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CA

LIFO

RN

IA E

VIC

TIO

N

DEF

ENSE

: PR

OTE

CTI

NG

LO

W-IN

CO

ME

TEN

AN

TS

2017 In

trod

uctio

n to

Unl

awfu

l Det

aine

rs-P

LIP

rese

nter

s:

San

g B

anh,

Lili

Gra

ham

, Iri

na N

aduh

ovsk

aya

159


UD

Pro

cess

and

Tim

elin

esN

otic

e of

Ter

min

atio

n of

Ten

ancy

Sum

mon

s an

d C

ompl

aint

(T h

as 5

day

s to

ans

wer

)

Set

tle o

r E

ngag

e in

Adm

inis

trativ

e P

roce

ss (f

or s

ubsi

dize

d ho

usin

g on

ly)

Ans

wer

(or o

ther

resp

onsi

ve p

lead

ing)

SF:

req

for j

ury

trial

file

d at

the

sam

e tim

e to

get

MS

C

No

Ans

wer

(o

r oth

er re

spon

sive

pl

eadi

ng)

LL re

ques

ts to

set

cas

e fo

r tr

ial -

(tria

l mus

t be

set w

ithin

20

day

s of

requ

est C

CP

594)

Not

ice

of T

rial

(SF:

and

MS

C)

Tria

l (J

ury

vs. B

ench

tria

l) Judg

men

t for

LL

Judg

men

t for

T

T st

ays

in

poss

essi

on

LL re

ques

ts D

efau

lt an

d se

rves

on

T

Def

ault

Judg

men

t en

tere

d

Sher

iff’s

not

ice

(5 d

ays,

ju

risdi

ctio

nal v

aria

tions

, S

herif

f’s d

iscr

etio

n in

ex

ecut

ion,

sta

y re

ques

t)

Req

uest

to S

et

Asi

de J

udgm

ent

Opt

ions

: S

tay,

M

otio

n fo

r R

elie

f fro

m

Forfe

iture

, Ap

peal

160


UD

Tim

elin

e•

Sum

mar

y pr

ocee

ding

: •

Not

ice:

is s

erve

d an

d ex

pire

s U

nlaw

ful D

etai

ner c

ompl

aint

is

filed

.•

Unl

awfu

l Det

aine

r Sum

mon

s &

Com

plai

nt: i

s se

rved

by

Land

lord

on

Tena

nt

•R

espo

nse:

5 d

ays

to re

spon

d to

com

plai

nt. C

CP

1167

. (w

eeke

nds

coun

t as

part

of th

e 5

days

; if t

he 5

thda

y la

nds

on a

hol

iday

, mus

t re

spon

d by

nex

t cal

enda

r day

). •

Dis

cove

ry:

5 da

ys to

resp

ond

and

mus

t be

com

plet

ed 5

day

s be

fore

the

trial

dat

e. C

CP

2025

.270

(b);

2030

.020

; 202

4.04

0(b)

.•

Tria

l: m

ust b

e se

t with

in 2

0 da

ys a

fter “

at is

sue

mem

oran

dum

” is

filed

(i.e

. req

uest

to s

et fo

r tria

l). C

CP

594.

161


Loca

l Cou

rt R

ules

San

Fra

ncis

co:

•S

F m

anda

tory

set

tlem

ent c

onfe

renc

es (M

SC

): he

ld th

e w

eek

befo

re tr

ial,

date

se

t by

the

cour

t afte

r LL

requ

ests

tria

l dat

e, c

an g

et s

anct

ione

d fo

r fai

lure

to

atte

nd a

n M

SC

(at l

east

in th

eory

) •

SF:

cer

tain

mot

ions

are

hea

rd o

nly

on c

erta

in d

ays

San

Ber

nard

ino

•S

an B

erna

rdin

o C

ount

y, m

otio

ns a

re h

eard

Mon

days

thro

ugh

Frid

ays.

•

No

man

dato

ry s

ettle

men

t con

fere

nces

in In

land

Em

pire

-cou

rt se

ts a

n O

SC

re

stat

us a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1

1/2

mon

th a

fter a

nsw

er fi

led.

•

Cou

rt m

edia

tor t

ries

to s

ettle

cas

es b

etw

een

self-

repr

esen

ted

litig

ants

on

day

of tr

ial.

