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On January 13 2026, a Case Management conference was held and the Court granted my request for a Summary Judgement schedule. At the prior hearing last year, the Judge said he wanted it to be a dual Summary Judgement requiring Apple to file any Summary Judgement motion they may have too. (Summary Judgement is where the Court will rule on substantive issues in the case, or even the whole case, prior to trial if there is "no dispute of fact" either with parties agreeing to the facts or the existence of direct evidence like emails or documents proving a fact. Employers usually love to file Motions for Summary Judgement in retaliation cases - they have most of the evidence, refuse to produce anything to the employee, try to make the employee sound nuts, and quickly move to end the case before the employee can get any proof of employer wrongdoing - and they usually win because of that tomfoolery) Here, Apple repeatedly said they were not ready to file a Motion for Summary Judgement and kept asking for & creating delays. Apple even said in the Joint Status for that hearing they believed it was too "premature to expedite the presentation of evidence." Of course they don't want to present evidence, all of the evidence shows Apple's at fault. At the last Status Conference the Judge he was going to schedule the dual Summary Judgement at the next conference. In the Joint Status on Jan. 6 Apple still said they were "evaluating whether to file a motion for summary judgment and/or partial summary judgment." It's wild to hear an employer say that, especially when the Judge already said he would schedule it, and it shows how meritless Apple's defense has been all along. The Judge issued a schedule on Feb. 6 2026, and my deadline for filing my Motion for Summary Judgment on April 23. Then Apple will file their motion and opposition on May 7. I then file my reply and opposition on May 21. Apple's reply is due May 28. Then the public hearing is June 11 2026. (It will be in person - come watch!). Following the Jan. 13 2026 Case Management conference, on Feb. 6 2026, the Northern District of California also published the trial schedule for Gjovik v Apple retaliation lawsuit (Case No. 23-cv-04597-EMC). The Case Management & Pretrial Order for a Jury Trial ordered the following:
..... View the case schedule here or linked below. View the case docket here. The Jury Trial is scheduled for five-days and will be in person in San Francisco. It's happening! -Ashley 
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