Free Scheduling Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
YlM1N CHEN and QlNGMlAN Ll, :
Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION NO.: 1:07-00274 (SLR)
v. :
HASSAN ABDI ELMI, J.B. HUNT :
TRANSPORT, INC., JOHN DOES 1-10 :
and ABC CORPORATION 1-10, 1 JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
Defendants.
ORDER
At Wilmington this 27th day of June, 2007 the parties having satisfied their
obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), and the court having conducted a pretrial
scheduling conference pursuant to Fed. R. Civ., P. 16 and D. Del. LR 16.2(a) and (b).
IT IS ORDERED that;
1. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange by July 1, 2007
information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a) (1) and D. Del. LR 16.2.
2. Discovery.
(a) Discovery will be needed on the following subjects Plaintiff may take the
deposition of the defendant, Hassan Elmi, the investigating trooper and several fact
witnesses. The plaintiff may take any depositions and/or discovery based upon the
information obtained from the depositions and interrogatories.
Defendants will depose plaintiffs and may depose others depending upon
discovery.
(b) All Discovery shall be commenced in time to be completed by November 30,
2007.
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(c) Maximum of .25 interrogatories by each party to any other party.
(d) Maximum of 25 requests for admission by each party to any other party.
(e) Maximum of 5 depositions by plaintiff and 5 by defendant.
(t) Each deposition limited to a maximum of 4 hours unless extended by
agreement of the parties.
(g) Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a) (2) on issues for which any
party has the burden of proof due by December 30, 2007. Rebuttal expert reports due by
March 3, 2008.
(h) Discovery Disputes. Any discovery dispute shall be submitted to the court
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. During the course of discovery, each party is limited to
two (2) Rule 37 motions. The court shall make itself available, however, to resolve
through a telephone conference, disputes that arise during the course of the deposition
and disputes related to entry of a protective order.
3. Joinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleading, and Class Certification.
All motions to join other patties, amend the pleadings, and certify a class action shall be
filed on or before August 1, 2007.
4. Settlement Conference. Pursuant to 28 U.S C. §636, this matter is referred to
bd`! a Magistrat%1x;=.: purposes of exploring ADR.
5. Application by Motion. Any application to the court shall be by written
motion filed with the clerk. Unless other wise requested by the court, counsel shall not
deliver copies of papers or correspondence to chambers. Any non-dispositive motion
shall contain the statement required by D. Del. LR 7.1.1,
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6. Motions in Limine. All motions in limine shall be filed on or before 2 weeks
before pretrial conference. All responses to said motions shall be filed on or before one
week before pretrial conference.
7. Pretrial Conference. A pretrial conference will be held on April 24, 2008
at 4:30 p.m. in courtroom 6B, sixth floor, Federal Building, 844 King Street,
Wilmington, Delaware. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and D. Del. LR 16.4 shall
govern the pretrial conference.
8. Trial. This matter is scheduled for a jury trial commencing on May 5, 2008
in courtroom 66. sixth floor, Federal Building, 844 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
For purposes of completing pretrial preparations, the parties should plan on being
allocated a total number of hours in which to present their respective cases.
Sue L. Robinson
United States District Judge
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