O

rang

e C

ount

y•

OC

: th

ere

are

thre

e di

ffere

nt c

ourts

that

hea

r unl

awfu

l det

aine

rs a

nd tr

ial,

mot

ion,

and

ex

parte

sha

ving

diff

eren

t tim

es a

nd d

ays:

•

Her

e is

the

link

to o

ur th

ree

cour

ts.

http

://w

ww.

occo

urts

.org

/dire

ctor

y/ci

vil/l

imite

d-un

limite

d-ci

vil/c

alen

dars

/sch

edul

e.ht

ml

162


Ren

t Con

trol J

uris

dict

ions

Loca

l ord

inan

ces

may

hav

e ad

ditio

nal p

roce

dura

l and

su

bsta

ntiv

e re

quire

men

ts.

163


Type

s of

Not

ices

•3-

Day

Not

ice–

pay

rent

or q

uit,

nuis

ance

, unl

awfu

l pur

pose

. C

CP

1161

•14

-Day

Not

ice

–pu

blic

/sub

sidi

zed

hous

ing

pay

rent

or q

uit

•30

-Day

Not

ice

–m

onth

to m

onth

tena

ncy-

less

than

1 y

ear.

At-

will

tena

nt-o

ne w

ho d

oes

not p

ay re

nt.

•60

-Day

Not

ice

–te

rmin

atio

n of

leas

e at

the

end

of le

ase

term

if

tena

ncy

is lo

nger

than

1yr

. CC

P 11

61

•90

-Day

Not

ice

–su

bsid

ized

hou

sing

(Sec

. 8) t

erm

inat

ion

of

tena

ncy

by L

L w

ithou

t cau

se a

t end

of l

ease

. CC

C 1

954.

535

•90

-Day

Not

ice

–te

nant

s of

for

eclo

sed

prop

erty

mus

t be

give

n 90

day

s no

tice

to q

uit b

efor

e re

mov

al. C

CP

1161

b•

1 ye

ar n

otic

e –

Elli

s A

ct•

Com

bo n

otic

es –

3dn

and

60dn

ser

ved

cons

ecut

ivel

y•

Ser

vice

of n

otic

e: P

erso

nal,

subs

titut

e (le

avin

g w

ith s

omeo

ne a

t th

e un

it of

sui

tabl

e ag

e an

d m

ailin

g), p

ostin

g an

d m

ailin

g.

164


Not

ice

Req

uire

men

ts

•B

asic

not

ice

requ

irem

ents

:•

amou

nts

due,

nam

e an

d te

leph

one

num

ber a

nd a

ddre

ss o

f per

son

to w

hom

rent

pay

men

t sha

ll be

mad

e an

d if

pers

onal

ly, d

ays

and

hour

s to

mak

e pa

ymen

t.

•N

otic

e is

for r

ent d

ue w

ithin

pas

t 12

mon

ths.

CC

P 11

61(2

)

•A

dditi

onal

requ

irem

ents

for c

erta

in te

nanc

ies

(sub

sidi

zed

hous

ing,

rent

con

trol)

165


Com

plai

nt•

Com

plai

ntS

ee S

ampl

e C

ompl

aint

-Jud

icia

l Cou

ncil

Form

s, S

UM

-130

/UD

-100

166


QU

IZ•

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Jol

ie-P

itt c

ame

into

you

r offi

ce in

a p

anic

. Th

ey re

ceiv

ed a

30

day

Not

ice

to Q

uit f

rom

Mr.

Land

lord

. Th

ey h

ave

6 m

inor

chi

ldre

n an

d ha

ve b

een

livin

g in

the

prop

erty

for 2

yea

rs o

n a

mon

th to

mon

th le

ase.

Wha

t is

your

adv

ice

to th

em?

a.It’

s a

mon

th to

mon

th le

ase

so th

ey m

ust m

ove

befo

re

the

expi

ratio

n of

the

30 d

ays.

b.S

ince

they

hav

e liv

ed a

t the

pro

perty

for o

ver 1

yea

r, th

ey s

houl

d re

ceiv

e a

60 d

ay n

otic

e an

d th

e no

tice

is

inva

lid.

c.Th

ey s

houl

d m

ove

right

aw

ay.

They

hav

e th

e m

oney

.

167


Com

plai

nt D

efec

ts?

