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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`NUVASIVE, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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` Case No.: 3:18-CV-347-CAB-MDD
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC.,
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`[Doc. No. 180]
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`Defendant.
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`Upon consideration of the parties’ joint proposed schedule for the remainder of this
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`case [Doc. No. 180], the following case management deadlines shall apply going forward.
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`If the parties want a settlement conference with Judge Dembin, they should contact his
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`chambers to set a date.
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`Alphatec Disclosure of Reliance on
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`Final Amended Infringement
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`Final Amended Invalidity
`Contentions Pursuant to Patent L.R.
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`September 5, 2019
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`September 25, 2019
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`Opening Expert Reports
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`Close of All Discovery, Including
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`Dispositive and Daubert Motions1
`Filed By:
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`Dispositive and Daubert Motions
`Opposition2
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`Dispositive and Daubert Motions
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`Hearing re Daubert and Dispositive
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`December 20, 2019
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`TBD (if necessary)
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`Pretrial Disclosures
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`March 13, 2020
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`Meet and Confer re Pretrial Order
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`March 20, 2020
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`Motions in Limine Filed By:
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`1 Each side’s dispositive and Daubert motions may not exceed a total of 50 pages across all motions.
`2 Each side’s opposition briefs may not exceed a total of 50 pages across all opposition briefs.
`3 Each side’s reply briefs may not exceed a total of 20 pages across all reply briefs.
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`Motions in Limine Oppositions4
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`Lodge Joint Proposed Pretrial Order
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`April 10, 2020
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`April 16, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
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`April 27, 2020 at 8:45 a.m.
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`Final Pretrial Conference and
`Motion in Limine Hearing
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`Trial5
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`It is SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: August 29, 2019
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`4 No reply briefs will be accepted for motions in limine.
`5 The Court is reserving 8 trial days at this time: April 27-30 and May 4-7, 2020.
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