) witnesses shall be excluded 5 until testimony is completed; (b) there shall be no reference to or evidence presented of 6 settlement discussions, mediation, or insurance; and (c) there shall be no reference to or 7 evidence presented of wealth or lack thereof of any party except in the punitive damage phase 8 of a case, to the extent it exists. 9 5. The Court allows corporate representatives Chris Diorio for plaintiff and Pete Roosien for 10 defendant. 11 6. Currently pending is one motion in limine at Docket No. 350. A motion in limine refers “to 12 any motion, whether made before or during trial, to exclude anticipated prejudicial evidence 13 before the evidence is actually offered.” Luce v. United States, 469 U.S. 38, 40, n. 2 (1984). 14 The Court’s ruling on the pending motion will be issued by separate order. 15 7. Parties are ordered to admonish witnesses of the Court’s rulings. Failure to comply with a 16 ruling by the Court may result in sanctions, including without limitation the striking of the 17 witness’s entire testimony. 18 8. Witnesses: The parties are limited to calling the witnesses submitted on the list filed for the 19 Pretrial Conference. Upon a showing of good cause, including for rebuttal or impeachment 20 purposes, additional witnesses will only be allowed by Court order. 21 9. By Noon on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the parties shall deliver via email a single joint list of 22 all witnesses, attorneys, and others involved in the trial, in alphabetical order to be used for 23 prospective jurors. 24 10. Exhibits and Exhibit Lists: The parties are limited to using the Exhibits submitted on the 25 Exhibit List. No witness may be shown any document or other object until it has been marked 26 for identification using an exhibit number. The parties shall file updated Exhibit Lists 27 identifying those for which a stipulation of admissibility exists with an “S” in the appropriate 1 parties as to admissibility without the express permission of the Court. 2 11. The parties shall resubmit the Joint Trial Exhibit List in landscape format and shall include the 3 only the columns shown on the Appendix to the Court’s standing order on civil trials. The 4 revised list may be sent by email no later than noon on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. 5 12. Equipment: Projectors, screens and similar equipment must be tested in the courtroom prior 6 to the day when it will be used. Arrangements may be made with the Courtroom Deputy, 7 Edwin Cuenco, at (510) 637-3540, as to appropriate time for doing so. Counsel shall send the 8 Court a proposed form of order if they would like to bring equipment into the courthouse. The 9 United States Marshal Service requires an order. 10 13. Parties may use encrypted digital wireless system that includes a receiver and transmitter with 11 XLR connector. 12 14. The parties shall review the Court’s policy regarding the jury’s use of a computer during 13 deliberations at http://cand.uscourts.gov/jurypc. 14 15. Jurors and Peremptory Challenges: The Court will seat a total of eight (8) jurors and no 15 alternates. The Court sets the number of peremptory challenges at three (3). Motions under 16 Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986) for improper use of challenges must be made in a 17 timely fashion. Argument on the same shall be made outside the presence of the jury panel. 18 The Court will conduct the voir dire and give the parties 15 min to address the prospective 19 jurors. Parties should also visit the Court’s website to see the video shown to jurors on 20 implicit bias. 21 16. Jury Instructions: Parties shall be prepared to re-format proposed final jury instructions in 22 the manner shown in United States of America v. John Bellhouse, 22-cr-0066-YGR, Docket 23 No. 151. 24 17. Expert Disclosures/Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 Offers: To the extent not already provided, counsel 25 shall lodge with the Court on the first day of trial a copy of all expert disclosures, including 26 any supplements, as well as all offers of judgment made under Fed. R. Civ. P. 68. By 27 Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the parties shall confirm that they have each provided the Court with 1 18. Depositions to be Used at Trial: Any party intending to use a deposition transcript at trial for 2 any purpose shall lodge the signed original (or a certified/stipulated copy if, for any reason, the 3 original is not available) for use by the Court and shall have extra copies available for use by 4 the questioning lawyer and the witness. All other parties are expected to have their own 5 copies available. 6 19. The parties shall each prepare and provide an index of the lodged transcripts and shall review 7 the same with the courtroom deputy upon lodging the transcripts. The index shall provide a 8 space for the party and the courtroom deputy to confirm delivery of and receipt of each 9 transcript. Delivery of the transcripts shall occur no later than June 30, 2023. 10 20. Before each trial day, counsel shall confer with the courtroom deputy and identify which of the 11 transcripts may be used that day. 12 21. Witnesses at Trial: The parties are admonished that use of trial time is critical given the 13 limited resources of the Court. All parties must have witnesses ready and available to testify. 14 If the party presenting evidence does not have a witness ready to be called once a prior witness 15 steps down, that party may be deemed to have rested its case. Further, and as explained, time 16 does not stop while waiting for witnesses to arrive in Court. Witnesses may be taken out of 17 order upon stipulation or with leave of Court provided that the circumstances giving rise to 18 such an accommodation are promptly called to the attention of opposing counsel and the 19 Court. 20 22.

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Related

Luce v. United States
469 U.S. 38 (Supreme Court, 1984)
Batson v. Kentucky
476 U.S. 79 (Supreme Court, 1986)