•Le

ase

and

othe

r doc

umen

ts in

corp

orat

ed in

to th

e le

ase

mus

t be

atta

ched

unl

ess

evic

tion

is fo

r non

-pay

men

t of

rent

.

168


Serv

ice

of p

roce

ss•

Per

sona

l ser

vice

: per

sona

lly s

erve

d, th

e pe

rson

ser

ving

th

e no

tice

mus

t han

d yo

u th

e no

tice

(or l

eave

it w

ith y

ou if

yo

u re

fuse

to ta

ke it

) CC

P 11

62(1

); or

, •

Sub

stitu

ted

serv

ice:

if th

e la

ndlo

rd c

anno

t fin

d th

e te

nant

at

hom

e, th

e la

ndlo

rd s

houl

d try

to s

erve

at w

ork

but i

f LL

cann

ot fi

nd e

ither

pla

ce, t

hen

the

notic

e m

ust b

e le

ft w

ith

a pe

rson

of “

suita

ble

age

and

disc

retio

n” a

t hom

e/w

ork

AN

D a

cop

y m

aile

d to

the

hom

e C

CP

1162

(2);

or,

•P

ostin

g an

d m

ailin

g: N

otic

e ca

n be

pos

ted

to d

oor A

ND

m

ailin

g a

copy

to u

nit a

ddre

ss. C

CP

415.

45.

This

ser

vice

re

quire

s a

CO

UR

T O

RD

ER

. S

ervi

ce c

ompl

eted

on

10th

day

afte

r pos

ting

and

mai

ling.

169


Tim

ing

in U

D p

roce

dure

s•

5 da

ys to

ans

wer

. CC

P 11

67•

10 d

ays

to a

nsw

er if

pos

t and

mai

l.•

10 d

ays

to a

men

d w

ithou

t lea

ve o

f cou

rt, n

eed

leav

e of

co

urt a

fter t

hat.

CC

P 11

67.3

•ho

w lo

ng d

oes

it ta

ke fr

om c

ompl

aint

to a

judg

men

t?

•ju

risdi

ctio

nal d

iffer

ence

s:•

SF:

if L

L do

esn'

t set

for t

rial,

case

can

ling

er fo

r 1 y

ear o

r lon

ger;

•In

land

Em

pire

: If L

L do

es n

ot s

et c

ase

for t

rial,

stat

us c

onfe

renc

e se

t by

the

cour

t. C

ases

do

not l

inge

r.

•re

stric

ted

publ

ic a

cces

s •

New

law

(CC

P 11

67.1

): U

D c

ases

are

rest

ricte

d fro

m p

ublic

vie

w

unle

ss ju

dgm

ent f

or L

L pr

evai

ls w

ithin

60

days

of f

iling,

or

if LL

pr

evai

ls 6

0 da

ys a

fter f

iling

the

case

and

cou

rt or

ders

uns

ealin

g of

th

e ca

se.

170


Res

pons

ive P

lead

ings

afte

r com

plai

nt is

file

d:•

Alte

rnat

ives

to A

nsw

er m

otio

ns:

•M

otio

n to

Qua

sh•

Dem

urre

r•

Mot

ion

to S

trike

Com

plai

nt

•A

nsw

er O

R•

Pos

t-ans

wer

mot

ions

:•

Mot

ion

for s

umm

ary

judg

men

t•

Mot

ion

for j

udgm

ent o

n th

e pl

eadi

ngs

171


Dem

urre

r•

Pro

cedu

re to

obj

ect t

o le

gal s

uffic

ienc

ies

in a

com

plai

nt•

Gro

unds

are

set

out

in C

CP

430.

10•

The

Cou

rt la

cks

subj

ect m

atte

r jur

isdi

ctio

n;•

The

Com

plai

nt fa

ils to

sta

te a

cau

se o

f act

ion

in u

nlaw

ful d

etai

ner;

•Th

e pl

aint

iff la

cks

lega

l cap

acity

to s

ue; a

nd•

Ano

ther

act

ion

is p

endi

ng b

etw

een

the

sam

e pa

rties

on

the

sam

e ca

use

of a

ctio

n (c

ourt

mus

t tak

e ju

dici

al n

otic

e of

the

othe

r act

ion)

•D

efen

dant

may

dem

ur u

nder

CC

P 11

70•

Sho

uld

you

dem

ur?

•D

elta

Impo

rts, I

nc. v

. Mun

icip

al C

ourt,

146

Cal

.App

.3d

1033

(198

3).

•B

orsu

kv.

App

ella

te D

iv. o

f the

Sup

erio

r Cou

rt, 2

42 C

al.A

pp.4

th60

7 (2

015)

.

172


Mot

ion

to q

uash

•M

otio

n: M

otio

n to

Qua

sh s

ervi

ce o

f sum

mon

s ba

sed

on

the

cour

t’s la

ck o

f jur

isdi

ctio

n ov

er te

nant

CC

P 41

8.10

(a)(1

)•

Hea

ring

on M

otio

n to

Qua

sh fo

r be

hear

d w

ithin

3 to

7

days

CC

P §1

167.

4(a)

•If

Mot

ion

to Q

uash

den

ied,

ple

ad/a

nsw

er d

ue w

ithin

five

da

ys. C

CP

1167

.4(b

)

173


QU

IZ•

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Jol

ie-P

itt c

ame

into

you

r offi

ce a

gain

. Th

is

time

they

rece

ived

a 3

Day

Not

ice

to P

ay R

ent o

r Qui

t fro

m M

r. La

ndlo

rd.

This

not

ice

stat

es th

ey o

we

rent

for

the

curr

ent m

onth

of M

arch

201

7 in

the

sum

of $

1,00

0.

The

notic

e pe

riod

expi

res

tom

orro

w.

Wha

t is

your

adv

ice

to th

em?

Ass

ume

that

they

pai

d $2

5 fo

r ren

t for

mon

th o

f M

arch

and

they

hav

e a

rece

ipt p

rovi

ng th

is fa

ct.

a.P

ay $

1,00

0 to

Mr.

Land

lord

by

tom

orro

w to

avo

id h

avin

g an

evi

ctio

n fil

ed a

gain

st th

em.

b.P

ay $

975

to M

r. La

ndlo

rd to

avo

id h

avin

g an

evi

ctio

n fil

ed a

gain

st th

em.

c.D

o no

thin

g an

d w

ait t

o se

e if

Mr.

Land

lord

file

s an

ev

ictio

n ag

ains

t the

m.

174


Mot

ion

to s

trike

•U

se M

otio

n to

stri

ke ir

rele

vant

, fal

se o

r im

prop

er m

atte

r in

plea

ding

s. C

CP

436

•G

roun

ds a

ppea

r on

the

face

of t

he p

lead

ings

or f

rom

any

m

atte

r whi

ch c

ourt

can

take

judi

cial

not

ice.

CC

P 43

7•

File

with

in in

5 d

ays

of b

eing

ser

ved

with

Com

plai

nt. C

CP

435

–def

ault

will

not b

e en

tere

d w

hile

mot

ion

pend

ing

•N

otic

e pe

riod

is 1

6 co

urt d

ays

purs

uant

to C

CP

1005

.

175


Answ

ers

•A

nsw

ers

•M

ust f

ile a

nsw

er w

ithin

5 d

ays

•If

ther

e is

not

ans

wer

, LL

can

obta

in a

def

ault

•A

men

ded

answ

er•

Can

am

end

with

out l

eave

of c

ourt

with

10

days

of s

ervi

ce•

Afte

r 10

days

, mus

t req

uest

leav

e to

am

end

•D

enia

ls a

nd D

efen

ses

•Fo

rm a

nsw

er –

Judi

cial

For

m U

D-1

05•

Den

ials

and

Affi

rmat

ive

Def

ense

s•

Form

ans

wer

•A

dditi

onal

def

ense

s/A

ffirm

ativ

e D

efen

ses

not i

nclu

ded

on th

e fo

rm (s

ubsi

dize

d ho

usin

g, re

nt c

ontro

l, no

vel d

efen

ses)

, use

“Atta

chm

ent 3

K”

•N

o co

unte

r cla

ims,

but

can

offs

et re

nt d

eman

d if

habi

tabi

lity

issu

es

176


Fee

Wai

vers

•Lo

w-in

com

e lit

igan

ts m

ay re

ques

t the

cou

rt fo

r a fe

e w

aive

r •

Use

Jud

icia

l For

m F

W-0

01 R

eque

st fo

r Fee

Wai

ver

•S

ubm

it Ju

dici

al fo

rm F

W-0

03 O

rder

on

Cou

rt Fe

e W

aive

r with

the

requ

est

•If

you

are

requ

estin

g a

jury

tria

l or a

dditi

onal

ser

vice

s:•

Use

Jud

icia

l For

m F

W-0

02 A

dditi

onal

Req

uest

s fo

r Fee

Wai

ver

•H

ere

is th

e co

st o

f filin

g fe

es fo

r civ

il ca

ses:

ht

tp://

ww

w.c

ourts

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Dis

cove

ry•

Whe

n di

scov

ery

begi

ns?

•Fu

ll ra

nge

of d

isco

very

tool

s•

Form

and

Spe

cial

inte

rrog

ator

ies

•R

eque

st fo

r Adm

issi

ons

•O

ral D

epos

ition

•R

eque

st fo

r Pro

duct

ion

of D

ocum

ents

•Ve

ry li

mite

d tim

elin

e•

5-da

ys to

resp

ond

•D

isco

very

cut

off

–5

days

bef

ore

trial

CC

P 11

70.8

178


QU

IZ•

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Jol

ie-P

itt d

id n

othi

ng a

fter b

eing

ser

ved

with

th

e 3

Day

Not

ice

to P

ay R

ent o

r Qui

t. Y

este

rday

som

eone

ca

me

to th

eir d

oor a

nd ta

ped

a su

mm

ons

and

com

plai

nt

on th

eir d

oor a

nd th

is m

orni

ng th

ey re

ceiv

ed a

cop

y of

the

sam

e su

mm

ons

and

com

plai

nt in

the

mai

l. W

hat s

houl

d th

ey d

o no

w?

a.W

ait t

o be

ser

ved

in p

erso

n w

ith th

e su

mm

ons

and

com

plai

nt.

b.Fi

le a

n an

swer

righ

t aw

ay.

c.C

onte

st th

e se

rvic

e of

the

sum

mon

s an

d co

mpl

aint

. Fo

llow

-up-

How

sho

uld

they

do

this

?

179


Mot

ion

for j

udgm

ent o

n th

e pl

eadi

ngs

•D

efen

dant

may

file

a M

otio

n fo

r Jud

gmen

t on

the

Ple

adin

gs if

:a.

Cou

rt ha

s no

juris

dict

ion

of th

e su

bjec

t of t

he c

ause

of a

ctio

n al

lege

d in

com

plai

ntb.

Com

plai

nt d

oes

not s

tate

fact

s su

ffici

ent t

o co

nstit

ute

a ca

use

of

actio

n C

CP

438

•M

ay fi

le m

otio

n af

ter y

ou h

ave

alre

ady

field

an

answ

er

and

time

to d

emur

rer t

o co

mpl

aint

has

exp

ired.

180


Mot

ion

for S

umm

ary

Judg

men

t•

MS

J m

ay b

e m

ade

if on

the

face

of t

he p

lead

ings

the

actio

n ha

s no

mer

it or

ther

e is

no

defe

nse

to th

e ac

tion

or

proc

eedi

ngs.

CC

P 43

7c•

MS

J in

UD

act

ions

mad

e by

mad

e an

y tim

e af

ter t

he

answ

er is

file

d up

on 5

day

s no

tice.

CC

P 11

70.7

•S

epar

ate

Sta

tem

ent o

f Fac

ts n

ot re

quire

d. C

CP

§437

c(b)

, (r)

Not

ice

requ

irem

ents

und

er C

CP

437c

not

app

licab

le•

Cal

iforn

ia R

ules

of C

ourt

3.13

51 g

over

n an

d no

tice

requ

irem

ents

and

opp

ositi

on/re

ply

to M

SJ-

mad

e be

mad

e or

ally

or f

iled

and

serv

ed o

n or

bef

ore

cour

t dat

e

181


Mot

ion

to s

et a

side

defa

ult j

udgm

ent

•D

efau

lt en

tere

d: W

hen

an a

nsw

er is

not

file

d w

ithin

5 d

ays

beca

use

tena

nt w

as n

ot s

erve

d or

ser

ved

but e

xcus

able

m

ista

ke, a

n an

swer

-set

asi

de m

otio

n sh

ould

be

filed

A

SA

P. B

ased

on

CC

P §

473.

•La

ndlo

rds

will

file

requ

est f

or d

efau

lt au

tom

atic

ally

on

the

6th

day

with

out

chec

king

if a

nsw

er w

as fi

led,

cou

rt w

ill re

ject

•If

clie

nt is

out

of p

osse

ssio

n be

fore

UD

tria

l:•

File

mot

ion

to le

t cou

rt kn

ow•

Und

er C

C §

1952

.3(a

)(1)

-(2)

, thi

s ca

se s

houl

d co

nver

t to

civi

l if

Pla

intif

f Lan

dlor

d w

ants

to p

ursu

e m

oney

dam

age

and

LL/T

has

rig

ht to

oth

er c

ivil

litig

atio

n to

ols.

•po

st-ju

dgm

ent m

otio

ns –

cove

red

in tr

ial s

essi

on

182


Fore

closu

res

(cov

er b

riefly

)

•90

day

s no

tice

to q

uit r

equi

red

for t

enan

ts. C

CP

1161

b •

Ow

ners

get

3 d

ay n

otic

e to

qui

t. C

CP

1161

a•

Que

stio

n-if

tena

nt is

not

ser

ved

with

90

day

notic

e sh

ould

tena

nt

file

a pr

ejud

gmen

t cla

im o

f rig

ht to

pos

sess

ion?

•Te

nant

s ca

n fil

e pr

ejud

gmen

t cla

im o

f rig

ht to

pos

sess

ion

any

time

befo

re ju

dgm

ent o

r obj

ect t

o ju

dgm

ent f

or p

osse

ssio

n w

heth

er o

r no

t ten

ant w

as s

erve

d w

ith p

reju

dgm

ent c

laim

of r

ight

to

poss

essi

on C

CP

415.

46

183


Stay

of E

xecu

tion

•If

a ju

dgm

ent i

s en

tere

d fo

r Lan

dlor

d to

obt

ain

poss

essi

on

will

this

cre

ate

undu

e ha

rdsh

ip fo

r Ten

ant

•S

ampl

e m

otio

n at

tach

ed

184


Last

Qui

z•

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Jol

ie-P

itt d

ecid

ed to

do

noth

ing

and

wai

t to

be

serv

ed.

Thre

e w

eeks

pas

sed.

The

y ge

t ner

vous

and

cal

led

the

cour

t. T

he c

lerk

info

rms

them

that

a d

efau

lt ju

dgm

ent h

as b

een

ente

red

agai

nst t

hem

for n

ot fi

ling

an a

nsw

er e

ven

thou

gh th

ey

wer

e no

t ser

ved.

Mr.

Land

lord

cla

imed

that

they

wer

e se

rved

on

the

mor

ning

that

the

sum

mon

s an

d co

mpl

aint

was

pos

ted

on th

eir d

oor.

Wha

t are

thei

r nex

t ste

ps?

a.M

r. an

d M

rs. J

olie

-Pitt

sho

uld

have

list

ened

to y

ou.

Now

th

ey n

eed

to p

ack

up a

nd le

ave

befo

re th

e sh

eriff

lock

s th

em

out.

b.Th

ey s

houl

d ne

gotia

te w

ith M

r. La

ndlo

rd to

giv

e th

em m

ore

time

to m

ove.

c.

As

soon

as

poss

ible

they

sho

uld

file

a m

otio

n to

set

asi

de th

e de

faul

t and

the

defa

ult j

udgm

ent,

and

if a

writ

of p

osse

ssio

n is

issu

ed th

en th

ey n

eed

to a

lso

requ

est t

hat t

he c

ourt

stay

th

e w

rit o

f pos

sess

ion.

185


Sam

ple

pack

et•U

D C

ompl

aint

•Req

uest

for F

ee W

aive

r an

d O

rder

•Mot

ion

to S

et A

side

•Dem

urre

r•M

otio

n to

Qua

sh•A

nsw

er•A

ttach

men

t 3K

•Cou

nter

-Req

uest

for

Jury

Tria

l•D

eman

d fo

r Jur

y Tr

ial

•Mot

ion

for S

umm

ary

Judg

men

t•F

orm

Inte

rrog

ator

ies

•Req

uest

for P

rodu

ctio

n of

Doc

umen

ts•S

peci

al In

terr

ogat

orie

s•R

eque

st fo

r Sta

y-U

ndue

H

ards

hip

186


•Q

uest

ion

and

answ

er s

essi

on

187


NOTES

188

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